Manufacturing Jobs in the North West

Manufacturing
England > North West

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 120 76
Rank change year-on-year +66 -44 +21
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 384 211 390
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.59% 2.86% 4.06%
As % of the General category 6.85% 4.30% 6.60%
Number of salaries quoted 294 135 238
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,650 £28,350
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.52%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £59,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £66,700 £77,875
England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%

All General Skills
North West

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 North West with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,608 4,905 5,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 52.36% 66.54% 61.43%
Number of salaries quoted 4,027 2,371 3,080
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,200
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +4.58% +5.68%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £66,035
90th Percentile £75,772 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in the North West

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Manufacturing in the North West

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in the North West over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in the North West

Manufacturing
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the North West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Lancashire +32 119 £47,500 - 73
Manchester 0 111 £45,000 -10.00% 166
Cheshire +22 80 £47,500 +1.06% 100
Merseyside +43 48 £41,235 +9.96% 41
Cumbria - 24 £47,500 - 15
Manufacturing
England

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 11 (2.86%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.26%) Apache
3 1 (0.26%) IIS
3 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.52%) Fusion 360
5 2 (0.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (2.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.08%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 8 (2.08%) SAP IBP
3 7 (1.82%) SAP PP
4 5 (1.30%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (1.30%) Magento
4 5 (1.30%) SAP ERP
5 4 (1.04%) NetSuite
5 4 (1.04%) Sage X3
5 4 (1.04%) SAP CO
5 4 (1.04%) SAP FI
5 4 (1.04%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.78%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 30 (7.81%) Azure
2 19 (4.95%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (3.65%) Dynamics 365
4 9 (2.34%) AWS
5 8 (2.08%) Power Platform
6 7 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (1.82%) SaaS
7 6 (1.56%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.78%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (0.52%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.52%) GitHub
10 1 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.26%) GCP
10 1 (0.26%) IaaS
10 1 (0.26%) PaaS
10 1 (0.26%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.34%) Wireless
2 2 (0.52%) DHCP
2 2 (0.52%) DNS
2 2 (0.52%) Ethernet
2 2 (0.52%) Firewall
2 2 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (0.52%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.26%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.26%) LTE
3 1 (0.26%) MQTT
3 1 (0.26%) VPN
3 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.26%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.86%) MS Access
1 11 (2.86%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.08%) Power BI
3 4 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.52%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.52%) MySQL
5 2 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.52%) Tableau
6 1 (0.26%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 17 (4.43%) LabVIEW
2 14 (3.65%) Git
3 10 (2.60%) Visual Studio
4 5 (1.30%) JIRA
5 3 (0.78%) JUnit
5 3 (0.78%) Selenium
5 3 (0.78%) TestNG
6 2 (0.52%) Appium
6 2 (0.52%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.52%) Postman
6 2 (0.52%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.52%) SoapUI
6 2 (0.52%) SOAtest
6 2 (0.52%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.26%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.26%) JMeter
7 1 (0.26%) Subversion
General
1 67 (17.45%) Social Skills
2 49 (12.76%) Finance
3 36 (9.38%) Pharmaceutical
4 33 (8.59%) Electronics
5 25 (6.51%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (5.73%) Aerospace
7 18 (4.69%) Automotive
8 15 (3.91%) Marketing
8 15 (3.91%) Telecoms
9 13 (3.39%) Retail
10 9 (2.34%) Games
10 9 (2.34%) Law
11 8 (2.08%) Legal
12 6 (1.56%) Banking
12 6 (1.56%) Public Sector
13 5 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.78%) Aviation
15 2 (0.52%) Advertising
16 1 (0.26%) Aeronautics
