Manufacturing Contracts in Cumbria

Manufacturing
North West > Cumbria

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Cumbria. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 39 9
Rank change year-on-year +6 -30 +10
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 6 2 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 3.08% 0.78% 16.39%
As % of the General category 8.45% 1.34% 30.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 7
10th Percentile £668 - -
25th Percentile £695 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £741 £600 £486
Median % change year-on-year +23.42% +23.46% -28.00%
75th Percentile £758 - £617
90th Percentile £762 - £784
North West median daily rate £550 £510 £486
% change year-on-year +7.84% +4.94% -11.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £26.85
25th Percentile £41.55 - £31.13
Median hourly rate £43.09 - £39.50
75th Percentile £44.64 - £49.13
90th Percentile - - £54.15
North West median hourly rate £43.05 £35.00 £41.08
% change year-on-year +22.99% -14.80% +53.56%

All General Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 71 149 33
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 36.41% 58.20% 54.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 104 21
10th Percentile £413 £436 £413
25th Percentile £461 £493 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £527 £486
Median % change year-on-year -0.33% +8.38% -1.42%
75th Percentile £623 £670 £534
90th Percentile £741 £725 £700
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 22 4
10th Percentile £22.72 £12.10 £20.75
25th Percentile £25.26 £13.00 £22.84
Median hourly rate £27.50 £21.00 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.95% -46.84% -16.84%
75th Percentile £49.94 £50.11 £55.81
90th Percentile £58.45 £51.91 £56.83
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £17.72 £26.00
% change year-on-year +62.25% -31.85% +30.00%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

Job postings citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Cumbria

Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in Cumbria.

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing in Cumbria

Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in Cumbria.

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing in Cumbria

Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Barrow-in-Furness -2 2 £741 - 8
Manufacturing
North West

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) SAP PP
1 2 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (16.67%) Teamcenter
General
1 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) SAP PP Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Management
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Map
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Ariba