Manufacturing Jobs in the South East

Manufacturing
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 44 85 110
Rank change year-on-year +41 +25 +22
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 829 477 649
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 4.65% 3.47% 3.14%
As % of the General category 8.37% 5.49% 5.22%
Number of salaries quoted 444 204 280
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,300 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.40% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £55,000 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £85,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%

All General Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,910 8,691 12,423
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 55.64% 63.20% 60.15%
Number of salaries quoted 6,164 4,299 6,497
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% +8.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,175 £85,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in the South East

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Manufacturing in the South East

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in the South East

Manufacturing
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the South East 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
Thames Valley +75 324 £45,000 -14.29% 217
Hampshire +20 303 £42,300 -15.40% 138
Buckinghamshire +61 140 £38,750 -26.19% 60
Oxfordshire +35 107 £45,000 -21.74% 70
Surrey -1 95 £47,500 -9.52% 47
Berkshire +20 77 £52,500 +5.00% 87
Kent -14 39 £38,000 -10.59% 79
West Sussex +25 35 £70,000 +16.67% 36
East Sussex +20 16 £42,500 +13.33% 23
Sussex - 8 £32,500 - 2
Middlesex - 5 - - 2
Isle of Wight - 4 £42,500 - 1
Manufacturing
England

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 27 (3.26%) SharePoint
2 24 (2.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.57%) Documentum
4 10 (1.21%) Confluence
5 6 (0.72%) Apache
5 6 (0.72%) nginx
6 3 (0.36%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.24%) CMS
7 2 (0.24%) Drupal
7 2 (0.24%) WordPress
8 1 (0.12%) JBoss
8 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 26 (3.14%) Microsoft Project
2 21 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.72%) OrCAD
5 6 (0.72%) SOLIDWORKS
6 5 (0.60%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.60%) Simulink
6 5 (0.60%) Solid Edge
7 4 (0.48%) Doxygen
8 2 (0.24%) CATIA
8 2 (0.24%) Fusion 360
8 2 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.12%) CINEMA 4D
9 1 (0.12%) InDesign
9 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 16 (1.93%) NetSuite
2 13 (1.57%) TrackWise
3 9 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.36%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.24%) DELMIA
6 1 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.12%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.12%) Primavera
6 1 (0.12%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 55 (6.63%) Azure
2 49 (5.91%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (3.26%) Entra ID
4 22 (2.65%) Power Platform
5 15 (1.81%) AWS
5 15 (1.81%) OneDrive
6 11 (1.33%) SaaS
7 10 (1.21%) GitHub
8 7 (0.84%) PowerApps
9 6 (0.72%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (0.72%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.48%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (0.48%) PaaS
12 2 (0.24%) AWS Direct Connect
12 2 (0.24%) GCP
12 2 (0.24%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 2 (0.24%) WhatsApp
13 1 (0.12%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.98%) Wireless
2 19 (2.29%) Firewall
3 17 (2.05%) 4G
4 13 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
5 12 (1.45%) VPN
6 11 (1.33%) LTE
7 10 (1.21%) DNS
7 10 (1.21%) Intranet
8 9 (1.09%) Ethernet
8 9 (1.09%) Network Security
9 8 (0.97%) HTTP
9 8 (0.97%) Modbus
10 7 (0.84%) 3G
10 7 (0.84%) DSL
10 7 (0.84%) GPRS
10 7 (0.84%) LAN
10 7 (0.84%) NAS
11 5 (0.60%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.60%) VLAN
12 4 (0.48%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (2.77%) SQL Server
2 15 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
2 15 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (1.57%) Power BI
4 7 (0.84%) Relational Database
5 6 (0.72%) GIS
5 6 (0.72%) Redis
6 5 (0.60%) Crystal Reports
6 5 (0.60%) MongoDB
6 5 (0.60%) SAP BW
7 2 (0.24%) MySQL
7 2 (0.24%) Tableau
8 1 (0.12%) Metadata
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.12%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.12%) Spotfire
8 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 25 (3.02%) Git
2 22 (2.65%) JIRA
3 7 (0.84%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.84%) Visual Studio
4 6 (0.72%) Maven
5 4 (0.48%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.48%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.48%) GitLab
5 4 (0.48%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (0.48%) Subversion
6 1 (0.12%) Selenium
6 1 (0.12%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.12%) WebDriver
General
1 222 (26.78%) Social Skills
2 218 (26.30%) Electronics
3 107 (12.91%) Finance
4 99 (11.94%) Analytical Skills
5 81 (9.77%) Pharmaceutical
6 77 (9.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 67 (8.08%) Marketing
8 63 (7.60%) Telecoms
9 57 (6.88%) Public Sector
10 47 (5.67%) Legal
11 24 (2.90%) Automotive
12 22 (2.65%) Aerospace
13 20 (2.41%) Military
