Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Manufacturing
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 45 40
Rank change year-on-year +12 -5 +55
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 8 3 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 2.53% 0.82% 3.92%
As % of the General category 4.37% 1.38% 6.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 23
10th Percentile £260 £287 £205
25th Percentile £262 £302 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £265 £368 £600
Median % change year-on-year -28.03% -38.75% +4.35%
75th Percentile £267 £517 £1,150
90th Percentile £269 £582 -
South East median daily rate £530 £575 £463
% change year-on-year -7.83% +24.32% -9.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57.50 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile £62.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £69.65 £41.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +67.83% -24.55% +22.22%

All General Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 183 217 447
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 57.91% 59.13% 60.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 134 326
10th Percentile £202 £200 £275
25th Percentile £325 £326 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £510
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -11.76% +2.00%
75th Percentile £529 £538 £603
90th Percentile £645 £635 £739
South East median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 5 5
10th Percentile £13.25 £16.61 £13.16
25th Percentile - £18.70 £13.17
Median hourly rate £14.20 £30.00 £13.57
Median % change year-on-year -52.67% +121.08% +2.42%
75th Percentile £15.12 £36.75 -
90th Percentile £35.80 £37.50 £19.68
South East median hourly rate £18.87 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -67.10% +9.24% +133.33%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Buckinghamshire

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Manufacturing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Manufacturing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Milton Keynes +9 6 £265 -28.03% 17
Manufacturing
South East

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (50.00%) NetSuite
2 2 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (25.00%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Finance Business Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Financial Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Integration Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Lead
2 2 (25.00%) Test and Integration Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Test Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Test Leader
2 2 (25.00%) Transformation Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) SAP Fiori
1 2 (25.00%) SAP PI
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Functional Testing
2 4 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (50.00%) Test Strategy
3 3 (37.50%) Validation
4 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
4 2 (25.00%) Defect Management
4 2 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Logistics
4 2 (25.00%) Migration
4 2 (25.00%) Test Management
4 2 (25.00%) Test Planning
4 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
5 1 (12.50%) Agile
5 1 (12.50%) Regression Testing
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) SAP
2 4 (50.00%) Oracle