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 27 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 84 111
Rank change year-on-year +22 +27 +33
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 97 74 68
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.67% 3.08% 1.84%
As % of the General category 4.84% 4.35% 3.29%
Number of salaries quoted 79 32 59
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,725 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,000 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +18.42% -5.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £85,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £95,000 £72,600
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% -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 2,005 1,702 2,067
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 55.19% 70.92% 55.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,101 796 1,639
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,803
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +8.26% -7.63%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £82,500
North West median annual salary £48,979 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -6.71% +10.53% -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 27 February 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 27 February 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 - 1
Rochdale -1 4 £47,500 -9.52% 4
Bolton +12 2 £53,750 +10.26% 12
Stockport +2 2 £38,750 -11.43% 2
Oldham -9 1 - - 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 (6.19%) Jupyter
2 1 (1.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (6.19%) Chatbot
2 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.03%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 7 (7.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (5.15%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (3.09%) SAP ERP
4 2 (2.06%) SAP IBP
5 1 (1.03%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (1.03%) Magento
5 1 (1.03%) NetSuite
5 1 (1.03%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (1.03%) SAP MII
5 1 (1.03%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (1.03%) SAP PP
5 1 (1.03%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 10 (10.31%) AWS
2 7 (7.22%) Azure
3 6 (6.19%) Cloud Computing
3 6 (6.19%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (5.15%) Power Platform
5 3 (3.09%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (3.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 3 (3.09%) GCP
6 2 (2.06%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.03%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.03%) BigCommerce
7 1 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.03%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.03%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.12%) Power BI
1 4 (4.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (3.09%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (3.09%) Data Lake
2 3 (3.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (2.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (1.03%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.03%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (1.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (6.19%) Visual Studio Code
2 2 (2.06%) GitLab
2 2 (2.06%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.03%) JIRA
General
1 14 (14.43%) Finance
1 14 (14.43%) Retail
2 13 (13.40%) Electronics
3 12 (12.37%) Social Skills
4 8 (8.25%) Marketing
5 7 (7.22%) Public Sector
5 7 (7.22%) Telecoms
6 6 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.09%) Advertising
7 3 (3.09%) Military
7 3 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.06%) Automotive
8 2 (2.06%) Brand Awareness
8 2 (2.06%) Fire and Rescue
8 2 (2.06%) Law
8 2 (2.06%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.06%) Police
9 1 (1.03%) French Language
9 1 (1.03%) German Language
9 1 (1.03%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (11.34%) Manufacturing Engineer
1 11 (11.34%) Test Engineer
2 8 (8.25%) Administrator
3 7 (7.22%) Business Development Manager
3 7 (7.22%) Business Manager
3 7 (7.22%) Developer
3 7 (7.22%) Development Manager
3 7 (7.22%) IT Support
3 7 (7.22%) Mathematician
4 6 (6.19%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
4 6 (6.19%) Commissioning Engineer
4 6 (6.19%) Electrical Engineer
4 6 (6.19%) Electronics Engineer
4 6 (6.19%) Programmer
4 6 (6.19%) Senior
4 6 (6.19%) Trainee
4 6 (6.19%) Trainee Programmer
5 5 (5.15%) Applications Developer
5 5 (5.15%) Business Developer
5 5 (5.15%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.22%) scikit-learn
2 6 (6.19%) Hugging Face
2 6 (6.19%) Matplotlib
2 6 (6.19%) NumPy
2 6 (6.19%) Pandas
2 6 (6.19%) Streamlit
3 1 (1.03%) CSS
3 1 (1.03%) EDI
3 1 (1.03%) FastAPI
3 1 (1.03%) HTML
3 1 (1.03%) Node.js
3 1 (1.03%) OAuth
3 1 (1.03%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.03%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.03%) React
3 1 (1.03%) RESTful
3 1 (1.03%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (1.03%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.03%) TensorFlow
3 1 (1.03%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.19%) Algorithms
2 4 (4.12%) Tandem
3 3 (3.09%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (2.06%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.06%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.06%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.03%) FMCG
5 1 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.03%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (1.03%) IoT
5 1 (1.03%) Life Science
5 1 (1.03%) Social Media
5 1 (1.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.22%) Windows
2 1 (1.03%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (15.46%) ERP
2 12 (12.37%) Business Development
2 12 (12.37%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (11.34%) Business Intelligence
4 10 (10.31%) AI
4 10 (10.31%) Logistics
5 9 (9.28%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (9.28%) Decision-Making
6 8 (8.25%) Customer Service
6 8 (8.25%) Mathematics
7 7 (7.22%) Agile
7 7 (7.22%) Digital Marketing
7 7 (7.22%) Machine Learning
7 7 (7.22%) Mathematical Modelling
7 7 (7.22%) Migration
7 7 (7.22%) Programme Management
8 6 (6.19%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
8 6 (6.19%) Conversational UI
8 6 (6.19%) Prompt Engineering
8 6 (6.19%) Sentiment Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.28%) C#
2 8 (8.25%) Python
3 5 (5.15%) SQL
4 3 (3.09%) JavaScript
4 3 (3.09%) Ladder Logic
5 1 (1.03%) Java
5 1 (1.03%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.03%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (14.43%) Security Cleared
2 6 (6.19%) AWS Certification
2 6 (6.19%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 6 (6.19%) Degree
3 5 (5.15%) DV Cleared
4 3 (3.09%) CCA
4 3 (3.09%) HNC
5 2 (2.06%) A+ Certification
5 2 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.03%) HND
6 1 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.03%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.03%) PMP
6 1 (1.03%) SAP Certification
6 1 (1.03%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.28%) QA
2 3 (3.09%) SLA
3 1 (1.03%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.03%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.03%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.03%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.03%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (18.56%) Microsoft
2 14 (14.43%) SAP
3 7 (7.22%) Oracle
4 4 (4.12%) Siemens
5 1 (1.03%) Adyen
5 1 (1.03%) Apple
5 1 (1.03%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.03%) Facebook
5 1 (1.03%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.03%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.03%) ServiceNow