Manufacturing Contracts in Bristol

Manufacturing
South West > Bristol

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Bristol. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 24 44
Rank change year-on-year +2 +20 -9
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 34 60 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 6.33% 5.68% 4.78%
As % of the General category 11.76% 10.83% 10.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 41 50
10th Percentile £323 £260 £309
25th Percentile £355 £425 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £570 £580
Median % change year-on-year -25.88% -1.72% +28.89%
75th Percentile £576 £608 £675
90th Percentile £611 £638 £900
South West median daily rate £550 £595 £575
% change year-on-year -7.56% +3.48% +18.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £31.10
25th Percentile - - £31.96
Median hourly rate £40.84 - £37.93
75th Percentile - - £44.32
90th Percentile - - £45.43
South West median hourly rate £50.42 £40.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year +26.05% +1.14% +22.07%

All General Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 289 554 593
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 53.82% 52.41% 47.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 301 416
10th Percentile £213 £225 £278
25th Percentile £340 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £551 £625 £630
90th Percentile £640 £688 £697
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% +11.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 133 67
10th Percentile £18.13 £36.25 £23.72
25th Percentile £29.82 £43.75 £53.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 £59.50 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.04% -3.25% +89.23%
75th Percentile £69.75 £72.50 £78.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £92.16
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £46.39 £60.35
% change year-on-year +29.34% -23.13% +34.98%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Bristol

Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing in Bristol

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in Bristol

Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing in Bristol

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 3 (8.82%) Confluence
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.94%) CATIA
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Teamcenter
2 1 (2.94%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 13 (38.24%) Azure
2 11 (32.35%) AWS
3 8 (23.53%) GCP
4 2 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.94%) Google Workspace
5 1 (2.94%) iPaaS
5 1 (2.94%) SaaS
5 1 (2.94%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.82%) Wireless
2 2 (5.88%) Firewall
2 2 (5.88%) MPLS
3 1 (2.94%) LAN
3 1 (2.94%) VPN
3 1 (2.94%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (8.82%) JIRA
2 1 (2.94%) Cypress.io
2 1 (2.94%) Git
2 1 (2.94%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.94%) NUnit
2 1 (2.94%) Postman
2 1 (2.94%) Visual Studio
General
1 25 (73.53%) Electronics
2 23 (67.65%) Finance
2 23 (67.65%) Telecoms
3 22 (64.71%) Marketing
3 22 (64.71%) Public Sector
4 20 (58.82%) Social Skills
5 2 (5.88%) Aerospace
5 2 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Automotive
6 1 (2.94%) Aviation
6 1 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Italian Language
6 1 (2.94%) Legal
6 1 (2.94%) Military
6 1 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (20.59%) Applications Engineer
1 7 (20.59%) Applications Support
1 7 (20.59%) Applications Support Engineer
1 7 (20.59%) Azure Developer
1 7 (20.59%) Azure Engineer
1 7 (20.59%) C# Developer
1 7 (20.59%) Developer
1 7 (20.59%) Support Engineer
2 6 (17.65%) Applications Developer
2 6 (17.65%) C# Application Developer
2 6 (17.65%) Delivery Manager
2 6 (17.65%) Lead
2 6 (17.65%) Site Reliability Engineer
3 4 (11.76%) Senior
4 3 (8.82%) Agile Delivery Manager
4 3 (8.82%) Analyst
4 3 (8.82%) Business Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Architect
5 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (26.47%) .NET
2 7 (20.59%) CSS
2 7 (20.59%) HTML
3 1 (2.94%) .NET Core
3 1 (2.94%) AngularJS
3 1 (2.94%) Playwright
3 1 (2.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (23.53%) Management Information System
2 4 (11.76%) Product Ownership
3 2 (5.88%) FMCG
3 2 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (5.88%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.88%) Virtual Team
4 1 (2.94%) CESG
4 1 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.94%) NHS
4 1 (2.94%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.94%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Windows
2 1 (2.94%) Linux
2 1 (2.94%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (64.71%) Business Intelligence
1 22 (64.71%) Digital Marketing
1 22 (64.71%) Programme Management
2 12 (35.29%) Agile
3 11 (32.35%) CI/CD
3 11 (32.35%) Software Delivery
3 11 (32.35%) Test Automation
4 10 (29.41%) Continuous Integration
4 10 (29.41%) Service Management
5 9 (26.47%) Continuous Delivery
5 9 (26.47%) Software Engineering
5 9 (26.47%) TDD
6 8 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (23.53%) Project Management
6 8 (23.53%) Service Delivery
6 8 (23.53%) Web Development
7 7 (20.59%) Computer Science
7 7 (20.59%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (20.59%) User Experience
8 6 (17.65%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (23.53%) C#
2 7 (20.59%) JavaScript
3 3 (8.82%) PowerShell
4 2 (5.88%) SQL
5 1 (2.94%) Bash
5 1 (2.94%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (23.53%) Degree
1 8 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 7 (20.59%) Azure Certification
2 7 (20.59%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (20.59%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.94%) ACCA
3 1 (2.94%) APMG
3 1 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.94%) CEH
3 1 (2.94%) CIMA
3 1 (2.94%) CISA
3 1 (2.94%) CISM
3 1 (2.94%) CISMP
3 1 (2.94%) CISSP
3 1 (2.94%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (2.94%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.94%) HNC
3 1 (2.94%) ISACA
3 1 (2.94%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) Government Security Classifications
1 3 (8.82%) QA
2 1 (2.94%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.94%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.94%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.94%) GDPR
2 1 (2.94%) HIPAA
2 1 (2.94%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.94%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (5.88%) Docker
2 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Ansible
1 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.94%) Puppet
1 1 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (73.53%) SAP
2 8 (23.53%) Google
3 4 (11.76%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.94%) Infor
4 1 (2.94%) Oracle
4 1 (2.94%) Siemens