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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 608 684 721
Rank change year-on-year +76 +37 +297
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing Execution System 34 23 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.057% 0.043% 0.025%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.17% 0.12% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 11 2 1
10th Percentile £52,500 - -
25th Percentile £56,875 £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 £83,750 £49,000 £37,500
90th Percentile £93,750 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,250 £46,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +44.02% +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 20,345 19,868 20,471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.31% 37.15% 36.52%
Number of salaries quoted 10,183 9,316 14,895
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,628 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,793 £53,000
% change year-on-year -13.31% +3.38% -3.64%

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 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing Execution System in the UK

Manufacturing Execution System
Top 8 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 12 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 +91 32 £70,000 +52.17% 2
UK excluding London +47 24 £66,250 +44.02% 3
South East - 21 £66,250 - 2
London +65 7 £92,500 -
Work from Home +61 2 £70,000 +52.17% 2
West Midlands +5 2 - -
Midlands +2 2 - -
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 2 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Abaqus
1 1 (2.94%) Siemens NX
1 1 (2.94%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Teamcenter
2 3 (8.82%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (8.82%) SAP IBP
2 3 (8.82%) SAP MM
2 3 (8.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (5.88%) SAP MII
3 2 (5.88%) SAP PP
4 1 (2.94%) DELMIA
Cloud Services
1 6 (17.65%) Power Platform
2 4 (11.76%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.76%) Modbus
1 4 (11.76%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.65%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 34 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 7 (20.59%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.88%) Back Office
3 2 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.94%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 23 (67.65%) Manufacturing Engineer
2 18 (52.94%) Software Engineer
3 4 (11.76%) Implementation Engineer
3 4 (11.76%) Senior
3 4 (11.76%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Consultant
4 3 (8.82%) DevOps Manager
4 3 (8.82%) IT Manager
4 3 (8.82%) SAP Consultant
5 2 (5.88%) SAP PP Consultant
5 2 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
5 2 (5.88%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (5.88%) Senior SAP Consultant
5 2 (5.88%) Senior SAP PP Consultant
5 2 (5.88%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Lead
6 1 (2.94%) Lead Architect
6 1 (2.94%) SAP Logistics Consultant
6 1 (2.94%) SAP WM Consultant
6 1 (2.94%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) HTML
1 2 (5.88%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.94%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 8 (23.53%) SCADA
2 4 (11.76%) IoT
3 3 (8.82%) Industry 4.0
3 3 (8.82%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.88%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.94%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (2.94%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (67.65%) Agile
1 23 (67.65%) DevOps
2 20 (58.82%) Mentoring
3 18 (52.94%) Coaching
3 18 (52.94%) Software Engineering
4 9 (26.47%) ERP
5 8 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (14.71%) Analytics
8 4 (11.76%) Data Integration
8 4 (11.76%) Data Visualisation
8 4 (11.76%) System Testing
8 4 (11.76%) Validation
8 4 (11.76%) Visualisation
9 3 (8.82%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (8.82%) Demand Management
9 3 (8.82%) People Management
9 3 (8.82%) QMS
9 3 (8.82%) Quality Management
9 3 (8.82%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 8 (23.53%) SQL
2 4 (11.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (8.82%) Degree
3 2 (5.88%) Master's Degree
3 2 (5.88%) SAP Certification
4 1 (2.94%) HNC
4 1 (2.94%) HND
4 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) GMP
2 1 (2.94%) Def Stans
2 1 (2.94%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) MOM
Vendors
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft
2 6 (17.65%) Siemens
3 4 (11.76%) SAP
4 3 (8.82%) Oracle
5 2 (5.88%) Allen-Bradley
6 1 (2.94%) ANSYS
6 1 (2.94%) PTC