Manufacturing Jobs in the West Midlands

Manufacturing
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Manufacturing over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 37 60
Rank change year-on-year +5 +23 +68
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 427 461 330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.81% 7.21% 4.53%
As % of the General category 10.06% 9.50% 7.27%
Number of salaries quoted 267 144 179
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,797 £31,100
25th Percentile £31,750 £41,250 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £62,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +35.87% +2.22%
75th Percentile £62,500 £73,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £69,750 £88,500 £82,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%

All General Skills
West Midlands

Manufacturing is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,246 4,851 4,537
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 57.78% 75.87% 62.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3,028 2,206 2,851
10th Percentile £25,675 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,706
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +9.38% +1.86%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,965 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in the West Midlands

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Manufacturing in the West Midlands

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in the West Midlands

Manufacturing
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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
Birmingham +10 76 £60,000 -7.69% 80
Staffordshire +18 72 £35,000 -17.65% 73
Warwickshire -11 65 £50,000 - 55
Worcestershire +16 62 £43,000 +32.31% 48
Shropshire +23 39 £50,000 +11.11% 35
Solihull -9 22 £62,500 -13.79% 11
Wolverhampton +27 20 £34,500 - 24
Dudley +12 11 £34,750 - 14
Halesowen - 11 £60,000 - 3
Coventry +25 7 £27,000 -46.00% 55
Sutton Coldfield -4 6 £45,000 -55.00% 7
West Bromwich - 5 - - 6
Walsall - 3 £45,000 - 2
Brierley Hill - 2 £44,250 -
Manufacturing
England

