Manufacturing Job Trends in Manchester

Manufacturing
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 86 96
Rank change year-on-year +21 +10 +51
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 66 93 51
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.82% 2.62% 2.23%
As % of the General category 4.53% 4.25% 3.68%
Number of salaries quoted 61 41 43
10th Percentile £30,750 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,000 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £64,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £95,000 £71,000
North West median annual salary £48,750 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.47% -3.81% +5.00%

All General Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,458 2,188 1,387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 62.25% 61.58% 60.57%
Number of salaries quoted 860 881 1,062
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,375 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -11.85% +8.28%
75th Percentile £68,750 £69,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £85,000
North West median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Manchester

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Manufacturing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Manchester over the 6 months to 29 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in Manchester

Manufacturing
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 29 November 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
Stockport - 7 £45,000 -
Altrincham - 6 £36,250 -
Rochdale +7 4 £47,500 -9.52%
Oldham +3 2 £40,000 -26.61%
Bolton +21 1 £47,500 -5.00% 4
Salford - 1 £45,000 - 1
Manufacturing
North West

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (1.52%) Confluence
1 1 (1.52%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (7.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.52%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.52%) Autodesk Inventor
3 1 (1.52%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.52%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.52%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (1.52%) SAP IBP
2 1 (1.52%) SAP MII
2 1 (1.52%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (1.52%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 6 (9.09%) Azure
3 4 (6.06%) AWS
4 3 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (4.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 3 (4.55%) GCP
4 3 (4.55%) SaaS
5 1 (1.52%) BigCommerce
5 1 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.52%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.52%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.55%) LoRaWAN
2 1 (1.52%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (16.67%) Power BI
2 7 (10.61%) Tableau
3 4 (6.06%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (4.55%) Data Lake
4 3 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (4.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (3.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.52%) Big Data
6 1 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.52%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.52%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 2 (3.03%) GitLab
1 2 (3.03%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.52%) Gatling
2 1 (1.52%) JIRA
2 1 (1.52%) JMeter
2 1 (1.52%) LoadRunner
2 1 (1.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 16 (24.24%) Electronics
2 13 (19.70%) Social Skills
3 11 (16.67%) Marketing
4 9 (13.64%) Finance
5 8 (12.12%) Pharmaceutical
6 7 (10.61%) Public Sector
6 7 (10.61%) Telecoms
7 5 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (7.58%) Retail
8 4 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (4.55%) Advertising
9 3 (4.55%) Billing
9 3 (4.55%) Military
10 1 (1.52%) Automotive
10 1 (1.52%) Banking
10 1 (1.52%) Games
10 1 (1.52%) Legal
10 1 (1.52%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (1.52%) Police
10 1 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (13.64%) Analyst
1 9 (13.64%) Technical Support
2 8 (12.12%) Support Engineer
3 7 (10.61%) Mathematician
4 6 (9.09%) Senior
5 5 (7.58%) Developer
5 5 (7.58%) IT Support
5 5 (7.58%) Support Specialist
5 5 (7.58%) Technical Specialist
5 5 (7.58%) Technical Support Specialist
5 5 (7.58%) Test Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) Data Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) Lead
6 4 (6.06%) Manufacturing Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) Technical Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) Technical Support Engineer
7 3 (4.55%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 3 (4.55%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (4.55%) Automation Analyst
7 3 (4.55%) Linux Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.52%) CSS
1 1 (1.52%) FastAPI
1 1 (1.52%) HTML
1 1 (1.52%) Node.js
1 1 (1.52%) OAuth
1 1 (1.52%) OAuth2
1 1 (1.52%) PyTorch
1 1 (1.52%) React
1 1 (1.52%) RESTful
1 1 (1.52%) scikit-learn
1 1 (1.52%) Spring
1 1 (1.52%) Spring Boot
1 1 (1.52%) TensorFlow
1 1 (1.52%) Vue
1 1 (1.52%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.09%) Driving Licence
2 3 (4.55%) IoT
2 3 (4.55%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (4.55%) Social Media
3 2 (3.03%) Algorithms
3 2 (3.03%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.03%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.52%) Industry 4.0
4 1 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (15.15%) Windows
2 6 (9.09%) Linux
3 1 (1.52%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (30.30%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (18.18%) Analytics
2 12 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (13.64%) AI
4 8 (12.12%) Decision-Making
4 8 (12.12%) ERP
4 8 (12.12%) Logistics
4 8 (12.12%) Root Cause Analysis
5 7 (10.61%) DevOps
5 7 (10.61%) Digital Marketing
5 7 (10.61%) Mathematical Modelling
5 7 (10.61%) Mathematics
5 7 (10.61%) Programme Management
6 6 (9.09%) Agile
6 6 (9.09%) CAD
7 5 (7.58%) Computer Vision
7 5 (7.58%) Customer Service
7 5 (7.58%) Data Modelling
7 5 (7.58%) Master Data Management
7 5 (7.58%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (18.18%) SQL
2 9 (13.64%) C#
3 6 (9.09%) Python
4 3 (4.55%) JavaScript
4 3 (4.55%) Ladder Logic
5 2 (3.03%) Java
6 1 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.52%) PHP
6 1 (1.52%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.52%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 8 (12.12%) Degree
3 6 (9.09%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.03%) HND
4 2 (3.03%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.52%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.52%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.06%) Data Quality
1 4 (6.06%) SLA
2 3 (4.55%) QA
3 1 (1.52%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (1.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.52%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 12 (18.18%) SAP
3 4 (6.06%) Siemens
4 3 (4.55%) Rapid7
5 2 (3.03%) Oracle
6 1 (1.52%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.52%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.52%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.52%) VMware