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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 34 39
Rank change year-on-year +12 +5 +21
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 340 421 471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 7.61% 5.81% 7.07%
As % of the General category 13.83% 10.02% 9.25%
Number of salaries quoted 64 262 146
10th Percentile £37,500 £26,325 £30,926
25th Percentile £39,688 £32,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -28.00% +35.87%
75th Percentile £71,250 £63,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £81,750 £71,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -18.18% +8.91%

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 2,458 4,203 5,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 55.05% 58.05% 76.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,097 3,025 2,262
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,995 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,950 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,063
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.59% +0.11%

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 30 April 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 30 April 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 +29 77 £45,000 -25.00% 49
Warwickshire -35 45 £60,000 +20.00% 52
Staffordshire -10 30 £45,000 +28.57% 145
Walsall +12 29 £95,000 +111.11% 2
Wolverhampton +13 23 £47,500 +37.68% 7
Solihull +10 23 - - 7
Dudley +4 20 £70,000 +101.44% 5
Worcestershire -1 18 £70,000 +62.79% 13
Coventry +7 15 £67,500 +125.00% 34
Stourbridge - 11 - -
Halesowen +4 6 - -
Sutton Coldfield +3 6 - -
West Bromwich -2 6 - - 1
Shropshire -6 6 £52,500 +5.00% 22
Smethwick - 6 - -
Wednesbury - 1 £45,000 - 3
Kingswinford - 1 £37,500 - 1
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 3 (0.88%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 18 (5.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.76%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.59%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 22 (6.47%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.29%) Maximo
3 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.29%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.29%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.29%) SAP SCM
3 1 (0.29%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.29%) SAP WM
3 1 (0.29%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 38 (11.18%) Azure
2 15 (4.41%) Power Platform
3 13 (3.82%) AWS
4 12 (3.53%) Amazon ECS
4 12 (3.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 7 (2.06%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.59%) Azure Functions
8 2 (0.59%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (0.59%) IaaS
8 2 (0.59%) PaaS
8 2 (0.59%) SaaS
8 2 (0.59%) Serverless
9 1 (0.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.29%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.29%) GCP
9 1 (0.29%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.88%) Firewall
1 3 (0.88%) VPN
2 2 (0.59%) Ethernet
2 2 (0.59%) Modbus
2 2 (0.59%) Profibus
3 1 (0.29%) DNS
3 1 (0.29%) LAN
3 1 (0.29%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.41%) Power BI
2 12 (3.53%) SQL Server
3 11 (3.24%) Relational Database
4 7 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.18%) Data Hub
5 4 (1.18%) Metadata
5 4 (1.18%) Metadata Repository
5 4 (1.18%) MS Access
6 3 (0.88%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.88%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.29%) Big Data
7 1 (0.29%) Power Query
7 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (0.88%) JIRA
2 2 (0.59%) Visual Studio
General
1 86 (25.29%) Analytical Skills
2 75 (22.06%) Law
3 39 (11.47%) Finance
4 33 (9.71%) Social Skills
5 25 (7.35%) Electronics
6 23 (6.76%) Games
6 23 (6.76%) Retail
6 23 (6.76%) Telecoms
7 19 (5.59%) Documentation Skills
8 18 (5.29%) Legal
9 14 (4.12%) Marketing
10 8 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.76%) Automotive
12 2 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.29%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 49 (14.41%) Project Engineer
