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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 33 36
Rank change year-on-year +13 +3 +23
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 355 432 452
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 8.23% 5.77% 7.22%
As % of the General category 14.45% 10.04% 9.47%
Number of salaries quoted 69 267 148
10th Percentile £36,200 £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 £80,500 £68,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £54,793 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +21.76% -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 4,304 4,771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 56.95% 57.50% 76.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,068 3,023 2,194
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,550 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £66,788 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -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 20 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 20 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
Staffordshire +15 106 £50,000 +42.86% 64
Birmingham +21 66 £45,000 -24.37% 48
Warwickshire -12 62 £60,000 +20.00% 63
Coventry +14 27 - - 28
Wolverhampton +12 16 £47,500 +37.68% 8
Worcestershire -5 15 £47,500 +41.79% 38
Walsall +10 14 £95,000 +111.11% 2
Dudley +4 14 £70,000 +101.44% 2
Solihull -6 9 - - 6
Shropshire -10 8 £55,000 +10.00% 29
Stourbridge - 5 - - 1
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 3 (0.85%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (4.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.56%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 22 (6.20%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.28%) Maximo
3 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.28%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.28%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.28%) SAP SCM
3 1 (0.28%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.28%) SAP WM
3 1 (0.28%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 38 (10.70%) Azure
2 13 (3.66%) AWS
2 13 (3.66%) Power Platform
3 12 (3.38%) Amazon ECS
4 10 (2.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 8 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (1.97%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (1.13%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (0.85%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.56%) Azure Functions
9 2 (0.56%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (0.56%) IaaS
9 2 (0.56%) PaaS
9 2 (0.56%) SaaS
9 2 (0.56%) Serverless
10 1 (0.28%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.28%) Azure Machine Learning
10 1 (0.28%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.28%) GCP
10 1 (0.28%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.69%) Firewall
1 6 (1.69%) VPN
2 4 (1.13%) Ethernet
2 4 (1.13%) Modbus
2 4 (1.13%) Profibus
3 3 (0.85%) LAN
4 2 (0.56%) WAN
4 2 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.28%) DNS
5 1 (0.28%) HTTP
5 1 (0.28%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.94%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.66%) Power BI
3 9 (2.54%) Relational Database
4 7 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.13%) Data Hub
5 4 (1.13%) Metadata
5 4 (1.13%) Metadata Repository
5 4 (1.13%) MS Access
6 3 (0.85%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.85%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.28%) Big Data
7 1 (0.28%) Power Query
7 1 (0.28%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (0.56%) JIRA
1 2 (0.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 128 (36.06%) Retail
2 59 (16.62%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (12.11%) Documentation Skills
3 43 (12.11%) Law
4 42 (11.83%) Legal
5 37 (10.42%) Finance
6 30 (8.45%) Social Skills
7 28 (7.89%) Dutch Language
7 28 (7.89%) Finnish Language
7 28 (7.89%) Norwegian Language
8 23 (6.48%) Games
8 23 (6.48%) Telecoms
9 22 (6.20%) Electronics
10 13 (3.66%) Marketing
11 8 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.97%) Automotive
12 7 (1.97%) Catalan Language
13 2 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.28%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 105 (29.58%) Trainer
2 69 (19.44%) Senior
3 21 (5.92%) Project Engineer
4 20 (5.63%) Lead
5 18 (5.07%) Logistics Engineer
6 16 (4.51%) Technical Leader
7 12 (3.38%) Site Engineer
7 12 (3.38%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 9 (2.54%) Data Scientist
9 8 (2.25%) Developer
9 8 (2.25%) Systems Engineer
10 6 (1.69%) Analyst
10 6 (1.69%) Control Systems Engineer
11 5 (1.41%) IT Manager
11 5 (1.41%) Software Engineer
12 4 (1.13%) Business Analyst
12 4 (1.13%) C# Software Engineer
13 3 (0.85%) C# Developer
13 3 (0.85%) Delphi Developer
13 3 (0.85%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.63%) .NET
2 12 (3.38%) Loki
3 7 (1.97%) WPF
4 4 (1.13%) Blazor
4 4 (1.13%) ODBC
5 3 (0.85%) .NET Core
5 3 (0.85%) .NET Framework
5 3 (0.85%) ADO
5 3 (0.85%) ASP.NET
5 3 (0.85%) EDI
5 3 (0.85%) REST
5 3 (0.85%) WCF
6 1 (0.28%) ADO.NET
6 1 (0.28%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 1 (0.28%) React
Miscellaneous
1 127 (35.77%) Robotics
2 22 (6.20%) Blockchain
2 22 (6.20%) Management Information System
3 21 (5.92%) SCADA
4 20 (5.63%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (4.79%) IoT
6 16 (4.51%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 7 (1.97%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.13%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.13%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.56%) Clustering
9 2 (0.56%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.28%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.28%) BYOD
10 1 (0.28%) CAN bus
10 1 (0.28%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.28%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.28%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.28%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.25%) Windows
2 3 (0.85%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.56%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.28%) Linux
4 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (38.31%) Artificial Intelligence
2 129 (36.34%) Problem-Solving
3 115 (32.39%) Machine Learning
4 114 (32.11%) Generative AI
5 105 (29.58%) LLM
5 105 (29.58%) Red Team
6 77 (21.69%) Data Privacy
7 62 (17.46%) Service Delivery
8 52 (14.65%) Mathematics
9 38 (10.70%) ERP
10 35 (9.86%) Analytics
11 30 (8.45%) Agile
11 30 (8.45%) Data Analysis
12 26 (7.32%) Information Security
13 25 (7.04%) Change Management
13 25 (7.04%) Mentoring
14 23 (6.48%) Coaching
14 23 (6.48%) Computer Science
14 23 (6.48%) Data Analytics
14 23 (6.48%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (7.04%) SQL
2 23 (6.48%) C#
3 12 (3.38%) TypeScript
4 11 (3.10%) Python
5 10 (2.82%) C++
5 10 (2.82%) Java
6 9 (2.54%) R
7 5 (1.41%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.13%) Delphi
8 4 (1.13%) Ladder Logic
8 4 (1.13%) XAML
9 3 (0.85%) X++
10 2 (0.56%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.56%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.28%) C
Qualifications
1 197 (55.49%) Degree
2 62 (17.46%) NVQ Level 3
3 42 (11.83%) BPSS Clearance
3 42 (11.83%) Numerate Degree
4 22 (6.20%) CISA
4 22 (6.20%) ISACA
5 13 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.13%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.56%) CISSP
7 2 (0.56%) HNC
8 1 (0.28%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.20%) ITGC
2 3 (0.85%) PMO
2 3 (0.85%) QA
3 2 (0.56%) GDPR
3 2 (0.56%) GMP
3 2 (0.56%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.28%) NIST
4 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (1.69%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.28%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (3.66%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.38%) Grafana
2 12 (3.38%) Prometheus
2 12 (3.38%) Terraform
3 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.85%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.56%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 106 (29.86%) Databricks
2 105 (29.58%) Adobe
2 105 (29.58%) Google
3 32 (9.01%) Microsoft
4 31 (8.73%) SAP
5 27 (7.61%) Oracle
6 21 (5.92%) Siemens
7 20 (5.63%) Rockwell
8 6 (1.69%) VMware
9 4 (1.13%) Allen-Bradley
9 4 (1.13%) Informatica
9 4 (1.13%) QAD
9 4 (1.13%) Veeam
10 3 (0.85%) Apple
10 3 (0.85%) Dell
10 3 (0.85%) HP
10 3 (0.85%) JD Edwards
10 3 (0.85%) Sophos
11 2 (0.56%) Sage
12 1 (0.28%) Pegasus