Manufacturing Contracts in Bedfordshire

Manufacturing
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Bedfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 19 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 8 14 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 5.13% 5.76% -
As % of the General category 6.02% 7.45% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% - -
75th Percentile - £588 -
90th Percentile £648 - -
East of England median daily rate £535 £418 £513
% change year-on-year +28.02% -18.66% +2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 0
10th Percentile £28.05 £21.10 -
25th Percentile £28.21 £21.25 -
Median hourly rate £28.47 £21.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +32.42% - -
75th Percentile £28.74 £21.75 -
90th Percentile £28.89 £32.90 -
East of England median hourly rate £29.00 £31.80 £62.50
% change year-on-year -8.81% -49.12% +47.58%

All General Skills
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 133 188 109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 85.26% 77.37% 62.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 106 72
10th Percentile £455 £313 £208
25th Percentile £500 £425 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £525 £494
Median % change year-on-year +12.38% +6.33% -1.25%
75th Percentile £678 £588 £600
90th Percentile £750 £750 £637
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 34 3
10th Percentile £20.26 £15.32 £59.00
25th Percentile £27.94 £15.39 £70.63
Median hourly rate £60.00 £21.50 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year +179.07% -76.11% +56.52%
75th Percentile £77.50 £32.90 -
90th Percentile £88.00 £65.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £30.78 £38.12 £21.00
% change year-on-year -19.25% +81.52% +44.83%

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 13 May 2025. 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 -1 4 £580 - 9
Bedford -2 1 £688 - 4
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:

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) CANalyzer
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (75.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (12.50%) SAP ERP
2 1 (12.50%) SAP EWM
2 1 (12.50%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Azure
1 4 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 4 (50.00%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) Data Lake
1 4 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (50.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) CANoe
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (37.50%) Automotive
3 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Data Analytics Specialist
2 2 (25.00%) SAP Financial Specialist
2 2 (25.00%) Test Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Active Directory Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Test Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Life Science
2 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (12.50%) Infotainment
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Analytics
1 4 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 4 (50.00%) Inventory Management
1 4 (50.00%) Logistics
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Record to Report
3 2 (25.00%) Community of Practice
3 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) ERP
3 2 (25.00%) Profit Centre Accounting
3 2 (25.00%) Quality Management
3 2 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Data Collection
4 1 (12.50%) Data Management
4 1 (12.50%) Impact Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) ABAP
1 1 (12.50%) MATLAB
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Degree
2 4 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (25.00%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) SAP
2 4 (50.00%) Ariba
3 2 (25.00%) Anaplan
3 2 (25.00%) Hyperion
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft