Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in Chippenham

Manufacturing
Wiltshire > Chippenham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Chippenham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 1 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Chippenham 14.29% - -
As % of the General category 50.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
75th Percentile £375 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median daily rate £450 £663 £750
% change year-on-year -32.08% -11.67% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28.25 - -
Median hourly rate £30.50 - -
75th Percentile £32.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £30.50 £28.55 -
% change year-on-year +6.83% - -

All General Skills
Chippenham

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 general skills in Chippenham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 6 5 9
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chippenham 28.57% 62.50% 69.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile - £521 £501
25th Percentile £325 £535 £566
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £564 £700
Median % change year-on-year -37.97% -19.39% +23.89%
75th Percentile £406 £588 £725
90th Percentile £425 £598 -
Wiltshire median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £30.94 - -
25th Percentile £34.98 - -
Median hourly rate £41.71 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £16.91 £25.53 £14.54
% change year-on-year -33.74% +75.55% -72.95%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Chippenham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Manufacturing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Chippenham.

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Chippenham

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in Chippenham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chippenham citing Manufacturing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chippenham citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in Chippenham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chippenham citing Manufacturing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chippenham citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chippenham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Visio
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Automotive
2 1 (33.33%) Publishing
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Systems Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Hardware Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) JSON
1 2 (66.67%) XML
2 1 (33.33%) EDI
2 1 (33.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) ERP
2 2 (66.67%) Logistics
2 2 (66.67%) Production Planning
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
2 2 (66.67%) User Stories
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Business Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Data Extraction
3 1 (33.33%) Data Mapping
3 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Lean Six Sigma
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Six Sigma
3 1 (33.33%) System Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Trend Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft