Manufacturing Contracts in Bolton

Manufacturing
Manchester > Bolton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Bolton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 2 5
Rank change year-on-year -9 +3 +9
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 4 6 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bolton 12.50% 35.29% 13.33%
As % of the General category 14.81% 40.00% 23.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Manchester median daily rate £520 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -9.57% +15.00% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 4
10th Percentile £36.20 £24.13 £30.70
25th Percentile £41.00 £24.17 £36.47
Median hourly rate £49.00 £28.60 £42.37
Median % change year-on-year +71.36% -32.50% +46.09%
75th Percentile £57.00 £33.50 £45.05
90th Percentile £61.80 £34.40 -
Manchester median hourly rate £27.27 £34.00 £42.37
% change year-on-year -19.81% -19.75% +82.22%

All General Skills
Bolton

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 Bolton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 27 15 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bolton 84.38% 88.24% 56.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 2
10th Percentile £160 £294 £294
25th Percentile £170 £429 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £490 £388
Median % change year-on-year -61.22% +26.45% +46.23%
75th Percentile £200 £528 £447
90th Percentile £250 £538 £471
Manchester median daily rate £470 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.00% - +2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 13
10th Percentile £54.60 £24.15 £18.68
25th Percentile - £26.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £34.00 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year +76.47% -8.85% +86.50%
75th Percentile £75.00 £45.50 £45.05
90th Percentile £77.75 £54.50 £61.81
Manchester median hourly rate £21.53 £23.45 £25.00
% change year-on-year -8.19% -6.20% +38.89%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Bolton

Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bolton

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

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing in Bolton

Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bolton

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

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing in Bolton

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bolton

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Manufacturing in Bolton over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Manufacturing in Bolton

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton 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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 2 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Administrator
1 1 (25.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Administrator
1 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Analogue Electronics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (25.00%) Cost Control
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing Engineering
1 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP