Smart Manufacturing Job Trends in the West Midlands

Smart Manufacturing
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Smart Manufacturing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 214 -
Rank change year-on-year +40 - -
Permanent jobs citing Smart Manufacturing 1 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.031% 0.035% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.035% 0.043% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - -
75th Percentile £43,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £60,000 £40,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +50.00% -30.43% -25.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Smart Manufacturing 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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,846 4,667 3,448
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 87.09% 81.04% 93.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,741 2,263 2,697
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,750 £38,750 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,128
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.57% +2.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,000 £65,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -1.64% +1.67%

Smart Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Smart Manufacturing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Smart Manufacturing job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Smart Manufacturing
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Smart Manufacturing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Smart Manufacturing

Smart 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 Smart Manufacturing within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
Wednesbury - 1 £42,500 - 2
Smart Manufacturing
England

Smart Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) NetSuite
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Twin
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Epicor
1 1 (100.00%) Infor
1 1 (100.00%) SAP