Manufacturing Contracts in the City of London

Manufacturing
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 109 153
Rank change year-on-year +3 +44 +22
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 13 15 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.78% 0.70% 0.34%
As % of the General category 1.09% 1.04% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 8
10th Percentile £369 £354 £389
25th Percentile £513 £408 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £641 £647 £566
90th Percentile £725 £942 £613
Central London median daily rate £525 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -4.55%

All General Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,197 1,443 2,193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 71.85% 66.99% 62.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 743 1,009 1,548
10th Percentile £332 £338 £372
25th Percentile £450 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year -1.74% -8.00% +9.65%
75th Percentile £688 £695 £738
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 12
10th Percentile £18.15 £18.35 £14.25
25th Percentile £22.67 £20.07 £15.19
Median hourly rate £28.33 £20.82 £20.85
Median % change year-on-year +36.08% -0.18% -45.13%
75th Percentile £41.48 £27.25 £44.93
90th Percentile £89.13 £36.60 £53.65
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £24.40 £28.00
% change year-on-year +19.14% -12.86% -26.32%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in the City of London

Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing in the City of London

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in the City of London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in the City of London

Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing in the City of London

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (30.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (15.38%) SAP CO
2 2 (15.38%) SAP FI
2 2 (15.38%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (15.38%) SAP SD
3 1 (7.69%) SAP MM
3 1 (7.69%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) LAN
1 1 (7.69%) WAN
1 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Cypress.io
1 1 (7.69%) Selenium
General
1 6 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Finance
3 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (15.38%) Retail
5 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Analyst
1 4 (30.77%) SAP Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Architect
2 3 (23.08%) Business Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Lead
2 3 (23.08%) SAP Business Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Finance Business Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Financial Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Functional Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle Functional Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) SAP Architect
3 2 (15.38%) SAP CO Business Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) SAP FI Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) SAP FI Business Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) SAP FI/CO Business Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) SAP Financial Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) SAP Financial Business Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Data Structures
1 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing Execution System
1 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) ERP
2 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (23.08%) BPR
3 3 (23.08%) Business Analysis
3 3 (23.08%) Change Management
3 3 (23.08%) Customer Experience
3 3 (23.08%) Planning and Forecasting
3 3 (23.08%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (15.38%) Data Migration
4 2 (15.38%) Migration
4 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (7.69%) Agile
5 1 (7.69%) Data Analysis
5 1 (7.69%) Data Management
5 1 (7.69%) PLM
5 1 (7.69%) Project Management
5 1 (7.69%) Regression Testing
5 1 (7.69%) Risk Management
5 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (7.69%) Supply Chain Management
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) ACCA
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) GxP
1 1 (7.69%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) SAP
2 3 (23.08%) Oracle
3 1 (7.69%) Google
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) QAD
3 1 (7.69%) Salesforce