Hybrid/Remote Manufacturing Job Trends

Manufacturing
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 52 124
Rank change year-on-year -85 +72 +52
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 375 880 816
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.90% 5.77% 2.37%
As % of the General category 3.28% 7.73% 3.91%
Number of salaries quoted 290 270 550
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,700 £33,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £40,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £71,875 £71,875 £66,250
90th Percentile £92,600 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -14.29%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Manufacturing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 11,439 11,380 20,848
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.93% 74.67% 60.61%
Number of salaries quoted 7,464 6,238 15,280
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,903 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,688 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% +7.14% -12.50%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Manufacturing and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Manufacturing job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Manufacturing
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Manufacturing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Manufacturing over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

Manufacturing salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (1.87%) CMS
2 6 (1.60%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.80%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (2.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 6 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.07%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (1.07%) CorelDRAW
4 4 (1.07%) InDesign
4 4 (1.07%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.80%) Simulink
6 1 (0.27%) CANalyzer
6 1 (0.27%) CATIA
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.27%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 27 (7.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (2.67%) SAP ERP
3 5 (1.33%) SAP Business One
3 5 (1.33%) SAP PP
4 4 (1.07%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.53%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.53%) Shopify
7 1 (0.27%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 1 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.27%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 1 (0.27%) Odoo
7 1 (0.27%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.27%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.27%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.27%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.27%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.27%) SAP MII
7 1 (0.27%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.27%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 36 (9.60%) Azure
2 31 (8.27%) SaaS
3 26 (6.93%) Dynamics 365
4 20 (5.33%) AWS
5 19 (5.07%) Power Platform
6 8 (2.13%) GitHub
7 7 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (1.87%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (1.60%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (1.60%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (1.33%) Azure Service Bus
10 4 (1.07%) Azure Event Grid
10 4 (1.07%) GCP
11 3 (0.80%) Nutanix
11 3 (0.80%) Serverless
12 2 (0.53%) Canva
12 2 (0.53%) Figma
13 1 (0.27%) Azure Functions
13 1 (0.27%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.73%) Modbus
2 10 (2.67%) Bluetooth
2 10 (2.67%) Wireless
3 8 (2.13%) Profibus
3 8 (2.13%) RS-232
3 8 (2.13%) RS-485
3 8 (2.13%) ZigBee
4 6 (1.60%) Firewall
5 5 (1.33%) Network Security
5 5 (1.33%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.07%) VoIP
7 3 (0.80%) MQTT
7 3 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.53%) DHCP
8 2 (0.53%) DNS
8 2 (0.53%) RFID
8 2 (0.53%) SSL
9 1 (0.27%) LAN
9 1 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (2.13%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.87%) Crystal Reports
3 7 (1.87%) Power BI
3 7 (1.87%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.60%) Oracle Database
5 5 (1.33%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.80%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.27%) Big Data
8 1 (0.27%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.27%) Metadata
8 1 (0.27%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 11 (2.93%) Git
2 6 (1.60%) JIRA
3 5 (1.33%) Subversion
4 4 (1.07%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.53%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.53%) Rational Rhapsody
5 2 (0.53%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.27%) GitLab
6 1 (0.27%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.27%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 108 (28.80%) Social Skills
2 91 (24.27%) Finance
3 50 (13.33%) Retail
4 41 (10.93%) Electronics
5 32 (8.53%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (8.27%) Marketing
7 28 (7.47%) Aerospace
8 25 (6.67%) Automotive
9 18 (4.80%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (3.73%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (3.20%) Brand Awareness
12 8 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (2.13%) Law
