Manufacturing Contract Job Trends 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 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 105 102 151
Rank change year-on-year -3 +49 +28
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 13 22 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.73% 1.06% 0.38%
As % of the General category 0.97% 1.56% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 7
10th Percentile £571 £409 £430
25th Percentile £584 £600 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +13.64% -2.22%
75th Percentile £647 £675 £688
90th Percentile £664 £739 -
Central London median daily rate £650 £625 £613
% change year-on-year +4.00% +2.04% +8.89%
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 - -
Central London median hourly rate £41.35 £147.50 -
% change year-on-year -71.97% - -

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 1,340 1,408 1,982
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 74.86% 68.05% 63.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 884 900 1,395
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £416 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £678 £691 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 10 11
10th Percentile £17.02 £13.73 -
25th Percentile £24.00 £17.06 £14.25
Median hourly rate £31.25 £27.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.74% +50.00% -56.10%
75th Percentile £63.75 £74.38 £40.16
90th Percentile £67.89 £98.13 £68.75
Central London median hourly rate £34.00 £27.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +25.93% +3.85% -35.80%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Manufacturing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Manufacturing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

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

Hourly rate histogram 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (7.69%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Firewall
1 2 (15.38%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (15.38%) Modbus
2 1 (7.69%) LAN
2 1 (7.69%) WAN
2 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Cypress.io
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle Forms
1 1 (7.69%) Selenium
General
1 3 (23.08%) Finance
1 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
2 2 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (15.38%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Billing
3 1 (7.69%) Electronics
3 1 (7.69%) General Ledger
3 1 (7.69%) Marketing
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 2 (15.38%) IT Manager
1 2 (15.38%) IT Project Manager
1 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
1 2 (15.38%) Security Engineer
1 2 (15.38%) Senior
1 2 (15.38%) Senior Security Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Data Centre Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Finance Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Finance Project Manager
2 1 (7.69%) IT Finance Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Lead
2 1 (7.69%) Lead Architect
2 1 (7.69%) Network Architect
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle Consultant
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle Project Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Project Consultant
2 1 (7.69%) QA Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Senior Network Security Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Operational Technology
1 4 (30.77%) SCADA
2 2 (15.38%) Data Centre
2 2 (15.38%) Industry 4.0
2 2 (15.38%) Insider Threat
2 2 (15.38%) Life Science
2 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 2 (15.38%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (15.38%) Security Posture
3 1 (7.69%) IoT
3 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (23.08%) Network Architecture
3 2 (15.38%) Antivirus Management
3 2 (15.38%) Data Flow Diagram
3 2 (15.38%) Data Migration
3 2 (15.38%) ERP
3 2 (15.38%) Incident Response
3 2 (15.38%) Information Security
3 2 (15.38%) Information Security Management
3 2 (15.38%) Migration
3 2 (15.38%) Network Design
3 2 (15.38%) Patch Management
3 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (15.38%) Project Management
3 2 (15.38%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (15.38%) Security Management
3 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
3 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (7.69%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PL/SQL
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (15.38%) CCNA
1 2 (15.38%) CCNP
1 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 2 (15.38%) QA
2 1 (7.69%) GxP
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle
2 2 (15.38%) Rockwell
2 2 (15.38%) SAP
3 1 (7.69%) AVEVA
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft