Manufacturing Engineer Jobs in the West Midlands

Manufacturing Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Manufacturing Engineer salary in the West Midlands is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 225 198
Rank change year-on-year +54 -27 +123
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a Manufacturing Engineer 4 1 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.12% 0.015% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.016% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 -
England median annual salary £42,500 £65,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year -34.62% +136.36% -30.25%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,115 6,199 3,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.82% 94.90% 90.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,073 3,952 2,966
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,119 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,656 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,250 £65,000 £65,188
90th Percentile £79,750 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Manufacturing Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Manufacturing Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing Engineer in the West Midlands

Manufacturing Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Manufacturing Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Manufacturing Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands

Manufacturing Engineer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Coventry - 3 £45,000 -
Shropshire - 1 - -
Manufacturing Engineer
England

Manufacturing Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 28 August 2025, Manufacturing Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Manufacturing Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) OOP
2 1 (25.00%) OO
2 1 (25.00%) ETL
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Integration

Manufacturing Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Agile
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (25.00%) ETL
1 1 (25.00%) OO
1 1 (25.00%) OOP
1 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (25.00%) SDLC
1 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Workflow