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 17 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 85 114
Rank change year-on-year +8 +29 -24
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 138 71 72
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.85% 2.99% 1.77%
As % of the General category 4.54% 4.50% 3.22%
Number of salaries quoted 116 60 39
10th Percentile £34,000 £31,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £33,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.36% +1.14% -16.19%
75th Percentile £65,000 £50,313 £61,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £62,750 £70,000
North West median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -13.27% -2.00%

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 3,042 1,579 2,237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 40.77% 66.60% 55.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2,034 803 1,036
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £28,375
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,375 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £82,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -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 17 September 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 17 September 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
Bolton +14 11 £54,000 +13.68% 21
Rochdale +3 9 £40,000 -15.79% 4
Stalybridge - 7 £50,000 -
Oldham +4 3 £53,600 +34.00% 9
Sale - 3 £55,000 -
Stockport -7 1 £50,000 +17.65% 29
Bury - 1 £32,000 - 1
Cheadle - 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 (0.72%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 1 (0.72%) HCL Domino
1 1 (0.72%) HCL Notes
1 1 (0.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.17%) Revit
2 2 (1.45%) AutoCAD
2 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.72%) Autodesk Smoke
3 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.72%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 11 (7.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (5.07%) SAP ERP
3 3 (2.17%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.72%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 11 (7.97%) Azure
2 8 (5.80%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (5.07%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (5.07%) Power Platform
4 5 (3.62%) Azure Logic Apps
5 3 (2.17%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.17%) Intacct
5 3 (2.17%) Power Automate
5 3 (2.17%) PowerApps
5 3 (2.17%) SaaS
6 2 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.45%) Azure Functions
6 2 (1.45%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (1.45%) Serverless
7 1 (0.72%) AWS
7 1 (0.72%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.17%) VPN
2 2 (1.45%) BGP
2 2 (1.45%) DHCP
2 2 (1.45%) DNS
2 2 (1.45%) HSRP
2 2 (1.45%) IPsec
2 2 (1.45%) LAN
2 2 (1.45%) MPLS
2 2 (1.45%) OSPF
2 2 (1.45%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (1.45%) SD-WAN
2 2 (1.45%) VoIP
2 2 (1.45%) VRRP
2 2 (1.45%) WAN
2 2 (1.45%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (1.45%) Wireless
2 2 (1.45%) Wireshark
2 2 (1.45%) WLAN
3 1 (0.72%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.72%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.62%) SQL Server
1 5 (3.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (1.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.72%) JIRA
1 1 (0.72%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (0.72%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 25 (18.12%) Social Skills
2 22 (15.94%) Aerospace
3 17 (12.32%) Finance
4 16 (11.59%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (9.42%) Automotive
6 11 (7.97%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (6.52%) Pharmaceutical
7 9 (6.52%) Retail
8 4 (2.90%) Electronics
8 4 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.90%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.17%) Law
9 3 (2.17%) Mandarin Language
9 3 (2.17%) Marketing
10 2 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.45%) Legal
10 2 (1.45%) Local Government
11 1 (0.72%) Agrochemical
11 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (26.81%) Business Development Manager
1 37 (26.81%) Business Manager
1 37 (26.81%) Development Manager
2 17 (12.32%) Lead
3 16 (11.59%) Manufacturing Engineer
4 15 (10.87%) Lead Test Engineer
4 15 (10.87%) Test Engineer
5 11 (7.97%) Support Engineer
6 10 (7.25%) Planning Manager
7 9 (6.52%) Sales Manager
8 8 (5.80%) Consultant
9 7 (5.07%) SAP Manager
10 6 (4.35%) IT Support
10 6 (4.35%) Sales Business Development Manager
10 6 (4.35%) Technical Development Manager
10 6 (4.35%) Technical Manager
11 5 (3.62%) Analyst
11 5 (3.62%) IT Manager
11 5 (3.62%) IT Support Engineer
11 5 (3.62%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.17%) EDI
1 3 (2.17%) Web Services
2 1 (0.72%) FastAPI
2 1 (0.72%) Node.js
2 1 (0.72%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.52%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (3.62%) Driving Licence
3 3 (2.17%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.17%) Life Science
4 2 (1.45%) AI Agents
4 2 (1.45%) CCTV
4 2 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.45%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.45%) Robotics
5 1 (0.72%) Analogue Electronics
5 1 (0.72%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.72%) FMCG
5 1 (0.72%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.72%) PMI
5 1 (0.72%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.62%) Windows
2 1 (0.72%) Android
2 1 (0.72%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.72%) Linux
2 1 (0.72%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.72%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.72%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (29.71%) Business Development
2 30 (21.74%) ERP
3 26 (18.84%) Continuous Improvement
4 23 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (8.70%) Decision-Making
6 11 (7.97%) Validation
7 10 (7.25%) B2B
7 10 (7.25%) Presales
8 9 (6.52%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 8 (5.80%) CRM
9 8 (5.80%) Customer Service
10 7 (5.07%) Business Continuity
10 7 (5.07%) Data Cleansing
10 7 (5.07%) Data Migration
10 7 (5.07%) Migration
10 7 (5.07%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (4.35%) Customer Acquisition
11 6 (4.35%) Customer Engagement
11 6 (4.35%) ITIL
11 6 (4.35%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.90%) JavaScript
1 4 (2.90%) Python
2 3 (2.17%) C#
3 1 (0.72%) MATLAB
3 1 (0.72%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.72%) SQL
3 1 (0.72%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (8.70%) Security Cleared
2 11 (7.97%) Degree
3 9 (6.52%) HNC
4 7 (5.07%) SC Cleared
5 6 (4.35%) HND
6 3 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.17%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.45%) CCNA
7 2 (1.45%) CCNP
7 2 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.72%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.72%) IRCA
8 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.72%) NVQ Level 3
8 1 (0.72%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.35%) QA
2 3 (2.17%) SLA
3 2 (1.45%) GRC
4 1 (0.72%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.72%) GDPR
4 1 (0.72%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.72%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (3.62%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.72%) Firmware
2 1 (0.72%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (1.45%) Ansible
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (10.87%) SAP
2 12 (8.70%) Microsoft
3 5 (3.62%) Sage
4 4 (2.90%) Dell
4 4 (2.90%) Facebook
4 4 (2.90%) HP
5 2 (1.45%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.72%) Autodesk
6 1 (0.72%) EMC
6 1 (0.72%) Epicor
6 1 (0.72%) Freshdesk
6 1 (0.72%) NEC
6 1 (0.72%) Siemens
6 1 (0.72%) VMware
6 1 (0.72%) Zoho