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 12 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 68 120
Rank change year-on-year +11 +52 +21
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 122 79 93
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.55% 3.96% 1.97%
As % of the General category 5.04% 5.56% 3.54%
Number of salaries quoted 97 49 79
10th Percentile £33,750 £34,690 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,750 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £69,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,000 £75,000
North West median annual salary £49,400 £50,818 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.79% +12.93% -5.26%

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 2,423 1,420 2,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 50.57% 71.18% 55.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,426 851 2,047
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £51,364
Median % change year-on-year - +7.08% -6.61%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £81,250
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +9.47% -9.52%

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 12 April 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 12 April 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 - 2
Bolton +23 4 £60,000 +23.08% 12
Stockport -1 1 £32,500 -25.71% 4
Rochdale -4 1 £35,000 -33.33% 5
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 6 (4.92%) Jupyter
Applications
1 6 (4.92%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (9.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (5.74%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (5.74%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.82%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.82%) Magento
3 1 (0.82%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.82%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.82%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 6 (4.92%) AWS
1 6 (4.92%) Cloud Computing
2 5 (4.10%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (4.10%) Power Platform
3 4 (3.28%) Azure
4 3 (2.46%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (2.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (1.64%) PowerApps
5 2 (1.64%) SaaS
6 1 (0.82%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.82%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.82%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.28%) Power BI
1 4 (3.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (2.46%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (2.46%) Data Lake
2 3 (2.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (1.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.82%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.82%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (4.92%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 12 (9.84%) Finance
1 12 (9.84%) Retail
2 11 (9.02%) Social Skills
3 10 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (8.20%) Electronics
4 6 (4.92%) Aerospace
5 5 (4.10%) Automotive
5 5 (4.10%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.28%) Brand Awareness
6 4 (3.28%) Marketing
6 4 (3.28%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.46%) Advertising
7 3 (2.46%) Military
7 3 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.64%) Fire and Rescue
8 2 (1.64%) Law
8 2 (1.64%) Police
8 2 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.82%) Legal
9 1 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 20 (16.39%) Test Engineer
2 19 (15.57%) Manufacturing Engineer
3 15 (12.30%) Business Development Manager
3 15 (12.30%) Business Manager
3 15 (12.30%) Development Manager
4 13 (10.66%) Administrator
5 8 (6.56%) Developer
6 7 (5.74%) Applications Developer
6 7 (5.74%) Business Developer
6 7 (5.74%) Lead
6 7 (5.74%) Lead Test Engineer
6 7 (5.74%) Planning Manager
7 6 (4.92%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
7 6 (4.92%) Commissioning Engineer
7 6 (4.92%) Electrical Engineer
7 6 (4.92%) Electronics Test Engineer
7 6 (4.92%) Programmer
7 6 (4.92%) SAP Manager
7 6 (4.92%) Support Engineer
7 6 (4.92%) Trainee Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.92%) Hugging Face
1 6 (4.92%) Matplotlib
1 6 (4.92%) NumPy
1 6 (4.92%) Pandas
1 6 (4.92%) scikit-learn
1 6 (4.92%) Streamlit
2 1 (0.82%) EDI
2 1 (0.82%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.82%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.92%) Algorithms
2 4 (3.28%) Tandem
3 3 (2.46%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.46%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.64%) AI Agents
4 2 (1.64%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.64%) Life Science
5 1 (0.82%) FMCG
5 1 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.82%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.46%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (17.21%) Business Development
2 16 (13.11%) ERP
2 16 (13.11%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (10.66%) Decision-Making
4 12 (9.84%) AI
4 12 (9.84%) Logistics
5 11 (9.02%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (8.20%) Migration
7 9 (7.38%) Machine Learning
8 8 (6.56%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (6.56%) Customer Service
9 7 (5.74%) Business Continuity
9 7 (5.74%) Chemistry
9 7 (5.74%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (5.74%) Data Cleansing
9 7 (5.74%) Data Migration
9 7 (5.74%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 6 (4.92%) Conversational UI
10 6 (4.92%) Sentiment Analysis
10 6 (4.92%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.92%) Python
2 5 (4.10%) C#
2 5 (4.10%) SQL
3 3 (2.46%) Ladder Logic
4 1 (0.82%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (9.84%) Security Cleared
2 6 (4.92%) AWS Certification
2 6 (4.92%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 6 (4.92%) HNC
3 5 (4.10%) Degree
4 3 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (2.46%) CCA
5 2 (1.64%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.64%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.82%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.82%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.11%) QA
2 3 (2.46%) SLA
3 1 (0.82%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.82%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (13.93%) Microsoft
2 15 (12.30%) SAP
3 7 (5.74%) Oracle
4 3 (2.46%) Siemens
5 1 (0.82%) Adyen
5 1 (0.82%) Apple
5 1 (0.82%) Dell
5 1 (0.82%) Facebook
5 1 (0.82%) HP
5 1 (0.82%) Sage
5 1 (0.82%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.82%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.82%) Zoho