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 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 40 99 65
Rank change year-on-year +59 -34 +22
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 404 194 439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 4.59% 3.12% 4.80%
As % of the General category 9.35% 5.13% 7.41%
Number of salaries quoted 267 120 298
10th Percentile £29,800 £36,164 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,688 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,700 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.21% +23.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £69,063 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,625 £71,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%

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 4,320 3,779 5,922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 49.12% 60.73% 64.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,734 2,330 3,380
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £28,238
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,462 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £47,801
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.78% +0.63%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%

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 26 July 2024.

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 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
Gloucestershire +44 84 £37,500 -28.57% 65
Wiltshire +28 78 £45,000 -33.33% 27
Bristol +15 77 £57,500 -4.17% 66
Dorset +23 75 £60,000 -9.43% 29
Devon +16 31 £38,000 -24.00% 50
Somerset +17 26 £47,500 -13.64% 58
Cornwall +1 21 £32,500 - 16
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 11 (2.72%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.49%) OpenEdge
4 2 (0.50%) Confluence
5 1 (0.25%) CMS
Applications
1 17 (4.21%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.23%) Siemens NX
3 7 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.24%) SOLIDWORKS
5 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.99%) OrCAD
6 2 (0.50%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.50%) Simulink
7 1 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.25%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.25%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.25%) Revit
7 1 (0.25%) Solid Edge
7 1 (0.25%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (1.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.50%) Magento
3 1 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.25%) Primavera
3 1 (0.25%) SAP R/3
3 1 (0.25%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 34 (8.42%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (6.44%) Azure
3 14 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
4 11 (2.72%) AWS
5 10 (2.48%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.24%) OneDrive
7 4 (0.99%) Entra ID
7 4 (0.99%) SaaS
7 4 (0.99%) WhatsApp
8 3 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.74%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (0.50%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.25%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.72%) LAN
1 11 (2.72%) WAN
2 8 (1.98%) Firewall
3 7 (1.73%) Ethernet
3 7 (1.73%) RS-232
4 5 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.99%) Structured Cabling
5 4 (0.99%) Wireless
6 3 (0.74%) MPLS
6 3 (0.74%) NAS
6 3 (0.74%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.50%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.50%) DHCP
7 2 (0.50%) DNS
7 2 (0.50%) Network Security
7 2 (0.50%) VLAN
7 2 (0.50%) VPN
7 2 (0.50%) ZigBee
8 1 (0.25%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.25%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.72%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (1.73%) Power BI
3 6 (1.49%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.74%) SQLite
5 1 (0.25%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.25%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.25%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 18 (4.46%) LabVIEW
2 12 (2.97%) Git
3 7 (1.73%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (0.74%) Eclipse
4 3 (0.74%) Subversion
4 3 (0.74%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.50%) JIRA
5 2 (0.50%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 67 (16.58%) Aerospace
1 67 (16.58%) Finance
2 52 (12.87%) Social Skills
3 46 (11.39%) Electronics
4 38 (9.41%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (9.41%) Pharmaceutical
5 33 (8.17%) Retail
6 23 (5.69%) Advertising
6 23 (5.69%) Automotive
6 23 (5.69%) Marketing
7 18 (4.46%) Public Sector
8 17 (4.21%) Telecoms
9 13 (3.22%) Legal
10 10 (2.48%) Aviation
11 6 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.49%) Military
12 5 (1.24%) Billing
12 5 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.24%) Law
13 4 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 74 (18.32%) Senior
2 71 (17.57%) Software Engineer
3 33 (8.17%) Developer
3 33 (8.17%) Senior Software Engineer
4 24 (5.94%) Programmer
5 23 (5.69%) Lead