14 18 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
14 18 (2.17%) Retail
15 13 (1.57%) Aviation
16 11 (1.33%) Games
17 10 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
18 9 (1.09%) Law
19 4 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 89 (10.74%) Electronics Engineer
2 87 (10.49%) Graduate
3 77 (9.29%) Senior
4 75 (9.05%) Junior
5 65 (7.84%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
6 63 (7.60%) Junior Electronics Engineer
7 61 (7.36%) Development Engineer
7 61 (7.36%) Graduate Development Engineer
8 56 (6.76%) Software Engineer
9 51 (6.15%) Analyst
10 48 (5.79%) Quality Engineer
11 47 (5.67%) Systems Engineer
12 42 (5.07%) Developer
13 39 (4.70%) Embedded Engineer
13 39 (4.70%) Lead
14 36 (4.34%) Project Manager
14 36 (4.34%) Support Engineer
15 33 (3.98%) QA Manager
16 28 (3.38%) Embedded Software Engineer
16 28 (3.38%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.41%) React
2 18 (2.17%) CSS
2 18 (2.17%) HTML
3 15 (1.81%) .NET
4 10 (1.21%) AngularJS
5 8 (0.97%) Svelte
6 6 (0.72%) Celery
6 6 (0.72%) Dask
6 6 (0.72%) Django
6 6 (0.72%) Flask
6 6 (0.72%) GeoJSON
6 6 (0.72%) GeoPandas
6 6 (0.72%) LAPP Stack
6 6 (0.72%) NumPy
6 6 (0.72%) Yocto
7 5 (0.60%) Google Maps API
7 5 (0.60%) HTML5 Canvas
7 5 (0.60%) Java EE
7 5 (0.60%) Node.js
7 5 (0.60%) Vaadin
Miscellaneous
1 82 (9.89%) Management Information System
2 38 (4.58%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (2.41%) Driving Licence
3 20 (2.41%) Embedded Systems
4 18 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (2.05%) Biopharmaceutical
6 16 (1.93%) Life Science
7 15 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
7 15 (1.81%) Smartphone
8 14 (1.69%) FPGA
9 13 (1.57%) Algorithms
9 13 (1.57%) IoT
9 13 (1.57%) LIMS
10 12 (1.45%) Data Centre
11 11 (1.33%) Analogue Electronics
12 9 (1.09%) Molecular Biology
12 9 (1.09%) Robotics
12 9 (1.09%) VHDL
13 8 (0.97%) NB-IoT
14 7 (0.84%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 50 (6.03%) Linux
2 45 (5.43%) Windows
3 21 (2.53%) Android
4 19 (2.29%) Windows 10
5 17 (2.05%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.09%) VMS
7 5 (0.60%) Embedded Linux
8 4 (0.48%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (13.15%) ERP
1 109 (13.15%) Problem-Solving
2 94 (11.34%) Project Management
3 84 (10.13%) Schematic Capture
4 81 (9.77%) Project Planning
5 78 (9.41%) Software Engineering
6 76 (9.17%) Business Intelligence
7 65 (7.84%) QMS
8 63 (7.60%) Programme Management
9 59 (7.12%) Collaborative Working
10 57 (6.88%) Digital Marketing
11 54 (6.51%) Customer Service
11 54 (6.51%) Internal Audit
12 53 (6.39%) FMEA
12 53 (6.39%) Product Requirements
13 50 (6.03%) Agile
13 50 (6.03%) Validation
14 49 (5.91%) Continuous Improvement
15 42 (5.07%) Computer Science
16 40 (4.83%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 65 (7.84%) SQL
2 54 (6.51%) Python
3 35 (4.22%) C
3 35 (4.22%) C#
4 33 (3.98%) C++
5 29 (3.50%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.45%) Java
7 10 (1.21%) Embedded C
7 10 (1.21%) MATLAB
8 9 (1.09%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.97%) Go
10 6 (0.72%) Assembly Language
11 5 (0.60%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.48%) Bash
12 4 (0.48%) Bicep
13 3 (0.36%) PHP
13 3 (0.36%) VB
13 3 (0.36%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.24%) Ladder Logic
15 1 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 260 (31.36%) Degree
2 36 (4.34%) Security Cleared
3 34 (4.10%) Master's Degree
4 26 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (1.69%) HND
6 12 (1.45%) HNC
7 11 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (0.97%) NVQ Level 3
9 7 (0.84%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.84%) SC Cleared
10 4 (0.48%) PhD
10 4 (0.48%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.36%) A+ Certification
11 3 (0.36%) CCNP
11 3 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.36%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.36%) PMP
12 2 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.24%) CCIE
12 2 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (19.66%) QA
2 62 (7.48%) GMP
3 14 (1.69%) Good Clinical Practice
3 14 (1.69%) GxP
4 12 (1.45%) ISO 9001
5 8 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (0.97%) ISO 14001
6 6 (0.72%) GDPR
6 6 (0.72%) PMO
7 5 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.48%) Automotive SPICE
8 4 (0.48%) COSHH
8 4 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.48%) IEC 61131
8 4 (0.48%) ISO 26262
8 4 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.48%) JTAG
9 3 (0.36%) ISO 13485
9 3 (0.36%) NEBOSH
10 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 103 (12.42%) Firmware
2 77 (9.29%) Embedded Firmware
3 28 (3.38%) Active Directory
4 18 (2.17%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.84%) Docker
6 5 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (1.21%) Terraform
2 4 (0.48%) Functional Safety
2 4 (0.48%) WSUS
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 87 (10.49%) SAP
2 86 (10.37%) Microsoft
3 83 (10.01%) EMC
4 22 (2.65%) Oracle
5 20 (2.41%) IFS
5 20 (2.41%) Sage
6 16 (1.93%) Citrix
7 14 (1.69%) Epicor
8 11 (1.33%) Veeam
9 10 (1.21%) VMware
10 7 (0.84%) Xero
11 5 (0.60%) Google
11 5 (0.60%) Infor
12 4 (0.48%) Barracuda Networks
12 4 (0.48%) ESET
13 3 (0.36%) Allen-Bradley
13 3 (0.36%) MuleSoft
13 3 (0.36%) Siemens
13 3 (0.36%) Thales
14 2 (0.24%) NCR