Manufacturing Execution System Job Trends

Manufacturing Execution System
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing Execution System in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing Execution System over the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 577 789 744
Rank change year-on-year +212 -45 +433
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing Execution System 101 12 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.015% 0.028%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.50% 0.048% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 10 11 1
10th Percentile £40,750 - -
25th Percentile £44,313 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £57,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.52% +64.29% -17.65%
75th Percentile £91,563 £63,750 £37,500
90th Percentile £100,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% +42.86% -17.65%

All Generic Skills
UK

Manufacturing Execution System falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20,227 25,063 24,980
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 40.98% 32.19% 40.95%
Number of salaries quoted 10,155 13,055 17,979
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,925 £43,116 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £103,750 £108,750 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +4.76%

Manufacturing Execution System
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing Execution System in the UK

Manufacturing Execution System
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Manufacturing Execution System.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Manufacturing Execution System

Manufacturing Execution System
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing Execution System over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing Execution System in the UK

Manufacturing Execution System
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing Execution System within the UK over the 6 months to 17 September 2025. 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
England +185 98 £60,000 +4.35% 5
UK excluding London +180 92 £60,000 +20.00% 9
North of England +107 75 £44,500 -22.61% 2
Yorkshire +84 72 - -
South East - 16 £61,250 -
London +75 6 - -
Work from Home +79 4 £44,500 +4.71% 7
North West +15 3 £44,500 -22.61% 2
Midlands +49 1 - - 1
East Midlands +30 1 - - 1

Manufacturing Execution System
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 3 (2.97%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (2.97%) SAP IBP
1 3 (2.97%) SAP MII
1 3 (2.97%) SAP MM
1 3 (2.97%) SAP PP
1 3 (2.97%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.96%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.96%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (2.97%) JIRA
General
1 101 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 72 (71.29%) Finance
3 7 (6.93%) Social Skills
4 4 (3.96%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.97%) Automotive
5 3 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (2.97%) Retail
Job Titles
1 76 (75.25%) Systems Engineer
2 72 (71.29%) Automation Engineer
3 22 (21.78%) Manufacturing Engineer
4 18 (17.82%) Software Engineer
5 4 (3.96%) Senior
5 4 (3.96%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 3 (2.97%) Analyst
6 3 (2.97%) Applications Support
6 3 (2.97%) Applications Support Analyst
6 3 (2.97%) Consultant
6 3 (2.97%) Logistics Consultant
6 3 (2.97%) SAP Consultant
6 3 (2.97%) SAP Logistics Consultant
6 3 (2.97%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
6 3 (2.97%) SAP WM Consultant
6 3 (2.97%) Support Analyst
7 1 (0.99%) Architect
7 1 (0.99%) Systems Architect
7 1 (0.99%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.97%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 76 (75.25%) Management Information System
2 72 (71.29%) FMCG
2 72 (71.29%) Operational Technology
3 4 (3.96%) Industry 4.0
3 4 (3.96%) SCADA
4 3 (2.97%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.99%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.96%) Linux
2 1 (0.99%) OpenVMS
2 1 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (79.21%) Continuous Improvement
2 75 (74.26%) Problem-Solving
3 72 (71.29%) Budgeting
3 72 (71.29%) Data Collection
3 72 (71.29%) Energy Management
3 72 (71.29%) Quality Management
4 21 (20.79%) Agile
4 21 (20.79%) DevOps
4 21 (20.79%) Mentoring
5 18 (17.82%) Coaching
5 18 (17.82%) Software Engineering
6 7 (6.93%) Analytics
7 4 (3.96%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (3.96%) Computer Science
7 4 (3.96%) Data Analytics
7 4 (3.96%) Predictive Maintenance
7 4 (3.96%) Smart Manufacturing
8 3 (2.97%) Discrete Manufacturing
8 3 (2.97%) Presales
8 3 (2.97%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.93%) SQL
2 4 (3.96%) Python
3 3 (2.97%) C-shell
3 3 (2.97%) Korn
3 3 (2.97%) PL/SQL
3 3 (2.97%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 72 (71.29%) HNC
2 7 (6.93%) Degree
3 3 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.97%) Master's Degree
3 3 (2.97%) PhD
3 3 (2.97%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.97%) GMP
2 1 (0.99%) QA
Vendors
1 76 (75.25%) Siemens
2 72 (71.29%) Rockwell
3 4 (3.96%) Allen-Bradley
4 3 (2.97%) Oracle
4 3 (2.97%) SAP
5 1 (0.99%) Red Hat