Manufacturing
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Manufacturing over the 6 months to 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 102 168 161
Rank change year-on-year +66 -7 +8
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 1,627 2,784 3,048
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.11% 2.28% 2.40%
As % of the General category 4.74% 3.30% 4.01%
Number of salaries quoted 922 1,750 2,117
10th Percentile £32,444 £31,250 £30,150
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £83,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -

All General Skills
UK

Manufacturing is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 34,334 84,285 76,019
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 65.68% 68.96% 59.82%
Number of salaries quoted 24,048 48,071 48,046
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in the UK

Manufacturing
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing.

Salary trend for Manufacturing in the UK

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing over the 6 months to 10 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in the UK

Manufacturing
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the UK over the 6 months to 10 December 2023. 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
England +60 1,460 £55,000 - 2,867
UK excluding London +40 1,315 £50,000 - 2,747
South East +126 557 £45,000 -18.18% 604
Work from Home +33 557 £58,500 +1.74% 707
North of England +16 214 £47,500 -5.00% 630
Midlands -19 204 £52,500 +11.70% 620
London +105 196 £75,500 +4.14% 327
South West -10 136 £52,500 +9.38% 357
North West +47 116 £50,000 - 316
West Midlands -22 114 £52,500 +11.70% 403
Yorkshire +17 95 £42,500 -3.41% 240
East Midlands +11 86 £50,000 +2.56% 213
Scotland +53 84 £47,500 -9.52% 150
East of England +49 82 £57,500 +2.22% 349
Wales +4 22 £36,750 -24.62% 126
Northern Ireland +31 16 £35,000 +7.69% 26
North East +2 3 £38,500 -3.75% 94

