Manufacturing
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Manufacturing over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 142 134
Rank change year-on-year +78 -8 +12
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 3,752 2,579 4,650
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.80% 2.49% 2.97%
As % of the General category 6.36% 3.64% 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,394 1,263 2,228
10th Percentile £27,050 £29,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +8.91% -3.81%
75th Percentile £60,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,750 £50,000 £46,800
% change year-on-year -10.50% +6.84% +4.00%

All General Skills
UK

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 requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 59,028 70,875 99,909
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.86% 68.29% 63.83%
Number of salaries quoted 39,629 38,205 51,280
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,269 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £101,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in the UK

Manufacturing
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Manufacturing in the UK

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in the UK

Manufacturing
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the UK over the 6 months to 3 May 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 +54 3,347 £44,750 -10.50% 3,121
England +79 3,243 £45,000 -18.18% 3,210
South East +45 796 £42,300 -19.43% 663
North of England +89 790 £45,000 -2.17% 745
Work from Home +47 757 £55,000 - 642
Midlands +8 694 £45,000 -18.18% 714
West Midlands +1 423 £45,000 -28.00% 435
South West +46 377 £42,500 -19.05% 420
North West +62 358 £47,500 +1.06% 374
Yorkshire +108 344 £42,500 - 294
East of England +122 305 £50,000 -9.09% 401
East Midlands +18 265 £42,500 -5.56% 277
London +52 239 £70,000 +7.69% 285
Wales +96 182 £35,000 +7.69% 135
Scotland -4 145 £47,500 - 159
North East +34 88 £40,000 +14.29% 108
Northern Ireland +61 59 £35,000 -6.67% 31

