Manufacturing Job Trends in Surrey

Manufacturing
South East > Surrey

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in Surrey. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 52 77
Rank change year-on-year -8 +25 -4
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 63 45 62
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 2.77% 3.88% 3.03%
As % of the General category 5.67% 5.88% 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 45 21 32
10th Percentile £30,400 £26,250 £25,375
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -9.09% -16.19%
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £54,375
90th Percentile £79,000 £75,000 £70,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% -15.00%

All General Skills
Surrey

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 general skills in Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,112 765 1,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 48.86% 66.01% 65.01%
Number of salaries quoted 776 435 700
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -10.53% -17.39%
75th Percentile £73,750 £64,050 £63,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -4.76%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Surrey

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Manufacturing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Surrey over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in Surrey

Manufacturing
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 10 August 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
Camberley +4 9 £50,000 -31.03% 2
Sunbury-on-Thames - 9 - - 3
Guildford -24 7 £77,500 +106.67% 4
Woking -19 5 £50,000 +25.00% 6
Redhill - 5 £27,750 - 7
Weybridge -3 3 £95,000 - 2
Dorking - 2 £35,000 -
Cobham -2 1 - -
Staines -7 1 - - 3
Horley - 1 £26,000 -
Leatherhead - 1 £41,500 - 1
Farnham - 1 £42,500 -
Godalming - 1 £45,000 - 1
Manufacturing
South East

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.59%) NetSuite
1 1 (1.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.59%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.59%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (12.70%) Remote Desktop
2 4 (6.35%) Ethernet
2 4 (6.35%) RS-232
2 4 (6.35%) RS-485
3 3 (4.76%) Bluetooth
3 3 (4.76%) Gigabit Ethernet
3 3 (4.76%) GSM
3 3 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (4.76%) Wireless
3 3 (4.76%) ZigBee
4 1 (1.59%) NFC
4 1 (1.59%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (12.70%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.59%) Power BI
General
1 22 (34.92%) Social Skills
2 13 (20.63%) Finance
3 11 (17.46%) Electronics
4 10 (15.87%) Marketing
5 6 (9.52%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (4.76%) Wearables
7 2 (3.17%) Retail
8 1 (1.59%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (15.87%) Business Development Manager
1 10 (15.87%) Business Manager
1 10 (15.87%) Development Manager
1 10 (15.87%) IT Engineer
2 8 (12.70%) IT Support
2 8 (12.70%) IT Support Engineer
2 8 (12.70%) Support Engineer
3 7 (11.11%) Senior
4 6 (9.52%) Quality Manager
4 6 (9.52%) Senior Manager
5 5 (7.94%) Lead
5 5 (7.94%) QA Manager
5 5 (7.94%) Senior QA Manager
5 5 (7.94%) Senior Quality Manager
6 4 (6.35%) Applications Engineer
6 4 (6.35%) Graduate
6 4 (6.35%) Graduate Applications Engineer
6 4 (6.35%) Hardware Engineer
6 4 (6.35%) Support Manager
7 2 (3.17%) Product Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.76%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.76%) Handset
1 3 (4.76%) IoT
1 3 (4.76%) PCIe
2 2 (3.17%) Analogue Electronics
2 2 (3.17%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (3.17%) FMCG
3 1 (1.59%) 3D Printing
3 1 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.59%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.59%) FPGA
3 1 (1.59%) Robotics
3 1 (1.59%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.70%) Linux
1 8 (12.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
2 10 (15.87%) Business Development
3 9 (14.29%) ERP
4 7 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (9.52%) CRM
6 5 (7.94%) Biology
6 5 (7.94%) CAPA
6 5 (7.94%) Chemistry
6 5 (7.94%) Coaching
6 5 (7.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (7.94%) Performance Monitoring
6 5 (7.94%) Validation
7 4 (6.35%) Business Strategy
7 4 (6.35%) Project Management
7 4 (6.35%) Regulatory Compliance
7 4 (6.35%) Schematic Capture
7 4 (6.35%) Service Delivery
7 4 (6.35%) Verification and Validation
8 3 (4.76%) Kalman Filter
8 3 (4.76%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.70%) Ruby
2 2 (3.17%) Assembly Language
3 1 (1.59%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (9.52%) Degree
2 4 (6.35%) HNC
2 4 (6.35%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.76%) HND
4 2 (3.17%) CCNA
4 2 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.17%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.17%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.59%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (1.59%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 1 (1.59%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.70%) Cyber Essentials
1 8 (12.70%) QA
2 5 (7.94%) GMP
3 2 (3.17%) ECSS
4 1 (1.59%) GDPR
4 1 (1.59%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 2 (3.17%) Firmware
Vendors
1 12 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 10 (15.87%) Cisco
3 2 (3.17%) Fortinet
3 2 (3.17%) Juniper
4 1 (1.59%) IFS
4 1 (1.59%) Lattice Semiconductor
4 1 (1.59%) Oracle
4 1 (1.59%) SAP
4 1 (1.59%) Xilinx