6 20 (4.95%) QA Specialist
6 20 (4.95%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 20 (4.95%) Systems Engineer
7 17 (4.21%) Analyst
7 17 (4.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 17 (4.21%) Project Manager
8 14 (3.47%) Support Engineer
9 13 (3.22%) Manufacturing Engineer
9 13 (3.22%) Quality Manager
10 12 (2.97%) QA Engineer
11 11 (2.72%) Administrator
11 11 (2.72%) QA Manager
11 11 (2.72%) Quality Engineer
11 11 (2.72%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.72%) Django
2 10 (2.48%) .NET
3 8 (1.98%) REST
4 7 (1.73%) Node.js
4 7 (1.73%) Vue
5 5 (1.24%) Flask
5 5 (1.24%) RESTful
6 3 (0.74%) HTML
7 2 (0.50%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.50%) ASP.NET Web API
7 2 (0.50%) Blazor
7 2 (0.50%) WCF
7 2 (0.50%) WPF
8 1 (0.25%) FastAPI
8 1 (0.25%) OpenAPI
8 1 (0.25%) OpenCV
8 1 (0.25%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.25%) React
8 1 (0.25%) Swagger
8 1 (0.25%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.95%) FMCG
2 14 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (3.22%) Robotics
4 8 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (1.98%) Driving Licence
5 7 (1.73%) Analogue Electronics
5 7 (1.73%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (1.24%) FPGA
7 4 (0.99%) Data Centre
8 3 (0.74%) Low-Code
8 3 (0.74%) NHS
8 3 (0.74%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.50%) 3D Printing
9 2 (0.50%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.50%) Animation
9 2 (0.50%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (0.50%) IoT
9 2 (0.50%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.50%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (0.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 34 (8.42%) Windows
2 27 (6.68%) Linux
3 14 (3.47%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.49%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.74%) VMS
5 3 (0.74%) Windows Embedded Compact
6 2 (0.50%) Android
6 2 (0.50%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.25%) Unix
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (19.31%) Software Engineering
2 50 (12.38%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (11.88%) Coaching
4 36 (8.91%) Mentoring
5 33 (8.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 32 (7.92%) ERP
6 32 (7.92%) Line Management
7 26 (6.44%) Project Management
7 26 (6.44%) QMS
8 24 (5.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 23 (5.69%) CAPA
10 22 (5.45%) Customer Service
11 21 (5.20%) Agile
11 21 (5.20%) Supplier Management
12 20 (4.95%) Business Intelligence
13 19 (4.70%) Service Management
14 16 (3.96%) Programme Management
15 15 (3.71%) Logistics
15 15 (3.71%) Systems Engineering
15 15 (3.71%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 24 (5.94%) Python
2 23 (5.69%) SQL
3 16 (3.96%) C++
4 14 (3.47%) C
4 14 (3.47%) JavaScript
5 13 (3.22%) C#
6 12 (2.97%) TypeScript
7 9 (2.23%) Java
8 6 (1.49%) Progress 4GL
8 6 (1.49%) VB.NET
9 4 (0.99%) Ada
9 4 (0.99%) Embedded C
9 4 (0.99%) Embedded C++
9 4 (0.99%) MATLAB
10 3 (0.74%) Bash
10 3 (0.74%) PHP
10 3 (0.74%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.50%) Bicep
11 2 (0.50%) RPG
11 2 (0.50%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 70 (17.33%) Degree
2 17 (4.21%) Security Cleared
3 14 (3.47%) SC Cleared
4 8 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.49%) HND
6 5 (1.24%) ACCA
7 4 (0.99%) CCNA
7 4 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.50%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.25%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.25%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.25%) CISSP
9 1 (0.25%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.25%) HNC
9 1 (0.25%) ISACA
9 1 (0.25%) ISEB
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (15.84%) QA
2 30 (7.43%) GMP
3 10 (2.48%) SLA
4 5 (1.24%) GAAP
4 5 (1.24%) IFRS
5 4 (0.99%) GDPR
5 4 (0.99%) ISO 9001
5 4 (0.99%) PMO
6 3 (0.74%) GLP
7 2 (0.50%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.25%) GAMP
8 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.25%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.25%) NIST
8 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (3.22%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.97%) Firmware
3 10 (2.48%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.24%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.25%) Docker
6 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (0.99%) SCCM
1 4 (0.99%) Terraform
2 3 (0.74%) FortiGate
3 2 (0.50%) Ansible
3 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.25%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 44 (10.89%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.96%) SAP
3 10 (2.48%) VMware
4 9 (2.23%) Siemens
5 8 (1.98%) Cisco
5 8 (1.98%) Oracle
6 7 (1.73%) HP
7 6 (1.49%) Progress
8 5 (1.24%) CA
8 5 (1.24%) IFS
9 4 (0.99%) Aruba
9 4 (0.99%) Veeam
10 3 (0.74%) Samsung
10 3 (0.74%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.50%) IBM
11 2 (0.50%) Nintex
11 2 (0.50%) SonicWALL
11 2 (0.50%) Splunk
12 1 (0.25%) PTC
12 1 (0.25%) Sage