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 38 (2.34%) SharePoint
2 32 (1.97%) Confluence
3 14 (0.86%) CMS
4 13 (0.80%) WordPress
5 10 (0.61%) MS Exchange
6 7 (0.43%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.37%) IIS
8 5 (0.31%) Apache
9 4 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.25%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.25%) ArcSDE
9 4 (0.25%) Skype for Business
10 3 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2003
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 3 (0.18%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.12%) WebLogic
12 1 (0.061%) Artix
12 1 (0.061%) Drupal
12 1 (0.061%) IBM Domino
12 1 (0.061%) SAS
Applications
1 91 (5.59%) Microsoft Office
2 75 (4.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 58 (3.56%) SOLIDWORKS
4 37 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 37 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.74%) OrCAD
6 8 (0.49%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.49%) Simulink
7 5 (0.31%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.31%) Autodesk Inventor
7 5 (0.31%) Windchill
8 2 (0.12%) Acrobat
8 2 (0.12%) TargetLink
9 1 (0.061%) CANalyzer
9 1 (0.061%) CATIA
9 1 (0.061%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.061%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.061%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.061%) Trello
Business Applications
1 83 (5.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (2.40%) SAP ERP
3 26 (1.60%) SAP CO
3 26 (1.60%) SAP SCM
4 25 (1.54%) SAP FI
4 25 (1.54%) SAP FI/CO
5 23 (1.41%) SAP PP
6 18 (1.11%) SAP QM
7 17 (1.04%) Dynamics NAV
7 17 (1.04%) SAP MM
8 14 (0.86%) Magento
9 12 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
9 12 (0.74%) SAP SD
10 11 (0.68%) SAP PM
11 9 (0.55%) Infor M3
12 8 (0.49%) SAP Oil and Gas
13 7 (0.43%) NetSuite
14 5 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
14 5 (0.31%) JDE EnterpriseOne
14 5 (0.31%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 155 (9.53%) Microsoft 365
2 150 (9.22%) Azure
3 120 (7.38%) Power Platform
4 61 (3.75%) Dynamics 365
5 60 (3.69%) AWS
6 38 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
6 38 (2.34%) SaaS
7 29 (1.78%) FinancialForce
7 29 (1.78%) GCP
8 22 (1.35%) Entra ID
9 16 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
10 13 (0.80%) PaaS
11 12 (0.74%) PowerApps
12 10 (0.61%) WhatsApp
13 8 (0.49%) IaaS
14 7 (0.43%) GitHub
14 7 (0.43%) Serverless
15 6 (0.37%) Azure Machine Learning
15 6 (0.37%) Boomi
15 6 (0.37%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.64%) Wireless
2 42 (2.58%) Firewall
3 38 (2.34%) LAN
4 34 (2.09%) WAN
5 24 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
6 23 (1.41%) DNS
7 21 (1.29%) TCP/IP
8 20 (1.23%) DHCP
8 20 (1.23%) SAN
9 19 (1.17%) Ethernet
10 15 (0.92%) HTTP
11 14 (0.86%) Network Security
12 11 (0.68%) MQTT
12 11 (0.68%) VoIP
12 11 (0.68%) VPN
13 10 (0.61%) Internet
13 10 (0.61%) Software-Defined Radio
14 9 (0.55%) LTE
15 8 (0.49%) 4G
16 7 (0.43%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (5.90%) Power BI
2 61 (3.75%) SQL Server
3 49 (3.01%) Looker
4 39 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
5 28 (1.72%) Power Query
6 23 (1.41%) MySQL
7 21 (1.29%) Star Schema
8 14 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 13 (0.80%) GIS
9 13 (0.80%) Tableau
10 12 (0.74%) Data Mining
10 12 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
11 11 (0.68%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 11 (0.68%) Relational Database
12 10 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (0.49%) Crystal Reports
13 8 (0.49%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.49%) NoSQL
14 7 (0.43%) Data Hub
15 5 (0.31%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 92 (5.65%) LabVIEW
2 47 (2.89%) JIRA
3 38 (2.34%) Git
4 17 (1.04%) Jenkins
5 11 (0.68%) Rational DOORS
5 11 (0.68%) Subversion
6 8 (0.49%) Selenium
6 8 (0.49%) TeamCity
7 6 (0.37%) GitLab
7 6 (0.37%) Oracle APEX
8 5 (0.31%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.25%) NUnit
9 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.18%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.18%) JMeter
10 3 (0.18%) JUnit
11 2 (0.12%) CMake
11 2 (0.12%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.12%) SoapUI
11 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 455 (27.97%) Finance
2 452 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 307 (18.87%) Electronics
4 247 (15.18%) Analytical Skills
5 230 (14.14%) Marketing
6 225 (13.83%) Public Sector
7 206 (12.66%) Telecoms
8 127 (7.81%) Retail
9 108 (6.64%) Automotive
10 91 (5.59%) Legal
11 85 (5.22%) Aerospace
12 50 (3.07%) Pharmaceutical
13 48 (2.95%) Aviation
14 41 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 40 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
16 25 (1.54%) Banking
17 19 (1.17%) Law
18 16 (0.98%) Military
18 16 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
19 7 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 333 (20.47%) Analyst
2 154 (9.47%) Senior
3 123 (7.56%) Project Manager
4 119 (7.31%) Developer
5 109 (6.70%) Consultant
6 98 (6.02%) Lead
7 75 (4.61%) Test Engineer
8 70 (4.30%) Systems Engineer
9 58 (3.56%) Graduate
10 51 (3.13%) Support Engineer
11 50 (3.07%) Architect
12 44 (2.70%) Quality Engineer
12 44 (2.70%) SAP Consultant
12 44 (2.70%) Software Engineer
13 43 (2.64%) Design Engineer
14 42 (2.58%) Business Manager
14 42 (2.58%) IT Analyst
14 42 (2.58%) IT Support
