Manufacturing Jobs in the West Midlands

Manufacturing
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Manufacturing over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 40 61
Rank change year-on-year +7 +21 +70
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 421 467 322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.82% 6.93% 4.46%
As % of the General category 10.02% 9.08% 7.23%
Number of salaries quoted 262 144 179
10th Percentile £26,325 £30,797 £31,100
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £62,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +34.41% +3.33%
75th Percentile £63,250 £73,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,000 £88,500 £84,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,250
% change year-on-year -18.18% +9.45% -4.29%

All General Skills
West Midlands

Manufacturing is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,201 5,145 4,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 58.10% 76.39% 61.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3,025 2,273 2,811
10th Percentile £25,600 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +9.38% +4.35%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £62,750
90th Percentile £73,980 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,255 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.87% +0.43% +4.35%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in the West Midlands

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Manufacturing in the West Midlands

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in the West Midlands

Manufacturing
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Staffordshire +35 73 £35,000 -17.65% 67
Birmingham +13 73 £60,000 -7.69% 80
Warwickshire -8 65 £50,000 - 45
Worcestershire +18 61 £43,000 +27.41% 44
Shropshire +30 39 £50,000 +8.11% 35
Solihull -11 22 £62,500 -13.79% 20
Wolverhampton +28 19 £34,500 - 26
Dudley +11 11 £34,750 - 11
Halesowen - 11 £60,000 - 3
Coventry +20 6 £30,000 -40.00% 48
Sutton Coldfield -3 5 £45,000 -55.00% 5
West Bromwich - 5 - - 2
Walsall - 3 £45,000 - 3
Brierley Hill - 2 £44,250 - 1
Manufacturing
England

