Manufacturing Jobs in the South West

Manufacturing
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 42 94
Rank change year-on-year -1 +52 -25
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 188 477 200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 5.28% 4.50% 3.12%
As % of the General category 8.18% 8.85% 5.03%
Number of salaries quoted 114 317 118
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £35,993
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £75,375
England median annual salary £50,818 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.93% -18.18% +10.00%

All General Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,298 5,390 3,975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 64.57% 50.89% 61.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,306 3,560 2,270
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £30,813 £34,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £50,139
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -5.26% +4.46%
75th Percentile £64,075 £61,000 £67,070
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in the South West

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in the South West.

Salary trend for Manufacturing in the South West

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in the South West over the 6 months to 14 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in the South West

Manufacturing
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the South West region over the 6 months to 14 June 2025. 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
Bristol +13 40 £55,000 - 73
Gloucestershire +3 37 £52,500 +40.00% 72
Wiltshire +9 35 £40,000 -11.11% 23
Devon +8 23 £46,000 +18.71% 34
Somerset +8 20 £70,000 +47.37% 60
Dorset -12 18 £32,500 -33.33% 31
Cornwall -2 13 £50,000 +53.85% 4
Manufacturing
England

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 12 (6.38%) OpenEdge
2 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.06%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.53%) Apache
4 1 (0.53%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 26 (13.83%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.13%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (1.06%) Revit
6 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (7.98%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (3.19%) Dynamics AX
2 6 (3.19%) Sprinklr
3 5 (2.66%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (1.06%) SAP EWM
4 2 (1.06%) SAP PP
4 2 (1.06%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.53%) Magento
5 1 (0.53%) MFGPRO
5 1 (0.53%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 26 (13.83%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (12.77%) Azure
3 17 (9.04%) AWS
4 8 (4.26%) Power Platform
5 6 (3.19%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.60%) Matillion
6 3 (1.60%) SaaS
6 3 (1.60%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.06%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (1.06%) Amazon S3
7 2 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.53%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.53%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.53%) GCP
8 1 (0.53%) OCI
8 1 (0.53%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 1 (0.53%) Serverless
8 1 (0.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 28 (14.89%) Firewall
2 19 (10.11%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (9.04%) VoIP
4 15 (7.98%) SAN
5 12 (6.38%) WAN
6 10 (5.32%) MPLS
6 10 (5.32%) VLAN
7 9 (4.79%) SD-WAN
8 8 (4.26%) LAN
9 5 (2.66%) DHCP
9 5 (2.66%) DNS
9 5 (2.66%) TCP/IP
10 3 (1.60%) 802.11
10 3 (1.60%) LTE
10 3 (1.60%) VSAT
10 3 (1.60%) Wireless
10 3 (1.60%) WLAN
11 2 (1.06%) Internet
11 2 (1.06%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (1.06%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.91%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.26%) Power BI
3 5 (2.66%) Data Mining
4 4 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.06%) MySQL
7 1 (0.53%) Big Data
7 1 (0.53%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.53%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.53%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.53%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 5 (2.66%) Git
2 4 (2.13%) LabVIEW
3 3 (1.60%) GitLab
4 2 (1.06%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.53%) CMake
5 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.53%) JUnit
5 1 (0.53%) Subversion
5 1 (0.53%) WebSpeed
5 1 (0.53%) WiX
General
1 40 (21.28%) Electronics
1 40 (21.28%) Social Skills
2 39 (20.74%) Finance
3 25 (13.30%) Marketing
4 22 (11.70%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (10.11%) Telecoms
6 18 (9.57%) Aerospace
6 18 (9.57%) Public Sector
7 14 (7.45%) Automotive
8 12 (6.38%) Advertising
9 10 (5.32%) Legal
9 10 (5.32%) Retail
10 9 (4.79%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (2.13%) Games
12 4 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (2.13%) Local Government