16 1 (0.26%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 62 (16.15%) Developer
2 32 (8.33%) Senior
3 26 (6.77%) Project Manager
4 24 (6.25%) Software Engineer
5 19 (4.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (4.69%) Electronics Engineer
6 18 (4.69%) Hardware Engineer
6 18 (4.69%) Lead
7 17 (4.43%) Design Engineer
7 17 (4.43%) Electronics Design Engineer
7 17 (4.43%) Manufacturing Engineer
8 16 (4.17%) Analyst
8 16 (4.17%) ERP Specialist
9 14 (3.65%) Embedded Engineer
9 14 (3.65%) Principal Engineer
9 14 (3.65%) Systems Engineer
10 13 (3.39%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
10 13 (3.39%) Hardware Design Engineer
10 13 (3.39%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 12 (3.13%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (8.07%) .NET
2 12 (3.13%) .NET Framework
3 9 (2.34%) RESTful
3 9 (2.34%) SOAP
4 7 (1.82%) .NET Core
4 7 (1.82%) ASP.NET
4 7 (1.82%) Blazor
4 7 (1.82%) GraphQL
5 6 (1.56%) Laravel
6 5 (1.30%) CSS
6 5 (1.30%) EDI
6 5 (1.30%) HTML
6 5 (1.30%) SAP TM
7 4 (1.04%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 4 (1.04%) Unreal Engine
8 3 (0.78%) React
8 3 (0.78%) Symfony
9 2 (0.52%) Angular 2
9 2 (0.52%) Entity Framework
9 2 (0.52%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 33 (8.59%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 33 (8.59%) Operational Technology
2 16 (4.17%) FMCG
2 16 (4.17%) Management Information System
3 11 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (2.34%) Embedded Systems
5 8 (2.08%) Driving Licence
6 6 (1.56%) IoT
6 6 (1.56%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (1.04%) Animation
7 4 (1.04%) Augmented Reality
7 4 (1.04%) Virtual Reality
8 3 (0.78%) Acoustics
8 3 (0.78%) Life Science
8 3 (0.78%) Robotics
9 2 (0.52%) Analogue Electronics
9 2 (0.52%) CAN bus
9 2 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.52%) Raspberry Pi
9 2 (0.52%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.39%) Linux
2 9 (2.34%) Windows
3 5 (1.30%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.04%) Debian
4 4 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.52%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.26%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (20.31%) ERP
2 40 (10.42%) Risk Management
3 37 (9.64%) Logistics
4 36 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
5 35 (9.11%) Change Management
5 35 (9.11%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (8.85%) Incident Response
7 32 (8.33%) Project Management
7 32 (8.33%) Software Engineering
8 29 (7.55%) Computer Science
9 28 (7.29%) QMS
10 26 (6.77%) Agile
11 24 (6.25%) Mentoring
12 19 (4.95%) Continuous Improvement
12 19 (4.95%) Migration
12 19 (4.95%) User Experience
13 17 (4.43%) Coaching
14 16 (4.17%) Business Case
14 16 (4.17%) People Management
14 16 (4.17%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 50 (13.02%) SQL
2 40 (10.42%) C#
3 26 (6.77%) C
4 18 (4.69%) JavaScript
5 14 (3.65%) C++
6 11 (2.86%) PHP
7 10 (2.60%) Java
8 7 (1.82%) VB.NET
9 6 (1.56%) Python
10 5 (1.30%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.78%) R
11 3 (0.78%) VB
12 2 (0.52%) Embedded C
12 2 (0.52%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.26%) Scala
Qualifications
1 117 (30.47%) Degree
2 26 (6.77%) HNC
3 17 (4.43%) Security Cleared
4 16 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.65%) HND
6 5 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 4 (1.04%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.78%) CISA
8 3 (0.78%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.52%) CISSP
9 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.52%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.52%) PMP
10 1 (0.26%) CCNA
10 1 (0.26%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.26%) CRISC
10 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.26%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (10.68%) QA
2 23 (5.99%) GMP
3 6 (1.56%) SLA
4 4 (1.04%) GDPR
5 3 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.78%) NIST
5 3 (0.78%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.52%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.52%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.26%) FISMA
7 1 (0.26%) HITRUST
7 1 (0.26%) ISO 9000
7 1 (0.26%) NEBOSH
7 1 (0.26%) PMO
7 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (3.91%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.65%) Embedded Firmware
2 14 (3.65%) Firmware
3 4 (1.04%) VMware Server
4 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.26%) Nessus
Vendors
1 40 (10.42%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.07%) SAP
3 8 (2.08%) Sage
4 7 (1.82%) VMware
5 4 (1.04%) NetApp
6 3 (0.78%) EMC
7 2 (0.52%) Cisco
7 2 (0.52%) Sophos
7 2 (0.52%) Thales
8 1 (0.26%) Aderant
8 1 (0.26%) Canon
8 1 (0.26%) Ceridian
8 1 (0.26%) Databricks
8 1 (0.26%) iManage
8 1 (0.26%) Renesas
8 1 (0.26%) Snow
8 1 (0.26%) TOWER Software