Manufacturing Jobs in Scotland

Manufacturing
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Manufacturing over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 137 137 158
Rank change year-on-year 0 +21 -43
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 154 75 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.25% 1.72% 1.68%
As % of the General category 3.21% 2.30% 2.70%
Number of salaries quoted 97 57 39
10th Percentile £37,000 £30,000 £31,850
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £80,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,802 3,256 3,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 70.23% 74.83% 62.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,574 1,564 1,975
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £68,275
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Scotland

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Manufacturing in Scotland

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in Scotland

Manufacturing
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Glasgow -76 48 £42,500 -5.56% 36
West Lothian +13 26 £60,000 - 14
Aberdeen +6 20 £45,000 -30.77% 11
Edinburgh +32 11 £55,000 - 15
Fife -6 11 £43,200 -13.60% 11
Dundee -8 8 £50,000 - 10
Aberdeenshire +10 7 £50,000 -23.08% 9
Lanarkshire -6 4 - - 18
Ayrshire - 4 - - 10
Renfrewshire - 4 - - 1
Stirling -5 2 - - 12
East Lothian - 2 - -
Midlothian - 2 £50,000 - 5
Highlands - 2 £60,000 - 3
North Lanarkshire -4 1 £32,500 -4.41% 4
Inverclyde - 1 £23,000 - 1
Manufacturing
UK

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 10 (6.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (7.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.65%) OrCAD
3 1 (0.65%) Simulink
3 1 (0.65%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 9 (5.84%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (2.60%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (1.30%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.65%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.65%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.65%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 8 (5.19%) Power Platform
2 7 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (3.25%) SaaS
4 4 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.30%) Figma
6 1 (0.65%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 18 (11.69%) RS-232
2 15 (9.74%) Ethernet
3 13 (8.44%) Wi-Fi
3 13 (8.44%) Wireless
4 7 (4.55%) HTTP
4 7 (4.55%) MQTT
5 5 (3.25%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.65%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 11 (7.14%) SQL Server
3 10 (6.49%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (5.19%) Power BI
5 6 (3.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 6 (3.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (3.25%) OLAP
7 2 (1.30%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (1.30%) Tableau
8 1 (0.65%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 20 (12.99%) Git
1 20 (12.99%) LabVIEW
2 2 (1.30%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.65%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.65%) MSTest
3 1 (0.65%) TestComplete
General
1 47 (30.52%) Social Skills
2 42 (27.27%) Electronics
3 23 (14.94%) Finance
4 21 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (12.99%) Marketing
6 15 (9.74%) Public Sector
7 14 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (7.14%) Legal
9 9 (5.84%) Pharmaceutical
9 9 (5.84%) Retail
9 9 (5.84%) Telecoms
10 6 (3.90%) Aerospace
11 4 (2.60%) Law
12 2 (1.30%) Billing
13 1 (0.65%) Games
13 1 (0.65%) Military
13 1 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (21.43%) Software Engineer
2 31 (20.13%) Senior
3 24 (15.58%) Electronics Engineer
4 18 (11.69%) Embedded Engineer
5 17 (11.04%) Analyst
6 16 (10.39%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 16 (10.39%) Manufacturing Engineer
7 15 (9.74%) Software Design Engineer
8 14 (9.09%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 14 (9.09%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 14 (9.09%) Senior Software Engineer
9 10 (6.49%) Database Engineer
9 10 (6.49%) Lead
10 9 (5.84%) Team Leader
11 8 (5.19%) Developer
12 7 (4.55%) Design Engineer
12 7 (4.55%) Systems Analyst
13 6 (3.90%) Business Analyst
13 6 (3.90%) ERP Analyst
14 5 (3.25%) QA Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.09%) Yocto
2 8 (5.19%) CSS
2 8 (5.19%) HTML
3 7 (4.55%) Django
3 7 (4.55%) Flask
3 7 (4.55%) React
4 2 (1.30%) D3.js
4 2 (1.30%) WPF
5 1 (0.65%) .NET
5 1 (0.65%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.65%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.65%) HTML5
5 1 (0.65%) jQuery
5 1 (0.65%) pytest
5 1 (0.65%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.74%) Device Driver
2 9 (5.84%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (4.55%) Arduino
3 7 (4.55%) IoT
3 7 (4.55%) Raspberry Pi
3 7 (4.55%) Renewable Energy
4 5 (3.25%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (3.25%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.95%) FMCG
5 3 (1.95%) FPGA
5 3 (1.95%) Life Science
6 2 (1.30%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.30%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.30%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.30%) VHDL
7 1 (0.65%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.65%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 21 (13.64%) Linux
2 14 (9.09%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.65%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (0.65%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (36.36%) Software Engineering
2 40 (25.97%) ERP
3 33 (21.43%) Computer Science
4 30 (19.48%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (14.94%) Decision-Making
6 21 (13.64%) Agile
7 18 (11.69%) Business Intelligence
8 17 (11.04%) Mentoring
9 15 (9.74%) Analytical Thinking
9 15 (9.74%) Coaching
9 15 (9.74%) Knowledge Transfer
10 14 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
10 14 (9.09%) Line Management
11 13 (8.44%) OOD
12 11 (7.14%) Data Management
12 11 (7.14%) SDLC
12 11 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
13 10 (6.49%) Business Strategy
13 10 (6.49%) Logistics
13 10 (6.49%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (26.62%) C
2 29 (18.83%) Python
3 24 (15.58%) C++
4 21 (13.64%) C#
4 21 (13.64%) SQL
5 17 (11.04%) Embedded C
6 10 (6.49%) T-SQL
7 8 (5.19%) JavaScript
8 7 (4.55%) TypeScript
9 5 (3.25%) Bash
9 5 (3.25%) VBA
10 1 (0.65%) Embedded C++
10 1 (0.65%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 54 (35.06%) Degree
2 16 (10.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.95%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.30%) CISA
4 2 (1.30%) CISM
4 2 (1.30%) CISSP
5 1 (0.65%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.65%) HNC
5 1 (0.65%) PhD
5 1 (0.65%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.65%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.44%) QA
2 5 (3.25%) GMP
3 4 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.60%) NIST
4 2 (1.30%) GLP
4 2 (1.30%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.65%) GDPR
System Software
1 11 (7.14%) Firmware
2 1 (0.65%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 32 (20.78%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.44%) SAP
3 11 (7.14%) IFS
4 10 (6.49%) Epicor
4 10 (6.49%) JD Edwards
5 9 (5.84%) Oracle
6 7 (4.55%) NVIDIA
7 4 (2.60%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.30%) Charles River
9 1 (0.65%) Altera
9 1 (0.65%) EMC
9 1 (0.65%) Infor
9 1 (0.65%) Lattice Semiconductor
9 1 (0.65%) Nintex
9 1 (0.65%) Sage
9 1 (0.65%) Siemens
9 1 (0.65%) Thales