Manufacturing Jobs in the West Midlands

Manufacturing
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Manufacturing over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 35 60
Rank change year-on-year +3 +25 +55
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 431 449 339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.76% 7.20% 4.57%
As % of the General category 10.01% 9.45% 7.26%
Number of salaries quoted 266 148 181
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,056 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,750 £41,250 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £61,250 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.53% +33.15% +2.22%
75th Percentile £63,250 £73,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £85,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,307 4,750 4,670
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 57.52% 76.15% 62.90%
Number of salaries quoted 3,025 2,191 2,905
10th Percentile £25,600 £29,750 £30,274
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,662
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +1.06%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in the West Midlands

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Manufacturing in the West Midlands

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in the West Midlands

Manufacturing
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 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
Birmingham +9 77 £59,500 -8.46% 76
Staffordshire +13 71 £35,000 -17.65% 68
Warwickshire -16 63 £50,000 - 53
Worcestershire +19 61 £33,500 +3.08% 52
Shropshire +21 39 £50,000 +11.11% 32
Solihull -9 22 £62,500 -13.79% 14
Wolverhampton +31 21 £34,500 - 36
Dudley +11 11 £34,750 - 14
Halesowen - 11 £60,000 - 3
Sutton Coldfield -1 8 £45,000 -55.00% 5
Coventry +19 7 £27,000 -46.00% 78
West Bromwich - 5 - - 5
Walsall - 4 £45,000 - 3
Brierley Hill - 2 £44,250 -
Manufacturing
England

