Manufacturing Jobs with Work from Home Options

Manufacturing
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Manufacturing over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 147 194 199
Rank change year-on-year +47 +5 -44
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 753 798 1,407
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.23% 1.85% 2.11%
As % of the General category 3.64% 2.79% 3.38%
Number of salaries quoted 542 599 1,019
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £36,450
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £69,375 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,845
% change year-on-year -18.18% +8.17% -3.15%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 20,699 28,610 41,637
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.34% 66.31% 62.37%
Number of salaries quoted 15,087 18,942 24,253
10th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £46,570 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Manufacturing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Manufacturing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Manufacturing
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Manufacturing.

Manufacturing salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Manufacturing over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Manufacturing salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 13 (1.73%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.33%) Documentum
3 8 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.80%) Apache
4 6 (0.80%) nginx
5 3 (0.40%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.40%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.40%) IIS
6 2 (0.27%) SAS
7 1 (0.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.13%) JBoss
7 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 20 (2.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.59%) SOLIDWORKS
3 11 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.80%) OrCAD
6 5 (0.66%) Solid Edge
7 4 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 3 (0.40%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.27%) CATIA
9 2 (0.27%) Fusion 360
9 2 (0.27%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.13%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.13%) CANalyzer
10 1 (0.13%) Simulink
10 1 (0.13%) Sketch
10 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (2.39%) Dynamics NAV
2 15 (1.99%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (1.73%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (1.33%) TrackWise
5 7 (0.93%) SAP SCM
6 6 (0.80%) SAP PP
7 4 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.53%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.53%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.53%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle Applications
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle Manufacturing
8 3 (0.40%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.27%) DELMIA
9 2 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.27%) Magento
9 2 (0.27%) Sage 200
9 2 (0.27%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 2 (0.27%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 63 (8.37%) Azure
1 63 (8.37%) Power Platform
2 42 (5.58%) AWS
2 42 (5.58%) Dynamics 365
3 31 (4.12%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (4.12%) SaaS
4 19 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (1.73%) GitHub
6 11 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
6 11 (1.46%) Serverless
7 8 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
7 8 (1.06%) Entra ID
8 7 (0.93%) Azure API Management
8 7 (0.93%) Azure Event Grid
8 7 (0.93%) Azure Functions
8 7 (0.93%) Azure Service Bus
9 6 (0.80%) AWS IoT
9 6 (0.80%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (0.53%) Figma
10 4 (0.53%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 37 (4.91%) Ethernet
2 31 (4.12%) RS-232
3 28 (3.72%) Wireless
4 26 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
5 14 (1.86%) MQTT
6 12 (1.59%) Firewall
6 12 (1.59%) LTE
7 11 (1.46%) LAN
8 10 (1.33%) WAN
9 9 (1.20%) TCP/IP
10 8 (1.06%) HTTP
10 8 (1.06%) Internet
11 6 (0.80%) LoRaWAN
12 5 (0.66%) Bluetooth
12 5 (0.66%) DNS
12 5 (0.66%) Network Security
12 5 (0.66%) TETRA
13 4 (0.53%) Profibus
13 4 (0.53%) Software-Defined Radio
14 3 (0.40%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (6.77%) Power BI
2 29 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (3.45%) SQL Server
4 14 (1.86%) SQLite
5 13 (1.73%) MongoDB
6 12 (1.59%) Redis
7 10 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (1.06%) MySQL
9 6 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (0.80%) GIS
9 6 (0.80%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (0.80%) Tableau
10 3 (0.40%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.40%) Data Vault
10 3 (0.40%) Delta Lake
10 3 (0.40%) Star Schema
11 2 (0.27%) MS Access
11 2 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.27%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 52 (6.91%) Git
2 31 (4.12%) Visual Studio
3 28 (3.72%) JIRA
4 18 (2.39%) LabVIEW
5 16 (2.12%) Subversion
6 10 (1.33%) Jenkins
7 7 (0.93%) Eclipse
8 5 (0.66%) Maven
9 4 (0.53%) GitLab
9 4 (0.53%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.27%) Selenium
10 2 (0.27%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.13%) CANoe
General
1 211 (28.02%) Finance
2 210 (27.89%) Social Skills
3 153 (20.32%) Electronics
4 115 (15.27%) Marketing
5 97 (12.88%) Analytical Skills
6 90 (11.95%) Telecoms
7 83 (11.02%) Public Sector
8 68 (9.03%) Retail
9 65 (8.63%) Aerospace
10 64 (8.50%) Automotive
11 40 (5.31%) Pharmaceutical
