Design for Manufacturing Job Trends in Somerset

Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Design for Manufacturing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Design for Manufacturing 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 0.090% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
South West median annual salary £50,000 - £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +40.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Somerset

Design for Manufacturing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 783 302 428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 70.48% 79.47% 58.55%
Number of salaries quoted 488 153 239
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,500 £29,542
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -13.46% +4.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £76,250
South West median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -

Design for Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Design for Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Somerset

Design for Manufacturing
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Design for Manufacturing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Design for Manufacturing

Design for Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Acoustics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Thales