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
1 142 (3.78%) SharePoint
2 74 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (0.48%) Confluence
4 13 (0.35%) Documentum
4 13 (0.35%) IIS
5 7 (0.19%) Apache
6 6 (0.16%) CMS
6 6 (0.16%) nginx
7 5 (0.13%) SAS
8 4 (0.11%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.11%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.11%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.11%) WordPress
9 3 (0.080%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.080%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.080%) Drupal
9 3 (0.080%) JBoss
10 2 (0.053%) Resin
10 2 (0.053%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.053%) WildFly
Applications
1 168 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
2 133 (3.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 52 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 49 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
5 35 (0.93%) AutoCAD
6 22 (0.59%) SOLIDWORKS
7 13 (0.35%) OrCAD
7 13 (0.35%) Simulink
8 10 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
8 10 (0.27%) Photoshop
8 10 (0.27%) Solid Edge
9 9 (0.24%) MS Visio
9 9 (0.24%) Siemens NX
10 8 (0.21%) EPLAN
11 7 (0.19%) Revit
12 5 (0.13%) CANalyzer
13 4 (0.11%) Doxygen
13 4 (0.11%) Fusion 360
13 4 (0.11%) InfoPath
14 3 (0.080%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 57 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 44 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 42 (1.12%) Dynamics NAV
4 29 (0.77%) NetSuite
5 26 (0.69%) SAP PP
6 18 (0.48%) SAP IBP
7 13 (0.35%) Sage X3
7 13 (0.35%) SAP CO
7 13 (0.35%) SAP FI
7 13 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
7 13 (0.35%) TrackWise
8 12 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
8 12 (0.32%) SAP QM
9 11 (0.29%) SAP SCM
9 11 (0.29%) Teamcenter
10 10 (0.27%) SAP Oil and Gas
11 9 (0.24%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
11 9 (0.24%) Sage 200
12 8 (0.21%) Magento
12 8 (0.21%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 273 (7.28%) Microsoft 365
2 267 (7.12%) Azure
3 166 (4.42%) Power Platform
4 130 (3.46%) Dynamics 365
5 75 (2.00%) AWS
6 65 (1.73%) Entra ID
6 65 (1.73%) SaaS
7 44 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
8 41 (1.09%) PowerApps
9 33 (0.88%) OneDrive
10 30 (0.80%) Power Automate
11 24 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
12 22 (0.59%) GitHub
13 19 (0.51%) Serverless
14 13 (0.35%) Azure Data Factory
15 12 (0.32%) PaaS
16 10 (0.27%) WhatsApp
17 9 (0.24%) GCP
18 7 (0.19%) Azure Functions
18 7 (0.19%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 91 (2.43%) Wireless
2 88 (2.35%) Firewall
3 65 (1.73%) Ethernet
4 64 (1.71%) Wi-Fi
5 50 (1.33%) LAN
6 40 (1.07%) WAN
7 39 (1.04%) RS-232
8 37 (0.99%) DNS
8 37 (0.99%) TCP/IP
9 33 (0.88%) Internet
10 29 (0.77%) VPN
11 28 (0.75%) HTTP
11 28 (0.75%) Network Security
12 27 (0.72%) LTE
13 24 (0.64%) DHCP
14 19 (0.51%) SAN
15 18 (0.48%) 4G
16 17 (0.45%) MQTT
16 17 (0.45%) VLAN
17 16 (0.43%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 148 (3.94%) SQL Server
2 135 (3.60%) Power BI
3 47 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
4 40 (1.07%) MySQL
5 36 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 30 (0.80%) MongoDB
7 27 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
8 24 (0.64%) Tableau
9 22 (0.59%) Relational Database
10 18 (0.48%) SQLite
11 14 (0.37%) Crystal Reports
11 14 (0.37%) MS Access
12 13 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 12 (0.32%) Redis
14 11 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
15 10 (0.27%) Power Query
16 9 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 6 (0.16%) Elasticsearch
17 6 (0.16%) Metadata
17 6 (0.16%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 119 (3.17%) Git
2 57 (1.52%) JIRA
3 52 (1.39%) LabVIEW
4 45 (1.20%) Visual Studio
5 23 (0.61%) Subversion
6 17 (0.45%) Jenkins
7 13 (0.35%) Eclipse
7 13 (0.35%) GitLab
8 10 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
9 7 (0.19%) CANoe
10 6 (0.16%) Maven
10 6 (0.16%) TeamCity
11 5 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
11 5 (0.13%) Selenium
12 4 (0.11%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.11%) Postman
12 4 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
12 4 (0.11%) WebDriver
12 4 (0.11%) Zephyr
13 3 (0.080%) TestNG
General
1 1,040 (27.72%) Social Skills
2 639 (17.03%) Finance
3 525 (13.99%) Electronics
4 416 (11.09%) Analytical Skills
5 295 (7.86%) Marketing
6 292 (7.78%) Pharmaceutical
7 242 (6.45%) Retail
8 230 (6.13%) Aerospace
9 227 (6.05%) Telecoms
10 209 (5.57%) Public Sector
11 203 (5.41%) Automotive
12 191 (5.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 175 (4.66%) Influencing Skills
14 172 (4.58%) Presentation Skills
15 171 (4.56%) Law
16 120 (3.20%) Legal
17 89 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
18 45 (1.20%) Games
19 41 (1.09%) Military
20 33 (0.88%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 349 (9.30%) Senior
2 270 (7.20%) Analyst
3 256 (6.82%) Developer
4 254 (6.77%) Graduate
5 242 (6.45%) Software Engineer
6 240 (6.40%) Project Manager
7 234 (6.24%) Lead
8 197 (5.25%) Systems Engineer
9 175 (4.66%) IT Engineer
10 158 (4.21%) Electronics Engineer
11 144 (3.84%) Consultant
12 132 (3.52%) Support Engineer
13 127 (3.38%) Automation Engineer
14 120 (3.20%) IT Graduate
15 118 (3.14%) Embedded Engineer
15 118 (3.14%) IT Support
16 115 (3.07%) Graduate IT Engineer
17 104 (2.77%) Architect
18 103 (2.75%) Junior
