Manufacturing Job Trends in West Wales

Manufacturing
Wales > West Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in West Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 24 30
Rank change year-on-year +6 +6 -
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 2 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs in West Wales 1.72% 1.83% 2.52%
As % of the General category 4.26% 2.99% 5.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% - -
75th Percentile £56,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median annual salary £55,435 £40,000 £32,444
% change year-on-year +38.59% +23.29% -31.70%

All General Skills
West Wales

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 general skills in West Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 47 67 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Wales 40.52% 61.47% 49.58%
Number of salaries quoted 34 35 55
10th Percentile £25,811 £32,700 £32,603
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -10.00% +23.83%
75th Percentile £56,875 £53,252 £65,000
90th Percentile £74,679 £65,000 £69,894
Wales median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in West Wales

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in West Wales

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in West Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Wales citing Manufacturing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Wales citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Job Locations in West Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the West Wales region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Carmarthenshire +3 1 £52,500 +50.00% 3
Swansea - 1 - - 4
Manufacturing
Wales

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Wales 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MS Access
1 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Access Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) VBA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Server
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) VMware