12 8 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.87%) French Language
13 7 (1.87%) Public Sector
13 7 (1.87%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.33%) Advertising
14 5 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (1.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 53 (14.13%) Senior
2 43 (11.47%) Consultant
3 36 (9.60%) Systems Engineer
4 34 (9.07%) Lead
5 23 (6.13%) Analyst
5 23 (6.13%) Development Manager
6 22 (5.87%) Business Manager
7 21 (5.60%) Software Engineer
7 21 (5.60%) Support Engineer
8 20 (5.33%) Business Development Manager
9 16 (4.27%) Architect
9 16 (4.27%) Developer
10 15 (4.00%) Business Development Executive
10 15 (4.00%) ERP Support
10 15 (4.00%) Senior Consultant
10 15 (4.00%) Support Analyst
11 14 (3.73%) Electronics Engineer
11 14 (3.73%) Marketing Manager
11 14 (3.73%) Project Manager
11 14 (3.73%) Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.47%) REST
2 11 (2.93%) .NET
3 10 (2.67%) React
4 8 (2.13%) CSS
5 7 (1.87%) Node.js
6 6 (1.60%) EDI
6 6 (1.60%) Tailwind CSS
7 3 (0.80%) .NET Core
7 3 (0.80%) gRPC
7 3 (0.80%) Middleware
7 3 (0.80%) SAP Fiori
7 3 (0.80%) XML
8 2 (0.53%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.53%) HTML
8 2 (0.53%) MassTransit
8 2 (0.53%) Next.js
8 2 (0.53%) OpenCV
8 2 (0.53%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.53%) SAP CAF
8 2 (0.53%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.27%) Embedded Systems
2 14 (3.73%) Life Science
3 10 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (2.40%) FMCG
4 9 (2.40%) Management Information System
4 9 (2.40%) Security Posture
5 8 (2.13%) Smart City
6 6 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.60%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 6 (1.60%) Social Media
7 5 (1.33%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (1.33%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.33%) EPoS
7 5 (1.33%) Raspberry Pi
7 5 (1.33%) Web Conferencing
8 4 (1.07%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.07%) Housing Association
8 4 (1.07%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.67%) Linux
2 16 (4.27%) Windows
3 8 (2.13%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (0.80%) Android
4 3 (0.80%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.53%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.53%) OpenVMS
5 2 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.53%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.27%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (27.47%) ERP
2 63 (16.80%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (12.80%) Business Development
3 48 (12.80%) Continuous Improvement
4 45 (12.00%) Logistics
5 41 (10.93%) Validation
6 37 (9.87%) CRM
7 35 (9.33%) Software Engineering
8 31 (8.27%) Project Management
9 29 (7.73%) Decision-Making
10 28 (7.47%) Agile
10 28 (7.47%) Project Delivery
11 25 (6.67%) ITIL
11 25 (6.67%) Migration
12 24 (6.40%) AI
12 24 (6.40%) B2B
12 24 (6.40%) Data Migration
12 24 (6.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 24 (6.40%) Stakeholder Management
13 22 (5.87%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 27 (7.20%) SQL
2 13 (3.47%) C++
3 12 (3.20%) C
4 11 (2.93%) TypeScript
5 8 (2.13%) C#
5 8 (2.13%) Python
6 7 (1.87%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.60%) Clojure
8 3 (0.80%) Go
8 3 (0.80%) MATLAB
8 3 (0.80%) Pascal
8 3 (0.80%) PHP
9 1 (0.27%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.27%) R
9 1 (0.27%) Rust
Qualifications
1 57 (15.20%) Degree
2 34 (9.07%) Security Cleared
3 22 (5.87%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.27%) HNC
4 16 (4.27%) Master's Degree
5 9 (2.40%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.13%) PMI Certification
7 6 (1.60%) CISM
7 6 (1.60%) CISSP
7 6 (1.60%) ISTQB
7 6 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.33%) Chartered Engineer
8 5 (1.33%) HND
9 4 (1.07%) PMP
10 3 (0.80%) CCA
10 3 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (0.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 2 (0.53%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.20%) GDPR
2 7 (1.87%) Accessibility
2 7 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.33%) QA
4 4 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (0.80%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.80%) NIST
5 3 (0.80%) SLA
6 2 (0.53%) GRC
6 2 (0.53%) PMO
7 1 (0.27%) GxP
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 16 (4.27%) Firmware
2 13 (3.47%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (2.67%) Docker
4 9 (2.40%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.33%) Ansible
2 4 (1.07%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.53%) Terraform
4 1 (0.27%) Grafana
4 1 (0.27%) MOM
4 1 (0.27%) Nagios
4 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 53 (14.13%) Microsoft
2 39 (10.40%) SAP
3 20 (5.33%) IFS
4 11 (2.93%) Adobe
4 11 (2.93%) Salesforce
5 8 (2.13%) Pardot
6 7 (1.87%) Oracle
7 6 (1.60%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.07%) Facebook
8 4 (1.07%) Instagram
8 4 (1.07%) Sage
9 3 (0.80%) Apple
9 3 (0.80%) Epicor
9 3 (0.80%) Motorola
9 3 (0.80%) Zoho
10 2 (0.53%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.53%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.53%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.53%) Marketo
10 2 (0.53%) Red Hat