Manufacturing Jobs

Manufacturing
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 62 143
Rank change year-on-year +41 +81 -9
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 4,355 3,778 2,575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.06% 3.82% 2.51%
As % of the General category 11.71% 6.39% 3.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,005 2,401 1,256
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,050 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% +8.70%

All General Skills
UK

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 37,181 59,113 70,132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 68.85% 59.80% 68.30%
Number of salaries quoted 18,455 39,631 37,788
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £43,165
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,500 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +5.00%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in the UK

Manufacturing
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing.

Salary trend for Manufacturing in the UK

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in the UK

Manufacturing
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 2025. 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
England +40 4,130 £55,000 +22.22% 3,357
UK excluding London +36 3,699 £52,500 +16.67% 3,045
North of England +33 1,390 £55,000 +22.22% 765
South East +36 1,141 £65,000 +53.66% 787
North West +46 912 £56,000 +17.89% 375
London +217 557 £65,000 -7.14% 542
Work from Home +46 536 £57,500 +4.55% 1,715
Midlands +2 516 £49,250 +9.44% 741
Yorkshire +21 415 £45,000 +5.88% 318
West Midlands +13 351 £55,000 +22.22% 375
East of England +8 315 £42,500 -17.07% 285
South West +18 193 £40,000 -5.88% 348
East Midlands -13 165 £47,500 +11.76% 354
Scotland +70 85 £50,000 +5.26% 108
North East +16 63 £41,250 +3.13% 81
Wales -25 42 £42,500 +21.43% 77
Northern Ireland +6 22 £42,500 +21.43% 29

