Manufacturing Jobs 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 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 114 113
Rank change year-on-year +19 -1 +3
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 74 116 134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 3.07% 1.96% 3.06%
As % of the General category 4.35% 3.62% 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 62 93 67
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,750 £22,500
25th Percentile £34,112 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.11% -14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £53,750 £63,750 £59,000
90th Percentile £61,000 £75,000 £67,000
North West median annual salary £50,818 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +6.99% - -

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 1,702 3,208 2,880
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 70.68% 54.07% 65.74%
Number of salaries quoted 883 2,214 1,491
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,625 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £50,000 £57,250
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -12.66% +7.79%
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £80,000 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +2.94%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Manchester

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in Manchester.

Salary trend for Manufacturing in Manchester

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 July 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 1 July 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 - 9 £32,500 - 39
Oldham +2 3 £35,000 -22.22% 3
Salford - 3 £55,000 - 7
Bolton -9 2 £47,500 +5.56% 41
Rochdale - 2 £43,750 - 4
Wigan - 2 £47,500 - 8
Manufacturing
North West

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (2.70%) CMS
1 2 (2.70%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (1.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (9.46%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (9.46%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (8.11%) AutoCAD
3 5 (6.76%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 5 (6.76%) NetSuite
1 5 (6.76%) Sage 200
1 5 (6.76%) Sage CRM
2 2 (2.70%) Sage X3
3 1 (1.35%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 11 (14.86%) AWS
2 5 (6.76%) AWS IoT
2 5 (6.76%) Azure
3 4 (5.41%) SaaS
4 3 (4.05%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.70%) AWS Fargate
5 2 (2.70%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.70%) Serverless
5 2 (2.70%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.35%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.35%) GCP
6 1 (1.35%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.35%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.11%) LoRaWAN
2 2 (2.70%) VPN
3 1 (1.35%) Firewall
3 1 (1.35%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.11%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (5.41%) Tableau
2 4 (5.41%) TimescaleDB
3 3 (4.05%) MySQL
3 3 (4.05%) Power BI
4 2 (2.70%) Big Data
4 2 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.70%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.35%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 3 (4.05%) Git
2 2 (2.70%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.70%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.35%) LabVIEW
General
1 33 (44.59%) Social Skills
2 17 (22.97%) Finance
3 14 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (16.22%) Retail
5 10 (13.51%) Electronics
6 9 (12.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (12.16%) Marketing
7 4 (5.41%) Telecoms
8 3 (4.05%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (4.05%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.70%) Billing
9 2 (2.70%) Dutch Language
9 2 (2.70%) Games
9 2 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.70%) Wearables
10 1 (1.35%) Automotive
10 1 (1.35%) Korean Language
10 1 (1.35%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 18 (24.32%) Analyst
2 13 (17.57%) Applications Support
2 13 (17.57%) Applications Support Analyst
2 13 (17.57%) Support Analyst
3 10 (13.51%) Support Engineer
4 8 (10.81%) Technical Support
5 7 (9.46%) Senior
5 7 (9.46%) Software Engineer
6 6 (8.11%) ERP Analyst
6 6 (8.11%) ERP Support
6 6 (8.11%) Technical Engineer
6 6 (8.11%) Technical Support Engineer
7 5 (6.76%) Consultant
7 5 (6.76%) Sage 200 Consultant
7 5 (6.76%) Sage 200 Support
7 5 (6.76%) Sage Consultant
7 5 (6.76%) Sage Support
7 5 (6.76%) Support Consultant
8 4 (5.41%) 2nd Line Support
8 4 (5.41%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.46%) NestJS
1 7 (9.46%) React
1 7 (9.46%) RESTful
2 6 (8.11%) Node.js
3 3 (4.05%) CSS
4 2 (2.70%) .NET
4 2 (2.70%) FastAPI
4 2 (2.70%) HTML
4 2 (2.70%) React Native
4 2 (2.70%) Spring
4 2 (2.70%) Spring Boot
4 2 (2.70%) WinForms
5 1 (1.35%) Azure Blueprints
5 1 (1.35%) D3.js
5 1 (1.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.86%) IoT
2 9 (12.16%) Renewable Energy
3 7 (9.46%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 6 (8.11%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (5.41%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (4.05%) Cloud Native
6 3 (4.05%) Product Ownership
7 2 (2.70%) Client/Server
7 2 (2.70%) Driving Licence
7 2 (2.70%) Industry 4.0
7 2 (2.70%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.70%) Social Media
8 1 (1.35%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.35%) CCTV
8 1 (1.35%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (1.35%) FPGA
8 1 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.35%) Life Science
8 1 (1.35%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 13 (17.57%) Linux
2 5 (6.76%) Windows
3 1 (1.35%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (45.95%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (20.27%) ERP
3 14 (18.92%) Business Intelligence
4 12 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (13.51%) Computer Science
5 10 (13.51%) CRM
5 10 (13.51%) Software Engineering
5 10 (13.51%) Validation
6 9 (12.16%) Customer Service
7 8 (10.81%) Agile
7 8 (10.81%) Analytics
7 8 (10.81%) Data Analysis
7 8 (10.81%) Data Visualisation
7 8 (10.81%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 8 (10.81%) Logistics
7 8 (10.81%) Master Data Management
7 8 (10.81%) Visualisation
8 7 (9.46%) Machine Learning
8 7 (9.46%) Project Management
8 7 (9.46%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 21 (28.38%) SQL
2 10 (13.51%) Python
3 9 (12.16%) TypeScript
4 7 (9.46%) C-shell
4 7 (9.46%) JavaScript
4 7 (9.46%) Korn
4 7 (9.46%) PL/SQL
4 7 (9.46%) Shell Script
5 5 (6.76%) C#
5 5 (6.76%) PHP
6 4 (5.41%) Java
7 1 (1.35%) Bicep
7 1 (1.35%) C
7 1 (1.35%) C++
7 1 (1.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (24.32%) Degree
2 9 (12.16%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (9.46%) PhD
4 5 (6.76%) HND
5 3 (4.05%) DV Cleared
5 3 (4.05%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.70%) ACCA
6 2 (2.70%) CIMA
6 2 (2.70%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.35%) HNC
7 1 (1.35%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (1.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.76%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.05%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.35%) GMP
3 1 (1.35%) QA
3 1 (1.35%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (9.46%) Docker
2 1 (1.35%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.35%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (1.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.70%) Terraform
2 1 (1.35%) Ansible
2 1 (1.35%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (22.97%) SAP
2 13 (17.57%) Microsoft
3 10 (13.51%) Oracle
4 7 (9.46%) Sage
5 2 (2.70%) Proofpoint
5 2 (2.70%) Sitecore
6 1 (1.35%) Google
6 1 (1.35%) Hitachi
6 1 (1.35%) Instagram
6 1 (1.35%) Rapid7
6 1 (1.35%) TikTok
6 1 (1.35%) YouTube