Manufacturing Job Trends in Yorkshire

Manufacturing
England > Yorkshire

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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 44 50
Rank change year-on-year +6 +6 +61
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 186 119 192
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 4.72% 4.80% 4.30%
As % of the General category 8.12% 7.25% 6.90%
Number of salaries quoted 107 37 140
10th Percentile £27,125 £36,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -5.88%
75th Percentile £46,875 £58,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £74,750 £63,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -10.71%

All General Skills
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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,291 1,641 2,781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 58.19% 66.14% 62.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,272 733 2,185
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,000 £26,925
25th Percentile £29,250 £37,716 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £73,750 £67,070
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £84,056
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Manufacturing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Manufacturing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 13 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in Yorkshire

Manufacturing
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 13 February 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
West Yorkshire -1 71 £37,500 -25.00% 28
South Yorkshire +11 47 £40,000 -40.74% 17
North Yorkshire -4 31 £40,000 -5.88% 6
East Yorkshire +2 19 £45,000 -28.00% 4
Humberside - 1 £52,500 - 4
Manufacturing
England

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 11 (5.91%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (5.91%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.69%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.54%) Site Server
Applications
1 15 (8.06%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (5.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.69%) Chatbot
3 5 (2.69%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.08%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 6 (3.23%) Shopify
2 5 (2.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.54%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.54%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 47 (25.27%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (14.52%) Azure
3 15 (8.06%) SaaS
4 10 (5.38%) Power Platform
5 7 (3.76%) Google Sheets
6 6 (3.23%) Google Docs
6 6 (3.23%) Google Workspace
7 5 (2.69%) AWS
7 5 (2.69%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (2.69%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.69%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (2.15%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.61%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.61%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.54%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (9.14%) Firewall
1 17 (9.14%) SAN
2 12 (6.45%) VLAN
3 9 (4.84%) VPN
4 8 (4.30%) DNS
4 8 (4.30%) LAN
4 8 (4.30%) WAN
5 5 (2.69%) DHCP
5 5 (2.69%) TCP/IP
5 5 (2.69%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (2.15%) WLAN
7 3 (1.61%) Network Security
8 1 (0.54%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.38%) Power BI
2 5 (2.69%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.61%) MySQL
3 3 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (3.23%) JIRA
2 5 (2.69%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 43 (23.12%) Social Skills
2 36 (19.35%) Retail
3 35 (18.82%) Finance
4 28 (15.05%) Advertising
5 20 (10.75%) Marketing
6 12 (6.45%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (5.91%) Pharmaceutical
8 10 (5.38%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (4.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (4.30%) Electronics
11 7 (3.76%) Law
12 5 (2.69%) Automotive
13 4 (2.15%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.61%) Public Sector
14 3 (1.61%) Tech for Good
15 2 (1.08%) Telecoms
16 1 (0.54%) Legal
16 1 (0.54%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 39 (20.97%) IT Support
2 35 (18.82%) Development Manager
3 19 (10.22%) Business Development Manager
3 19 (10.22%) Business Manager
4 17 (9.14%) IT Engineer
4 17 (9.14%) IT Support Engineer
4 17 (9.14%) Support Engineer
5 16 (8.60%) Support Technician
6 13 (6.99%) Graduate
6 13 (6.99%) Software Engineer
7 12 (6.45%) QA Manager
7 12 (6.45%) Quality Manager
7 12 (6.45%) Sales Manager
8 11 (5.91%) Infrastructure Support
8 11 (5.91%) Infrastructure Support Technician
8 11 (5.91%) Infrastructure Technician
8 11 (5.91%) Product Development Manager
8 11 (5.91%) Product Manager
9 9 (4.84%) Analyst
10 8 (4.30%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.69%) Hugging Face
1 5 (2.69%) Matplotlib
1 5 (2.69%) NumPy
1 5 (2.69%) Pandas
1 5 (2.69%) scikit-learn
1 5 (2.69%) Streamlit
2 1 (0.54%) .NET
2 1 (0.54%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 27 (14.52%) Driving Licence
2 18 (9.68%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (8.06%) FMCG
4 8 (4.30%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.69%) Algorithms
5 5 (2.69%) Analogue Electronics
5 5 (2.69%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (2.69%) Learning Management System
5 5 (2.69%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.15%) NHS
7 1 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.54%) Life Science
7 1 (0.54%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.54%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.54%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 36 (19.35%) Windows
2 30 (16.13%) Windows Server
3 15 (8.06%) Linux
4 8 (4.30%) Windows 10
5 4 (2.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (19.35%) Project Delivery
2 27 (14.52%) Decision-Making
2 27 (14.52%) Logistics
3 23 (12.37%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (10.22%) Business Development
4 19 (10.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 17 (9.14%) Project Management
6 13 (6.99%) Software Engineering
7 12 (6.45%) Business Intelligence
7 12 (6.45%) Customer Engagement
7 12 (6.45%) Internal Audit
7 12 (6.45%) Migration
7 12 (6.45%) QMS
7 12 (6.45%) Quality Management
8 11 (5.91%) Chemistry
8 11 (5.91%) Commercialisation
8 11 (5.91%) Community of Practice
9 10 (5.38%) CRM
9 10 (5.38%) ITIL
9 10 (5.38%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 28 (15.05%) SQL
2 14 (7.53%) C
2 14 (7.53%) C++
3 8 (4.30%) Java
3 8 (4.30%) PL/SQL
3 8 (4.30%) Python
4 6 (3.23%) Embedded C
5 5 (2.69%) Embedded C++
5 5 (2.69%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.08%) C#
6 2 (1.08%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.08%) VBA
7 1 (0.54%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 37 (19.89%) Degree
2 8 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (3.23%) A+ Certification
3 6 (3.23%) HNC
3 6 (3.23%) HND
3 6 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (3.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 5 (2.69%) AWS Certification
4 5 (2.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 5 (2.69%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (12.37%) QA
2 8 (4.30%) GDPR
3 5 (2.69%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.54%) GMP
4 1 (0.54%) ISO 14001
4 1 (0.54%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.54%) PMO
System Software
1 35 (18.82%) Active Directory
2 20 (10.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (6.99%) Hyper-V
4 9 (4.84%) Firmware
5 6 (3.23%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (1.08%) Terminal Services
6 2 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.08%) vSphere
6 2 (1.08%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 59 (31.72%) Microsoft
2 26 (13.98%) VMware
3 8 (4.30%) Citrix
3 8 (4.30%) Google
4 5 (2.69%) Adobe
4 5 (2.69%) HubSpot
5 3 (1.61%) Apple
5 3 (1.61%) Sage
5 3 (1.61%) SAP
6 2 (1.08%) Cisco
6 2 (1.08%) Dell
7 1 (0.54%) Infor
7 1 (0.54%) NEC
7 1 (0.54%) Okta
7 1 (0.54%) Oracle
7 1 (0.54%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.54%) Trend Micro
7 1 (0.54%) WooCommerce