2 46 (13.53%) Logistics Engineer
3 44 (12.94%) Senior
4 24 (7.06%) Lead
5 20 (5.88%) Technical Leader
6 12 (3.53%) Site Engineer
6 12 (3.53%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 11 (3.24%) Data Scientist
8 7 (2.06%) Developer
9 6 (1.76%) Analyst
10 5 (1.47%) Software Engineer
11 4 (1.18%) Business Analyst
11 4 (1.18%) C# Software Engineer
11 4 (1.18%) Systems Engineer
12 3 (0.88%) Architect
12 3 (0.88%) C# Developer
12 3 (0.88%) Consultant
12 3 (0.88%) Delphi Developer
12 3 (0.88%) IT Manager
12 3 (0.88%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.88%) .NET
2 12 (3.53%) Loki
3 7 (2.06%) WPF
4 4 (1.18%) Blazor
4 4 (1.18%) ODBC
5 3 (0.88%) .NET Core
5 3 (0.88%) .NET Framework
5 3 (0.88%) ADO
5 3 (0.88%) ASP.NET
5 3 (0.88%) EDI
5 3 (0.88%) REST
5 3 (0.88%) WCF
6 1 (0.29%) ADO.NET
6 1 (0.29%) ASP.NET Web Forms
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.06%) Legacy Systems
2 23 (6.76%) SCADA
3 22 (6.47%) Blockchain
3 22 (6.47%) Management Information System
3 22 (6.47%) Robotics
4 21 (6.18%) IoT
5 20 (5.88%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 4 (1.18%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.18%) Operational Technology
7 3 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.29%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.29%) BYOD
8 1 (0.29%) CAN bus
8 1 (0.29%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.29%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.29%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.29%) Replication
8 1 (0.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.76%) Windows
2 2 (0.59%) Windows 10
2 2 (0.59%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.29%) Linux
3 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (44.71%) Service Delivery
2 60 (17.65%) Data Analysis
3 51 (15.00%) Data Management
4 50 (14.71%) Logistics
5 49 (14.41%) Requirements Gathering
6 46 (13.53%) Business Case
6 46 (13.53%) Logistic Engineering
7 37 (10.88%) Analytics
7 37 (10.88%) ERP
8 33 (9.71%) Artificial Intelligence
9 31 (9.12%) Agile
10 30 (8.82%) Mathematics
11 28 (8.24%) Problem-Solving
12 26 (7.65%) Mentoring
13 25 (7.35%) Business Intelligence
14 24 (7.06%) Change Management
14 24 (7.06%) Computer Science
14 24 (7.06%) Information Security
15 23 (6.76%) Coaching
15 23 (6.76%) Mechatronics
Programming Languages
1 24 (7.06%) SQL
2 23 (6.76%) C#
3 12 (3.53%) C++
3 12 (3.53%) Java
3 12 (3.53%) Python
3 12 (3.53%) TypeScript
4 11 (3.24%) R
5 4 (1.18%) Delphi
5 4 (1.18%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.18%) XAML
6 3 (0.88%) X++
7 2 (0.59%) Ladder Logic
7 2 (0.59%) MATLAB
7 2 (0.59%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.29%) C
Qualifications
1 152 (44.71%) NVQ Level 3
2 96 (28.24%) Degree
3 22 (6.47%) CISA
3 22 (6.47%) ISACA
4 18 (5.29%) BPSS Clearance
4 18 (5.29%) Numerate Degree
5 12 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.59%) CISSP
6 2 (0.59%) HNC
6 2 (0.59%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.29%) CISM
7 1 (0.29%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.29%) PMP
7 1 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.47%) ITGC
2 3 (0.88%) PMO
2 3 (0.88%) QA
3 2 (0.59%) GDPR
3 2 (0.59%) GMP
3 2 (0.59%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.29%) NIST
4 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.18%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.29%) Docker
3 1 (0.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (3.82%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.53%) Grafana
2 12 (3.53%) Prometheus
2 12 (3.53%) Terraform
3 2 (0.59%) FortiGate
3 2 (0.59%) Functional Safety
3 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 32 (9.41%) Microsoft
2 31 (9.12%) SAP
3 27 (7.94%) Oracle
4 23 (6.76%) Siemens
5 22 (6.47%) Rockwell
6 4 (1.18%) Informatica
6 4 (1.18%) QAD
7 3 (0.88%) JD Edwards
7 3 (0.88%) Veeam
7 3 (0.88%) VMware
8 2 (0.59%) Allen-Bradley
8 2 (0.59%) Apple
8 2 (0.59%) Dell
8 2 (0.59%) HP
8 2 (0.59%) Sage
8 2 (0.59%) Sophos
9 1 (0.29%) Cisco
9 1 (0.29%) Citrix
9 1 (0.29%) Epicor
9 1 (0.29%) MathWorks