Manufacturing Contracts in Bedfordshire

Manufacturing
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Manufacturing over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 14 0 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 5.62% - 4.27%
As % of the General category 7.07% - 5.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 11
10th Percentile - - £415
25th Percentile £563 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £450
75th Percentile £588 - £495
90th Percentile - - £500
East of England median daily rate £410 £513 £495
% change year-on-year -20.00% +3.54% -0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £21.10 - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - -
Median hourly rate £21.50 - -
75th Percentile £21.75 - -
90th Percentile £32.90 - -
East of England median hourly rate £31.80 £42.50 £42.35
% change year-on-year -25.18% +0.35% +32.26%

All General Skills
Bedfordshire

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 advertised in Bedfordshire with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 198 117 207
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 79.52% 60.62% 73.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 79 109
10th Percentile £313 £208 £263
25th Percentile £463 £331 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £558 £600 £538
90th Percentile £715 £639 £603
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 4 10
10th Percentile £15.31 £39.88 £14.75
25th Percentile £15.39 £47.19 £44.69
Median hourly rate £21.50 £71.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -69.82% +29.55% +243.75%
75th Percentile £32.90 £90.00 £61.44
90th Percentile £65.00 - £68.88
East of England median hourly rate £38.12 £21.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +81.52% +44.83% -3.33%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Job postings citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Bedfordshire

Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in Bedfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing in Bedfordshire

Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in Bedfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing in Bedfordshire

Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Luton - 7 - - 15
Bedford - 2 - - 11
Henlow - 1 - -
Manufacturing
East of England

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (28.57%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.14%) Anypoint
2 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (42.86%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 12 (85.71%) Analytical Skills
1 12 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 6 (42.86%) Aerospace
2 6 (42.86%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (28.57%) Marketing
3 4 (28.57%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 4 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support
1 4 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 4 (28.57%) Service Delivery Engineer
1 4 (28.57%) Support Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Integration Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Integration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Middleware
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Logistics
2 6 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (42.86%) Data Protection
2 6 (42.86%) Order Management
3 4 (28.57%) ITIL
3 4 (28.57%) PRINCE2
3 4 (28.57%) Service Delivery
4 2 (14.29%) CAD
4 2 (14.29%) Cost Reduction
4 2 (14.29%) Supplier Management
4 2 (14.29%) Validation
5 1 (7.14%) Bill of Materials
5 1 (7.14%) Budgeting
5 1 (7.14%) Inventory Management
5 1 (7.14%) Matrix Organization
5 1 (7.14%) Performance Management
5 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.14%) Project Delivery
5 1 (7.14%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (7.14%) Supply Chain Management
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Degree
2 4 (28.57%) CCNA
2 4 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (28.57%) MCSA
2 4 (28.57%) MCSE
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) SAP
2 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.14%) MuleSoft