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 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 34 39
Rank change year-on-year +10 +5 -8
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 38 46 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 6.43% 4.30% 4.61%
As % of the General category 11.18% 8.60% 10.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 26 43
10th Percentile £291 £197 £411
25th Percentile £355 £304 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £535 £600
Median % change year-on-year -30.84% -10.83% +33.33%
75th Percentile £573 £613 £675
90th Percentile £620 £643 £768
South West median daily rate £565 £610 £575
% change year-on-year -7.38% +6.09% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £30.53
Median hourly rate £40.84 - £38.35
75th Percentile - - £46.18
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £28.55 £33.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year -13.48% -16.56% +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 340 535 518
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 57.53% 50.05% 45.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 290 371
10th Percentile £206 £250 £281
25th Percentile £325 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.98% -1.43% +5.00%
75th Percentile £555 £625 £625
90th Percentile £636 £688 £688
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 135 51
10th Percentile £18.13 £35.00 £30.53
25th Percentile £31.00 £43.75 £54.38
Median hourly rate £52.67 £55.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.24% -10.57% +75.71%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £78.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £93.75
South West median hourly rate £32.50 £45.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -27.78% -25.00% +42.86%

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 June 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 (7.89%) Confluence
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.63%) CATIA
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Teamcenter
2 1 (2.63%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 15 (39.47%) Azure
2 10 (26.32%) AWS
3 7 (18.42%) GCP
4 4 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (5.26%) iPaaS
5 2 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.63%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (2.63%) Google Workspace
6 1 (2.63%) SaaS
6 1 (2.63%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.26%) MPLS
1 2 (5.26%) Wireless
2 1 (2.63%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.63%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (7.89%) JIRA
General
1 27 (71.05%) Electronics
2 26 (68.42%) Finance
3 25 (65.79%) Telecoms
4 24 (63.16%) Marketing
4 24 (63.16%) Public Sector
5 19 (50.00%) Social Skills
6 2 (5.26%) Aerospace
6 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.63%) Automotive
7 1 (2.63%) Aviation
7 1 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.63%) Italian Language
7 1 (2.63%) Legal
7 1 (2.63%) Military
7 1 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.63%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (28.95%) Developer
2 10 (26.32%) Azure Developer
2 10 (26.32%) C# Developer
3 8 (21.05%) Lead
4 7 (18.42%) Applications Engineer
4 7 (18.42%) Applications Support
4 7 (18.42%) Applications Support Engineer
4 7 (18.42%) Support Engineer
5 6 (15.79%) Applications Developer
5 6 (15.79%) Azure Engineer
5 6 (15.79%) C# Application Developer
5 6 (15.79%) Delivery Manager
5 6 (15.79%) Senior
5 6 (15.79%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 5 (13.16%) Senior Developer
7 4 (10.53%) .NET Developer
7 4 (10.53%) Lead C# Developer
7 4 (10.53%) Lead Developer
7 4 (10.53%) Senior .NET Developer
7 4 (10.53%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (28.95%) .NET
2 7 (18.42%) CSS
2 7 (18.42%) HTML
3 4 (10.53%) .NET Core
4 1 (2.63%) Kafka
4 1 (2.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.05%) Management Information System
2 7 (18.42%) Product Ownership
3 4 (10.53%) FMCG
4 2 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (5.26%) Onboarding
4 2 (5.26%) Robotics
4 2 (5.26%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.63%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.63%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.63%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.63%) Windows
1 1 (2.63%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (63.16%) Business Intelligence
1 24 (63.16%) Digital Marketing
1 24 (63.16%) Programme Management
2 13 (34.21%) Agile
3 12 (31.58%) CI/CD
3 12 (31.58%) Continuous Delivery
4 11 (28.95%) Software Delivery
4 11 (28.95%) TDD
5 10 (26.32%) Continuous Integration
5 10 (26.32%) Service Management
6 9 (23.68%) Software Engineering
6 9 (23.68%) Test Automation
7 8 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (21.05%) Project Management
7 8 (21.05%) Service Delivery
8 7 (18.42%) Computer Science
8 7 (18.42%) Project Delivery
8 7 (18.42%) User Experience
8 7 (18.42%) Web Development
9 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (34.21%) C#
2 9 (23.68%) JavaScript
3 5 (13.16%) PowerShell
3 5 (13.16%) SQL
4 2 (5.26%) Python
5 1 (2.63%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (23.68%) Degree
2 7 (18.42%) Azure Certification
2 7 (18.42%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (15.79%) Security Cleared
4 5 (13.16%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.63%) ACCA
5 1 (2.63%) APMG
5 1 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.63%) CIMA
5 1 (2.63%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.63%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.89%) QA
2 2 (5.26%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (2.63%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.63%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.63%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (2.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (10.53%) Terraform
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 28 (73.68%) SAP
2 8 (21.05%) Google
2 8 (21.05%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.63%) IFS
3 1 (2.63%) Infor
3 1 (2.63%) Oracle
3 1 (2.63%) Siemens
3 1 (2.63%) webMethods