Manufacturing Jobs with Work from Home Options

Manufacturing
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Manufacturing over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 137 189 215
Rank change year-on-year +52 +26 -47
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 804 711 1,485
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.28% 1.88% 1.97%
As % of the General category 3.78% 2.87% 3.05%
Number of salaries quoted 547 508 986
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,675 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -3.51% +3.64%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,125 £90,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -4.76%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,282 24,746 48,706
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.33% 65.57% 64.51%
Number of salaries quoted 15,181 16,952 25,331
10th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,570 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,751 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Manufacturing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Manufacturing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Manufacturing
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Manufacturing.

Manufacturing salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Manufacturing over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Manufacturing salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 14 (1.74%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.62%) Documentum
3 7 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.87%) nginx
4 6 (0.75%) Apache
5 3 (0.37%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.37%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.25%) SAS
7 1 (0.12%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.12%) IIS
7 1 (0.12%) JBoss
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 20 (2.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.49%) SOLIDWORKS
3 10 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.62%) OrCAD
5 5 (0.62%) Solid Edge
6 4 (0.50%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.50%) Windchill
7 3 (0.37%) Fusion 360
7 3 (0.37%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.25%) CATIA
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.12%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.12%) Revit
9 1 (0.12%) Simulink
9 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (2.24%) Dynamics NAV
2 14 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (1.62%) TrackWise
4 12 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.75%) SAP SCM
6 5 (0.62%) SAP PP
7 4 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.37%) Oracle Applications
8 3 (0.37%) Oracle Manufacturing
8 3 (0.37%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.37%) Sage X3
8 3 (0.37%) SAP MM
9 2 (0.25%) DELMIA
9 2 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.25%) Magento
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle iProcurement
9 2 (0.25%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.25%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 74 (9.20%) Azure
2 64 (7.96%) Power Platform
3 43 (5.35%) AWS
3 43 (5.35%) Dynamics 365
4 35 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
5 32 (3.98%) SaaS
6 20 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (1.62%) GitHub
8 11 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
8 11 (1.37%) Serverless
9 10 (1.24%) Cloud Computing
9 10 (1.24%) Entra ID
10 7 (0.87%) Azure API Management
10 7 (0.87%) Azure Event Grid
10 7 (0.87%) Azure Functions
10 7 (0.87%) Azure Service Bus
11 6 (0.75%) Figma
11 6 (0.75%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (0.75%) PowerApps
12 5 (0.62%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 35 (4.35%) Ethernet
1 35 (4.35%) RS-232
2 27 (3.36%) Wireless
3 24 (2.99%) Wi-Fi
4 15 (1.87%) TCP/IP
5 13 (1.62%) Firewall
5 13 (1.62%) LAN
6 11 (1.37%) MQTT
6 11 (1.37%) WAN
7 9 (1.12%) LTE
8 8 (1.00%) Internet
9 7 (0.87%) HTTP
9 7 (0.87%) Network Security
10 6 (0.75%) DNS
11 5 (0.62%) TETRA
12 4 (0.50%) Bluetooth
12 4 (0.50%) LoRaWAN
12 4 (0.50%) Profibus
12 4 (0.50%) Software-Defined Radio
13 3 (0.37%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (6.47%) Power BI
2 30 (3.73%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (3.36%) SQL Server
4 14 (1.74%) MongoDB
4 14 (1.74%) SQLite
5 12 (1.49%) Redis
6 11 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (1.24%) Relational Database
8 8 (1.00%) MySQL
8 8 (1.00%) Tableau
9 7 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.75%) GIS
11 4 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.37%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (0.37%) Data Vault
12 3 (0.37%) Delta Lake
12 3 (0.37%) Star Schema
13 2 (0.25%) MS Access
13 2 (0.25%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 49 (6.09%) Git
2 32 (3.98%) Visual Studio
3 27 (3.36%) JIRA
4 18 (2.24%) LabVIEW
5 14 (1.74%) Subversion
6 11 (1.37%) Jenkins
7 7 (0.87%) Eclipse
8 6 (0.75%) Maven
9 4 (0.50%) GitLab
9 4 (0.50%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.37%) Selenium
11 2 (0.25%) Postman
12 1 (0.12%) Appium
12 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.12%) JMeter
12 1 (0.12%) JUnit
12 1 (0.12%) REST Assured
12 1 (0.12%) Serenity BDD
12 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.12%) SpecFlow
General
1 228 (28.36%) Social Skills
2 217 (26.99%) Finance
3 151 (18.78%) Electronics
4 114 (14.18%) Marketing
5 98 (12.19%) Analytical Skills
6 83 (10.32%) Telecoms
7 76 (9.45%) Public Sector
7 76 (9.45%) Retail
8 66 (8.21%) Aerospace
9 64 (7.96%) Automotive
10 50 (6.22%) Pharmaceutical
