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 21 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 563 745 729
Rank change year-on-year +182 -16 +398
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing Execution System 89 5 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.007% 0.027%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.46% 0.022% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 9 4 1
10th Percentile £55,000 £44,250 -
25th Percentile £58,750 £48,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £57,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +39.13% +64.29% -17.65%
75th Percentile £100,000 £63,750 £37,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £50,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% +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 19,541 22,282 22,022
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 39.80% 32.28% 39.35%
Number of salaries quoted 10,219 11,011 16,532
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £35,854 £45,250 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £110,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -1.82% +2.12%

Manufacturing Execution System
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Manufacturing Execution System relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Manufacturing Execution System job vacancy trend 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 21 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing Execution System in the UK

Manufacturing Execution System
Top 9 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 21 October 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 +180 86 £62,500 +8.70% 13
UK excluding London +153 80 £62,500 +25.00% 15
North of England +74 60 - - 4
Yorkshire - 60 - -
South East - 19 £62,500 - 4
London - 6 - - 2
Work from Home +63 1 - - 4
Midlands +28 1 - - 3
East Midlands +19 1 - - 1

Manufacturing Execution System
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.37%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (3.37%) Oracle ERP
1 3 (3.37%) SAP IBP
1 3 (3.37%) SAP MII
1 3 (3.37%) SAP MM
1 3 (3.37%) SAP PP
1 3 (3.37%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (3.37%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.49%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.49%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (3.37%) JIRA
General
1 89 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 60 (67.42%) Finance
3 7 (7.87%) Social Skills
4 3 (3.37%) Automotive
4 3 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.12%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 64 (71.91%) Systems Engineer
2 60 (67.42%) Automation Engineer
3 22 (24.72%) Manufacturing Engineer
4 18 (20.22%) Software Engineer
5 4 (4.49%) Senior
5 4 (4.49%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 3 (3.37%) Consultant
6 3 (3.37%) DevOps Manager
6 3 (3.37%) IT Manager
6 3 (3.37%) Logistics Consultant
6 3 (3.37%) SAP Consultant
6 3 (3.37%) SAP Logistics Consultant
6 3 (3.37%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
6 3 (3.37%) SAP WM Consultant
7 1 (1.12%) Architect
7 1 (1.12%) Systems Architect
7 1 (1.12%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.37%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 64 (71.91%) Management Information System
2 60 (67.42%) FMCG
2 60 (67.42%) Operational Technology
3 4 (4.49%) Industry 4.0
3 4 (4.49%) SCADA
4 3 (3.37%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.12%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.12%) Linux
1 1 (1.12%) OpenVMS
1 1 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (73.03%) Continuous Improvement
2 60 (67.42%) Budgeting
2 60 (67.42%) Data Collection
2 60 (67.42%) Energy Management
2 60 (67.42%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (67.42%) Quality Management
3 24 (26.97%) Agile
3 24 (26.97%) DevOps
4 21 (23.60%) Mentoring
5 18 (20.22%) Coaching
5 18 (20.22%) Software Engineering
6 7 (7.87%) Analytics
7 4 (4.49%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (4.49%) Data Analytics
7 4 (4.49%) ERP
7 4 (4.49%) Predictive Maintenance
7 4 (4.49%) Smart Manufacturing
8 3 (3.37%) Business Enablement
8 3 (3.37%) Production Planning
8 3 (3.37%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.49%) Python
1 4 (4.49%) SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (67.42%) HNC
2 4 (4.49%) Degree
3 3 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (3.37%) Master's Degree
3 3 (3.37%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.37%) GMP
2 1 (1.12%) QA
Vendors
1 67 (75.28%) Siemens
2 60 (67.42%) Rockwell
3 4 (4.49%) Allen-Bradley
4 3 (3.37%) Microsoft
4 3 (3.37%) Oracle
4 3 (3.37%) SAP
5 1 (1.12%) Red Hat