Manufacturing Jobs in the UK excluding London

Manufacturing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 47 104
Rank change year-on-year +33 +57 -26
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 3,710 3,407 1,918
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.49% 4.81% 3.22%
As % of the General category 14.17% 8.38% 4.68%
Number of salaries quoted 857 2,190 914
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £73,750 £68,048 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -18.18% +10.00%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 26,173 40,676 40,941
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 66.96% 57.40% 68.66%
Number of salaries quoted 12,016 26,401 18,607
10th Percentile £25,267 £26,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £37,440
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in the UK excluding London

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Manufacturing in the UK excluding London

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in the UK excluding London

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 Manufacturing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 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
North of England +30 1,357 £55,000 +22.22% 607
South East +37 1,170 £65,000 +53.66% 646
North West +32 861 £56,000 +17.89% 353
Midlands +6 562 £48,000 +6.67% 539
Yorkshire +21 444 £45,000 +5.88% 196
West Midlands +12 340 £55,000 +22.22% 305
East of England +2 291 £40,000 -21.95% 327
East Midlands +2 222 £46,250 +8.82% 219
South West +9 192 £40,000 -5.88% 402
Scotland +52 80 £50,000 +5.26% 138
North East +4 52 £45,000 +12.50% 66
Wales -23 43 £48,750 +44.44% 98
Northern Ireland +10 23 £42,500 +21.43% 38
Manufacturing
UK