12 35 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 22 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
14 20 (2.66%) Games
14 20 (2.66%) Legal
15 17 (2.26%) Military
16 16 (2.12%) Banking
16 16 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
17 12 (1.59%) Advertising
18 11 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 108 (14.34%) Senior
2 89 (11.82%) Software Engineer
3 71 (9.43%) Analyst
4 67 (8.90%) Project Manager
5 64 (8.50%) Developer
6 50 (6.64%) Consultant
7 49 (6.51%) Senior Software Engineer
7 49 (6.51%) Systems Engineer
8 48 (6.37%) Embedded Engineer
8 48 (6.37%) Lead
9 38 (5.05%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 32 (4.25%) Business Manager
10 32 (4.25%) Development Manager
11 31 (4.12%) Business Development Manager
12 26 (3.45%) Architect
13 25 (3.32%) Electronics Engineer
13 25 (3.32%) Hardware Engineer
14 24 (3.19%) IT Manager
14 24 (3.19%) Senior Embedded Engineer
15 23 (3.05%) RF Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (6.11%) .NET
2 39 (5.18%) HTML
3 27 (3.59%) React
4 25 (3.32%) .NET Framework
5 24 (3.19%) AngularJS
5 24 (3.19%) CSS
6 23 (3.05%) RESTful
7 22 (2.92%) Django
8 20 (2.66%) Flask
9 18 (2.39%) Yocto
10 16 (2.12%) .NET Core
10 16 (2.12%) Blazor
11 15 (1.99%) ASP.NET
12 13 (1.73%) Node.js
13 10 (1.33%) Kafka
13 10 (1.33%) YAML
14 8 (1.06%) ASP.NET MVC
14 8 (1.06%) WCF
15 7 (0.93%) WinForms
15 7 (0.93%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 35 (4.65%) FMCG
2 31 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
3 30 (3.98%) IoT
4 29 (3.85%) Management Information System
5 24 (3.19%) Driving Licence
6 18 (2.39%) Device Driver
7 16 (2.12%) Embedded Systems
8 14 (1.86%) Analogue Electronics
8 14 (1.86%) FPGA
8 14 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
8 14 (1.86%) Life Science
8 14 (1.86%) Operational Technology
9 13 (1.73%) Algorithms
9 13 (1.73%) Data Centre
10 11 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (1.33%) LIMS
12 8 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.06%) Product Ownership
12 8 (1.06%) VHDL
13 7 (0.93%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 70 (9.30%) Linux
2 42 (5.58%) Windows
3 18 (2.39%) Embedded Linux
4 14 (1.86%) FreeRTOS
5 9 (1.20%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.80%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.53%) VxWorks
7 4 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.40%) VMS
9 2 (0.27%) Android
9 2 (0.27%) Windows Embedded Compact
9 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.13%) HPUX
10 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (17.13%) Business Intelligence
2 127 (16.87%) ERP
2 127 (16.87%) Software Engineering
3 125 (16.60%) Project Management
4 124 (16.47%) Problem-Solving
5 93 (12.35%) Agile
6 85 (11.29%) Programme Management
7 77 (10.23%) Digital Marketing
8 54 (7.17%) Mentoring
9 50 (6.64%) DevOps
10 47 (6.24%) Computer Science
10 47 (6.24%) CRM
11 44 (5.84%) Logistics
12 42 (5.58%) Stakeholder Management
13 41 (5.44%) Customer Requirements
13 41 (5.44%) Systems Engineering
14 40 (5.31%) Change Management
15 38 (5.05%) Continuous Improvement
16 37 (4.91%) Decision-Making
16 37 (4.91%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 98 (13.01%) SQL
2 94 (12.48%) Python
3 75 (9.96%) C
4 68 (9.03%) C#
5 56 (7.44%) JavaScript
6 33 (4.38%) TypeScript
7 29 (3.85%) Java
8 26 (3.45%) Embedded C
9 23 (3.05%) C++
10 16 (2.12%) Bash
11 15 (1.99%) T-SQL
12 11 (1.46%) PHP
12 11 (1.46%) VB
12 11 (1.46%) VB.NET
13 7 (0.93%) XAML
14 6 (0.80%) Embedded C++
15 5 (0.66%) PowerShell
16 4 (0.53%) Ada
16 4 (0.53%) R
16 4 (0.53%) VB6
Qualifications
1 185 (24.57%) Degree
2 74 (9.83%) Security Cleared
3 24 (3.19%) BPSS Clearance
4 23 (3.05%) Master's Degree
5 17 (2.26%) SC Cleared
6 16 (2.12%) CISSP
7 13 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (1.73%) HND
8 9 (1.20%) CISM
8 9 (1.20%) DBS Check
8 9 (1.20%) HNC
8 9 (1.20%) PMI Certification
8 9 (1.20%) PMP
9 7 (0.93%) CISA
10 6 (0.80%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.80%) PhD
11 4 (0.53%) CCNA
11 4 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.53%) CRISC
12 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (5.18%) QA
2 16 (2.12%) PMO
3 15 (1.99%) GMP
4 10 (1.33%) GDPR
4 10 (1.33%) Good Clinical Practice
4 10 (1.33%) GxP
4 10 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.20%) NIST
6 5 (0.66%) GAMP
6 5 (0.66%) ISO 13485
7 4 (0.53%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.53%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.40%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.40%) ISO 31000
8 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 3 (0.40%) NCSC
8 3 (0.40%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.40%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (4.65%) Firmware
2 22 (2.92%) Docker
3 11 (1.46%) Embedded Firmware
4 10 (1.33%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.53%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.40%) KVM
7 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (1.59%) Terraform
2 4 (0.53%) Puppet
3 3 (0.40%) Ansible
3 3 (0.40%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.27%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.27%) Nessus
5 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 107 (14.21%) SAP
2 90 (11.95%) Microsoft
3 51 (6.77%) IFS
4 27 (3.59%) Oracle
5 16 (2.12%) Workday
6 9 (1.20%) DevExpress
6 9 (1.20%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.20%) Thales
7 8 (1.06%) Cisco
8 7 (0.93%) NVIDIA
9 6 (0.80%) Google
9 6 (0.80%) IBM
9 6 (0.80%) Siemens
10 5 (0.66%) BT
10 5 (0.66%) Databricks
10 5 (0.66%) Epicor
10 5 (0.66%) Sage
10 5 (0.66%) VMware
11 4 (0.53%) QNX
12 3 (0.40%) Apple