Design for Manufacturing Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Design for Manufacturing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 498 543 455
Rank change year-on-year +45 -88 +257
Permanent jobs citing Design for Manufacturing 19 37 96
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.045% 0.099% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.057% 0.11% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 6 18 10
10th Percentile £33,375 £43,750 £44,725
25th Percentile £38,250 £47,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -15.38% +18.18%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £79,375
90th Percentile £66,250 £59,000 £125,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -15.38% +18.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Design for Manufacturing 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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,380 32,892 27,855
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 79.58% 88.28% 90.59%
Number of salaries quoted 19,063 15,104 20,736
10th Percentile £27,707 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,755 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% +4.76% -4.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,070
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Design for Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Design for Manufacturing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Design for Manufacturing job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Design for Manufacturing
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Design for Manufacturing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Design for Manufacturing

Design for Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Design for Manufacturing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Design for Manufacturing in the UK excluding London

Design for Manufacturing
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design for Manufacturing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
East of England +22 7 £65,000 +18.18%
North of England +15 4 £60,000 +18.81% 4
South West - 4 - - 1
North West +15 3 £60,000 +18.81%
Wales - 2 £34,750 - 1
Midlands +21 1 £55,000 +4.76% 3
West Midlands +18 1 £55,000 +4.76% 3
Scotland +10 1 - - 1
North East - 1 - - 1
Design for Manufacturing
UK

Design for Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (21.05%) Fusion 360
2 2 (10.53%) PTC Creo
3 1 (5.26%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Teamcenter
2 1 (5.26%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Power BI
General
1 8 (42.11%) Manufacturing
2 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
3 6 (31.58%) Electronics
3 6 (31.58%) Finance
4 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (21.05%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Advertising
5 1 (5.26%) Agriculture
5 1 (5.26%) Automotive
5 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Systems Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Test Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Data Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Design Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Senior
3 2 (10.53%) Technical Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Electronics Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) ERP Specialist
4 1 (5.26%) Hardware Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) IC Design Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Lead
4 1 (5.26%) Mechanical Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) RF Design Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) RF Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Hardware Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Life Science
2 1 (5.26%) 3D Printing
2 1 (5.26%) Analogue Electronics
2 1 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.26%) ASIC
2 1 (5.26%) Industry 4.0
2 1 (5.26%) IoT
2 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (42.11%) CAD
3 7 (36.84%) Design-to-Cost
4 5 (26.32%) FMEA
4 5 (26.32%) Prototyping
4 5 (26.32%) Validation
4 5 (26.32%) Verification and Validation
5 4 (21.05%) Biochemistry
5 4 (21.05%) Biotechnology
5 4 (21.05%) Decision-Making
5 4 (21.05%) Machine Learning
5 4 (21.05%) QMS
5 4 (21.05%) Quality Management
5 4 (21.05%) Risk Management
5 4 (21.05%) Test Automation
6 3 (15.79%) ERP
7 2 (10.53%) Configuration Management
7 2 (10.53%) PLM
7 2 (10.53%) Project Management
7 2 (10.53%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) C
1 1 (5.26%) C++
1 1 (5.26%) MATLAB
1 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (57.89%) Degree
2 3 (15.79%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.26%) PhD
3 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) ISO 13485
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) SAP
2 1 (5.26%) Cadence
2 1 (5.26%) Epicor
2 1 (5.26%) Infor
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft