Manufacturing Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Manufacturing
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in West Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 6 35
Rank change year-on-year -58 +29 +78
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 81 245 150
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 2.20% 15.98% 5.13%
As % of the General category 5.64% 23.44% 8.75%
Number of salaries quoted 53 24 80
10th Percentile £33,750 - £36,125
25th Percentile £40,000 £30,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £36,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +49.66% -18.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £63,750 £47,625 £58,125
90th Percentile £86,250 £60,750 £93,750
Yorkshire median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -5.56% +9.42%

All General Skills
West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,436 1,045 1,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 38.93% 68.17% 58.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,002 582 1,220
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,313 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,563 £36,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.55% -0.50% -8.90%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £91,205 £93,568 £80,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% -7.53%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Manufacturing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in West Yorkshire

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 Manufacturing within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 15 July 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 -16 56 £50,000 +5.26% 22
Wakefield - 17 £57,500 - 3
Brighouse -5 2 £60,000 -
Huddersfield -17 2 £70,000 +133.33% 3
Cleckheaton -2 1 £35,000 -
Dewsbury -3 1 £35,000 -
Batley -3 1 - -
Keighley - 1 £28,250 -
Manufacturing
Yorkshire

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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (7.41%) Jupyter
Applications
1 6 (7.41%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.23%) Fusion 360
2 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (14.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (6.17%) SAP ERP
3 3 (3.70%) SAP MDG
4 2 (2.47%) Workday HCM
5 1 (1.23%) SAP MDM
5 1 (1.23%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 11 (13.58%) AWS
2 7 (8.64%) Power Platform
3 6 (7.41%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (6.17%) Azure
4 5 (6.17%) GCP
5 4 (4.94%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.64%) Power BI
2 6 (7.41%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (7.41%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 32 (39.51%) Finance
2 15 (18.52%) Retail
3 8 (9.88%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (8.64%) Social Skills
5 5 (6.17%) Aviation
6 4 (4.94%) Advertising
6 4 (4.94%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.47%) Electronics
9 1 (1.23%) Automotive
9 1 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.23%) Legal
9 1 (1.23%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 17 (20.99%) Business Manager
2 16 (19.75%) Business Development Manager
2 16 (19.75%) Development Manager
3 9 (11.11%) Architect
3 9 (11.11%) SAP Architect
4 8 (9.88%) Data Architect
4 8 (9.88%) SAP Data Architect
5 7 (8.64%) Analyst
5 7 (8.64%) Programmer
6 6 (7.41%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
6 6 (7.41%) Systems Manager
6 6 (7.41%) Trainee
6 6 (7.41%) Trainee Programmer
7 5 (6.17%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 5 (6.17%) Electrical Engineer
7 5 (6.17%) ERP Manager
7 5 (6.17%) Financial Analyst
7 5 (6.17%) Report Analyst
7 5 (6.17%) SAP Solutions Architect
7 5 (6.17%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.41%) Hugging Face
1 6 (7.41%) Matplotlib
1 6 (7.41%) NumPy
1 6 (7.41%) Pandas
1 6 (7.41%) scikit-learn
1 6 (7.41%) Streamlit
2 5 (6.17%) Middleware
3 1 (1.23%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.11%) Algorithms
2 5 (6.17%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (4.94%) FMCG
4 3 (3.70%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 3 (3.70%) Operational Technology
4 3 (3.70%) SCADA
5 2 (2.47%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.47%) Life Science
5 2 (2.47%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.23%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.23%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.23%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.23%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (25.93%) ERP
2 18 (22.22%) Business Development
3 13 (16.05%) Data Modelling
4 10 (12.35%) Machine Learning
4 10 (12.35%) Migration
4 10 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (11.11%) AI
6 8 (9.88%) Analytics
6 8 (9.88%) Logical Data Model
6 8 (9.88%) Master Data Management
6 8 (9.88%) Physical Data Model
6 8 (9.88%) System Integration Testing
6 8 (9.88%) User Acceptance Testing
7 7 (8.64%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (8.64%) Customer Service
7 7 (8.64%) Data Architecture
7 7 (8.64%) Data Governance
7 7 (8.64%) Performance Testing
7 7 (8.64%) Workflow
8 6 (7.41%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.41%) Python
1 6 (7.41%) SQL
2 2 (2.47%) C
2 2 (2.47%) C#
2 2 (2.47%) C++
2 2 (2.47%) Embedded C
3 1 (1.23%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 6 (7.41%) AWS Certification
1 6 (7.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 5 (6.17%) SAP Certification
3 2 (2.47%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.11%) Data Quality
2 6 (7.41%) GDPR
3 2 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.47%) PMO
4 1 (1.23%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.23%) NIST
4 1 (1.23%) QA
4 1 (1.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (2.47%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (2.47%) Firmware
Vendors
1 16 (19.75%) SAP
2 11 (13.58%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.94%) Workday
4 3 (3.70%) Oracle
4 3 (3.70%) Rockwell
5 1 (1.23%) Sage