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 68 (1.56%) SharePoint
2 67 (1.54%) Confluence
3 32 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.34%) IBM Domino
4 15 (0.34%) OpenEdge
5 12 (0.28%) Kinematics
6 10 (0.23%) nginx
7 8 (0.18%) Tomcat
8 6 (0.14%) CMS
9 5 (0.11%) Apache
10 4 (0.092%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.069%) EPiServer
12 2 (0.046%) Apache Spark
12 2 (0.046%) Sitecore CMS
12 2 (0.046%) Skype for Business
12 2 (0.046%) WinCC
13 1 (0.023%) Mendix
13 1 (0.023%) MS Project Server
13 1 (0.023%) WordPress
Applications
1 235 (5.40%) Microsoft Office
2 158 (3.63%) Mathcad
3 110 (2.53%) Abaqus
4 67 (1.54%) SOLIDWORKS
5 57 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
6 20 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
7 13 (0.30%) AutoCAD
8 12 (0.28%) Maya
9 8 (0.18%) Chatbot
9 8 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 4 (0.092%) Simulink
11 3 (0.069%) Autodesk Inventor
11 3 (0.069%) CATIA
11 3 (0.069%) EPLAN
11 3 (0.069%) Revit
12 2 (0.046%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.046%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.046%) GNU Octave
12 2 (0.046%) InDesign
12 2 (0.046%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 61 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 28 (0.64%) Dynamics AX
3 21 (0.48%) Teamcenter
4 20 (0.46%) Sage 200
4 20 (0.46%) SAP ERP
5 19 (0.44%) Sage 50
6 14 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
7 11 (0.25%) SAP IBP
8 9 (0.21%) Infor M3
8 9 (0.21%) SAP SD
9 8 (0.18%) SAP PP
10 6 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
11 4 (0.092%) IBM Planning Analytics
11 4 (0.092%) NetSuite
11 4 (0.092%) Oracle ERP
11 4 (0.092%) Sprinklr
11 4 (0.092%) TrackWise
12 3 (0.069%) Magento
12 3 (0.069%) Payment Gateway
12 3 (0.069%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 142 (3.26%) Azure
2 127 (2.92%) AWS
3 67 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (1.15%) Power Platform
5 33 (0.76%) GitHub
6 31 (0.71%) GCP
7 28 (0.64%) SaaS
8 20 (0.46%) Entra ID
9 19 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
10 18 (0.41%) Serverless
11 16 (0.37%) Amazon SageMaker
12 15 (0.34%) Amazon S3
12 15 (0.34%) Cloud Computing
13 14 (0.32%) Amazon EC2
13 14 (0.32%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (0.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 13 (0.30%) Amazon ECS
15 11 (0.25%) Microsoft Copilot
16 10 (0.23%) Azure Data Factory
17 9 (0.21%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 64 (1.47%) Firewall
2 23 (0.53%) WAN
2 23 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
3 21 (0.48%) Internet
4 19 (0.44%) LAN
5 18 (0.41%) DNS
5 18 (0.41%) Network Security
5 18 (0.41%) VPN
6 17 (0.39%) Modbus
7 16 (0.37%) SAN
7 16 (0.37%) VoIP
7 16 (0.37%) Wireless
8 15 (0.34%) Ethernet
9 14 (0.32%) Profibus
10 12 (0.28%) HTTP
10 12 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
10 12 (0.28%) RS-232
10 12 (0.28%) VLAN
11 11 (0.25%) MPLS
11 11 (0.25%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (1.38%) SQL Server
2 48 (1.10%) Power BI
3 31 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (0.51%) Relational Database
6 21 (0.48%) MySQL
6 21 (0.48%) NoSQL
7 16 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
8 15 (0.34%) Data Lake
9 9 (0.21%) Amazon Aurora
10 8 (0.18%) Amazon QuickSight
10 8 (0.18%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (0.18%) Metadata
10 8 (0.18%) MongoDB
11 7 (0.16%) MS Access
11 7 (0.16%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (0.16%) RDBMS
11 7 (0.16%) SAP BW
12 6 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 92 (2.11%) JIRA
2 34 (0.78%) Git
3 33 (0.76%) Jenkins
4 26 (0.60%) Visual Studio
5 12 (0.28%) LabVIEW
6 9 (0.21%) Bitbucket
6 9 (0.21%) JUnit
6 9 (0.21%) Maven
6 9 (0.21%) SonarQube
6 9 (0.21%) TeamCity
7 8 (0.18%) Cucumber
7 8 (0.18%) Mockito
7 8 (0.18%) Postman
7 8 (0.18%) Selenium
7 8 (0.18%) TestNG
8 7 (0.16%) GitLab
8 7 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
9 6 (0.14%) Subversion
10 3 (0.069%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.046%) Robot Framework
General
1 813 (18.67%) Social Skills
2 504 (11.57%) Finance
3 467 (10.72%) Electronics
4 444 (10.20%) Retail
5 402 (9.23%) Marketing
6 392 (9.00%) Analytical Skills
7 277 (6.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 245 (5.63%) Presentation Skills
9 138 (3.17%) Telecoms
10 125 (2.87%) Public Sector
11 101 (2.32%) Law
12 100 (2.30%) Dutch Language
12 100 (2.30%) Pharmaceutical
13 98 (2.25%) Finnish Language
13 98 (2.25%) Norwegian Language
14 70 (1.61%) Automotive
15 63 (1.45%) Legal
16 55 (1.26%) Aerospace
17 47 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
18 45 (1.03%) Games
Job Titles
1 494 (11.34%) Senior
2 294 (6.75%) Trainer
3 230 (5.28%) Lead
4 225 (5.17%) Technical Manager
5 214 (4.91%) Project Manager
6 169 (3.88%) Test Engineer
7 166 (3.81%) Architect
8 154 (3.54%) Electrical Engineer
9 152 (3.49%) Safety Engineer
10 138 (3.17%) Solutions Architect
11 136 (3.12%) Help Desk Manager
12 123 (2.82%) Technical Support
13 115 (2.64%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
14 110 (2.53%) Engineering Specialist
15 101 (2.32%) Products Support Manager
15 101 (2.32%) Support Manager
16 99 (2.27%) Support Technician
17 92 (2.11%) Analyst
18 90 (2.07%) Developer
19 81 (1.86%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (1.65%) .NET
2 36 (0.83%) HTML
3 32 (0.73%) .NET Core
3 32 (0.73%) CSS
4 29 (0.67%) .NET Framework
