Manufacturing Contracts in Central London

Manufacturing
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Central London. 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 114 119 157
Rank change year-on-year +5 +38 +28
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 15 14 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.75% 0.57% 0.39%
As % of the General category 1.07% 0.87% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 9
10th Percentile £225 £354 £140
25th Percentile £513 £408 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £453 £500
Median % change year-on-year +16.02% -9.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £666 £563
90th Percentile £695 £942 £600
London median daily rate £530 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -11.67% +4.35% +4.55%

All General Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,406 1,610 2,396
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 70.41% 65.82% 62.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 905 1,149 1,691
10th Percentile £330 £338 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £560 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% -6.67% +5.26%
75th Percentile £678 £688 £738
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
London median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 16 15
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.07 £15.20
25th Percentile £25.11 £21.93 £18.42
Median hourly rate £30.04 £24.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.59% -30.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £49.22 £35.69 £53.25
90th Percentile £74.63 £57.63 £58.75
London median hourly rate £34.00 £28.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year +19.30% -10.94% -12.33%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Central London

Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing in Central London

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

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

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in Central London

Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing in Central London

Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 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
City of London +10 15 £525 +10.53% 25
Manufacturing
London

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (13.33%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (13.33%) SAP CO
2 2 (13.33%) SAP FI
2 2 (13.33%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (13.33%) SAP SD
3 1 (6.67%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) AWS
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) WAN
2 2 (13.33%) Firewall
2 2 (13.33%) Network Security
2 2 (13.33%) SD-WAN
3 1 (6.67%) LAN
3 1 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Cypress.io
1 1 (6.67%) Selenium
General
1 7 (46.67%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (33.33%) Finance
4 3 (20.00%) Retail
5 2 (13.33%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Analyst
1 5 (33.33%) SAP Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Lead
2 3 (20.00%) SAP Business Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Administrator
3 2 (13.33%) Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Data Administrator
3 2 (13.33%) Data Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Financial Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Functional Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Oracle Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Oracle Functional Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) SAP Administrator
3 2 (13.33%) SAP Architect
3 2 (13.33%) SAP Financial Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) SAP Financial Business Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) SAP Solutions Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Data Structures
1 2 (13.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) ERP
2 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (20.00%) BPR
3 3 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 3 (20.00%) Change Management
3 3 (20.00%) Customer Experience
3 3 (20.00%) Planning and Forecasting
3 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
3 3 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (13.33%) Business Transformation
4 2 (13.33%) Data Management
4 2 (13.33%) Data Migration
4 2 (13.33%) Integration Testing
4 2 (13.33%) Migration
4 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2
4 2 (13.33%) Project Management
4 2 (13.33%) SIEM
4 2 (13.33%) System Integration Testing
4 2 (13.33%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) ACCA
2 1 (6.67%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) GxP
1 1 (6.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) SAP
2 3 (20.00%) Oracle
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
4 1 (6.67%) Google
4 1 (6.67%) QAD
4 1 (6.67%) Salesforce