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 19 (4.41%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.70%) CMS
4 1 (0.23%) Confluence
4 1 (0.23%) IIS
4 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (6.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (6.03%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.86%) AutoCAD
3 8 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.16%) CANalyzer
5 4 (0.93%) EPLAN
6 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.46%) Revit
7 2 (0.46%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.23%) Simulink
8 1 (0.23%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 21 (4.87%) Dynamics NAV
2 12 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.70%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.70%) Sage 300 ERP
3 3 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.46%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.23%) Epicor Vantage
5 1 (0.23%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.23%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 49 (11.37%) Azure
2 42 (9.74%) Power Platform
3 35 (8.12%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (7.66%) Dynamics 365
5 22 (5.10%) PowerApps
6 18 (4.18%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (4.18%) Power Automate
7 10 (2.32%) SaaS
8 8 (1.86%) Entra ID
9 7 (1.62%) Azure API Management
9 7 (1.62%) Azure Event Grid
9 7 (1.62%) Azure Functions
9 7 (1.62%) Azure Service Bus
9 7 (1.62%) Serverless
10 4 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (0.93%) Figma
11 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.23%) Google Docs
11 1 (0.23%) Google Sheets
11 1 (0.23%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.32%) Ethernet
1 10 (2.32%) Firewall
1 10 (2.32%) LAN
2 5 (1.16%) VPN
2 5 (1.16%) WAN
3 4 (0.93%) DHCP
3 4 (0.93%) DNS
3 4 (0.93%) Internet
3 4 (0.93%) Network Security
4 3 (0.70%) Bluetooth
4 3 (0.70%) Wireless
5 1 (0.23%) 802.11
5 1 (0.23%) FlexRay
5 1 (0.23%) MPLS
5 1 (0.23%) SAN
5 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.23%) VLAN
5 1 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.23%) Wireless Security
5 1 (0.23%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (8.58%) Power BI
2 33 (7.66%) SQL Server
3 11 (2.55%) SQLite
4 10 (2.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (1.86%) MySQL
5 8 (1.86%) Power Query
6 7 (1.62%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (1.39%) Redis
8 5 (1.16%) Metadata
8 5 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.70%) Metadata Repository
10 3 (0.70%) OLAP
10 3 (0.70%) Oracle OLAP
11 2 (0.46%) MS Access
11 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.46%) Tableau
12 1 (0.23%) Data Hub
12 1 (0.23%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (4.18%) Git
2 11 (2.55%) Visual Studio
3 9 (2.09%) JIRA
4 7 (1.62%) CANoe
5 2 (0.46%) Android Studio
5 2 (0.46%) Fiddler
5 2 (0.46%) Postman
6 1 (0.23%) LabVIEW
General
1 124 (28.77%) Social Skills
2 75 (17.40%) Finance
3 50 (11.60%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (8.35%) Automotive
5 34 (7.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (5.80%) Organisational Skills
7 23 (5.34%) Influencing Skills
8 21 (4.87%) Electronics
9 19 (4.41%) Games
9 19 (4.41%) Pharmaceutical
10 18 (4.18%) Retail
11 13 (3.02%) Law
12 10 (2.32%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (2.09%) Marketing
14 5 (1.16%) Back Office
14 5 (1.16%) Multimedia
14 5 (1.16%) Public Sector
14 5 (1.16%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.93%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.93%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 55 (12.76%) Developer
2 44 (10.21%) Analyst
3 40 (9.28%) Lead
3 40 (9.28%) Software Engineer
4 35 (8.12%) Senior
5 24 (5.57%) Project Manager
6 23 (5.34%) Systems Engineer
7 20 (4.64%) Consultant
8 17 (3.94%) Data Analyst
9 16 (3.71%) Senior Developer
9 16 (3.71%) Support Analyst
10 15 (3.48%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 15 (3.48%) IT Support
11 14 (3.25%) Graduate
11 14 (3.25%) Junior
11 14 (3.25%) QA Manager
12 13 (3.02%) Architect
12 13 (3.02%) Development Engineer
12 13 (3.02%) Technical Support
13 12 (2.78%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.50%) .NET
2 19 (4.41%) ASP.NET
2 19 (4.41%) HTML
2 19 (4.41%) RESTful
3 13 (3.02%) .NET Core
4 12 (2.78%) .NET Framework
4 12 (2.78%) ASP.NET MVC
4 12 (2.78%) Blazor
5 11 (2.55%) Entity Framework
5 11 (2.55%) Universal Windows Platform
5 11 (2.55%) YAML
6 10 (2.32%) AngularJS
7 9 (2.09%) WPF
8 8 (1.86%) CSS
9 7 (1.62%) SignalR
9 7 (1.62%) WinForms
10 6 (1.39%) Kafka
10 6 (1.39%) Node.js
10 6 (1.39%) XML
11 3 (0.70%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 43 (9.98%) Management Information System
2 15 (3.48%) Industry 4.0
3 14 (3.25%) Greenfield Project
4 13 (3.02%) Algorithms
4 13 (3.02%) Analytical Mindset
4 13 (3.02%) Driving Licence
5 12 (2.78%) IoT
6 8 (1.86%) Operational Technology
6 8 (1.86%) Renewable Energy
6 8 (1.86%) SCADA
7 7 (1.62%) Infotainment
8 6 (1.39%) Augmented Reality
8 6 (1.39%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 6 (1.39%) PMI
8 6 (1.39%) Virtual Reality
9 5 (1.16%) AS400
9 5 (1.16%) iSeries
9 5 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.16%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 54 (12.53%) Windows
2 12 (2.78%) Windows 10
3 11 (2.55%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.39%) Linux
5 4 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.46%) Android
7 1 (0.23%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (25.52%) ERP
2 81 (18.79%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (15.31%) Project Management
4 43 (9.98%) Business Intelligence
5 42 (9.74%) Software Engineering
6 41 (9.51%) Agile
6 41 (9.51%) User Experience
7 38 (8.82%) Analytics
8 37 (8.58%) Customer Requirements
9 35 (8.12%) Customer Service
10 34 (7.89%) Data Analytics
11 33 (7.66%) Computer Science
11 33 (7.66%) Mentoring
12 32 (7.42%) Continuous Improvement
13 31 (7.19%) Artificial Intelligence
14 26 (6.03%) Cybersecurity
15 23 (5.34%) Risk Management
15 23 (5.34%) Systems Engineering
16 21 (4.87%) CAD
16 21 (4.87%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 58 (13.46%) SQL
2 33 (7.66%) C#
3 19 (4.41%) T-SQL
4 17 (3.94%) JavaScript
5 14 (3.25%) Python
6 12 (2.78%) Java
7 11 (2.55%) TypeScript
7 11 (2.55%) XAML
8 10 (2.32%) C
8 10 (2.32%) VB
9 7 (1.62%) C++
9 7 (1.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (1.16%) RPG
10 5 (1.16%) RPG IV
10 5 (1.16%) RPG/400
11 4 (0.93%) Embedded C
11 4 (0.93%) VB6
12 3 (0.70%) Embedded C++
12 3 (0.70%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.46%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 113 (26.22%) Degree
2 26 (6.03%) Security Cleared
3 10 (2.32%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.62%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.62%) PMI Certification
6 5 (1.16%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.16%) HND
7 4 (0.93%) CCNA
7 4 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (0.93%) MCSE
7 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.23%) CEH
8 1 (0.23%) CISSP
8 1 (0.23%) ECSA
8 1 (0.23%) GPEN
8 1 (0.23%) HNC
8 1 (0.23%) PhD
8 1 (0.23%) PMP
8 1 (0.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (8.82%) QA
2 18 (4.18%) GMP
3 9 (2.09%) ISO 26262
4 5 (1.16%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.70%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.46%) AUTOSAR
6 2 (0.46%) IEC 61131
6 2 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.46%) SOX 404
7 1 (0.23%) Automotive SPICE
7 1 (0.23%) COSHH
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 9000
7 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.23%) MISRA
7 1 (0.23%) PMO
7 1 (0.23%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (5.34%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.32%) Embedded Firmware
2 10 (2.32%) Firmware
2 10 (2.32%) Hyper-V
3 7 (1.62%) Docker
4 4 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.46%) Functional Safety
2 2 (0.46%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.23%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 103 (23.90%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.34%) IFS
3 18 (4.18%) Workday
4 14 (3.25%) EMC
5 13 (3.02%) SAP
6 10 (2.32%) Siemens
7 9 (2.09%) DevExpress
7 9 (2.09%) VMware
8 7 (1.62%) Adobe
8 7 (1.62%) Sophos
9 6 (1.39%) HP
10 5 (1.16%) Epicor
10 5 (1.16%) IBM
10 5 (1.16%) Oracle
11 4 (0.93%) Quadient
11 4 (0.93%) Ruckus Wireless
11 4 (0.93%) Veeam
12 3 (0.70%) HubSpot
12 3 (0.70%) Informatica
12 3 (0.70%) Sage