13 3 (1.60%) Billing
13 3 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (1.06%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 22 (11.70%) Developer
2 21 (11.17%) Analyst
3 16 (8.51%) ERP Developer
3 16 (8.51%) Progress Developer
3 16 (8.51%) Technical Support
4 15 (7.98%) Coordinator
4 15 (7.98%) Help Desk Coordinator
5 13 (6.91%) IT Support
6 11 (5.85%) Lead
7 10 (5.32%) Administrator
7 10 (5.32%) Senior
8 9 (4.79%) Support Technician
8 9 (4.79%) Systems Administrator
9 7 (3.72%) Business Analyst
9 7 (3.72%) Infrastructure Manager
9 7 (3.72%) Project Manager
9 7 (3.72%) Test Engineer
10 6 (3.19%) Support Analyst
11 5 (2.66%) 3rd Line Support
11 5 (2.66%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.13%) Node.js
2 3 (1.60%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.60%) HTML
2 3 (1.60%) React
3 2 (1.06%) EDI
3 2 (1.06%) Middleware
3 2 (1.06%) Spring
3 2 (1.06%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.53%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.53%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (0.53%) CSS
4 1 (0.53%) CSS3
4 1 (0.53%) Hibernate
4 1 (0.53%) HTML5
4 1 (0.53%) Laravel
4 1 (0.53%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.53%) Qt
4 1 (0.53%) RESTful
4 1 (0.53%) Vue
4 1 (0.53%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.64%) Video Conferencing
2 12 (6.38%) Renewable Energy
3 10 (5.32%) CCTV
4 7 (3.72%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.72%) Operational Technology
5 6 (3.19%) Analogue Electronics
5 6 (3.19%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.66%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.66%) FMCG
6 5 (2.66%) IoT
6 5 (2.66%) Robotics
6 5 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.13%) Life Science
7 4 (2.13%) SCADA
8 3 (1.60%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.60%) Smartphone
8 3 (1.60%) Social Media
9 2 (1.06%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.06%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.06%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 48 (25.53%) Windows
2 25 (13.30%) Linux
2 25 (13.30%) Windows Server
3 10 (5.32%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (31.38%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (23.94%) ERP
3 34 (18.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 29 (15.43%) Customer Service
5 28 (14.89%) Business Intelligence
6 22 (11.70%) Time Management
7 19 (10.11%) Programme Management
8 18 (9.57%) Digital Marketing
9 17 (9.04%) Mentoring
10 16 (8.51%) Logistics
11 15 (7.98%) Virtual Environments
12 14 (7.45%) Agile
13 13 (6.91%) Process Improvement
14 11 (5.85%) Project Delivery
15 10 (5.32%) Coaching
15 10 (5.32%) CRM
15 10 (5.32%) Migration
15 10 (5.32%) Service Delivery
16 9 (4.79%) Business Analysis
16 9 (4.79%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (11.17%) SQL
2 16 (8.51%) Progress 4GL
2 16 (8.51%) Python
3 11 (5.85%) C
4 6 (3.19%) Embedded C
4 6 (3.19%) Java
5 5 (2.66%) C++
6 4 (2.13%) PowerShell
6 4 (2.13%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.60%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.06%) Bash
8 2 (1.06%) PHP
8 2 (1.06%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.06%) VBA
8 2 (1.06%) X++
9 1 (0.53%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 35 (18.62%) Degree
2 26 (13.83%) Security Cleared
3 13 (6.91%) DV Cleared
4 12 (6.38%) SC Cleared
5 8 (4.26%) CCNA
5 8 (4.26%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (3.19%) NVQ Level 4
7 5 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (2.13%) CCNP
9 3 (1.60%) GCSC
9 3 (1.60%) JNCIA
10 2 (1.06%) CCIE
10 2 (1.06%) Six Sigma Black Belt
11 1 (0.53%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.53%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.53%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.53%) NVQ Level 3
11 1 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.57%) SLA
2 10 (5.32%) QA
3 7 (3.72%) GMP
4 4 (2.13%) GLP
4 4 (2.13%) ISO 9001
5 2 (1.06%) GDPR
6 1 (0.53%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 29 (15.43%) Active Directory
2 19 (10.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (5.32%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.60%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.06%) Docker
5 2 (1.06%) Firmware
6 1 (0.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (3.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.60%) SCCM
2 3 (1.60%) Terraform
3 2 (1.06%) Ansible
3 2 (1.06%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.53%) Kibana
Vendors
1 63 (33.51%) Microsoft
2 28 (14.89%) SAP
3 21 (11.17%) VMware
4 16 (8.51%) Progress
5 10 (5.32%) Veeam
6 9 (4.79%) Cisco
6 9 (4.79%) Google
7 7 (3.72%) Fortinet
8 6 (3.19%) NEC
9 5 (2.66%) Aruba
9 5 (2.66%) Okta
10 4 (2.13%) Citrix
10 4 (2.13%) IFS
10 4 (2.13%) Salesforce
11 3 (1.60%) Apple
11 3 (1.60%) Freshdesk
11 3 (1.60%) LexisNexis
11 3 (1.60%) Meraki
12 2 (1.06%) NetApp
12 2 (1.06%) Palo Alto