Manufacturing Engineering Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Manufacturing Engineering
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Manufacturing Engineering 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 93 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 0.12% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - -
75th Percentile £38,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £38,750 - £42,250

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire

Manufacturing Engineering 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 South Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,060 446 791
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 62.39% 74.46% 75.98%
Number of salaries quoted 786 304 420
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,255 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £29,978 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -12.38% +16.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,875 £77,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.94% -3.81%

Manufacturing Engineering
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
Sheffield - 1 - - 3
Barnsley - 1 £37,500 - 5
Manufacturing Engineering
Yorkshire

Manufacturing Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) AutoCAD
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Graduate
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Robotics
2 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Mechatronics
2 1 (50.00%) CAD
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Image Processing
2 1 (50.00%) Lean Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) HNC
2 1 (50.00%) HND