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 15 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 103 112
Rank change year-on-year +50 +9 -7
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 148 67 120
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.44% 2.95% 2.05%
As % of the General category 5.77% 4.05% 3.80%
Number of salaries quoted 118 52 97
10th Percentile £34,000 £33,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £34,862 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.36% -1.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £54,063 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £60,775 £75,000
North West median annual salary £48,450 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +14.00% -5.56% -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 2,566 1,656 3,158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 42.26% 72.98% 53.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,838 847 2,247
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% +10.00% -9.16%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £80,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -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 15 June 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 15 June 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 +27 12 £60,000 +26.32% 8
Rochdale 0 6 £35,000 -20.00% 3
Stockport 0 1 £32,500 - 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 (4.05%) Jupyter
2 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (4.05%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.68%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 16 (10.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (8.78%) SAP ERP
3 7 (4.73%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (2.70%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (2.03%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.68%) Magento
6 1 (0.68%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.68%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 9 (6.08%) Dynamics 365
2 7 (4.73%) AWS
3 6 (4.05%) Azure
3 6 (4.05%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (3.38%) Power Platform
5 4 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
5 4 (2.70%) Power Automate
5 4 (2.70%) PowerApps
6 3 (2.03%) Intacct
7 2 (1.35%) SaaS
8 1 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.68%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.68%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.68%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.35%) BGP
1 2 (1.35%) HSRP
1 2 (1.35%) IPsec
1 2 (1.35%) LAN
1 2 (1.35%) MPLS
1 2 (1.35%) OSPF
1 2 (1.35%) SD-WAN
1 2 (1.35%) VPN
1 2 (1.35%) VRRP
1 2 (1.35%) WAN
1 2 (1.35%) Wireless
1 2 (1.35%) Wireshark
1 2 (1.35%) WLAN
2 1 (0.68%) DHCP
2 1 (0.68%) DNS
2 1 (0.68%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.68%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.68%) VoIP
2 1 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (2.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (4.05%) Visual Studio Code
2 1 (0.68%) JIRA
2 1 (0.68%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.68%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 16 (10.81%) Social Skills
2 15 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (10.14%) Finance
2 15 (10.14%) Retail
3 10 (6.76%) Aerospace
4 9 (6.08%) Automotive
5 6 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (3.38%) Law
7 4 (2.70%) Brand Awareness
7 4 (2.70%) Electronics
7 4 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.70%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.03%) Marketing
9 2 (1.35%) Local Government
10 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.68%) French Language
10 1 (0.68%) German Language
10 1 (0.68%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 27 (18.24%) Business Development Manager
1 27 (18.24%) Business Manager
1 27 (18.24%) Development Manager
2 20 (13.51%) Test Engineer
3 19 (12.84%) Manufacturing Engineer
4 13 (8.78%) Administrator
4 13 (8.78%) Lead
4 13 (8.78%) Planning Manager
5 12 (8.11%) Lead Test Engineer
6 11 (7.43%) SAP Manager
7 10 (6.76%) Developer
8 8 (5.41%) Business Development Executive
9 7 (4.73%) Analyst
9 7 (4.73%) Applications Developer
9 7 (4.73%) Business Developer
9 7 (4.73%) Support Engineer
10 6 (4.05%) Electrical Engineer
10 6 (4.05%) Programmer
10 6 (4.05%) Sales Manager
10 6 (4.05%) Trainee Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.05%) Hugging Face
1 6 (4.05%) Matplotlib
1 6 (4.05%) NumPy
1 6 (4.05%) Pandas
1 6 (4.05%) scikit-learn
1 6 (4.05%) Streamlit
2 4 (2.70%) EDI
2 4 (2.70%) Web Services
3 1 (0.68%) FastAPI
3 1 (0.68%) Node.js
3 1 (0.68%) REST
3 1 (0.68%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.05%) Algorithms
1 6 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (2.70%) Tandem
3 3 (2.03%) AI Agents
4 2 (1.35%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.35%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.35%) Life Science
5 1 (0.68%) Analogue Electronics
5 1 (0.68%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.68%) FMCG
5 1 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.68%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.68%) PMI
5 1 (0.68%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.05%) Windows
2 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (24.32%) Business Development
2 32 (21.62%) ERP
3 27 (18.24%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (9.46%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 13 (8.78%) Business Continuity
6 13 (8.78%) Data Cleansing
6 13 (8.78%) Data Migration
6 13 (8.78%) Logistics
6 13 (8.78%) Migration
7 11 (7.43%) AI
7 11 (7.43%) Decision-Making
7 11 (7.43%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (7.43%) Validation
8 9 (6.08%) Customer Service
8 9 (6.08%) Machine Learning
9 8 (5.41%) System Testing
10 7 (4.73%) Chemistry
10 7 (4.73%) Customer Engagement
10 7 (4.73%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.76%) Python
2 5 (3.38%) JavaScript
3 4 (2.70%) C#
4 2 (1.35%) SQL
5 1 (0.68%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.68%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.68%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (6.08%) Security Cleared
2 8 (5.41%) HNC
3 6 (4.05%) AWS Certification
3 6 (4.05%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 5 (3.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (3.38%) Degree
5 4 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (2.03%) CCA
7 2 (1.35%) CCNA
7 2 (1.35%) CCNP
7 2 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.35%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.68%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.68%) PMP
8 1 (0.68%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.81%) QA
2 4 (2.70%) SLA
3 1 (0.68%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.35%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.68%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.35%) Ansible
Vendors
1 18 (12.16%) Microsoft
2 16 (10.81%) SAP
3 7 (4.73%) Oracle
4 4 (2.70%) Dell
4 4 (2.70%) HP
4 4 (2.70%) Sage
5 2 (1.35%) Facebook
6 1 (0.68%) Adyen
6 1 (0.68%) EMC
6 1 (0.68%) Freshdesk
6 1 (0.68%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.68%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.68%) Zoho