Manufacturing Contracts in Cambridge

Manufacturing
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 12 5 26
Rank change year-on-year -7 +21 +11
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 8 30 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 7.02% 15.46% 3.44%
As % of the General category 10.81% 25.00% 6.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 23 8
10th Percentile £313 £363 £225
25th Percentile £341 £384 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £410 £513
Median % change year-on-year +9.76% -20.00% +57.69%
75th Percentile £479 £415 £609
90th Percentile £503 £499 £664
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £450 £410 £513
% change year-on-year +9.76% -20.00% +57.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £61.25 £56.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -
75th Percentile - £63.75 £58.75
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £38.37 £36.05 £45.25
% change year-on-year +6.45% -20.34% -

All General Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 74 120 153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 64.91% 61.86% 52.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 68 88
10th Percentile £296 £219 £170
25th Percentile £405 £350 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £410 £450
Median % change year-on-year +22.56% -8.89% -4.00%
75th Percentile £591 £536 £568
90th Percentile £663 £575 £650
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £450 £425 £440
% change year-on-year +5.88% -3.41% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 20 12
10th Percentile £15.85 £15.50 £16.84
25th Percentile £17.13 £25.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £17.80 £52.50 £35.11
Median % change year-on-year -66.10% +49.53% -8.81%
75th Percentile £60.00 £66.25 £53.75
90th Percentile - £67.20 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.30 £15.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +8.67% +3.45% +6.15%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Cambridge

Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing in Cambridge

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Cambridge over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in Cambridge

Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing in Cambridge

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
1 2 (25.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (12.50%) Hudson
General
1 2 (25.00%) Electronics
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
1 2 (25.00%) Marketing
1 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) C++ Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Design Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Developer in Test
2 2 (25.00%) Linux Developer
2 2 (25.00%) PCB Design Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) PCB Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Python Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Salesforce Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Designer
3 1 (12.50%) IFS Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) UI Designer
3 1 (12.50%) UI/UX Designer
3 1 (12.50%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Robotics
1 2 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
1 2 (25.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) API Testing
1 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) CAD
1 2 (25.00%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
1 2 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office Automation
1 2 (25.00%) Office Automation
1 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (25.00%) Use Case
2 1 (12.50%) Inventory Management
2 1 (12.50%) User Experience
2 1 (12.50%) UX Design
2 1 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Apex Code
1 2 (25.00%) C++
1 2 (25.00%) Groovy
1 2 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Facebook
1 2 (25.00%) HP
1 2 (25.00%) Salesforce
1 2 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) IFS
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft