Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in Aberdeen

Manufacturing
Scotland > Aberdeen

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Aberdeen. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 - 7
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Aberdeen 7.50% - 3.70%
As % of the General category 14.29% - 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £159 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £168 - -
75th Percentile £176 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £360 £413 £425
% change year-on-year -12.85% -2.94% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.85 - -
Median hourly rate £27.40 - -
75th Percentile £27.95 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £21.66 £14.98 £50.00
% change year-on-year +44.59% -70.04% +185.71%

All General Skills
Aberdeen

Manufacturing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Aberdeen.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21 12 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen 52.50% 36.36% 55.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 10
10th Percentile £281 £312 £136
25th Percentile £364 £450 £166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £176
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +212.64% -64.82%
75th Percentile - £575 £377
90th Percentile - - £493
Scotland median daily rate £460 £445 £475
% change year-on-year +3.37% -6.32% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.85 £26.25 -
Median hourly rate £27.40 £26.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.40% - -
75th Percentile £27.95 £26.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £18.37 £18.13 £19.34
% change year-on-year +1.32% -6.26% +4.54%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Manufacturing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Aberdeen

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in Aberdeen

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Manufacturing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in Aberdeen

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Manufacturing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeen 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Principal Network Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Principal Security Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Life Science
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 1 (33.33%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (33.33%) SCADA
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Programme Management
2 2 (66.67%) Workflow
3 1 (33.33%) Architecture Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Compliance Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Data Flow Diagram
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security Management
3 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Network Design
3 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Security Management
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GRC
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Rockwell