Smart Manufacturing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Smart Manufacturing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Smart Manufacturing over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 899 993 1192
Rank change year-on-year +94 +199 -302
Permanent jobs citing Smart Manufacturing 9 5 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.005% 0.008%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.011% 0.005% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 4
10th Percentile £32,500 - -
25th Percentile £34,375 £88,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £92,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -48.65% +117.65% -30.61%
75th Percentile £57,500 £109,063 £48,750
90th Percentile - £132,125 £57,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 - £42,500

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Smart Manufacturing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 83,814 101,905 146,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.22% 95.67% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 59,590 59,680 83,719
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +9.38%

Smart Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Smart Manufacturing in the UK

Smart Manufacturing
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Smart Manufacturing in the UK

Smart Manufacturing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Smart Manufacturing over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Smart Manufacturing in the UK

Smart Manufacturing
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Smart Manufacturing within the UK over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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 +136 9 £47,500 -48.65% 6
UK excluding London - 9 £47,500 - 4
Midlands - 9 £47,500 -
West Midlands - 8 £55,000 -
East Midlands - 1 £40,000 -

Smart 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 6 (66.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) Power Automate
1 6 (66.67%) Power Platform
1 6 (66.67%) PowerApps
2 2 (22.22%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) Power BI
General
1 8 (88.89%) Manufacturing
2 6 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Lead
2 4 (44.44%) Digital Transformation
3 2 (22.22%) IT Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Augmented Reality
1 6 (66.67%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 6 (66.67%) Industry 4.0
1 6 (66.67%) IoT
1 6 (66.67%) PMI
1 6 (66.67%) SCADA
1 6 (66.67%) Virtual Reality
2 2 (22.22%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Analytics
1 6 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) Change Management
1 6 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 6 (66.67%) Cost Reduction
1 6 (66.67%) Data Analytics
1 6 (66.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 6 (66.67%) Lean Six Sigma
1 6 (66.67%) Machine Learning
1 6 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 6 (66.67%) Project Management
1 6 (66.67%) Robotic Automation
1 6 (66.67%) Robotic Process Automation
1 6 (66.67%) Six Sigma
2 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
1 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Degree
1 6 (66.67%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft