Manufacturing Jobs in the West Midlands

Manufacturing
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 31 37
Rank change year-on-year +6 +6 +21
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 326 432 463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 7.51% 5.86% 7.22%
As % of the General category 13.27% 10.13% 9.50%
Number of salaries quoted 66 268 148
10th Percentile £37,500 £26,250 £31,056
25th Percentile £42,500 £31,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -26.53% +33.15%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £71,625 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -18.18% +10.00%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,457 4,263 4,876
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 56.61% 57.78% 76.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,084 3,030 2,229
10th Percentile £28,475 £25,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% +9.95%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in the West Midlands

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Manufacturing in the West Midlands

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in the West Midlands

Manufacturing
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 within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 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
Birmingham +25 70 £45,000 -25.00% 47
Staffordshire +10 57 £50,000 +42.86% 55
Warwickshire -23 54 £60,000 +20.00% 51
Walsall +13 21 £95,000 +111.11% 2
Wolverhampton +11 21 £47,500 +37.68% 7
Coventry +10 18 - - 20
Solihull +8 16 - - 8
Dudley +4 16 £70,000 +101.44% 3
Worcestershire -5 15 £58,750 +75.37% 19
Shropshire -8 8 £55,000 +10.00% 25
Stourbridge - 7 - - 1
Halesowen +3 2 - -
Sutton Coldfield +2 2 - -
West Bromwich -5 2 - - 2
Smethwick - 2 - -
Wednesbury - 1 £45,000 - 1
Kingswinford - 1 £37,500 -
Manufacturing
England

Manufacturing
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.61%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (4.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.53%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.61%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 22 (6.75%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.31%) Maximo
3 1 (0.31%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.31%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.31%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.31%) SAP SCM
3 1 (0.31%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.31%) SAP WM
3 1 (0.31%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 37 (11.35%) Azure
2 13 (3.99%) AWS
2 13 (3.99%) Power Platform
3 12 (3.68%) Amazon ECS
4 10 (3.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 7 (2.15%) Azure Data Factory
6 6 (1.84%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.61%) Azure Functions
8 2 (0.61%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (0.61%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.61%) IaaS
8 2 (0.61%) PaaS
8 2 (0.61%) SaaS
8 2 (0.61%) Serverless
9 1 (0.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.31%) Azure Machine Learning
9 1 (0.31%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.31%) GCP
9 1 (0.31%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.23%) Ethernet
1 4 (1.23%) Firewall
1 4 (1.23%) Modbus
1 4 (1.23%) Profibus
1 4 (1.23%) VPN
2 2 (0.61%) LAN
3 1 (0.31%) DNS
3 1 (0.31%) Network Security
3 1 (0.31%) WAN
3 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.99%) Power BI
1 13 (3.99%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.76%) Relational Database
3 7 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.23%) Data Hub
4 4 (1.23%) Metadata
4 4 (1.23%) Metadata Repository
4 4 (1.23%) MS Access
5 3 (0.92%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.92%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.31%) Big Data
6 1 (0.31%) Power Query
6 1 (0.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (0.61%) JIRA
1 2 (0.61%) Visual Studio
General
1 71 (21.78%) Analytical Skills
2 65 (19.94%) Retail
3 63 (19.33%) Law
4 36 (11.04%) Finance
5 33 (10.12%) Social Skills
6 31 (9.51%) Documentation Skills
7 30 (9.20%) Legal
8 26 (7.98%) Electronics
9 23 (7.06%) Games
9 23 (7.06%) Telecoms
10 14 (4.29%) Dutch Language
10 14 (4.29%) Finnish Language
10 14 (4.29%) Norwegian Language
11 13 (3.99%) Marketing
12 8 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (2.15%) Automotive
14 2 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.31%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.31%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 57 (17.48%) Senior
2 42 (12.88%) Trainer
3 37 (11.35%) Project Engineer
4 34 (10.43%) Logistics Engineer
5 24 (7.36%) Lead
6 20 (6.13%) Technical Leader
7 12 (3.68%) Site Engineer
7 12 (3.68%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 9 (2.76%) Data Scientist
9 8 (2.45%) Systems Engineer
10 7 (2.15%) Developer
11 6 (1.84%) Analyst
11 6 (1.84%) Control Systems Engineer
12 5 (1.53%) Software Engineer
13 4 (1.23%) Business Analyst
13 4 (1.23%) C# Software Engineer
13 4 (1.23%) IT Manager
14 3 (0.92%) C# Developer
14 3 (0.92%) Consultant
14 3 (0.92%) Delphi Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.13%) .NET
2 12 (3.68%) Loki
3 7 (2.15%) WPF
4 4 (1.23%) Blazor
4 4 (1.23%) ODBC
5 3 (0.92%) .NET Core
5 3 (0.92%) .NET Framework
5 3 (0.92%) ADO
5 3 (0.92%) ASP.NET
5 3 (0.92%) EDI
5 3 (0.92%) REST
5 3 (0.92%) WCF
6 1 (0.31%) ADO.NET
6 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET Web Forms
Miscellaneous
1 64 (19.63%) Robotics
2 25 (7.67%) SCADA
3 24 (7.36%) Legacy Systems
4 22 (6.75%) Blockchain
4 22 (6.75%) Management Information System
5 21 (6.44%) IoT
6 20 (6.13%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 5 (1.53%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.23%) Driving Licence
9 3 (0.92%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.31%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.31%) BYOD
10 1 (0.31%) CAN bus
10 1 (0.31%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.31%) Clustering
10 1 (0.31%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.31%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.31%) Replication
10 1 (0.31%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.84%) Windows
2 2 (0.61%) Windows 10
2 2 (0.61%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.31%) Linux
3 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (28.22%) Service Delivery
2 73 (22.39%) Artificial Intelligence
3 70 (21.47%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (15.95%) Machine Learning
5 51 (15.64%) Generative AI
6 46 (14.11%) Data Analysis
7 42 (12.88%) LLM
7 42 (12.88%) Red Team
8 40 (12.27%) Mathematics
9 39 (11.96%) Data Management
10 38 (11.66%) Logistics
11 37 (11.35%) ERP
11 37 (11.35%) Requirements Gathering
12 35 (10.74%) Analytics
13 34 (10.43%) Business Case
13 34 (10.43%) Logistic Engineering
14 30 (9.20%) Agile
15 28 (8.59%) Data Privacy
16 25 (7.67%) Mechatronics
16 25 (7.67%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 23 (7.06%) C#
1 23 (7.06%) SQL
2 12 (3.68%) TypeScript
3 10 (3.07%) C++
3 10 (3.07%) Java
3 10 (3.07%) Python
4 9 (2.76%) R
5 4 (1.23%) Delphi
5 4 (1.23%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.23%) Ladder Logic
5 4 (1.23%) XAML
6 3 (0.92%) X++
7 2 (0.61%) MATLAB
7 2 (0.61%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.31%) C
Qualifications
1 137 (42.02%) Degree
2 92 (28.22%) NVQ Level 3
3 30 (9.20%) BPSS Clearance
3 30 (9.20%) Numerate Degree
4 22 (6.75%) CISA
4 22 (6.75%) ISACA
5 12 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.23%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.61%) CISSP
7 2 (0.61%) HNC
8 1 (0.31%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.75%) ITGC
2 3 (0.92%) PMO
2 3 (0.92%) QA
3 2 (0.61%) GDPR
3 2 (0.61%) GMP
3 2 (0.61%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.31%) NIST
4 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (1.53%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.31%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (3.99%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.68%) Grafana
2 12 (3.68%) Prometheus
2 12 (3.68%) Terraform
3 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.61%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.61%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.31%) SCCM
Vendors
1 43 (13.19%) Databricks
2 42 (12.88%) Adobe
2 42 (12.88%) Google
3 31 (9.51%) SAP
4 30 (9.20%) Microsoft
5 27 (8.28%) Oracle
6 25 (7.67%) Siemens
7 24 (7.36%) Rockwell
8 4 (1.23%) Allen-Bradley
8 4 (1.23%) Informatica
8 4 (1.23%) QAD
8 4 (1.23%) VMware
9 3 (0.92%) JD Edwards
9 3 (0.92%) Veeam
10 2 (0.61%) Apple
10 2 (0.61%) Dell
10 2 (0.61%) HP
10 2 (0.61%) Sage
10 2 (0.61%) Sophos
11 1 (0.31%) Citrix