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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 50 101
Rank change year-on-year +10 +51 -34
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 202 428 204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 5.69% 4.37% 3.08%
As % of the General category 8.78% 8.34% 4.88%
Number of salaries quoted 107 291 123
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £35,078
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £42,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.24% -22.73% +22.22%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £76,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -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 2,300 5,133 4,177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 64.84% 52.40% 63.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,265 3,475 2,300
10th Percentile £25,267 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £36,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -5.45% +2.79%
75th Percentile £63,908 £60,174 £67,070
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,565 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.84% -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 31 May 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 31 May 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 +27 51 £51,500 -6.36% 43
Devon +20 34 £46,000 +18.71% 27
Gloucestershire +13 33 £52,500 +40.00% 46
Wiltshire +9 33 £40,000 -11.11% 16
Somerset +6 21 £66,250 +39.47% 28
Dorset -9 18 £32,500 -23.53% 18
Cornwall -6 10 £40,375 +24.23% 7
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 13 (6.44%) OpenEdge
2 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.50%) Apache
3 1 (0.50%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.50%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 24 (11.88%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.98%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (0.99%) Revit
6 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (7.43%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (2.97%) Sprinklr
3 5 (2.48%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (2.48%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.99%) SAP EWM
4 2 (0.99%) SAP PP
4 2 (0.99%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.50%) Magento
5 1 (0.50%) MFGPRO
Cloud Services
1 22 (10.89%) Azure
1 22 (10.89%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (9.41%) AWS
3 6 (2.97%) Power Platform
4 5 (2.48%) Amazon EC2
4 5 (2.48%) Amazon S3
4 5 (2.48%) Entra ID
5 4 (1.98%) AWS Lambda
5 4 (1.98%) Serverless
6 3 (1.49%) SaaS
7 2 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.99%) Matillion
7 2 (0.99%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.50%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.50%) GCP
8 1 (0.50%) OCI
8 1 (0.50%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 1 (0.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 25 (12.38%) Firewall
2 19 (9.41%) Wi-Fi
3 15 (7.43%) SAN
3 15 (7.43%) VoIP
4 10 (4.95%) MPLS
4 10 (4.95%) VLAN
4 10 (4.95%) WAN
5 8 (3.96%) SD-WAN
6 6 (2.97%) LAN
7 5 (2.48%) Internet
8 2 (0.99%) DHCP
8 2 (0.99%) DNS
8 2 (0.99%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.99%) SSL
8 2 (0.99%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.99%) WLAN
9 1 (0.50%) LTE
9 1 (0.50%) Network Security
9 1 (0.50%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (0.50%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.45%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.47%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (2.97%) Power BI
4 5 (2.48%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (2.48%) MySQL
5 4 (1.98%) Data Mining
5 4 (1.98%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.99%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.50%) Big Data
8 1 (0.50%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.50%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.50%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.50%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 5 (2.48%) Git
2 4 (1.98%) LabVIEW
3 2 (0.99%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.50%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.50%) CMake
4 1 (0.50%) GitLab
4 1 (0.50%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.50%) JUnit
4 1 (0.50%) Subversion
4 1 (0.50%) WebSpeed
4 1 (0.50%) WiX
General
1 42 (20.79%) Social Skills
2 35 (17.33%) Finance
3 33 (16.34%) Electronics
4 23 (11.39%) Marketing
5 22 (10.89%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (8.42%) Telecoms
7 16 (7.92%) Public Sector
8 15 (7.43%) Pharmaceutical
9 13 (6.44%) Aerospace
10 10 (4.95%) Automotive
10 10 (4.95%) Legal
11 9 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (4.46%) Retail
12 7 (3.47%) Advertising
13 4 (1.98%) Games
13 4 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.99%) Aviation
15 2 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.99%) Military
