Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in Darlington

Manufacturing
Durham > Darlington

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Darlington. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 - 6
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Darlington 75.00% - 6.25%
As % of the General category 100.00% - 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £508 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 - -
75th Percentile £523 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Durham median daily rate £445 - £140
% change year-on-year - - -47.66%

All General Skills
Darlington

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 Darlington.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 3 19 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Darlington 75.00% 90.48% 43.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - £240 £288
25th Percentile £508 £375 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £460 £400
Median % change year-on-year +11.96% +15.00% -2.14%
75th Percentile £523 £470 £513
90th Percentile - - £581
Durham median daily rate £438 £575 £400
% change year-on-year -23.91% +43.75% +3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £20.75 £15.46
Median % change year-on-year - +34.22% -
Durham median hourly rate - £20.75 £15.46
% change year-on-year - +34.22% -

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Darlington

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Darlington

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in Darlington

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Darlington citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in Darlington

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Darlington citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Darlington 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Manufacturing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) Spanning Tree
1 1 (33.33%) VLAN
1 1 (33.33%) VoIP
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
1 2 (66.67%) Lead Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Manufacturing Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Support
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Order Management
1 2 (66.67%) SDLC
1 2 (66.67%) System Integration Testing
1 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Converged Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Preventative Maintenance
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Workstation
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) VMware