Manufacturing Contracts with Work from Home Options

Manufacturing
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Manufacturing over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 117 147
Rank change year-on-year +29 +30 -5
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 358 533 787
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.37% 2.12% 1.78%
As % of the General category 4.03% 3.63% 3.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 367 607
10th Percentile £333 £356 £400
25th Percentile £413 £451 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £764 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -6.54% +1.90% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 35 19
10th Percentile £12.75 £34.72 £21.15
25th Percentile £30.03 £42.25 £39.38
Median hourly rate £39.92 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% - -
75th Percentile £61.75 £50.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £62.00 £69.50 £71.20
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £37.83
% change year-on-year -22.22% +18.95% +5.08%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Manufacturing is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,875 14,682 24,035
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.79% 58.44% 54.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,816 10,345 17,442
10th Percentile £325 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 471 336 345
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.00 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.61 £25.99 £19.35
Median hourly rate £38.12 £50.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +53.85% +38.52%
75th Percentile £53.00 £67.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.25 £64.90
UK median hourly rate £30.16 £33.60 £21.92
% change year-on-year -10.24% +53.33% -2.60%

Manufacturing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Manufacturing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Manufacturing.

Manufacturing daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Manufacturing over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Manufacturing daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Manufacturing.

Manufacturing hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Manufacturing over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Manufacturing hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 11 (3.07%) Confluence
2 7 (1.96%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.56%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.28%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.28%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.28%) CMS
5 1 (0.28%) SAS
5 1 (0.28%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 24 (6.70%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.40%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.84%) Simulink
5 3 (0.84%) Stateflow
6 2 (0.56%) Maya
6 2 (0.56%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.56%) NUKE
6 2 (0.56%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.28%) CATIA
7 1 (0.28%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.28%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 27 (7.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.23%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 8 (2.23%) Sage 200
2 8 (2.23%) Sage 50
2 8 (2.23%) SAP FI-AP
3 5 (1.40%) SAP PP
3 5 (1.40%) Teamcenter
4 4 (1.12%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (1.12%) SAP EWM
4 4 (1.12%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.84%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.56%) Odoo
6 2 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.56%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.56%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.56%) SAP CRM
6 2 (0.56%) SAP Hybris
6 2 (0.56%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 51 (14.25%) Azure
2 19 (5.31%) AWS
3 18 (5.03%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (4.47%) Dynamics 365
5 13 (3.63%) PaaS
5 13 (3.63%) Power Platform
6 10 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (2.51%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (2.51%) SaaS
8 8 (2.23%) IaaS
9 6 (1.68%) PowerApps
9 6 (1.68%) Smartsheet
10 5 (1.40%) GCP
10 5 (1.40%) GitHub
11 4 (1.12%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (1.12%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.12%) OCI
11 4 (1.12%) SuccessFactors
11 4 (1.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (0.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.91%) Firewall
2 13 (3.63%) Network Security
3 8 (2.23%) Cisco ISE
3 8 (2.23%) InfiniBand
4 7 (1.96%) 3G
4 7 (1.96%) 4G
5 5 (1.40%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.12%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (1.12%) NAS
6 4 (1.12%) SAN
6 4 (1.12%) tcpdump
6 4 (1.12%) VPN
6 4 (1.12%) Wireshark
7 3 (0.84%) Wireless
8 2 (0.56%) FTP
8 2 (0.56%) HTTP
8 2 (0.56%) VLAN
8 2 (0.56%) WLAN
9 1 (0.28%) LAN
9 1 (0.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.19%) Metadata
2 14 (3.91%) SQL Server
3 12 (3.35%) Power BI
4 6 (1.68%) Ingres
4 6 (1.68%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.68%) Tableau
5 5 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.12%) Apache Hive
6 4 (1.12%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.12%) Hadoop
7 3 (0.84%) GIS
8 2 (0.56%) Big Data
8 2 (0.56%) SAP Data Services
9 1 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.28%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 1 (0.28%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.28%) Sisense
Development Applications
1 19 (5.31%) JIRA
2 12 (3.35%) ERwin
3 10 (2.79%) Git
4 9 (2.51%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.12%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.12%) IDA Disassembler
6 3 (0.84%) NUnit
6 3 (0.84%) Postman