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 18 (4.28%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.71%) CMS
4 1 (0.24%) Confluence
4 1 (0.24%) IIS
4 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (6.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (5.94%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.90%) AutoCAD
3 8 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.19%) CANalyzer
5 4 (0.95%) EPLAN
6 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.48%) Revit
7 2 (0.48%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.24%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.24%) Simulink
8 1 (0.24%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (4.75%) Dynamics NAV
2 11 (2.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.71%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.71%) Sage 300 ERP
5 2 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.48%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.48%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.24%) Epicor Vantage
6 1 (0.24%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.24%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.24%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.24%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.24%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.24%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 44 (10.45%) Azure
2 43 (10.21%) Power Platform
3 34 (8.08%) Dynamics 365
4 32 (7.60%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (5.23%) PowerApps
6 18 (4.28%) Power Automate
7 16 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (2.61%) SaaS
9 7 (1.66%) Azure API Management
9 7 (1.66%) Azure Event Grid
9 7 (1.66%) Azure Functions
9 7 (1.66%) Azure Service Bus
9 7 (1.66%) Serverless
10 5 (1.19%) Entra ID
11 4 (0.95%) Figma
12 1 (0.24%) AWS
12 1 (0.24%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.24%) Google Docs
12 1 (0.24%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.85%) Ethernet
2 10 (2.38%) Firewall
3 8 (1.90%) LAN
4 5 (1.19%) WAN
5 4 (0.95%) Internet
5 4 (0.95%) VPN
6 3 (0.71%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.48%) 2G
7 2 (0.48%) 3G
7 2 (0.48%) 4G
7 2 (0.48%) DHCP
7 2 (0.48%) DNS
7 2 (0.48%) FlexRay
7 2 (0.48%) Network Security
7 2 (0.48%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.48%) Wireless
8 1 (0.24%) 802.11
8 1 (0.24%) VLAN
8 1 (0.24%) Wireless Security
8 1 (0.24%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (9.03%) Power BI
2 30 (7.13%) SQL Server
3 11 (2.61%) SQLite
4 10 (2.38%) MySQL
4 10 (2.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (1.90%) Power Query
6 7 (1.66%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (1.43%) Redis
8 5 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.48%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.48%) Metadata
9 2 (0.48%) MS Access
9 2 (0.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.48%) Tableau
10 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.24%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 18 (4.28%) Git
2 11 (2.61%) Visual Studio
3 9 (2.14%) JIRA
4 7 (1.66%) CANoe
5 2 (0.48%) Android Studio
5 2 (0.48%) Fiddler
5 2 (0.48%) Postman
6 1 (0.24%) LabVIEW
General
1 120 (28.50%) Social Skills
2 80 (19.00%) Finance
3 50 (11.88%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (9.26%) Automotive
5 34 (8.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (5.94%) Electronics
6 25 (5.94%) Organisational Skills
7 23 (5.46%) Influencing Skills
8 20 (4.75%) Games
9 18 (4.28%) Retail
10 17 (4.04%) Pharmaceutical
11 13 (3.09%) Marketing
12 12 (2.85%) Law
13 10 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (2.14%) Public Sector
14 9 (2.14%) Telecoms
15 5 (1.19%) Back Office
15 5 (1.19%) Multimedia
16 4 (0.95%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.95%) Legal
Job Titles
1 56 (13.30%) Developer
2 43 (10.21%) Analyst
3 41 (9.74%) Software Engineer
4 40 (9.50%) Lead
5 33 (7.84%) Senior
6 25 (5.94%) Project Manager
7 23 (5.46%) Systems Engineer
8 22 (5.23%) Consultant
9 17 (4.04%) Data Analyst
10 16 (3.80%) Senior Developer
11 15 (3.56%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 14 (3.33%) Graduate
12 14 (3.33%) QA Manager
12 14 (3.33%) Support Analyst
13 13 (3.09%) Architect
13 13 (3.09%) Development Engineer
13 13 (3.09%) IT Manager
13 13 (3.09%) Technical Support
14 12 (2.85%) IT Support
14 12 (2.85%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.65%) .NET
2 19 (4.51%) ASP.NET
2 19 (4.51%) HTML
2 19 (4.51%) RESTful
3 13 (3.09%) .NET Core
4 12 (2.85%) .NET Framework
4 12 (2.85%) ASP.NET MVC
4 12 (2.85%) Blazor
5 11 (2.61%) Entity Framework
5 11 (2.61%) Universal Windows Platform
5 11 (2.61%) YAML
6 10 (2.38%) AngularJS
7 9 (2.14%) WPF
8 8 (1.90%) CSS
9 7 (1.66%) SignalR
9 7 (1.66%) WinForms
10 6 (1.43%) Kafka
10 6 (1.43%) Node.js
10 6 (1.43%) XML
11 3 (0.71%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 42 (9.98%) Management Information System
2 15 (3.56%) Industry 4.0
3 14 (3.33%) Greenfield Project
4 13 (3.09%) Algorithms
4 13 (3.09%) Analytical Mindset
5 12 (2.85%) Driving Licence
5 12 (2.85%) IoT
6 9 (2.14%) Operational Technology
7 8 (1.90%) Renewable Energy
7 8 (1.90%) SCADA
8 7 (1.66%) Infotainment
9 6 (1.43%) Augmented Reality
9 6 (1.43%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 6 (1.43%) PMI
9 6 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.43%) Virtual Reality
10 5 (1.19%) AS400
10 5 (1.19%) iSeries
10 5 (1.19%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (1.19%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 49 (11.64%) Windows
2 11 (2.61%) Windows Server
3 10 (2.38%) Windows 10
4 6 (1.43%) Linux
5 4 (0.95%) Android
6 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.24%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (26.13%) ERP
2 76 (18.05%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (15.91%) Project Management
4 45 (10.69%) Business Intelligence
5 43 (10.21%) Software Engineering
6 42 (9.98%) Agile
7 41 (9.74%) User Experience
8 37 (8.79%) Analytics
8 37 (8.79%) Customer Requirements
9 34 (8.08%) Customer Service
10 33 (7.84%) Data Analytics
11 31 (7.36%) Artificial Intelligence
11 31 (7.36%) Continuous Improvement
11 31 (7.36%) Mentoring
12 30 (7.13%) Computer Science
13 25 (5.94%) Cybersecurity
14 23 (5.46%) Risk Management
14 23 (5.46%) Systems Engineering
15 21 (4.99%) CAD
15 21 (4.99%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 56 (13.30%) SQL
2 34 (8.08%) C#
3 19 (4.51%) T-SQL
4 18 (4.28%) JavaScript
5 13 (3.09%) Python
6 12 (2.85%) Java
6 12 (2.85%) TypeScript
7 11 (2.61%) C
7 11 (2.61%) XAML
8 10 (2.38%) VB
9 7 (1.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (1.19%) C++
10 5 (1.19%) RPG
10 5 (1.19%) RPG IV
10 5 (1.19%) RPG/400
11 4 (0.95%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.95%) VB6
12 3 (0.71%) PHP
13 2 (0.48%) Embedded C
13 2 (0.48%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 108 (25.65%) Degree
2 26 (6.18%) Security Cleared
3 10 (2.38%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.66%) PMI Certification
6 6 (1.43%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.19%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.19%) HND
8 4 (0.95%) CCNA
8 4 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.95%) MCSE
8 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.24%) CEH
9 1 (0.24%) CISSP
9 1 (0.24%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (0.24%) ECSA
9 1 (0.24%) GPEN
9 1 (0.24%) HNC
9 1 (0.24%) PMP
9 1 (0.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (9.03%) QA
2 16 (3.80%) GMP
3 10 (2.38%) ISO 26262
4 5 (1.19%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.48%) AUTOSAR
5 2 (0.48%) IEC 61131
5 2 (0.48%) MISRA
5 2 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.48%) SOX 404
6 1 (0.24%) Automotive SPICE
6 1 (0.24%) COSHH
6 1 (0.24%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.24%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (4.75%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.38%) Embedded Firmware
2 10 (2.38%) Firmware
3 8 (1.90%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.66%) Docker
5 4 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.48%) Functional Safety
2 2 (0.48%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.24%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 99 (23.52%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.70%) IFS
3 20 (4.75%) SAP
4 18 (4.28%) Workday
5 14 (3.33%) EMC
6 10 (2.38%) Siemens
7 9 (2.14%) DevExpress
7 9 (2.14%) VMware
8 7 (1.66%) Sophos
9 6 (1.43%) Adobe
9 6 (1.43%) HP
10 5 (1.19%) Epicor
10 5 (1.19%) IBM
11 4 (0.95%) Quadient
11 4 (0.95%) Ruckus Wireless
11 4 (0.95%) Veeam
12 3 (0.71%) Oracle
12 3 (0.71%) Sage
13 2 (0.48%) Cisco
13 2 (0.48%) PeopleSoft