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 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 57 54 100
Rank change year-on-year -3 +46 +90
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 67 43 43
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 3.61% 3.00% 2.10%
As % of the General category 6.31% 4.61% 3.11%
Number of salaries quoted 35 23 29
10th Percentile £27,345 £39,400 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £46,875 £26,045
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +25.00% -15.79%
75th Percentile £51,875 £56,875 £43,750
90th Percentile £61,500 £62,500 £55,300
Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -9.09%

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 1,062 933 1,381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 57.28% 65.02% 67.43%
Number of salaries quoted 589 443 1,035
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -11.50% +2.73%
75th Percentile £69,500 £69,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £85,450 £86,250 £90,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -4.76%

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 14 January 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 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
Leeds -14 23 £34,000 -38.18% 13
Pontefract 0 12 - - 1
Wakefield +4 11 £60,000 +4.35% 2
Brighouse - 7 £30,500 - 1
Bradford -15 5 £41,500 -20.95% 14
Halifax - 3 £35,000 -
Ossett +5 1 - -
Castleford - 1 £55,000 -
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 7 (10.45%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.99%) HCL Notes
3 2 (2.99%) IIS
3 2 (2.99%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (1.49%) Site Server
Applications
1 6 (8.96%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.97%) Autodesk Inventor
2 4 (5.97%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (2.99%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 4 (5.97%) Sage 200
2 2 (2.99%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (1.49%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 12 (17.91%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (8.96%) Azure
3 4 (5.97%) Entra ID
4 3 (4.48%) Power Automate
4 3 (4.48%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.48%) PowerApps
5 2 (2.99%) SaaS
6 1 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.49%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.94%) Firewall
2 7 (10.45%) VLAN
3 6 (8.96%) VPN
4 2 (2.99%) DHCP
4 2 (2.99%) DNS
4 2 (2.99%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.49%) Internet
5 1 (1.49%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.48%) Power BI
2 2 (2.99%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.99%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (2.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (2.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Git
General
1 23 (34.33%) Social Skills
2 21 (31.34%) Retail
3 14 (20.90%) Advertising
3 14 (20.90%) Finance
4 12 (17.91%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (11.94%) Pharmaceutical
6 6 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.48%) Tech for Good
8 2 (2.99%) Legal
8 2 (2.99%) Marketing
8 2 (2.99%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.99%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.49%) Electronics
9 1 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.49%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 13 (19.40%) Support Engineer
2 12 (17.91%) Graduate
2 12 (17.91%) QA Manager
2 12 (17.91%) Quality Manager
3 9 (13.43%) IT Engineer
3 9 (13.43%) IT Support
3 9 (13.43%) IT Support Engineer
3 9 (13.43%) Sales Manager
3 9 (13.43%) Software Engineer
4 8 (11.94%) Graduate Software Engineer
4 8 (11.94%) Linux Engineer
4 8 (11.94%) Logistics Engineer
4 8 (11.94%) Software Engineering Graduate
5 7 (10.45%) Business Development Manager
5 7 (10.45%) Business Manager
5 7 (10.45%) Development Manager
6 4 (5.97%) Software Support Engineer
6 4 (5.97%) Technical Engineer
6 4 (5.97%) Technical Support
6 4 (5.97%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.48%) .NET
1 3 (4.48%) ASP.NET
2 2 (2.99%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (2.99%) WCF
3 1 (1.49%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.49%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (1.49%) CSS
3 1 (1.49%) Flash
3 1 (1.49%) HTML
3 1 (1.49%) React
3 1 (1.49%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.42%) Driving Licence
2 6 (8.96%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (7.46%) FMCG
4 3 (4.48%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.99%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.49%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.49%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 10 (14.93%) Windows
2 9 (13.43%) Windows Server
3 8 (11.94%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (23.88%) Customer Engagement
2 14 (20.90%) Quality Management
3 13 (19.40%) Software Engineering
4 12 (17.91%) Computer Science
4 12 (17.91%) Internal Audit
4 12 (17.91%) Logistics
4 12 (17.91%) QMS
5 10 (14.93%) ERP
5 10 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (13.43%) E-Commerce
7 8 (11.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (10.45%) Business Development
9 6 (8.96%) Mathematics
10 5 (7.46%) Project Delivery
11 4 (5.97%) Asset Management
11 4 (5.97%) Business Intelligence
11 4 (5.97%) CAD
11 4 (5.97%) Prototyping
11 4 (5.97%) Roadmaps
12 3 (4.48%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.93%) C++
1 10 (14.93%) SQL
2 8 (11.94%) C
2 8 (11.94%) Java
2 8 (11.94%) PL/SQL
3 7 (10.45%) C#
4 4 (5.97%) Delphi
5 3 (4.48%) Python
6 2 (2.99%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.99%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.49%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (22.39%) Degree
2 8 (11.94%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (22.39%) QA
2 4 (5.97%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.49%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (14.93%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.48%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.99%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (2.99%) vSphere
4 2 (2.99%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 20 (29.85%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.94%) Sage
3 5 (7.46%) VMware
4 4 (5.97%) Autodesk
5 2 (2.99%) Adobe
5 2 (2.99%) Cisco
5 2 (2.99%) Dell
5 2 (2.99%) Google
5 2 (2.99%) Lotus
5 2 (2.99%) Oracle
5 2 (2.99%) SAP
5 2 (2.99%) Sophos
6 1 (1.49%) Okta
6 1 (1.49%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.49%) Trend Micro
6 1 (1.49%) WooCommerce