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 19 (4.45%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.70%) CMS
4 1 (0.23%) Confluence
4 1 (0.23%) IIS
4 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (6.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (6.09%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.87%) AutoCAD
3 8 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.17%) CANalyzer
5 4 (0.94%) EPLAN
6 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.47%) Revit
7 2 (0.47%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.23%) Simulink
8 1 (0.23%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 22 (5.15%) Dynamics NAV
2 12 (2.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.70%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.70%) Sage 300 ERP
5 2 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.47%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.23%) Epicor Vantage
6 1 (0.23%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.23%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 47 (11.01%) Azure
2 43 (10.07%) Power Platform
3 35 (8.20%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (7.96%) Dynamics 365
5 22 (5.15%) PowerApps
6 18 (4.22%) Power Automate
7 16 (3.75%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (2.58%) SaaS
9 8 (1.87%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.64%) Azure API Management
10 7 (1.64%) Azure Event Grid
10 7 (1.64%) Azure Functions
10 7 (1.64%) Azure Service Bus
10 7 (1.64%) Serverless
11 4 (0.94%) Figma
12 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 1 (0.23%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.23%) Google Docs
12 1 (0.23%) Google Sheets
12 1 (0.23%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.81%) Ethernet
2 10 (2.34%) Firewall
2 10 (2.34%) LAN
3 5 (1.17%) VPN
3 5 (1.17%) WAN
4 4 (0.94%) DHCP
4 4 (0.94%) DNS
4 4 (0.94%) Internet
5 3 (0.70%) Bluetooth
5 3 (0.70%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.70%) Wireless
6 2 (0.47%) 2G
6 2 (0.47%) 3G
6 2 (0.47%) 4G
6 2 (0.47%) FlexRay
6 2 (0.47%) Network Security
7 1 (0.23%) 802.11
7 1 (0.23%) MPLS
7 1 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.23%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (8.90%) Power BI
2 30 (7.03%) SQL Server
3 11 (2.58%) SQLite
4 10 (2.34%) MySQL
4 10 (2.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (1.87%) Power Query
6 7 (1.64%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (1.41%) Redis
8 5 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.47%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.47%) Metadata
9 2 (0.47%) MS Access
9 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.47%) Tableau
10 1 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.23%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 18 (4.22%) Git
2 11 (2.58%) Visual Studio
3 9 (2.11%) JIRA
4 7 (1.64%) CANoe
5 2 (0.47%) Android Studio
5 2 (0.47%) Fiddler
5 2 (0.47%) Postman
6 1 (0.23%) LabVIEW
General
1 121 (28.34%) Social Skills
2 79 (18.50%) Finance
3 50 (11.71%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (8.90%) Automotive
5 34 (7.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (5.85%) Electronics
6 25 (5.85%) Organisational Skills
7 23 (5.39%) Influencing Skills
8 20 (4.68%) Games
9 18 (4.22%) Retail
10 17 (3.98%) Pharmaceutical
11 13 (3.04%) Law
11 13 (3.04%) Marketing
12 10 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (2.11%) Public Sector
13 9 (2.11%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.17%) Back Office
14 5 (1.17%) Multimedia
15 4 (0.94%) Aviation
15 4 (0.94%) Legal
Job Titles
1 56 (13.11%) Developer
2 43 (10.07%) Analyst
3 42 (9.84%) Software Engineer
4 40 (9.37%) Lead
5 33 (7.73%) Senior
6 25 (5.85%) Project Manager
7 23 (5.39%) Systems Engineer
8 20 (4.68%) Consultant
9 17 (3.98%) Data Analyst
10 16 (3.75%) Senior Developer
11 15 (3.51%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 14 (3.28%) Graduate
12 14 (3.28%) QA Manager
12 14 (3.28%) Support Analyst
13 13 (3.04%) Architect
13 13 (3.04%) Development Engineer
13 13 (3.04%) IT Manager
13 13 (3.04%) IT Support
13 13 (3.04%) Technical Support
14 12 (2.81%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.56%) .NET
2 19 (4.45%) ASP.NET
2 19 (4.45%) HTML
2 19 (4.45%) RESTful
3 13 (3.04%) .NET Core
4 12 (2.81%) .NET Framework
4 12 (2.81%) ASP.NET MVC
4 12 (2.81%) Blazor
5 11 (2.58%) Entity Framework
5 11 (2.58%) Universal Windows Platform
5 11 (2.58%) YAML
6 10 (2.34%) AngularJS
7 9 (2.11%) WPF
8 8 (1.87%) CSS
9 7 (1.64%) SignalR
9 7 (1.64%) WinForms
10 6 (1.41%) Kafka
10 6 (1.41%) Node.js
10 6 (1.41%) XML
11 3 (0.70%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 43 (10.07%) Management Information System
2 15 (3.51%) Industry 4.0
3 14 (3.28%) Greenfield Project
4 13 (3.04%) Algorithms
4 13 (3.04%) Analytical Mindset
4 13 (3.04%) Driving Licence
5 12 (2.81%) IoT
6 8 (1.87%) Operational Technology
6 8 (1.87%) Renewable Energy
6 8 (1.87%) SCADA
7 7 (1.64%) Infotainment
8 6 (1.41%) Augmented Reality
8 6 (1.41%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 6 (1.41%) PMI
8 6 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.41%) Virtual Reality
9 5 (1.17%) AS400
9 5 (1.17%) iSeries
9 5 (1.17%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (1.17%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 52 (12.18%) Windows
2 12 (2.81%) Windows 10
3 11 (2.58%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.41%) Linux
5 4 (0.94%) Android
5 4 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.23%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (26.00%) ERP
2 77 (18.03%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (15.69%) Project Management
4 45 (10.54%) Business Intelligence
5 44 (10.30%) Software Engineering
6 42 (9.84%) Agile
7 41 (9.60%) User Experience
8 38 (8.90%) Analytics
9 37 (8.67%) Customer Requirements
10 35 (8.20%) Customer Service
11 34 (7.96%) Data Analytics
12 31 (7.26%) Artificial Intelligence
12 31 (7.26%) Computer Science
12 31 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
12 31 (7.26%) Mentoring
13 25 (5.85%) Cybersecurity
14 23 (5.39%) Risk Management
14 23 (5.39%) Systems Engineering
15 21 (4.92%) CAD
15 21 (4.92%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 56 (13.11%) SQL
2 34 (7.96%) C#
3 19 (4.45%) T-SQL
4 18 (4.22%) JavaScript
5 14 (3.28%) Python
6 12 (2.81%) C
6 12 (2.81%) Java
6 12 (2.81%) TypeScript
7 11 (2.58%) XAML
8 10 (2.34%) VB
9 7 (1.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (1.41%) C++
11 5 (1.17%) RPG
11 5 (1.17%) RPG IV
11 5 (1.17%) RPG/400
12 4 (0.94%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.94%) VB6
13 3 (0.70%) Embedded C
13 3 (0.70%) PHP
14 2 (0.47%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 110 (25.76%) Degree
2 26 (6.09%) Security Cleared
3 10 (2.34%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.64%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.64%) PMI Certification
6 5 (1.17%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.17%) HND
7 4 (0.94%) CCNA
7 4 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (0.94%) MCSE
7 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.23%) CEH
8 1 (0.23%) CISSP
8 1 (0.23%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (0.23%) ECSA
8 1 (0.23%) GPEN
8 1 (0.23%) PhD
8 1 (0.23%) PMP
8 1 (0.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (8.67%) QA
2 16 (3.75%) GMP
3 10 (2.34%) ISO 26262
4 5 (1.17%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.47%) AUTOSAR
5 2 (0.47%) IEC 61131
5 2 (0.47%) MISRA
5 2 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.47%) SOX 404
6 1 (0.23%) Automotive SPICE
6 1 (0.23%) COSHH
6 1 (0.23%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.23%) PMO
6 1 (0.23%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (5.39%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.34%) Embedded Firmware
2 10 (2.34%) Firmware
2 10 (2.34%) Hyper-V
3 7 (1.64%) Docker
4 4 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.47%) Functional Safety
2 2 (0.47%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.23%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 100 (23.42%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.62%) IFS
3 18 (4.22%) SAP
3 18 (4.22%) Workday
4 14 (3.28%) EMC
5 10 (2.34%) Siemens
6 9 (2.11%) DevExpress
6 9 (2.11%) VMware
7 7 (1.64%) Adobe
7 7 (1.64%) Sophos
8 6 (1.41%) HP
9 5 (1.17%) Epicor
9 5 (1.17%) IBM
10 4 (0.94%) Quadient
10 4 (0.94%) Ruckus Wireless
10 4 (0.94%) Veeam
11 3 (0.70%) Apple
11 3 (0.70%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.70%) Oracle
11 3 (0.70%) Sage