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 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 34 12
Rank change year-on-year +19 -22 +7
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Manufacturing 12 6 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 8.70% 2.24% 16.67%
As % of the General category 20.00% 4.11% 31.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 18
10th Percentile £449 - -
25th Percentile £450 £650 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £700 £486
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +44.03% -6.54%
75th Percentile £579 £750 £592
90th Percentile £680 - £628
North West median daily rate £530 £500 £486
% change year-on-year +6.00% +2.88% -7.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.55 - -
Median hourly rate £43.09 - -
75th Percentile £44.64 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £35.00 £32.90 £35.00
% change year-on-year +6.40% -6.01% +20.69%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 60 146 58
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 43.48% 54.48% 53.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 94 45
10th Percentile £371 £276 £363
25th Percentile £419 £457 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £500 £486
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% +2.88% +13.82%
75th Percentile £588 £582 £503
90th Percentile £637 £670 £627
North West median daily rate £470 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.10% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 2
10th Percentile £24.81 £15.40 £22.94
25th Percentile £27.14 £45.22 £28.33
Median hourly rate £40.59 £48.56 £37.98
Median % change year-on-year -16.41% +27.87% -21.61%
75th Percentile £58.27 £51.91 £46.95
90th Percentile £62.11 £52.02 £51.93
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £32.90 £26.60
% change year-on-year -12.60% +23.67% +33.00%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Cumbria over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in Cumbria

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
DemandTrendContract 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 21 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Barrow-in-Furness +10 11 £455 -35.00% 4
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 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (75.00%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 9 (75.00%) Teamcenter
General
1 10 (83.33%) Aerospace
2 9 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (8.33%) IT Technician
3 1 (8.33%) Lead
3 1 (8.33%) SharePoint Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (75.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) CAD
1 9 (75.00%) Coaching
1 9 (75.00%) Knowledge Management
1 9 (75.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 9 (75.00%) Mentoring
1 9 (75.00%) PLM
1 9 (75.00%) Use Case
1 9 (75.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (8.33%) Digital Engineering
2 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Map
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (66.67%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Siemens
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft