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 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 74 93
Rank change year-on-year +2 +19 +58
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 64 79 55
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.23% 2.96% 2.17%
As % of the General category 3.69% 4.29% 3.90%
Number of salaries quoted 54 28 47
10th Percentile £30,750 £39,575 £31,900
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,438 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% +17.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £66,250 £87,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £101,000 £70,800
North West median annual salary £52,500 £52,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +0.96% +9.47% -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 general skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,733 1,840 1,411
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 60.49% 68.99% 55.64%
Number of salaries quoted 903 760 1,064
10th Percentile £27,800 £31,250 £29,585
25th Percentile £33,000 £41,250 £41,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £56,021
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.82% +1.86%
75th Percentile £73,000 £73,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £89,400 £87,500 £84,544
North West median annual salary £47,500 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.86% +2.00% -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 11 January 2026.

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 11 January 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
Altrincham - 7 £31,500 - 1
Rochdale +5 4 £47,500 -9.52% 4
Stockport +8 2 £46,250 -19.57% 5
Bolton +14 1 £47,500 -5.00% 15
Oldham -5 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 (1.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.56%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.56%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.56%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (1.56%) SAP IBP
2 1 (1.56%) SAP MII
2 1 (1.56%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (1.56%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.38%) Azure
1 6 (9.38%) Power Platform
2 4 (6.25%) AWS
3 3 (4.69%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (4.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 3 (4.69%) GCP
4 1 (1.56%) BigCommerce
4 1 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.56%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.56%) Firewall
1 1 (1.56%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.38%) Power BI
2 3 (4.69%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (4.69%) Data Lake
2 3 (4.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (4.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (3.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (3.13%) Tableau
4 1 (1.56%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.56%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 2 (3.13%) GitLab
1 2 (3.13%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.56%) Gatling
2 1 (1.56%) JIRA
2 1 (1.56%) JMeter
2 1 (1.56%) LoadRunner
General
1 16 (25.00%) Electronics
2 10 (15.63%) Social Skills
3 9 (14.06%) Marketing
4 8 (12.50%) Finance
4 8 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 8 (12.50%) Telecoms
5 4 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (4.69%) Advertising
6 3 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.69%) Military
6 3 (4.69%) Retail
7 2 (3.13%) Fire and Rescue
7 2 (3.13%) Police
8 1 (1.56%) Automotive
8 1 (1.56%) Banking
8 1 (1.56%) Billing
8 1 (1.56%) Games
8 1 (1.56%) Legal
8 1 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (18.75%) Test Engineer
2 11 (17.19%) Manufacturing Engineer
3 7 (10.94%) IT Support
3 7 (10.94%) Mathematician
4 6 (9.38%) Electronics Engineer
5 5 (7.81%) Electronics Test Engineer
5 5 (7.81%) Senior
5 5 (7.81%) Support Engineer
5 5 (7.81%) Technical Support
6 4 (6.25%) Business Development Manager
6 4 (6.25%) Business Manager
6 4 (6.25%) Commissioning Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) Development Manager
6 4 (6.25%) Electrical Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) Lead
7 3 (4.69%) Analyst
7 3 (4.69%) Data Engineer
7 3 (4.69%) Developer
7 3 (4.69%) Technical Engineer
7 3 (4.69%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.56%) CSS
1 1 (1.56%) FastAPI
1 1 (1.56%) HTML
1 1 (1.56%) Node.js
1 1 (1.56%) OAuth
1 1 (1.56%) OAuth2
1 1 (1.56%) PyTorch
1 1 (1.56%) React
1 1 (1.56%) RESTful
1 1 (1.56%) scikit-learn
1 1 (1.56%) Spring
1 1 (1.56%) Spring Boot
1 1 (1.56%) TensorFlow
1 1 (1.56%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.25%) Driving Licence
2 3 (4.69%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (3.13%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.13%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.56%) Industry 4.0
4 1 (1.56%) IoT
4 1 (1.56%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.50%) Windows
2 2 (3.13%) Linux
3 1 (1.56%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (21.88%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
2 8 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (12.50%) Programme Management
3 7 (10.94%) Mathematical Modelling
3 7 (10.94%) Mathematics
4 6 (9.38%) Agile
4 6 (9.38%) Business Development
4 6 (9.38%) Decision-Making
4 6 (9.38%) ERP
4 6 (9.38%) Logistics
5 5 (7.81%) AI
5 5 (7.81%) Analytics
5 5 (7.81%) CAD
5 5 (7.81%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (6.25%) Asset Management
6 4 (6.25%) Customer Service
6 4 (6.25%) Data Modelling
6 4 (6.25%) DevOps
6 4 (6.25%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.50%) C#
2 6 (9.38%) SQL
3 3 (4.69%) Ladder Logic
3 3 (4.69%) Python
4 2 (3.13%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.56%) Java
5 1 (1.56%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (20.31%) Security Cleared
2 6 (9.38%) DV Cleared
3 5 (7.81%) Degree
4 3 (4.69%) CCA
5 2 (3.13%) A+ Certification
5 2 (3.13%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.56%) HND
6 1 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.56%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.69%) QA
1 3 (4.69%) SLA
2 2 (3.13%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.56%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (1.56%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.56%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (15.63%) SAP
2 9 (14.06%) Microsoft
3 4 (6.25%) Siemens
4 2 (3.13%) Oracle
4 2 (3.13%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.56%) Apple
5 1 (1.56%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.56%) Facebook
5 1 (1.56%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.56%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.56%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.56%) VMware