Manufacturing Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Manufacturing
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 20 45
Rank change year-on-year -10 +25 +26
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 13 43 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 4.69% 8.58% 2.37%
As % of the General category 8.07% 14.58% 3.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 25 11
10th Percentile £313 £363 £225
25th Percentile £369 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £410 £513
Median % change year-on-year +9.76% -20.00% +57.69%
75th Percentile £503 £463 £569
90th Percentile £590 £500 £638
East of England median daily rate £519 £410 £500
% change year-on-year +26.59% -18.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 2
10th Percentile - £14.94 £33.98
25th Percentile £15.65 £35.00 £37.69
Median hourly rate £38.37 £36.05 £45.25
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% -20.34% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £48.00 £52.69
90th Percentile - £51.15 £56.33
East of England median hourly rate £29.00 £31.80 £57.50
% change year-on-year -8.81% -44.70% +35.77%

All General Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 161 295 368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 58.12% 58.88% 62.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 90 152
10th Percentile £245 £223 £200
25th Percentile £363 £350 £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £418 £440
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -5.11% -2.22%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £525
90th Percentile £650 £576 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £461 £488
% change year-on-year +8.40% -5.38% +5.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 157 148
10th Percentile - £14.16 £13.37
25th Percentile £15.62 - £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.52 £15.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.13% +3.45% +6.15%
75th Percentile £18.85 £21.46 £20.56
90th Percentile £35.31 £50.30 £22.00
East of England median hourly rate £30.78 £38.12 £21.00
% change year-on-year -19.25% +81.52% +44.83%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Cambridgeshire

Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing in Cambridgeshire

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in Cambridgeshire

Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing in Cambridgeshire

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Manufacturing in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Manufacturing in Cambridgeshire

Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Cambridge -8 8 £450 +9.76% 60
Peterborough +12 4 £675 +58.82% 11
Manufacturing
East of England

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (7.69%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 3 (23.08%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 1 (7.69%) iPaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Jenkins
2 1 (7.69%) Hudson
General
1 3 (23.08%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Electronics
2 2 (15.38%) Marketing
2 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
2 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Retail
3 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Architect
2 2 (15.38%) C++ Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Design Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Developer in Test
2 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Linux Developer
2 2 (15.38%) PCB Design Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) PCB Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Python Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Salesforce Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Salesforce Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Test Technician
3 1 (7.69%) Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Designer
3 1 (7.69%) IFS Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) UI Designer
3 1 (7.69%) UI/UX Designer
3 1 (7.69%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (7.69%) Middleware
2 1 (7.69%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Robotics
1 2 (15.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
1 2 (15.38%) Mac OS
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (15.38%) API Testing
1 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) CAD
1 2 (15.38%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
1 2 (15.38%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office Automation
1 2 (15.38%) Office Automation
1 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
1 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
1 2 (15.38%) Use Case
2 1 (7.69%) API Design
2 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (7.69%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (7.69%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (7.69%) Inventory Management
2 1 (7.69%) Presales
2 1 (7.69%) Technical Debt
2 1 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (7.69%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) Apex Code
2 2 (15.38%) C++
2 2 (15.38%) Groovy
2 2 (15.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Salesforce
1 4 (30.77%) SAP
2 2 (15.38%) Facebook
2 2 (15.38%) HP
3 1 (7.69%) IFS
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) SnapLogic