Manufacturing Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Manufacturing
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in Northern Ireland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 9 15
Rank change year-on-year -51 +6 +45
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 7 30 62
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.73% 12.71% 10.49%
As % of the General category 1.33% 16.76% 19.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2 10 31
10th Percentile - £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile - £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +21.43% -6.67%
75th Percentile - £60,000 £37,500
90th Percentile - - £42,800
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,683 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.63% +5.96% -18.18%

All General Skills
Northern Ireland

Manufacturing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 527 179 315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 55.24% 75.85% 53.30%
Number of salaries quoted 177 41 186
10th Percentile - £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £32,851 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.45% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £69,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £74,250 £88,333 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.51% +8.57% -12.50%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Manufacturing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Manufacturing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 7 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
County Armagh -17 2 - - 2
County Down -21 2 £45,000 - 2
County Antrim -40 2 - - 17
County Londonderry -2 1 - - 3
Manufacturing
UK

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) 4G
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) Remote Desktop
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Business Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Automation Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Industrial Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Project Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Business IT Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) ICT Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) IT Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) IT Business Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) QC Technician
4 1 (14.29%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (14.29%) FMCG
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (14.29%) Smartphone
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Android
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) ERP
2 1 (14.29%) Agile
2 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
2 1 (14.29%) Internal Audit
2 1 (14.29%) Logistics
2 1 (14.29%) Patch Management
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) QMS
2 1 (14.29%) Quality Management
2 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (14.29%) Tech Ops
2 1 (14.29%) Ticket Management
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Apple
2 1 (14.29%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (14.29%) Google
2 1 (14.29%) Intel
2 1 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Wyse