19 101 (2.69%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (3.52%) .NET
2 83 (2.21%) HTML
3 53 (1.41%) CSS
4 49 (1.31%) React
5 48 (1.28%) ASP.NET
6 44 (1.17%) .NET Framework
7 36 (0.96%) RESTful
8 33 (0.88%) AngularJS
9 28 (0.75%) Yocto
10 27 (0.72%) .NET Core
11 25 (0.67%) WPF
12 23 (0.61%) Django
13 20 (0.53%) Blazor
13 20 (0.53%) Flask
14 19 (0.51%) Entity Framework
14 19 (0.51%) Node.js
15 18 (0.48%) ASP.NET MVC
15 18 (0.48%) XML
16 16 (0.43%) YAML
17 14 (0.37%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 245 (6.53%) FMCG
2 220 (5.86%) Management Information System
3 126 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
4 87 (2.32%) IoT
5 85 (2.27%) Driving Licence
6 66 (1.76%) Operational Technology
7 60 (1.60%) Embedded Systems
8 53 (1.41%) Data Centre
9 51 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
9 51 (1.36%) Life Science
10 41 (1.09%) Algorithms
11 39 (1.04%) Industrial Internet of Things
12 34 (0.91%) FPGA
12 34 (0.91%) Renewable Energy
13 31 (0.83%) Robotics
14 28 (0.75%) Biopharmaceutical
14 28 (0.75%) Onboarding
15 27 (0.72%) PMI
16 26 (0.69%) Analogue Electronics
16 26 (0.69%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 282 (7.52%) Windows
2 182 (4.85%) Linux
3 95 (2.53%) Windows Server
4 77 (2.05%) Windows 10
5 35 (0.93%) Android
6 29 (0.77%) Embedded Linux
7 22 (0.59%) Apple iOS
8 18 (0.48%) FreeRTOS
9 16 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
10 14 (0.37%) VMS
11 13 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
12 10 (0.27%) Mac OS
12 10 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
13 8 (0.21%) Debian
14 5 (0.13%) Windows 7
15 4 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 4 (0.11%) Ubuntu
15 4 (0.11%) VxWorks
16 3 (0.080%) CatOS
17 2 (0.053%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 704 (18.76%) Problem-Solving
2 542 (14.45%) ERP
3 434 (11.57%) Project Management
4 362 (9.65%) Software Engineering
5 356 (9.49%) Continuous Improvement
6 340 (9.06%) Business Intelligence
7 261 (6.96%) Agile
8 254 (6.77%) Computer Science
9 209 (5.57%) Programme Management
10 187 (4.98%) Mentoring
11 182 (4.85%) Digital Marketing
11 182 (4.85%) QMS
12 173 (4.61%) Logistics
13 166 (4.42%) Customer Service
14 159 (4.24%) Change Management
15 157 (4.18%) Coaching
16 155 (4.13%) Six Sigma
17 153 (4.08%) Validation
18 141 (3.76%) Project Delivery
19 137 (3.65%) Lean Manufacturing
Programming Languages
1 393 (10.47%) SQL
2 244 (6.50%) C#
3 221 (5.89%) C
4 206 (5.49%) Python
5 126 (3.36%) JavaScript
6 123 (3.28%) C++
7 59 (1.57%) Embedded C
8 58 (1.55%) Java
9 50 (1.33%) PowerShell
10 44 (1.17%) T-SQL
11 43 (1.15%) TypeScript
12 36 (0.96%) Bash
13 30 (0.80%) PHP
14 22 (0.59%) VB
14 22 (0.59%) XAML
15 21 (0.56%) MATLAB
15 21 (0.56%) VBA
16 20 (0.53%) VB.NET
17 12 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 12 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 1,092 (29.10%) Degree
2 161 (4.29%) Security Cleared
3 129 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 116 (3.09%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
5 81 (2.16%) Master's Degree
6 74 (1.97%) HNC
6 74 (1.97%) HND
7 56 (1.49%) SC Cleared
8 45 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
9 44 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
10 34 (0.91%) PMI Certification
11 33 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
12 31 (0.83%) CISSP
13 26 (0.69%) CCNA
14 16 (0.43%) CISA
15 14 (0.37%) Azure Certification
16 13 (0.35%) CISM
16 13 (0.35%) DV Cleared
16 13 (0.35%) MCSE
17 12 (0.32%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 469 (12.50%) QA
2 206 (5.49%) GMP
3 47 (1.25%) ISO 9001
4 44 (1.17%) PMO
5 40 (1.07%) SLA
6 31 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 28 (0.75%) GDPR
8 20 (0.53%) Accessibility
9 19 (0.51%) ISO 13485
10 15 (0.40%) GxP
11 14 (0.37%) Good Clinical Practice
11 14 (0.37%) ISO 14001
11 14 (0.37%) ISO 26262
12 13 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
13 12 (0.32%) NIST
14 11 (0.29%) Data Quality
15 9 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 8 (0.21%) PCI DSS
17 6 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 6 (0.16%) HIPAA
System Software
1 188 (5.01%) Firmware
2 166 (4.42%) Active Directory
3 119 (3.17%) Embedded Firmware
4 48 (1.28%) Hyper-V
4 48 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
5 32 (0.85%) Docker
6 14 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
8 6 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.11%) Terminal Services
9 4 (0.11%) VMware Server
10 3 (0.080%) KVM
10 3 (0.080%) NFS
10 3 (0.080%) vSphere
11 2 (0.053%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.027%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (0.51%) Terraform
3 11 (0.29%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.21%) SCCM
5 7 (0.19%) FortiGate
5 7 (0.19%) Functional Safety
6 5 (0.13%) WSUS
7 4 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.11%) Puppet
8 3 (0.080%) Ansible
8 3 (0.080%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.080%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.053%) Nessus
10 1 (0.027%) systemd
10 1 (0.027%) vRealize
Vendors
1 550 (14.66%) Microsoft
2 392 (10.45%) SAP
3 105 (2.80%) EMC
4 100 (2.67%) VMware
5 75 (2.00%) Oracle
6 74 (1.97%) IFS
7 45 (1.20%) Sage
8 39 (1.04%) Google
9 37 (0.99%) Epicor
10 34 (0.91%) Veeam
11 33 (0.88%) Siemens
12 31 (0.83%) Cisco
13 19 (0.51%) Citrix
13 19 (0.51%) HP
13 19 (0.51%) Workday
14 18 (0.48%) Salesforce
15 14 (0.37%) Aruba
15 14 (0.37%) IBM
16 13 (0.35%) Adobe
17 10 (0.27%) BT