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 67 (1.81%) SharePoint
2 65 (1.75%) Confluence
3 31 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (0.46%) IBM Domino
5 15 (0.40%) OpenEdge
6 7 (0.19%) nginx
7 6 (0.16%) CMS
8 5 (0.13%) Apache
8 5 (0.13%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.081%) EPiServer
10 2 (0.054%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.054%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.054%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.054%) WinCC
11 1 (0.027%) Mendix
11 1 (0.027%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 224 (6.04%) Microsoft Office
2 141 (3.80%) Mathcad
3 101 (2.72%) Abaqus
4 47 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
5 46 (1.24%) SOLIDWORKS
6 18 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
7 13 (0.35%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 3 (0.081%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.081%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.081%) EPLAN
9 3 (0.081%) Revit
9 3 (0.081%) Simulink
10 2 (0.054%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.054%) Autodesk Inventor
10 2 (0.054%) GNU Octave
10 2 (0.054%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.054%) Siemens NX
10 2 (0.054%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.054%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 37 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 29 (0.78%) Dynamics AX
3 24 (0.65%) Sage 200
4 22 (0.59%) Teamcenter
5 20 (0.54%) SAP ERP
6 19 (0.51%) Sage 50
7 15 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
8 8 (0.22%) Infor M3
8 8 (0.22%) NetSuite
8 8 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
9 6 (0.16%) Sage CRM
10 4 (0.11%) Sprinklr
11 3 (0.081%) Magento
11 3 (0.081%) Oracle ERP
11 3 (0.081%) Payment Gateway
11 3 (0.081%) SAP SD
12 2 (0.054%) SAP FI
12 2 (0.054%) SAP Oil and Gas
12 2 (0.054%) SAP PP
12 2 (0.054%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 119 (3.21%) Azure
2 87 (2.35%) AWS
3 67 (1.81%) Microsoft 365
4 45 (1.21%) Power Platform
5 30 (0.81%) GitHub
6 21 (0.57%) SaaS
7 20 (0.54%) Entra ID
8 14 (0.38%) Amazon EC2
8 14 (0.38%) Amazon S3
8 14 (0.38%) Amazon SageMaker
9 13 (0.35%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (0.32%) Amazon ECS
11 11 (0.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 10 (0.27%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (0.24%) Microsoft Copilot
13 9 (0.24%) Serverless
14 8 (0.22%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (0.19%) Cloud Computing
15 7 (0.19%) GCP
15 7 (0.19%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 57 (1.54%) Firewall
2 26 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
3 23 (0.62%) WAN
4 19 (0.51%) Internet
4 19 (0.51%) VPN
5 18 (0.49%) LAN
6 17 (0.46%) Modbus
6 17 (0.46%) SAN
7 16 (0.43%) Ethernet
7 16 (0.43%) VoIP
7 16 (0.43%) Wireless
8 15 (0.40%) Profibus
9 14 (0.38%) DNS
10 12 (0.32%) Network Security
10 12 (0.32%) RS-232
10 12 (0.32%) VLAN
11 11 (0.30%) RS-485
12 10 (0.27%) MPLS
13 9 (0.24%) Bluetooth
13 9 (0.24%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (1.54%) SQL Server
2 44 (1.19%) Power BI
3 22 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (0.49%) MySQL
5 14 (0.38%) Relational Database
6 12 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (0.27%) Data Lake
8 9 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
9 8 (0.22%) MongoDB
9 8 (0.22%) NoSQL
10 7 (0.19%) MS Access
11 6 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (0.13%) Amazon Aurora
12 5 (0.13%) Big Data
12 5 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
12 5 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.13%) SQLite
12 5 (0.13%) Tableau
13 4 (0.11%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 83 (2.24%) JIRA
2 26 (0.70%) Jenkins
2 26 (0.70%) Visual Studio
3 25 (0.67%) Git
4 11 (0.30%) LabVIEW
5 8 (0.22%) TeamCity
6 7 (0.19%) GitLab
7 6 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
7 6 (0.16%) Subversion
8 5 (0.13%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.13%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.13%) JUnit
8 5 (0.13%) Maven
8 5 (0.13%) Mockito
8 5 (0.13%) Postman
8 5 (0.13%) Selenium
8 5 (0.13%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.13%) TestNG
9 2 (0.054%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.054%) Robot Framework
General
1 668 (18.01%) Social Skills
2 545 (14.69%) Retail
3 433 (11.67%) Electronics
4 382 (10.30%) Finance
5 331 (8.92%) Marketing
6 300 (8.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 288 (7.76%) Analytical Skills
8 242 (6.52%) Presentation Skills
9 146 (3.94%) Dutch Language
10 144 (3.88%) Finnish Language
10 144 (3.88%) Norwegian Language
11 87 (2.35%) Pharmaceutical
12 77 (2.08%) Law
13 71 (1.91%) Legal
14 70 (1.89%) Telecoms
15 58 (1.56%) Automotive
16 55 (1.48%) Public Sector
17 54 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
18 44 (1.19%) Aerospace
19 33 (0.89%) Games
Job Titles
1 445 (11.99%) Senior
2 433 (11.67%) Trainer
3 214 (5.77%) Lead
4 181 (4.88%) Technical Manager
5 174 (4.69%) Project Manager
6 154 (4.15%) Test Engineer
7 142 (3.83%) Electrical Engineer
8 140 (3.77%) Safety Engineer
9 138 (3.72%) Architect
10 136 (3.67%) Help Desk Manager
11 123 (3.32%) Solutions Architect
12 106 (2.86%) Technical Support
13 105 (2.83%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
14 101 (2.72%) Engineering Specialist
14 101 (2.72%) Products Support Manager
15 91 (2.45%) Analyst
15 91 (2.45%) Support Technician
16 84 (2.26%) Support Manager