6 3 (0.84%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.28%) ClearCase
General
1 159 (44.41%) Finance
2 110 (30.73%) Marketing
3 101 (28.21%) Public Sector
3 101 (28.21%) Telecoms
4 100 (27.93%) Electronics
5 85 (23.74%) Social Skills
6 40 (11.17%) Analytical Skills
7 29 (8.10%) Retail
8 20 (5.59%) Automotive
9 9 (2.51%) French Language
9 9 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.51%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (1.96%) Aerospace
10 7 (1.96%) Italian Language
10 7 (1.96%) Legal
11 5 (1.40%) German Language
12 4 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.84%) Games
13 3 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.84%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 55 (15.36%) Architect
2 51 (14.25%) Consultant
3 41 (11.45%) Project Manager
4 35 (9.78%) Lead
5 33 (9.22%) Analyst
6 28 (7.82%) Developer
7 23 (6.42%) Senior
8 18 (5.03%) Business Analyst
8 18 (5.03%) Solutions Architect
9 17 (4.75%) SAP Consultant
10 16 (4.47%) Data Architect
11 14 (3.91%) Enterprise Architect
12 13 (3.63%) Functional Consultant
13 11 (3.07%) Azure Engineer
13 11 (3.07%) Enterprise Data Architect
14 10 (2.79%) DBA
14 10 (2.79%) Network Engineer
14 10 (2.79%) Sage Consultant
15 9 (2.51%) ERP Manager
15 9 (2.51%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.63%) .NET
2 8 (2.23%) EDI
2 8 (2.23%) IDoc
2 8 (2.23%) SAP Business Workflow
3 7 (1.96%) AngularJS
4 5 (1.40%) ASP.NET
4 5 (1.40%) GraphQL
4 5 (1.40%) Web Services
5 4 (1.12%) Middleware
5 4 (1.12%) OLE
5 4 (1.12%) RESTful
6 3 (0.84%) HTML
6 3 (0.84%) JSON
6 3 (0.84%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (0.84%) Playwright
6 3 (0.84%) React
6 3 (0.84%) SAP TM
6 3 (0.84%) Smart Contracts
6 3 (0.84%) XML
7 2 (0.56%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.07%) Data Protection Act
1 11 (3.07%) Life Science
1 11 (3.07%) Wiki
2 10 (2.79%) IoT
2 10 (2.79%) Renewable Energy
3 8 (2.23%) FMCG
4 7 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (1.68%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.40%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.12%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 4 (1.12%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.12%) NHS
7 4 (1.12%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.12%) YARA
8 3 (0.84%) Algorithms
8 3 (0.84%) Data Centre
8 3 (0.84%) Industry 4.0
8 3 (0.84%) Robotics
8 3 (0.84%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.75%) Linux
2 16 (4.47%) Windows
3 4 (1.12%) Windows 7
3 4 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (0.84%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.84%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (31.84%) Business Intelligence
2 100 (27.93%) Programme Management
3 99 (27.65%) Digital Marketing
4 57 (15.92%) Agile
5 44 (12.29%) Project Management
6 40 (11.17%) ERP
7 36 (10.06%) Problem-Solving
8 31 (8.66%) Analytics
8 31 (8.66%) Stakeholder Management
9 30 (8.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 27 (7.54%) DevOps
11 24 (6.70%) Migration
11 24 (6.70%) Waterfall
12 20 (5.59%) Roadmaps
13 19 (5.31%) Data Modelling
13 19 (5.31%) Root Cause Analysis
13 19 (5.31%) Supply Chain Management
14 18 (5.03%) Data Governance
14 18 (5.03%) Data Management
14 18 (5.03%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 28 (7.82%) SQL
2 13 (3.63%) Python
3 11 (3.07%) C#
4 10 (2.79%) ABAP
5 9 (2.51%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.23%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.68%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (1.68%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.40%) Java
9 4 (1.12%) Bash
9 4 (1.12%) MATLAB
9 4 (1.12%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.56%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.28%) Bicep
11 1 (0.28%) R
Qualifications
1 46 (12.85%) Security Cleared
2 38 (10.61%) Degree
3 28 (7.82%) SC Cleared
4 21 (5.87%) DV Cleared
5 10 (2.79%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (2.51%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.68%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.40%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.40%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.40%) PMP
9 4 (1.12%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.56%) CEH
10 2 (0.56%) CISM
10 2 (0.56%) CISSP
10 2 (0.56%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.56%) CSSLP
10 2 (0.56%) MBA
11 1 (0.28%) HNC
11 1 (0.28%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.75%) GDPR
2 16 (4.47%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.51%) QA
4 7 (1.96%) SLA
5 6 (1.68%) NIST
6 5 (1.40%) PMO
7 3 (0.84%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.84%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.56%) COBIT
8 2 (0.56%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (3.35%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.40%) Docker
3 4 (1.12%) Snort
3 4 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.84%) zsh
5 2 (0.56%) Firmware
5 2 (0.56%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.56%) vSphere
6 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (3.35%) Terraform
2 4 (1.12%) Grafana
2 4 (1.12%) Kibana
3 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.56%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.56%) Nessus
5 1 (0.28%) Ansible
5 1 (0.28%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (0.28%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.28%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.28%) Puppet
Vendors
1 171 (47.77%) SAP
2 51 (14.25%) Microsoft
3 14 (3.91%) Oracle
4 12 (3.35%) Cisco
4 12 (3.35%) Sparx
5 10 (2.79%) Sage
6 8 (2.23%) Google
6 8 (2.23%) OpenText
7 5 (1.40%) Qualys
7 5 (1.40%) VMware
8 4 (1.12%) Citrix
8 4 (1.12%) Computacenter
8 4 (1.12%) HP
8 4 (1.12%) IFS
8 4 (1.12%) Siemens
8 4 (1.12%) Splunk
8 4 (1.12%) Workday
9 3 (0.84%) Ariba
9 3 (0.84%) Dell
9 3 (0.84%) QAD