Manufacturing Contract Job Trends 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 6 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 111 151
Rank change year-on-year -1 +40 +38
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 15 22 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.76% 0.96% 0.48%
As % of the General category 1.02% 1.43% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 10
10th Percentile £580 £409 £464
25th Percentile £606 £600 £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 £613
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £800 £675 £688
90th Percentile - £739 £897
London median daily rate £530 £605 £604
% change year-on-year -12.43% +0.21% +9.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £23.93 - -
25th Percentile £30.15 £146.25 -
Median hourly rate £41.35 £147.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -71.97% - -
75th Percentile £52.96 £148.75 -
90th Percentile £59.43 - -
London median hourly rate £36.90 £72.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -49.10% +52.63% -

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 1,473 1,537 2,125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 74.51% 67.15% 63.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 978 1,005 1,504
10th Percentile £316 £355 £340
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £720
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +0.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 14 13
10th Percentile £18.69 £14.60 -
25th Percentile £25.22 £21.12 £14.25
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.93% +3.85% -35.80%
75th Percentile £50.75 £56.50 £38.00
90th Percentile £63.93 £88.38 £63.46
London median hourly rate £32.50 £36.50 £31.92
% change year-on-year -10.96% +14.35% -13.14%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Manufacturing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

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

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in Central London

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Manufacturing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Manufacturing in Central London over the 6 months to 6 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 6 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
City of London -3 13 £613 -2.00% 63
City of Westminster - 2 £750 -
West End of London - 1 £750 - 1
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (6.67%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Firewall
1 2 (13.33%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (13.33%) Modbus
1 2 (13.33%) WAN
2 1 (6.67%) LAN
2 1 (6.67%) Network Security
2 1 (6.67%) SD-WAN
2 1 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Cypress.io
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle Forms
1 1 (6.67%) Selenium
General
1 3 (20.00%) Finance
1 3 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (13.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Billing
3 1 (6.67%) Electronics
3 1 (6.67%) General Ledger
3 1 (6.67%) Marketing
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 2 (13.33%) IT Manager
1 2 (13.33%) IT Project Manager
1 2 (13.33%) Project Manager
1 2 (13.33%) Security Engineer
1 2 (13.33%) Senior
1 2 (13.33%) Senior Security Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) Data Centre Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) Finance Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Finance Project Manager
2 1 (6.67%) IT Finance Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Lead
2 1 (6.67%) Lead Architect
2 1 (6.67%) Network Architect
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle Consultant
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle Project Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Programme Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Project Consultant
2 1 (6.67%) Senior Network Security Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Operational Technology
1 4 (26.67%) SCADA
2 2 (13.33%) Data Centre
2 2 (13.33%) Industry 4.0
2 2 (13.33%) Insider Threat
2 2 (13.33%) Life Science
2 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (13.33%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (13.33%) Security Posture
3 1 (6.67%) FMCG
3 1 (6.67%) IoT
3 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (20.00%) Network Architecture
2 3 (20.00%) Project Management
3 2 (13.33%) Antivirus Management
3 2 (13.33%) Data Flow Diagram
3 2 (13.33%) Data Migration
3 2 (13.33%) ERP
3 2 (13.33%) Incident Response
3 2 (13.33%) Information Security
3 2 (13.33%) Information Security Management
3 2 (13.33%) Migration
3 2 (13.33%) Network Design
3 2 (13.33%) Patch Management
3 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (13.33%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (13.33%) Security Management
3 2 (13.33%) Test Automation
3 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (6.67%) Data Collection
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) PL/SQL
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (13.33%) CCNA
1 2 (13.33%) CCNP
1 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) PMI Certification
2 1 (6.67%) PMP
2 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 2 (13.33%) QA
2 1 (6.67%) GxP
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Oracle
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Rockwell
2 2 (13.33%) SAP
3 1 (6.67%) AVEVA
3 1 (6.67%) Citrix
3 1 (6.67%) Zscaler