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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 109 93
Rank change year-on-year +27 -16 +28
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 71 73 88
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 3.00% 1.80% 3.16%
As % of the General category 4.49% 3.26% 5.10%
Number of salaries quoted 60 39 53
10th Percentile £31,000 £25,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £44,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.14% -16.19% +10.53%
75th Percentile £50,313 £61,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £62,750 £70,000 £66,850
North West median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -

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 1,581 2,239 1,725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 66.71% 55.09% 62.03%
Number of salaries quoted 805 1,038 1,273
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,425 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £84,056
North West median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +2.08%

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

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 - 10 £42,500 - 13
Rochdale - 4 £47,500 - 8
Salford - 3 £55,000 - 1
Oldham +1 2 £40,000 -9.09% 1
Wigan - 2 £47,500 -
Bolton +4 1 £47,500 - 11
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 1 (1.41%) Confluence
1 1 (1.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (12.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (9.86%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (8.45%) AutoCAD
4 5 (7.04%) Autodesk Inventor
5 1 (1.41%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (7.04%) NetSuite
1 5 (7.04%) Sage 200
1 5 (7.04%) Sage CRM
2 2 (2.82%) Sage X3
3 1 (1.41%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.41%) SAP IBP
3 1 (1.41%) SAP MII
3 1 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.41%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.86%) Power Platform
2 4 (5.63%) AWS
2 4 (5.63%) SaaS
3 2 (2.82%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (2.82%) Serverless
3 2 (2.82%) Snowflake
4 1 (1.41%) AWS IoT
4 1 (1.41%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.23%) LoRaWAN
2 1 (1.41%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.86%) Power BI
1 7 (9.86%) Tableau
2 6 (8.45%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (2.82%) Big Data
3 2 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.82%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.41%) Gatling
2 1 (1.41%) JIRA
2 1 (1.41%) JMeter
2 1 (1.41%) LoadRunner
General
1 30 (42.25%) Social Skills
2 16 (22.54%) Finance
3 13 (18.31%) Electronics
4 12 (16.90%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (14.08%) Marketing
6 9 (12.68%) Retail
7 7 (9.86%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (7.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (5.63%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (4.23%) Billing
10 3 (4.23%) Games
10 3 (4.23%) Public Sector
10 3 (4.23%) Telecoms
11 2 (2.82%) Dutch Language
11 2 (2.82%) Wearables
12 1 (1.41%) Automotive
12 1 (1.41%) Banking
12 1 (1.41%) Korean Language
12 1 (1.41%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 16 (22.54%) Analyst
2 11 (15.49%) Technical Support
3 10 (14.08%) Support Engineer
4 9 (12.68%) Applications Support
4 9 (12.68%) Applications Support Analyst
4 9 (12.68%) Support Analyst
5 6 (8.45%) Consultant
5 6 (8.45%) ERP Analyst
5 6 (8.45%) ERP Support
5 6 (8.45%) Technical Engineer
5 6 (8.45%) Technical Support Engineer
6 5 (7.04%) Developer
6 5 (7.04%) Sage 200 Support
6 5 (7.04%) Sage Consultant
6 5 (7.04%) Sage Support
6 5 (7.04%) Senior
6 5 (7.04%) Support Consultant
6 5 (7.04%) Support Specialist
6 5 (7.04%) Technical Specialist
6 5 (7.04%) Technical Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.82%) FastAPI
1 2 (2.82%) Node.js
1 2 (2.82%) Spring
1 2 (2.82%) Spring Boot
1 2 (2.82%) WinForms
2 1 (1.41%) CSS
2 1 (1.41%) D3.js
2 1 (1.41%) NestJS
2 1 (1.41%) React
2 1 (1.41%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.04%) Driving Licence
1 5 (7.04%) IoT
1 5 (7.04%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (4.23%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 3 (4.23%) Social Media
3 2 (2.82%) Algorithms
3 2 (2.82%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.82%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.82%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.41%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.41%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 11 (15.49%) Linux
2 10 (14.08%) Windows
3 1 (1.41%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (33.80%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (28.17%) Business Intelligence
3 17 (23.94%) ERP
4 12 (16.90%) Analytics
4 12 (16.90%) Logistics
5 11 (15.49%) Customer Service
6 10 (14.08%) CAD
7 9 (12.68%) CRM
7 9 (12.68%) Master Data Management
8 8 (11.27%) Decision-Making
9 7 (9.86%) Project Management
10 6 (8.45%) Change Management
10 6 (8.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (8.45%) Data Visualisation
10 6 (8.45%) DevOps
10 6 (8.45%) Root Cause Analysis
10 6 (8.45%) Software Engineering
10 6 (8.45%) Validation
10 6 (8.45%) Visualisation
11 5 (7.04%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 17 (23.94%) SQL
2 8 (11.27%) Python
3 4 (5.63%) Java
4 3 (4.23%) C-shell
4 3 (4.23%) JavaScript
4 3 (4.23%) Korn
4 3 (4.23%) PL/SQL
4 3 (4.23%) Shell Script
4 3 (4.23%) TypeScript
5 2 (2.82%) C#
6 1 (1.41%) C
6 1 (1.41%) C++
6 1 (1.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.41%) PHP
Qualifications
1 15 (21.13%) Degree
2 6 (8.45%) HND
3 5 (7.04%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (4.23%) DV Cleared
4 3 (4.23%) PhD
4 3 (4.23%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.82%) ACCA
5 2 (2.82%) CIMA
5 2 (2.82%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.41%) HNC
6 1 (1.41%) SAP Certification
6 1 (1.41%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.63%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.23%) SLA
3 2 (2.82%) QA
4 1 (1.41%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.41%) GMP
System Software
1 1 (1.41%) Docker
1 1 (1.41%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (1.41%) Firmware
Vendors
1 17 (23.94%) Microsoft
1 17 (23.94%) SAP
2 7 (9.86%) Sage
3 5 (7.04%) Oracle
4 3 (4.23%) Rapid7
5 2 (2.82%) Proofpoint
6 1 (1.41%) Google
6 1 (1.41%) Instagram
6 1 (1.41%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.41%) Siemens
6 1 (1.41%) TikTok
6 1 (1.41%) VMware
6 1 (1.41%) YouTube