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 8 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 610 685 694
Rank change year-on-year +75 +9 +300
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing Execution System 37 23 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.062% 0.042% 0.026%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.18% 0.11% 0.071%
Number of salaries quoted 13 2 1
10th Percentile £53,000 - -
25th Percentile £58,750 £43,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £46,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +52.17% +31.43% -26.32%
75th Percentile £87,500 £49,000 £37,500
90th Percentile £98,750 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £46,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +35.87% +31.43% -26.32%

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 20,565 20,090 19,693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.39% 37.01% 36.50%
Number of salaries quoted 10,323 9,484 14,309
10th Percentile £27,787 £33,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,116
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,172 £54,000
% change year-on-year -12.32% +0.32% -1.82%

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 8 January 2026.

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 8 January 2026. 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 +75 34 £70,000 +52.17% 6
UK excluding London +55 26 £62,500 +35.87% 6
South East - 22 £62,500 - 3
London +63 7 £92,500 - 1
Work from Home +69 3 £70,000 +52.17% 4
Midlands -3 3 - - 1
West Midlands +3 2 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 - -
Scotland - 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 (8.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Abaqus
1 1 (2.70%) Siemens NX
1 1 (2.70%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (10.81%) SAP IBP
1 4 (10.81%) SAP MM
1 4 (10.81%) SAP S/4HANA
1 4 (10.81%) Teamcenter
2 3 (8.11%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (8.11%) SAP MII
2 3 (8.11%) SAP PP
3 1 (2.70%) DELMIA
Cloud Services
1 7 (18.92%) Power Platform
2 4 (10.81%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.81%) Modbus
1 4 (10.81%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (18.92%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (8.11%) JIRA
General
1 37 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
3 3 (8.11%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Automotive
4 2 (5.41%) Back Office
5 1 (2.70%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (64.86%) Manufacturing Engineer
2 18 (48.65%) Software Engineer
3 5 (13.51%) Senior
3 5 (13.51%) Systems Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) Consultant
4 4 (10.81%) Implementation Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) SAP Consultant
5 3 (8.11%) DevOps Manager
5 3 (8.11%) IT Manager
5 3 (8.11%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
5 3 (8.11%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Architect
6 2 (5.41%) Logistics Consultant
6 2 (5.41%) SAP Logistics Consultant
6 2 (5.41%) SAP PP Consultant
6 2 (5.41%) SAP WM Consultant
6 2 (5.41%) Senior Consultant
6 2 (5.41%) Senior SAP Consultant
6 2 (5.41%) Senior SAP PP Consultant
7 1 (2.70%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (5.41%) HTML
3 1 (2.70%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (24.32%) SCADA
2 5 (13.51%) Management Information System
3 4 (10.81%) Industry 4.0
3 4 (10.81%) IoT
4 3 (8.11%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.70%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (2.70%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.70%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.41%) Windows
2 1 (2.70%) Linux
2 1 (2.70%) OpenVMS
2 1 (2.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (64.86%) Agile
1 24 (64.86%) DevOps
2 21 (56.76%) Mentoring
3 18 (48.65%) Coaching
3 18 (48.65%) Software Engineering
4 10 (27.03%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (27.03%) ERP
5 7 (18.92%) Analytics
5 7 (18.92%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (10.81%) Data Integration
6 4 (10.81%) Data Visualisation
6 4 (10.81%) Demand Management
6 4 (10.81%) Discrete Manufacturing
6 4 (10.81%) Presales
6 4 (10.81%) Production Planning
6 4 (10.81%) Smart Manufacturing
6 4 (10.81%) System Testing
6 4 (10.81%) TOGAF
6 4 (10.81%) Validation
6 4 (10.81%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 9 (24.32%) SQL
2 5 (13.51%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (13.51%) Degree
2 4 (10.81%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (8.11%) Master's Degree
3 3 (8.11%) SAP Certification
4 1 (2.70%) HNC
4 1 (2.70%) HND
4 1 (2.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) GMP
2 1 (2.70%) Def Stans
2 1 (2.70%) NCSC
2 1 (2.70%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) MOM
Vendors
1 7 (18.92%) Microsoft
1 7 (18.92%) Siemens
2 5 (13.51%) SAP
3 3 (8.11%) Allen-Bradley
3 3 (8.11%) Oracle
4 1 (2.70%) ANSYS
4 1 (2.70%) PTC
4 1 (2.70%) Red Hat