11 43 (5.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 23 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
13 21 (2.61%) Games
14 18 (2.24%) Military
15 17 (2.11%) Legal
16 16 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
17 14 (1.74%) Advertising
18 11 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
19 10 (1.24%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 118 (14.68%) Senior
2 114 (14.18%) Software Engineer
3 76 (9.45%) Project Manager
4 71 (8.83%) Analyst
5 64 (7.96%) Developer
6 54 (6.72%) Lead
7 52 (6.47%) Senior Software Engineer
8 50 (6.22%) Embedded Engineer
8 50 (6.22%) Systems Engineer
9 48 (5.97%) Consultant
10 43 (5.35%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 32 (3.98%) Development Manager
12 31 (3.86%) Business Development Manager
12 31 (3.86%) Business Manager
13 27 (3.36%) Electronics Engineer
13 27 (3.36%) IT Manager
13 27 (3.36%) RF Engineer
14 26 (3.23%) Hardware Engineer
15 24 (2.99%) Design Engineer
15 24 (2.99%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (6.22%) .NET
2 37 (4.60%) HTML
3 28 (3.48%) RESTful
4 27 (3.36%) React
5 26 (3.23%) Django
6 25 (3.11%) .NET Framework
6 25 (3.11%) AngularJS
7 22 (2.74%) CSS
8 20 (2.49%) Flask
9 19 (2.36%) Node.js
10 18 (2.24%) Yocto
11 17 (2.11%) .NET Core
12 16 (1.99%) Blazor
13 15 (1.87%) ASP.NET
14 11 (1.37%) Kafka
15 10 (1.24%) YAML
16 8 (1.00%) ASP.NET MVC
16 8 (1.00%) WCF
17 7 (0.87%) WinForms
17 7 (0.87%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 36 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
2 34 (4.23%) FMCG
3 29 (3.61%) Management Information System
4 27 (3.36%) IoT
5 24 (2.99%) Driving Licence
6 20 (2.49%) Life Science
7 18 (2.24%) Device Driver
8 16 (1.99%) Embedded Systems
9 14 (1.74%) Analogue Electronics
9 14 (1.74%) FPGA
10 13 (1.62%) Algorithms
10 13 (1.62%) LIMS
10 13 (1.62%) Operational Technology
11 12 (1.49%) Data Centre
11 12 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
12 11 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.00%) Product Ownership
13 8 (1.00%) Robotics
13 8 (1.00%) VHDL
14 7 (0.87%) Acoustics
Operating Systems
1 71 (8.83%) Linux
2 42 (5.22%) Windows
3 18 (2.24%) Embedded Linux
4 14 (1.74%) FreeRTOS
5 10 (1.24%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.87%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.50%) VxWorks
9 3 (0.37%) VMS
9 3 (0.37%) Windows Embedded Compact
9 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.25%) Android
11 1 (0.12%) HPUX
11 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (18.53%) Software Engineering
2 136 (16.92%) ERP
3 128 (15.92%) Project Management
4 127 (15.80%) Business Intelligence
4 127 (15.80%) Problem-Solving
5 99 (12.31%) Agile
6 77 (9.58%) Programme Management
7 70 (8.71%) Digital Marketing
8 55 (6.84%) Mentoring
9 49 (6.09%) DevOps
10 48 (5.97%) CRM
10 48 (5.97%) Stakeholder Management
11 47 (5.85%) Computer Science
12 46 (5.72%) Change Management
12 46 (5.72%) Systems Engineering
13 43 (5.35%) Supply Chain Management
14 41 (5.10%) Logistics
15 40 (4.98%) Continuous Improvement
15 40 (4.98%) Customer Requirements
16 37 (4.60%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 100 (12.44%) SQL
2 92 (11.44%) Python
3 70 (8.71%) C
4 69 (8.58%) C#
5 52 (6.47%) JavaScript
6 38 (4.73%) TypeScript
7 29 (3.61%) Java
8 27 (3.36%) Embedded C
9 23 (2.86%) C++
10 19 (2.36%) T-SQL
11 16 (1.99%) Bash
12 11 (1.37%) PHP
12 11 (1.37%) VB
12 11 (1.37%) VB.NET
13 9 (1.12%) PowerShell
14 7 (0.87%) Embedded C++
14 7 (0.87%) XAML
15 5 (0.62%) X++
16 4 (0.50%) Ada
16 4 (0.50%) VB6
Qualifications
1 201 (25.00%) Degree
2 80 (9.95%) Security Cleared
3 23 (2.86%) Master's Degree
4 22 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
5 17 (2.11%) PMI Certification
6 16 (1.99%) CISSP
6 16 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (1.87%) PMP
7 15 (1.87%) SC Cleared
8 12 (1.49%) HND
9 9 (1.12%) CISM
9 9 (1.12%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.00%) HNC
11 6 (0.75%) CISA
11 6 (0.75%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.75%) PhD
12 4 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.50%) CRISC
13 3 (0.37%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (5.35%) QA
2 18 (2.24%) GMP
3 16 (1.99%) PMO
4 14 (1.74%) GxP
5 13 (1.62%) Good Clinical Practice
6 10 (1.24%) GDPR
6 10 (1.24%) NIST
7 8 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.62%) GAMP
9 4 (0.50%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 4 (0.50%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.50%) ISO 13485
9 4 (0.50%) SLA
10 3 (0.37%) Data Quality
10 3 (0.37%) ISO 31000
10 3 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (0.37%) NCSC
10 3 (0.37%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.37%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 31 (3.86%) Firmware
2 23 (2.86%) Docker
3 11 (1.37%) Active Directory
4 9 (1.12%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (0.62%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.37%) KVM
6 3 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (1.87%) Terraform
2 6 (0.75%) Ansible
3 4 (0.50%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.50%) Puppet
4 3 (0.37%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.25%) Nessus
6 1 (0.12%) Kustomize
6 1 (0.12%) Packer
6 1 (0.12%) SCCM
6 1 (0.12%) vRealize
Vendors
1 96 (11.94%) SAP
2 95 (11.82%) Microsoft
3 53 (6.59%) IFS
4 28 (3.48%) Oracle
5 17 (2.11%) Workday
6 9 (1.12%) DevExpress
6 9 (1.12%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.12%) Thales
7 7 (0.87%) Cisco
8 6 (0.75%) Google
8 6 (0.75%) NVIDIA
8 6 (0.75%) Sage
8 6 (0.75%) Siemens
8 6 (0.75%) VMware
9 5 (0.62%) BT
9 5 (0.62%) Databricks
9 5 (0.62%) Epicor
10 4 (0.50%) QNX
11 3 (0.37%) Adobe
11 3 (0.37%) Apple