5 26 (0.60%) REST
6 25 (0.57%) React
7 20 (0.46%) SAP Fiori
8 19 (0.44%) RESTful
9 18 (0.41%) HTML5
9 18 (0.41%) React Native
10 16 (0.37%) ASP.NET
10 16 (0.37%) jQuery
10 16 (0.37%) Middleware
11 15 (0.34%) Node.js
11 15 (0.34%) TensorFlow
11 15 (0.34%) WPF
12 14 (0.32%) Loki
12 14 (0.32%) PyTorch
13 13 (0.30%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 341 (7.83%) Robotics
2 124 (2.85%) Management Information System
3 108 (2.48%) FMCG
4 70 (1.61%) IoT
5 49 (1.13%) SCADA
6 44 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
7 42 (0.96%) Life Science
8 41 (0.94%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 38 (0.87%) Operational Technology
9 38 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
10 37 (0.85%) Algorithms
11 34 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
12 31 (0.71%) PMI
13 27 (0.62%) Blockchain
14 24 (0.55%) Embedded Systems
15 21 (0.48%) Product Ownership
16 19 (0.44%) Onboarding
17 18 (0.41%) Video Conferencing
18 17 (0.39%) Driving Licence
18 17 (0.39%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 110 (2.53%) Windows
2 65 (1.49%) Linux
3 59 (1.35%) Windows Server
4 19 (0.44%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
7 6 (0.14%) Debian
8 5 (0.11%) Robot Operating System
9 4 (0.092%) Android
10 3 (0.069%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.069%) CentOS
10 3 (0.069%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.069%) Unix
11 2 (0.046%) AIX
11 2 (0.046%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.023%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.023%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.023%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.023%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,617 (37.13%) Service Delivery
2 766 (17.59%) Problem-Solving
3 565 (12.97%) Continuous Improvement
4 416 (9.55%) ERP
5 412 (9.46%) Artificial Intelligence
6 379 (8.70%) Project Management
7 363 (8.34%) Machine Learning
8 359 (8.24%) Coaching
9 343 (7.88%) CAD
10 334 (7.67%) Mathematics
11 309 (7.10%) Generative AI
12 296 (6.80%) LLM
13 294 (6.75%) Red Team
14 252 (5.79%) Physics
15 221 (5.07%) Mentoring
16 215 (4.94%) Agile
17 198 (4.55%) Data Privacy
17 198 (4.55%) Project Delivery
18 180 (4.13%) Stakeholder Management
19 172 (3.95%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 165 (3.79%) SQL
2 120 (2.76%) Python
3 93 (2.14%) C#
4 70 (1.61%) C++
5 62 (1.42%) C
6 57 (1.31%) MATLAB
7 56 (1.29%) JavaScript
8 34 (0.78%) Java
9 28 (0.64%) TypeScript
10 23 (0.53%) R
11 22 (0.51%) ABAP
12 20 (0.46%) Progress 4GL
13 14 (0.32%) PHP
13 14 (0.32%) PowerShell
14 13 (0.30%) VB
15 12 (0.28%) Shell Script
16 11 (0.25%) Korn
17 10 (0.23%) Embedded C
18 9 (0.21%) C-shell
18 9 (0.21%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1,485 (34.10%) NVQ Level 3
2 1,363 (31.30%) Degree
3 577 (13.25%) BPSS Clearance
4 199 (4.57%) HND
5 179 (4.11%) NVQ Level 4
6 162 (3.72%) Master's Degree
7 141 (3.24%) Chartered Engineer
8 90 (2.07%) HNC
9 62 (1.42%) Security Cleared
10 53 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
11 47 (1.08%) PMI Certification
12 45 (1.03%) Numerate Degree
13 42 (0.96%) DV Cleared
14 29 (0.67%) SC Cleared
15 28 (0.64%) PMP
16 26 (0.60%) PhD
17 24 (0.55%) CISSP
18 22 (0.51%) CISA
18 22 (0.51%) ISACA
19 12 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 218 (5.01%) QA
2 90 (2.07%) ISO 9001
3 85 (1.95%) GMP
4 80 (1.84%) AQAP
5 31 (0.71%) SLA
6 30 (0.69%) NEBOSH
7 28 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
7 28 (0.64%) GDPR
8 22 (0.51%) Accessibility
8 22 (0.51%) ITGC
9 18 (0.41%) Data Quality
9 18 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 14 (0.32%) GxP
11 13 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (0.23%) PMO
13 9 (0.21%) NIST
14 8 (0.18%) GLP
15 4 (0.092%) GRC
16 3 (0.069%) ECSS
16 3 (0.069%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 61 (1.40%) Active Directory
2 41 (0.94%) Docker
3 33 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (0.46%) Firmware
5 17 (0.39%) Hyper-V
6 15 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
8 5 (0.11%) Terminal Services
9 4 (0.092%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.069%) Terminal Server
10 3 (0.069%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.046%) KVM
11 2 (0.046%) Postfix
11 2 (0.046%) Sendmail
12 1 (0.023%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 51 (1.17%) Kubernetes
2 41 (0.94%) Terraform
3 14 (0.32%) Grafana
3 14 (0.32%) Kustomize
4 12 (0.28%) Prometheus
5 11 (0.25%) Ansible
5 11 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.18%) Packer
7 6 (0.14%) BMC PATROL
7 6 (0.14%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.092%) SCCM
9 2 (0.046%) Functional Safety
9 2 (0.046%) Nagios
9 2 (0.046%) Nessus
9 2 (0.046%) Wonderware InTouch
10 1 (0.023%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.023%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.023%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.023%) Marathon
10 1 (0.023%) QRadar
Vendors
1 396 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 352 (8.08%) SAP
3 337 (7.74%) Google
4 303 (6.96%) Databricks
5 300 (6.89%) Adobe
6 125 (2.87%) Siemens
7 55 (1.26%) Oracle
8 45 (1.03%) VMware
9 41 (0.94%) Rockwell
10 26 (0.60%) Cisco
10 26 (0.60%) Sage
11 21 (0.48%) Progress
12 20 (0.46%) Epicor
13 19 (0.44%) Salesforce
14 18 (0.41%) Fortinet
15 16 (0.37%) EMC
16 15 (0.34%) Veeam
17 13 (0.30%) Infor
18 12 (0.28%) NEC
19 11 (0.25%) Red Hat