Manufacturing Job Trends 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 10 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 121 103
Rank change year-on-year +91 -18 -25
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 145 28 147
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 4.16% 1.10% 2.83%
As % of the General category 8.56% 1.50% 4.11%
Number of salaries quoted 74 20 94
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,125 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,459 £40,938 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £49,750
Median % change year-on-year - -9.55% +10.56%
75th Percentile £49,938 £55,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £66,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -17.43%

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 general skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,693 1,865 3,573
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 48.52% 73.11% 68.88%
Number of salaries quoted 749 746 1,283
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,750 £39,197
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -30.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,625 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Scotland

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Manufacturing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Scotland over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

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 10 August 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
Glasgow +47 40 £45,000 -16.28% 26
Edinburgh +18 18 £45,000 - 11
Fife +5 17 £45,000 - 6
Clackmannanshire - 16 - -
Perth and Kinross - 12 - -
Angus - 12 - - 2
Perthshire - 11 - -
West Lothian +10 10 £40,000 -38.46% 4
Lanarkshire - 7 £41,000 - 11
Aberdeen - 6 £45,000 - 4
Inverclyde - 5 £65,000 -
South Lanarkshire - 5 £28,000 -
Dumfries and Galloway - 2 - -
Manufacturing
UK

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.07%) Jupyter
Applications
1 11 (7.59%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.07%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.69%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.69%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (1.38%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.69%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 8 (5.52%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (2.07%) AWS
2 3 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (0.69%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.45%) DHCP
1 5 (3.45%) DNS
1 5 (3.45%) Firewall
1 5 (3.45%) VoIP
1 5 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 5 (3.45%) JIRA
2 3 (2.07%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.69%) Git
3 1 (0.69%) LabVIEW
General
1 35 (24.14%) Social Skills
2 22 (15.17%) Retail
3 18 (12.41%) Finance
4 13 (8.97%) Legal
5 11 (7.59%) Pharmaceutical
6 9 (6.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (5.52%) Law
7 8 (5.52%) Marketing
8 7 (4.83%) Agriculture
9 6 (4.14%) Electronics
10 5 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.76%) Local Government
12 3 (2.07%) Aerospace
12 3 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (1.38%) Military
14 1 (0.69%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 42 (28.97%) Development Manager
2 30 (20.69%) Business Development Manager
2 30 (20.69%) Business Manager
3 16 (11.03%) IT Support
4 15 (10.34%) Support Engineer
5 14 (9.66%) IT Engineer
5 14 (9.66%) IT Support Engineer
6 13 (8.97%) IT Manager
7 11 (7.59%) Project Engineer
7 11 (7.59%) Quality Engineer
8 10 (6.90%) Systems Engineer
9 9 (6.21%) Programmer
10 6 (4.14%) Sales Engineer
11 5 (3.45%) Administrator
11 5 (3.45%) Industrial Engineer
11 5 (3.45%) Process Engineer
11 5 (3.45%) QA Engineer
11 5 (3.45%) Systems Administrator
11 5 (3.45%) Test Engineer
12 4 (2.76%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.07%) Hugging Face
1 3 (2.07%) Matplotlib
1 3 (2.07%) NumPy
1 3 (2.07%) Pandas
1 3 (2.07%) scikit-learn
1 3 (2.07%) Streamlit
2 1 (0.69%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 27 (18.62%) FMCG
2 5 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (2.07%) Algorithms
3 3 (2.07%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 3 (2.07%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.38%) Lidar
4 2 (1.38%) Life Science
5 1 (0.69%) Analogue Electronics
5 1 (0.69%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (0.69%) AS400
5 1 (0.69%) Device Driver
5 1 (0.69%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.69%) FPGA
5 1 (0.69%) IoT
5 1 (0.69%) Legacy Code
5 1 (0.69%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.69%) Verilog
5 1 (0.69%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.45%) Windows
1 5 (3.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (23.45%) Business Development
2 29 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (9.66%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (9.66%) Supply Chain Management
4 13 (8.97%) ERP
4 13 (8.97%) Manufacturing Engineering
5 12 (8.28%) Customer Service
6 10 (6.90%) Document Management
6 10 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (6.90%) Service Delivery
7 7 (4.83%) Data Protection
8 6 (4.14%) Telesales
9 5 (3.45%) Internal Audit
9 5 (3.45%) IT Strategy
9 5 (3.45%) ITIL
9 5 (3.45%) Pricing Strategy
9 5 (3.45%) QMS
9 5 (3.45%) Quality Management
10 4 (2.76%) Change Management
11 3 (2.07%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.76%) Python
2 1 (0.69%) C
2 1 (0.69%) C++
2 1 (0.69%) RPG
Qualifications
1 22 (15.17%) Degree
2 12 (8.28%) CIPD
3 6 (4.14%) City & Guilds
4 5 (3.45%) CCNA
4 5 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (3.45%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (2.07%) AWS Certification
5 3 (2.07%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 3 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.07%) HND
6 1 (0.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.34%) QA
2 6 (4.14%) ISO 9001
3 5 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (3.45%) SLA
4 3 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.69%) GMP
System Software
1 2 (1.38%) Firmware
2 1 (0.69%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.69%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.69%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.69%) VirtualBox
2 1 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 10 (6.90%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.21%) Google
2 9 (6.21%) SAP
3 5 (3.45%) Cisco
3 5 (3.45%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.69%) EMC
4 1 (0.69%) IBM
4 1 (0.69%) IFS
4 1 (0.69%) Siemens
4 1 (0.69%) VMware
4 1 (0.69%) Xilinx