17 77 (2.08%) Product Manager
18 74 (1.99%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (1.81%) .NET
2 33 (0.89%) HTML
3 29 (0.78%) .NET Core
3 29 (0.78%) CSS
4 28 (0.75%) .NET Framework
5 20 (0.54%) React
6 18 (0.49%) React Native
7 17 (0.46%) HTML5
7 17 (0.46%) SAP Fiori
8 16 (0.43%) jQuery
9 14 (0.38%) ASP.NET
9 14 (0.38%) Loki
9 14 (0.38%) RESTful
9 14 (0.38%) WPF
10 13 (0.35%) EDI
11 12 (0.32%) Node.js
11 12 (0.32%) PyTorch
11 12 (0.32%) TensorFlow
12 11 (0.30%) Keras
12 11 (0.30%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 468 (12.61%) Robotics
2 132 (3.56%) Management Information System
3 112 (3.02%) FMCG
4 61 (1.64%) IoT
5 59 (1.59%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 56 (1.51%) Operational Technology
7 43 (1.16%) SCADA
8 37 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
9 35 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
10 34 (0.92%) Algorithms
10 34 (0.92%) Renewable Energy
11 23 (0.62%) Blockchain
11 23 (0.62%) Embedded Systems
12 20 (0.54%) Life Science
13 18 (0.49%) Video Conferencing
14 17 (0.46%) Driving Licence
15 16 (0.43%) Onboarding
16 15 (0.40%) CCTV
17 14 (0.38%) Analogue Electronics
17 14 (0.38%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 108 (2.91%) Windows
2 60 (1.62%) Linux
3 59 (1.59%) Windows Server
4 19 (0.51%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
7 5 (0.13%) Debian
8 4 (0.11%) Android
9 3 (0.081%) CentOS
9 3 (0.081%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.081%) Unix
10 2 (0.054%) AIX
10 2 (0.054%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.054%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.054%) Robot Operating System
11 1 (0.027%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.027%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.027%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.027%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,067 (28.76%) Service Delivery
2 794 (21.40%) Problem-Solving
3 517 (13.94%) Artificial Intelligence
4 481 (12.96%) Machine Learning
5 478 (12.88%) Continuous Improvement
6 441 (11.89%) Generative AI
7 432 (11.64%) LLM
7 432 (11.64%) Red Team
8 375 (10.11%) ERP
9 329 (8.87%) Mathematics
10 321 (8.65%) CAD
11 295 (7.95%) Coaching
12 289 (7.79%) Data Privacy
13 285 (7.68%) Project Management
14 251 (6.77%) Physics
15 211 (5.69%) Mentoring
16 161 (4.34%) Agile
17 155 (4.18%) PLM
18 146 (3.94%) Customer Service
19 144 (3.88%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 150 (4.04%) SQL
2 87 (2.35%) C#
3 81 (2.18%) Python
4 64 (1.73%) C++
5 52 (1.40%) C
6 48 (1.29%) JavaScript
6 48 (1.29%) MATLAB
7 27 (0.73%) Java
7 27 (0.73%) TypeScript
8 20 (0.54%) Progress 4GL
9 19 (0.51%) ABAP
10 13 (0.35%) R
11 12 (0.32%) PHP
11 12 (0.32%) Shell Script
12 11 (0.30%) Korn
12 11 (0.30%) PowerShell
13 10 (0.27%) Embedded C
13 10 (0.27%) PL/SQL
14 9 (0.24%) C-shell
15 8 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1,465 (39.49%) Degree
2 963 (25.96%) NVQ Level 3
3 562 (15.15%) BPSS Clearance
4 231 (6.23%) HND
5 148 (3.99%) Master's Degree
6 139 (3.75%) Chartered Engineer
7 127 (3.42%) NVQ Level 4
8 95 (2.56%) HNC
9 46 (1.24%) Numerate Degree
10 41 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
11 26 (0.70%) PhD
11 26 (0.70%) Security Cleared
12 22 (0.59%) CISA
12 22 (0.59%) ISACA
13 16 (0.43%) SC Cleared
14 15 (0.40%) PMP
15 13 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
16 11 (0.30%) PMI Certification
17 10 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
17 10 (0.27%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (3.99%) QA
2 91 (2.45%) ISO 9001
3 80 (2.16%) AQAP
4 41 (1.11%) GMP
5 30 (0.81%) NEBOSH
6 23 (0.62%) SLA
7 22 (0.59%) ITGC
8 20 (0.54%) Accessibility
9 17 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 16 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
11 13 (0.35%) GxP
12 12 (0.32%) Data Quality
12 12 (0.32%) GDPR
13 9 (0.24%) PMO
14 8 (0.22%) GLP
15 5 (0.13%) NIST
16 4 (0.11%) GRC
17 3 (0.081%) ECSS
18 2 (0.054%) 21 CFR Part 11
18 2 (0.054%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 58 (1.56%) Active Directory
2 32 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (0.62%) Docker
4 20 (0.54%) Firmware
5 17 (0.46%) Hyper-V
6 14 (0.38%) Embedded Firmware
7 12 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.13%) Terminal Services
9 4 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.081%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.054%) KVM
11 2 (0.054%) Postfix
11 2 (0.054%) Sendmail
11 2 (0.054%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.027%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 36 (0.97%) Kubernetes
2 23 (0.62%) Terraform
3 14 (0.38%) Grafana
4 12 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (0.32%) Prometheus
5 11 (0.30%) Kustomize
6 8 (0.22%) Ansible
7 7 (0.19%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.16%) BMC PATROL
9 5 (0.13%) Packer
10 4 (0.11%) SCCM
11 2 (0.054%) Functional Safety
11 2 (0.054%) Nagios
11 2 (0.054%) Nessus
11 2 (0.054%) Wonderware InTouch
12 1 (0.027%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 1 (0.027%) Marathon
12 1 (0.027%) QRadar
Vendors
1 459 (12.37%) Google
2 436 (11.75%) Adobe
3 435 (11.73%) Databricks
4 353 (9.51%) Microsoft
5 247 (6.66%) SAP
6 145 (3.91%) Siemens
7 60 (1.62%) Rockwell
8 54 (1.46%) EMC
9 52 (1.40%) Oracle
10 45 (1.21%) VMware
11 30 (0.81%) Sage
12 24 (0.65%) Cisco
13 21 (0.57%) Progress
14 16 (0.43%) Veeam
15 15 (0.40%) Fortinet
15 15 (0.40%) Salesforce
16 14 (0.38%) Epicor
17 13 (0.35%) Infor
18 12 (0.32%) NEC
19 10 (0.27%) Informatica