Manufacturing Engineering Job Trends in Wales

Manufacturing Engineering
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Manufacturing Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 64 -
Rank change year-on-year -70 - -
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.033% 0.12% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.050% 0.15% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - -
75th Percentile £33,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £51,250 £102,068 £50,000
% change year-on-year -49.79% +104.14% +8.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

Manufacturing Engineering 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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,999 686 990
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 65.37% 82.25% 64.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,394 515 658
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,087 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £29,750 £35,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% +7.78% -1.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

Manufacturing Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Manufacturing Engineering job vacancy trend in Wales

Manufacturing Engineering
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Manufacturing Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Manufacturing Engineering

Manufacturing Engineering
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering within the Wales region over the 6 months to 9 September 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
South Wales - 1 £32,500 - 6
Manufacturing Engineering
UK

Manufacturing Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) Production Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IFS