Job Titles
1 32 (15.84%) Technical Support
2 26 (12.87%) Support Technician
3 23 (11.39%) Developer
4 20 (9.90%) Analyst
5 17 (8.42%) ERP Developer
5 17 (8.42%) Progress Developer
6 15 (7.43%) Coordinator
6 15 (7.43%) Help Desk Coordinator
7 12 (5.94%) Senior
8 10 (4.95%) Administrator
8 10 (4.95%) IT Support
9 9 (4.46%) Lead
9 9 (4.46%) Systems Administrator
10 7 (3.47%) Architect
10 7 (3.47%) Business Analyst
10 7 (3.47%) Infrastructure Manager
10 7 (3.47%) Project Manager
10 7 (3.47%) QA Manager
10 7 (3.47%) Quality Manager
11 6 (2.97%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.98%) Laravel
1 4 (1.98%) Node.js
2 3 (1.49%) HTML
2 3 (1.49%) React
2 3 (1.49%) Symfony
3 2 (0.99%) EDI
3 2 (0.99%) Middleware
3 2 (0.99%) Spring
3 2 (0.99%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.50%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.50%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.50%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (0.50%) CSS
4 1 (0.50%) CSS3
4 1 (0.50%) Hibernate
4 1 (0.50%) HTML5
4 1 (0.50%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.50%) Qt
4 1 (0.50%) RESTful
4 1 (0.50%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.90%) Video Conferencing
2 10 (4.95%) CCTV
2 10 (4.95%) Renewable Energy
3 8 (3.96%) IoT
4 7 (3.47%) Operational Technology
5 6 (2.97%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.48%) Analogue Electronics
6 5 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.48%) FMCG
6 5 (2.48%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.48%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.48%) Robotics
6 5 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.98%) SCADA
8 2 (0.99%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.99%) Life Science
8 2 (0.99%) Smartphone
8 2 (0.99%) Social Media
9 1 (0.50%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.50%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 47 (23.27%) Windows
2 24 (11.88%) Linux
3 23 (11.39%) Windows Server
4 10 (4.95%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (30.20%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (22.77%) Customer Service
3 45 (22.28%) ERP
4 37 (18.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 28 (13.86%) Service Delivery
6 27 (13.37%) Coaching
7 24 (11.88%) Business Intelligence
7 24 (11.88%) Customer Experience
7 24 (11.88%) Technical Analysis
8 20 (9.90%) Time Management
9 16 (7.92%) Agile
9 16 (7.92%) Digital Marketing
9 16 (7.92%) Programme Management
10 15 (7.43%) Logistics
10 15 (7.43%) Mentoring
10 15 (7.43%) Process Improvement
10 15 (7.43%) Virtual Environments
11 13 (6.44%) Project Delivery
12 10 (4.95%) Artificial Intelligence
12 10 (4.95%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.40%) SQL
2 17 (8.42%) Progress 4GL
3 13 (6.44%) Python
4 8 (3.96%) C
5 6 (2.97%) Java
6 5 (2.48%) Embedded C
6 5 (2.48%) PHP
7 4 (1.98%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.98%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.49%) C++
8 3 (1.49%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.99%) Bash
9 2 (0.99%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.99%) VBA
9 2 (0.99%) X++
10 1 (0.50%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 39 (19.31%) Degree
2 24 (11.88%) NVQ Level 4
3 20 (9.90%) Security Cleared
4 12 (5.94%) DV Cleared
5 9 (4.46%) SC Cleared
6 5 (2.48%) CCNA
6 5 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.49%) CCNP
8 2 (0.99%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 1 (0.50%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.50%) CISSP
9 1 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.50%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.50%) ISEB
9 1 (0.50%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.50%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (0.50%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.41%) SLA
2 15 (7.43%) QA
3 13 (6.44%) GMP
4 7 (3.47%) GLP
5 4 (1.98%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.99%) GDPR
7 1 (0.50%) Accessibility
System Software
1 25 (12.38%) Active Directory
2 19 (9.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (4.95%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (2.48%) Docker
5 2 (0.99%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.50%) Firmware
6 1 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (2.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.48%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.49%) BMC PATROL
3 3 (1.49%) SCCM
3 3 (1.49%) Terraform
4 2 (0.99%) Ansible
5 1 (0.50%) Kibana
Vendors
1 58 (28.71%) Microsoft
2 29 (14.36%) SAP
3 21 (10.40%) VMware
4 17 (8.42%) Progress
5 11 (5.45%) Google
6 10 (4.95%) Veeam
7 8 (3.96%) Cisco
8 7 (3.47%) Fortinet
9 6 (2.97%) NEC
10 5 (2.48%) Aruba
10 5 (2.48%) Okta
11 4 (1.98%) Citrix
11 4 (1.98%) Salesforce
12 3 (1.49%) IFS
13 2 (0.99%) Apple
13 2 (0.99%) LexisNexis
13 2 (0.99%) Meraki
13 2 (0.99%) NetApp
13 2 (0.99%) Oracle
14 1 (0.50%) IBM