Design for Manufacturing Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Design for Manufacturing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 - 133
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Design for Manufacturing 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.024% - 0.083%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.035% - 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £55,000
75th Percentile £47,500 - £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 - £55,000

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

Design for 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 West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,835 1,403 1,875
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 68.45% 90.52% 77.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2,186 804 1,211
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,750 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +2.80% -2.73%
75th Percentile £74,987 £70,834 £69,625
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,125 £82,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £52,445 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.41% -5.00% -4.76%

Design for Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Design for Manufacturing job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Design for Manufacturing
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Design for Manufacturing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Design for Manufacturing

Design for Manufacturing
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design for Manufacturing within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 29 August 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
Leeds - 1 £45,000 -
Design for Manufacturing
Yorkshire

Design for Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Programmer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) HND