Manufacturing Jobs in Scotland

Manufacturing
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 125 147
Rank change year-on-year +8 +22 -25
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 150 87 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.63% 2.29% 1.76%
As % of the General category 3.93% 3.10% 2.68%
Number of salaries quoted 97 69 40
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £30,925
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -17.43% +6.86%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £63,500 £80,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -4.76%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 common skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 3,813 2,806 3,994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 66.92% 73.96% 65.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,377 1,519 2,130
10th Percentile £28,650 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £41,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,350 £72,433 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,500 £83,750 £84,056
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.19%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Scotland

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in Scotland.

Salary trend for Manufacturing in Scotland

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in Scotland

Manufacturing
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Glasgow -56 36 £42,500 -5.56% 19
Aberdeen +12 22 £45,000 -40.00% 8
West Lothian +9 21 £60,000 +6.67% 6
Edinburgh +31 12 £55,000 +13.40% 4
Dundee +4 10 £32,500 -35.00% 5
Stirling 0 9 - - 3
Fife -5 9 £43,200 -19.25% 6
Aberdeenshire 0 7 £50,000 -23.08% 16
Renfrewshire - 5 £35,000 - 5
Lanarkshire -7 4 £50,000 - 19
Ayrshire - 4 - - 10
North Lanarkshire -4 3 £32,500 -4.41% 3
Midlothian -2 2 £50,000 +33.33% 4
Clackmannanshire - 2 £50,000 - 2
East Lothian - 2 - -
Highlands - 1 £60,000 - 2
Manufacturing
UK

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.67%) Apache
Applications
1 12 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.67%) OrCAD
2 1 (0.67%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 9 (6.00%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (4.00%) Sage 200
2 6 (4.00%) Sage 50
3 4 (2.67%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.67%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.67%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.67%) Power Platform
2 6 (4.00%) GitHub
3 4 (2.67%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.33%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.33%) Figma
5 2 (1.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (10.67%) RS-232
2 12 (8.00%) Ethernet
3 10 (6.67%) Wireless
4 8 (5.33%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (4.00%) TCP/IP
6 4 (2.67%) LAN
6 4 (2.67%) WAN
7 2 (1.33%) Network Security
7 2 (1.33%) SAN
7 2 (1.33%) VPN
8 1 (0.67%) HTTP
8 1 (0.67%) Modbus
8 1 (0.67%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (9.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 11 (7.33%) SQL Server
3 10 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (4.00%) Power BI
4 6 (4.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 6 (4.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (3.33%) OLAP
6 2 (1.33%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (1.33%) Tableau
7 1 (0.67%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.67%) MySQL
7 1 (0.67%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 16 (10.67%) LabVIEW
2 14 (9.33%) Git
3 7 (4.67%) Visual Studio
4 6 (4.00%) Jenkins
General
1 32 (21.33%) Social Skills
2 29 (19.33%) Electronics
3 22 (14.67%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (12.00%) Finance
5 10 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (6.67%) Marketing
5 10 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
6 7 (4.67%) Aerospace
7 6 (4.00%) Legal
7 6 (4.00%) Retail
8 5 (3.33%) Law
8 5 (3.33%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.67%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.00%) Advertising
11 2 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.67%) Banking
12 1 (0.67%) Billing
12 1 (0.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 26 (17.33%) Senior
2 24 (16.00%) Software Engineer
3 22 (14.67%) Electronics Engineer
4 17 (11.33%) Manufacturing Engineer
5 15 (10.00%) Analyst
5 15 (10.00%) Software Design Engineer
6 14 (9.33%) Embedded Engineer
7 12 (8.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 12 (8.00%) Systems Analyst
8 11 (7.33%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 11 (7.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 11 (7.33%) Senior Software Engineer
9 10 (6.67%) Database Engineer
9 10 (6.67%) Lead
10 9 (6.00%) Team Leader
10 9 (6.00%) Technical Advisor
11 7 (4.67%) Design Engineer
11 7 (4.67%) Developer
12 6 (4.00%) .NET Developer
12 6 (4.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.67%) Yocto
2 9 (6.00%) HTML
3 7 (4.67%) CSS
4 6 (4.00%) .NET
4 6 (4.00%) .NET Core
4 6 (4.00%) .NET Framework
4 6 (4.00%) HTML5
4 6 (4.00%) jQuery
4 6 (4.00%) React Native
5 2 (1.33%) D3.js
6 1 (0.67%) Django
6 1 (0.67%) Flask
6 1 (0.67%) React
6 1 (0.67%) Spring
6 1 (0.67%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.67%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.00%) Device Driver
2 7 (4.67%) Renewable Energy
3 5 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.67%) FMCG
4 4 (2.67%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.00%) Life Science
5 3 (2.00%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.33%) Arduino
6 2 (1.33%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (1.33%) FPGA
7 1 (0.67%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.67%) ARM Cortex
7 1 (0.67%) IoT
7 1 (0.67%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.67%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.67%) PMI
7 1 (0.67%) Raspberry Pi
7 1 (0.67%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 21 (14.00%) Linux
2 14 (9.33%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (3.33%) Windows
4 2 (1.33%) ThreadX
4 2 (1.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (27.33%) ERP
1 41 (27.33%) Software Engineering
2 27 (18.00%) Computer Science
2 27 (18.00%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (14.00%) Decision-Making
4 19 (12.67%) Agile
5 17 (11.33%) Knowledge Transfer
6 16 (10.67%) Coaching
6 16 (10.67%) Mentoring
7 15 (10.00%) Analytical Thinking
7 15 (10.00%) Line Management
8 14 (9.33%) Cybersecurity
9 13 (8.67%) Data Management
10 10 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
10 10 (6.67%) Business Strategy
10 10 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (6.00%) Infrastructure Management
11 9 (6.00%) Issue Tracking
11 9 (6.00%) IT Strategy
11 9 (6.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 33 (22.00%) C
2 24 (16.00%) C++
3 23 (15.33%) C#
4 21 (14.00%) Python
5 19 (12.67%) SQL
6 12 (8.00%) Embedded C
7 10 (6.67%) T-SQL
8 8 (5.33%) JavaScript
9 7 (4.67%) VBA
10 4 (2.67%) Bash
11 3 (2.00%) Embedded C++
12 2 (1.33%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.67%) Java
13 1 (0.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 48 (32.00%) Degree
2 10 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.33%) Master's Degree
3 2 (1.33%) MBA
4 1 (0.67%) HNC
4 1 (0.67%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.00%) QA
2 6 (4.00%) GMP
3 2 (1.33%) GDPR
3 2 (1.33%) GLP
3 2 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.67%) JTAG
4 1 (0.67%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (3.33%) Firmware
2 2 (1.33%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 26 (17.33%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.33%) IFS
3 10 (6.67%) Epicor
3 10 (6.67%) JD Edwards
4 9 (6.00%) Oracle
5 6 (4.00%) Sage
5 6 (4.00%) SAP
6 4 (2.67%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.00%) AVEVA
8 2 (1.33%) Charles River
8 2 (1.33%) Google
8 2 (1.33%) Nintex
8 2 (1.33%) QNX
8 2 (1.33%) VMware
9 1 (0.67%) Altera
9 1 (0.67%) EMC
9 1 (0.67%) Lattice Semiconductor
9 1 (0.67%) NVIDIA
9 1 (0.67%) Siemens