Manufacturing Jobs 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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 51 158
Rank change year-on-year +44 +107 -21
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 221 121 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 16.31% 4.01% 1.61%
As % of the General category 22.10% 6.70% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 23 80 44
10th Percentile - £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £46,750 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -28.34% +6.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £62,750 £93,750 £56,375
Yorkshire median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year - +6.25% -

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 common skills in West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,000 1,806 3,753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 73.80% 59.88% 74.82%
Number of salaries quoted 558 1,346 1,607
10th Percentile £25,313 £27,875 £32,000
25th Percentile £31,438 £37,313 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £73,886 £69,500 £71,652
90th Percentile £94,144 £85,000 £85,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% +5.00%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Job postings citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in West Yorkshire

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in West Yorkshire.

Salary trend for Manufacturing in West Yorkshire

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

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 19 May 2025. 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 +25 33 £47,500 -13.64% 38
Wetherby +4 26 - - 1
Huddersfield +18 20 £30,000 -31.43% 6
Bradford +17 19 £52,500 +23.53% 6
Castleford +4 15 - - 3
Brighouse +2 15 - - 2
Batley 0 15 - -
Elland 0 15 - -
Cleckheaton - 15 - -
Dewsbury - 15 - - 1
Bingley - 15 - -
Pontefract +2 11 - - 1
Wakefield +3 2 £57,500 +21.05% 2
Mirfield -1 2 £45,000 +63.64% 1
Ossett - 2 - - 1
Manufacturing
Yorkshire

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.90%) SharePoint
1 2 (0.90%) WinCC
Applications
1 2 (0.90%) EPLAN
1 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.90%) AWS
1 2 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (0.90%) GitHub
1 2 (0.90%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (0.90%) Power Automate
1 2 (0.90%) Power Platform
1 2 (0.90%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.90%) Ethernet
1 2 (0.90%) Modbus
1 2 (0.90%) Profibus
1 2 (0.90%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.90%) Crystal Reports
1 2 (0.90%) Power BI
1 2 (0.90%) SQL Server
1 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (0.90%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Visual Studio
General
1 131 (59.28%) Retail
2 39 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 38 (17.19%) Electronics
4 36 (16.29%) Marketing
4 36 (16.29%) Presentation Skills
5 32 (14.48%) Dutch Language
5 32 (14.48%) Finnish Language
5 32 (14.48%) Norwegian Language
6 25 (11.31%) Finance
7 11 (4.98%) Pharmaceutical
8 8 (3.62%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (3.62%) Catalan Language
9 2 (0.90%) Automotive
9 2 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.45%) Law
Job Titles
1 120 (54.30%) Trainer
2 35 (15.84%) Automation Engineer
3 28 (12.67%) Systems Engineer
4 21 (9.50%) Help Desk Manager
4 21 (9.50%) Technical Manager
5 15 (6.79%) Products Support Manager
6 9 (4.07%) Product Manager
6 9 (4.07%) Support Manager
7 4 (1.81%) Programmer
8 2 (0.90%) Analyst
8 2 (0.90%) Business Analyst
8 2 (0.90%) ERP Analyst
8 2 (0.90%) ERP Business Analyst
8 2 (0.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (0.90%) Process Engineer
8 2 (0.90%) Project Manager
8 2 (0.90%) QA Officer
8 2 (0.90%) Software Engineer
9 1 (0.45%) 1st Line Support Technician
9 1 (0.45%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.90%) .NET
1 2 (0.90%) HTML
1 2 (0.90%) JSON
1 2 (0.90%) LINQ
1 2 (0.90%) Next.js
1 2 (0.90%) Node.js
1 2 (0.90%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 120 (54.30%) Robotics
2 35 (15.84%) FMCG
3 24 (10.86%) Management Information System
3 24 (10.86%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 24 (10.86%) Operational Technology
4 2 (0.90%) SCADA
5 1 (0.45%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (70.59%) Problem-Solving
2 120 (54.30%) Artificial Intelligence
2 120 (54.30%) Generative AI
2 120 (54.30%) LLM
2 120 (54.30%) Machine Learning
2 120 (54.30%) Red Team
3 88 (39.82%) Data Privacy
4 71 (32.13%) Continuous Improvement
5 38 (17.19%) Mathematics
6 36 (16.29%) Physics
7 33 (14.93%) Budgeting
7 33 (14.93%) Quality Management
8 24 (10.86%) Data Collection
8 24 (10.86%) Energy Management
9 11 (4.98%) Project Management
10 9 (4.07%) Budget Management
10 9 (4.07%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 9 (4.07%) Change Management
10 9 (4.07%) Logistics
11 8 (3.62%) Biochemistry
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.90%) C#
1 2 (0.90%) JavaScript
1 2 (0.90%) SQL
Qualifications
1 167 (75.57%) Degree
2 26 (11.76%) HNC
3 2 (0.90%) HND
4 1 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.90%) GMP
1 2 (0.90%) QA
System Software
1 2 (0.90%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (0.90%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 122 (55.20%) Google
2 120 (54.30%) Adobe
2 120 (54.30%) Databricks
3 26 (11.76%) Siemens
4 24 (10.86%) Rockwell
5 2 (0.90%) Allen-Bradley
5 2 (0.90%) Cisco
5 2 (0.90%) EMC
5 2 (0.90%) Meraki
5 2 (0.90%) Microsoft
5 2 (0.90%) Wonderware