Manufacturing Engineering Job Trends in West Sussex

Manufacturing Engineering
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring Manufacturing Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in West Sussex 0.12% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 - -
75th Percentile £39,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £60,000 - £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Sussex

Manufacturing Engineering 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 West Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 633 367 372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 72.93% 88.65% 79.15%
Number of salaries quoted 468 243 222
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £31,325
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,853 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +8.79% -6.04% -2.17%
75th Percentile £72,813 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £73,625
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Manufacturing Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Manufacturing Engineering job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Manufacturing Engineering
Salary Trend in West Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Manufacturing Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Manufacturing Engineering

Manufacturing Engineering
Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 12 September 2026. 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
Horsham - 1 £38,000 -
Manufacturing Engineering
South East

Manufacturing Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SOLIDWORKS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Electrical Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Design for Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Design for Test
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) HND
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared