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 3 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 74 120
Rank change year-on-year +16 +46 -5
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 126 78 96
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.38% 3.70% 1.95%
As % of the General category 4.82% 5.27% 3.51%
Number of salaries quoted 100 53 82
10th Percentile £33,750 £34,448 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,750 £39,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £67,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £75,000
North West median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -4.26%

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 2,616 1,480 2,735
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 49.44% 70.24% 55.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,548 874 2,109
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £39,969 £40,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.91% -8.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £66,778
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £81,250
North West median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +7.37% -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 3 May 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 3 May 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 +23 8 £60,000 +26.32% 12
Rochdale -4 4 £35,000 -33.33% 1
Altrincham - 3 £31,500 -
Stockport -4 1 £32,500 -25.71% 2
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 (4.76%) Jupyter
Applications
1 6 (4.76%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 16 (12.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (10.32%) SAP ERP
3 7 (5.56%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (2.38%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.79%) Magento
6 1 (0.79%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.79%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (4.76%) AWS
2 6 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (3.17%) Azure
3 4 (3.17%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
4 3 (2.38%) Power Automate
4 3 (2.38%) PowerApps
5 2 (1.59%) SaaS
6 1 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.79%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (1.59%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.79%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.79%) Power BI
3 1 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (4.76%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 15 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (10.32%) Finance
2 13 (10.32%) Retail
3 9 (7.14%) Aerospace
3 9 (7.14%) Social Skills
4 8 (6.35%) Automotive
5 7 (5.56%) Electronics
5 7 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.17%) Brand Awareness
7 4 (3.17%) Law
8 3 (2.38%) Marketing
8 3 (2.38%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.59%) Fire and Rescue
9 2 (1.59%) Police
10 1 (0.79%) Advertising
10 1 (0.79%) French Language
10 1 (0.79%) German Language
10 1 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.79%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 20 (15.87%) Business Development Manager
1 20 (15.87%) Business Manager
1 20 (15.87%) Development Manager
2 17 (13.49%) Test Engineer
3 16 (12.70%) Manufacturing Engineer
4 13 (10.32%) Administrator
4 13 (10.32%) Planning Manager
5 11 (8.73%) SAP Manager
6 8 (6.35%) Developer
6 8 (6.35%) Lead
6 8 (6.35%) Lead Test Engineer
7 7 (5.56%) Applications Developer
7 7 (5.56%) Business Developer
7 7 (5.56%) IT Support
7 7 (5.56%) Support Engineer
8 6 (4.76%) Electrical Engineer
8 6 (4.76%) IT Support Engineer
8 6 (4.76%) Programmer
8 6 (4.76%) Trainee
8 6 (4.76%) Trainee Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.76%) Hugging Face
1 6 (4.76%) Matplotlib
1 6 (4.76%) NumPy
1 6 (4.76%) Pandas
1 6 (4.76%) scikit-learn
1 6 (4.76%) Streamlit
2 3 (2.38%) EDI
2 3 (2.38%) Web Services
3 1 (0.79%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.76%) Algorithms
1 6 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (3.17%) Tandem
3 2 (1.59%) AI Agents
3 2 (1.59%) Driving Licence
3 2 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (1.59%) Life Science
3 2 (1.59%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.79%) FMCG
4 1 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.97%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (20.63%) Business Development
2 24 (19.05%) ERP
3 21 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (11.11%) Migration
5 13 (10.32%) Business Continuity
5 13 (10.32%) Data Cleansing
5 13 (10.32%) Data Migration
5 13 (10.32%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 13 (10.32%) Logistics
6 12 (9.52%) Decision-Making
7 11 (8.73%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (7.94%) AI
8 10 (7.94%) Validation
9 9 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (7.14%) Machine Learning
10 8 (6.35%) Customer Service
10 8 (6.35%) System Testing
11 7 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (5.56%) Chemistry
12 6 (4.76%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.76%) Python
2 3 (2.38%) C#
2 3 (2.38%) JavaScript
2 3 (2.38%) SQL
3 1 (0.79%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 11 (8.73%) Security Cleared
2 8 (6.35%) HNC
3 6 (4.76%) AWS Certification
3 6 (4.76%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 5 (3.97%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.38%) CCA
5 3 (2.38%) Degree
5 3 (2.38%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.59%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.79%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.79%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.79%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (13.49%) QA
2 5 (3.97%) SLA
3 1 (0.79%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (15.08%) SAP
2 17 (13.49%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.56%) Oracle
4 4 (3.17%) Dell
4 4 (3.17%) HP
5 1 (0.79%) Adyen
5 1 (0.79%) Apple
5 1 (0.79%) Facebook
5 1 (0.79%) Sage
5 1 (0.79%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.79%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.79%) Siemens
5 1 (0.79%) Zoho