15 40 (2.46%) IT Manager
16 39 (2.40%) Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (3.81%) .NET
2 39 (2.40%) HTML
3 36 (2.21%) React
4 31 (1.91%) CSS
5 20 (1.23%) Laravel
6 18 (1.11%) ASP.NET
7 14 (0.86%) .NET Core
7 14 (0.86%) jQuery
7 14 (0.86%) REST
7 14 (0.86%) RESTful
7 14 (0.86%) SAPUI5
8 13 (0.80%) .NET Framework
8 13 (0.80%) EDI
9 11 (0.68%) Sass
10 10 (0.61%) JSON
10 10 (0.61%) Kafka
10 10 (0.61%) LESS
10 10 (0.61%) XML
11 9 (0.55%) Web Services
12 8 (0.49%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 90 (5.53%) Arduino
1 90 (5.53%) Raspberry Pi
2 68 (4.18%) Self-Motivation
3 56 (3.44%) Management Information System
4 43 (2.64%) Enterprise Software
5 39 (2.40%) IoT
6 34 (2.09%) Low-Code
6 34 (2.09%) Operational Technology
7 32 (1.97%) FMCG
8 30 (1.84%) Onboarding
9 29 (1.78%) Embedded Systems
10 28 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
11 26 (1.60%) Virtual Team
12 25 (1.54%) Driving Licence
13 23 (1.41%) Life Science
14 22 (1.35%) Data Structures
14 22 (1.35%) FPGA
15 19 (1.17%) Private Cloud
16 18 (1.11%) VHDL
17 17 (1.04%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 167 (10.26%) Windows
2 90 (5.53%) Linux
3 63 (3.87%) Windows Server
4 50 (3.07%) Android
5 18 (1.11%) Windows 10
5 18 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
6 17 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
7 13 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (0.43%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.43%) Embedded Linux
9 5 (0.31%) Unix
9 5 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (0.25%) FreeRTOS
10 4 (0.25%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.25%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.18%) Debian
11 3 (0.18%) Windows 2000 Server
12 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.12%) VMS
13 1 (0.061%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 407 (25.02%) Problem-Solving
2 357 (21.94%) Business Intelligence
3 281 (17.27%) Project Management
4 265 (16.29%) ERP
5 206 (12.66%) Programme Management
6 190 (11.68%) Agile
7 182 (11.19%) Digital Marketing
8 168 (10.33%) ITIL
9 160 (9.83%) Analytics
10 150 (9.22%) Continuous Improvement
11 146 (8.97%) Stakeholder Management
12 124 (7.62%) Change Management
13 119 (7.31%) Roadmaps
14 112 (6.88%) Computer Science
15 109 (6.70%) Validation
16 104 (6.39%) Project Delivery
17 102 (6.27%) CRM
18 101 (6.21%) Logistics
19 96 (5.90%) Customer Service
20 95 (5.84%) Design for Manufacturing
Programming Languages
1 249 (15.30%) SQL
2 166 (10.20%) Python
3 110 (6.76%) C#
4 88 (5.41%) C
5 83 (5.10%) VB
6 68 (4.18%) JavaScript
7 52 (3.20%) C++
8 42 (2.58%) Java
9 34 (2.09%) PHP
10 25 (1.54%) MATLAB
11 24 (1.48%) PowerShell
12 22 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 16 (0.98%) Embedded C
14 10 (0.61%) PL/SQL
14 10 (0.61%) TypeScript
15 9 (0.55%) Bash
15 9 (0.55%) T-SQL
16 6 (0.37%) ABAP
16 6 (0.37%) Assembly Language
16 6 (0.37%) RPG
Qualifications
1 441 (27.11%) Degree
2 145 (8.91%) HNC
3 80 (4.92%) Security Cleared
4 67 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 47 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 44 (2.70%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 43 (2.64%) SC Cleared
8 36 (2.21%) PMI Certification
9 35 (2.15%) MCSE
10 34 (2.09%) Linux+ Certification
11 28 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
12 27 (1.66%) PMP
13 23 (1.41%) HND
14 21 (1.29%) Master's Degree
15 17 (1.04%) Chartered Engineer
16 13 (0.80%) DV Cleared
17 9 (0.55%) CISSP
18 8 (0.49%) PhD
19 7 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
19 7 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (8.85%) QA
2 39 (2.40%) NIST
3 24 (1.48%) PMO
4 20 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (1.11%) Accessibility
5 18 (1.11%) SLA
6 17 (1.04%) GMP
7 14 (0.86%) ISO 26262
8 10 (0.61%) Data Quality
9 9 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.49%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.37%) GDPR
12 6 (0.37%) IEC 61508
13 5 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.31%) DO-178B
13 5 (0.31%) MISRA
13 5 (0.31%) PCI DSS
14 4 (0.25%) GxP
15 3 (0.18%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 61 (3.75%) Active Directory
2 49 (3.01%) Firmware
3 23 (1.41%) Embedded Firmware
4 20 (1.23%) Hyper-V
5 19 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (0.49%) Docker
7 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.12%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.061%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.061%) HDFS
9 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.061%) NFS
9 1 (0.061%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
1 13 (0.80%) SCCM
2 7 (0.43%) Terraform
3 5 (0.31%) Functional Safety
3 5 (0.31%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.25%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (0.12%) Wonderware InTouch
5 2 (0.12%) WSUS
6 1 (0.061%) Grafana
6 1 (0.061%) Nmap
6 1 (0.061%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.061%) Puppet
6 1 (0.061%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 415 (25.51%) SAP
2 316 (19.42%) Microsoft
3 67 (4.12%) Salesforce
4 48 (2.95%) VMware
5 45 (2.77%) Sage
6 43 (2.64%) Apple
6 43 (2.64%) Oracle
7 31 (1.91%) Atlassian
8 30 (1.84%) HubSpot
9 29 (1.78%) Pardot
10 22 (1.35%) IBM
11 21 (1.29%) EMC
12 20 (1.23%) Cisco
13 18 (1.11%) Google
14 14 (0.86%) IFS
15 12 (0.74%) Adobe
15 12 (0.74%) Epicor
16 11 (0.68%) JD Edwards
17 10 (0.61%) Citrix
17 10 (0.61%) ServiceNow