Smart Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in Central London

Smart Manufacturing
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Smart Manufacturing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Smart Manufacturing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.051% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.054% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £555 - £625

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Smart Manufacturing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,852 2,111 3,066
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.68% 91.82% 90.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,228 1,403 2,118
10th Percentile £316 £375 £358
25th Percentile £419 £475 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £704
90th Percentile £775 £788 £813
London median daily rate £539 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.97% -4.35% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 22 17
10th Percentile £19.05 £16.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.75 £20.88 £15.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.67% -1.82% -34.52%
75th Percentile £50.75 £56.50 £42.32
90th Percentile £63.75 £133.00 £59.30
London median hourly rate £32.00 £35.75 £40.00
% change year-on-year -10.49% -10.63% +6.67%

Smart Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Smart Manufacturing in Central London

Smart 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 Smart Manufacturing within the Central London region over the 6 months to 7 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 - 1 £575 - 1
Smart Manufacturing
London

Smart 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Industry 4.0
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Twin
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) AVEVA