Design for Manufacturing Jobs

Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Design for Manufacturing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Design for Manufacturing over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 860 923 1213
Rank change year-on-year +63 +290 -306
Permanent jobs citing Design for Manufacturing 47 24 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.045% 0.025% 0.028%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.054% 0.027% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 26 9 28
10th Percentile £43,125 £48,000 £34,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £38,228
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +14.13% +22.67%
75th Percentile £72,500 £56,250 £51,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £56,500 £51,569
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +14.13% +22.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Design for Manufacturing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Design for Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Design for Manufacturing in the UK

Design for Manufacturing
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Design for Manufacturing in the UK

Design for Manufacturing
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Design for Manufacturing in the UK

Design for Manufacturing
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design for Manufacturing within the UK 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
UK excluding London -9 47 £55,000 +4.76% 78
England +58 45 £58,750 +11.90% 86
South East +15 26 £58,500 +11.43% 20
Work from Home +52 12 £55,000 - 10
North of England - 9 £55,000 - 10
South West -21 6 £70,000 +55.56% 9
North West - 6 £55,000 - 5
Midlands -23 4 £85,000 +61.90% 21
West Midlands -24 4 £85,000 +61.90% 14
Yorkshire - 3 £55,000 - 5
Wales - 2 £45,000 - 1

Design for 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 5 (10.64%) Kinematics
Applications
1 4 (8.51%) CANalyzer
1 4 (8.51%) Windchill
2 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.64%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (23.40%) Ethernet
2 5 (10.64%) Internet
2 5 (10.64%) RFID
3 3 (6.38%) RS-232
3 3 (6.38%) RS-485
4 2 (4.26%) RS-422
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.64%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 8 (17.02%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (8.51%) CANoe
3 2 (4.26%) Git
3 2 (4.26%) Subversion
General
1 31 (65.96%) Electronics
2 21 (44.68%) Manufacturing
3 12 (25.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 12 (25.53%) Legal
4 5 (10.64%) Automotive
4 5 (10.64%) Social Skills
5 4 (8.51%) Military
5 4 (8.51%) Multimedia
6 2 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.13%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (40.43%) Systems Engineer
2 15 (31.91%) Electronics Engineer
3 14 (29.79%) Hardware Engineer
4 9 (19.15%) Principal Engineer
4 9 (19.15%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 7 (14.89%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Design Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Electronics Design Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Hardware Design Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Lead
6 4 (8.51%) Lead Software Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Software Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Electronics Test Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Test Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) Senior
9 1 (2.13%) Designer
9 1 (2.13%) Embedded Engineer
9 1 (2.13%) Senior Electronics Engineer
9 1 (2.13%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 1 (2.13%) Senior Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.64%) WPF
2 4 (8.51%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 9 (19.15%) Management Information System
2 7 (14.89%) FPGA
3 6 (12.77%) PCIe
4 5 (10.64%) GNSS
4 5 (10.64%) IoT
5 4 (8.51%) Infotainment
5 4 (8.51%) Smartphone
6 2 (4.26%) Driving Licence
6 2 (4.26%) VHDL
7 1 (2.13%) Acoustics
7 1 (2.13%) Algorithms
7 1 (2.13%) Analogue Electronics
7 1 (2.13%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (36.17%) Customer Requirements
2 16 (34.04%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (34.04%) Requirements Gathering
3 14 (29.79%) Configuration Management
3 14 (29.79%) Schematic Capture
4 13 (27.66%) Technical Leadership
4 13 (27.66%) UML
4 13 (27.66%) Validation
5 12 (25.53%) Project Planning
5 12 (25.53%) Software Engineering
6 9 (19.15%) Line Management
6 9 (19.15%) Systems Engineering
7 8 (17.02%) Agile
7 8 (17.02%) Information Assurance
7 8 (17.02%) Mathematics
7 8 (17.02%) SysML
7 8 (17.02%) V-Model
8 7 (14.89%) Design for Test
8 7 (14.89%) FMEA
9 6 (12.77%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (25.53%) C
2 6 (12.77%) C++
2 6 (12.77%) Python
3 5 (10.64%) C#
3 5 (10.64%) XAML
4 4 (8.51%) Java
5 2 (4.26%) Bash
5 2 (4.26%) Embedded C
5 2 (4.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 34 (72.34%) Degree
2 13 (27.66%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.26%) HNC
3 2 (4.26%) HND
4 1 (2.13%) MCAD
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.64%) QA
2 4 (8.51%) ISO 26262
2 4 (8.51%) JTAG
System Software
1 30 (63.83%) Firmware
2 13 (27.66%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 19 (40.43%) EMC
2 4 (8.51%) Intel
2 4 (8.51%) Mentor Graphics
2 4 (8.51%) Siemens
2 4 (8.51%) Xilinx
3 2 (4.26%) Altera
3 2 (4.26%) Cadence
3 2 (4.26%) Lattice Semiconductor
3 2 (4.26%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.13%) Adobe