Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in Derby

Manufacturing
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Derby. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 14 16
Rank change year-on-year +4 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 18 5 9
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 10.29% 6.02% 6.87%
As % of the General category 19.78% 12.82% 12.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 0 4
10th Percentile £433 - £152
25th Percentile £500 - £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £313
Median % change year-on-year - - -48.73%
75th Percentile £650 - £406
90th Percentile £673 - £463
Derbyshire median daily rate £600 £700 £350
% change year-on-year -14.29% +100.00% -42.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.51 - -
Median hourly rate £38.53 - -
75th Percentile £46.54 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Derbyshire median hourly rate £13.50 - -

All General Skills
Derby

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 general skills in Derby.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 91 39 71
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 52.00% 46.99% 54.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 14 42
10th Percentile £213 £163 £160
25th Percentile £350 £181 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £405
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +14.20% -14.74%
75th Percentile £625 £595 £588
90th Percentile £660 £735 £637
Derbyshire median daily rate £463 £463 £425
% change year-on-year - +8.82% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 3 5
10th Percentile - £24.43 -
25th Percentile £12.76 £24.70 -
Median hourly rate £22.80 £25.15 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.34% +47.94% +9.68%
75th Percentile £25.75 £39.45 £24.18
90th Percentile £30.25 £48.03 £35.27
Derbyshire median hourly rate £22.80 £24.50 £24.18
% change year-on-year -6.94% +1.32% +12.47%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Derby

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in Derby

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in Derby

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Derby over the 6 months to 3 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in Derby

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in Derby

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 9 (50.00%) Azure
2 5 (27.78%) Azure Data Factory
2 5 (27.78%) Entra ID
2 5 (27.78%) IaaS
2 5 (27.78%) PaaS
2 5 (27.78%) SaaS
3 3 (16.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (11.11%) Azure AKS
4 2 (11.11%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (5.56%) AWS
5 1 (5.56%) Azure Databricks
5 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (5.56%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) Firewall
2 1 (5.56%) Network Security
2 1 (5.56%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (5.56%) RIP
2 1 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) Data Lake
2 3 (16.67%) NoSQL
3 2 (11.11%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
General
1 3 (16.67%) Aerospace
1 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Avionics
2 1 (5.56%) Legal
2 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Azure Engineer
1 8 (44.44%) Cloud Engineer
2 5 (27.78%) Architect
2 5 (27.78%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (22.22%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Coordinator
4 1 (5.56%) Information Assurance Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) Information Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) Mechanical Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (5.56%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Senior
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Cloud Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Technical Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Test Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) ARM Templates
2 1 (5.56%) Terraform
2 1 (5.56%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Industry 4.0
1 5 (27.78%) Robotics
2 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Cloud
2 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.56%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Linux
1 2 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (11.11%) Ubuntu
2 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (33.33%) Migration
3 5 (27.78%) DevOps
3 5 (27.78%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 5 (27.78%) Edge Computing
3 5 (27.78%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (22.22%) Architecture Governance
4 4 (22.22%) Cloud Security
4 4 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (16.67%) Agile
5 3 (16.67%) CI/CD
5 3 (16.67%) Cloud Operations
5 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
6 2 (11.11%) Analytics
6 2 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (11.11%) High Availability
6 2 (11.11%) Log Analytics
6 2 (11.11%) Network Virtualisation
6 2 (11.11%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) SQL
2 3 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (5.56%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) SC Cleared
1 8 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.56%) CISM
2 1 (5.56%) CISSP
2 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.56%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (5.56%) NVQ Level 3
2 1 (5.56%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) GRC
1 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 5 (27.78%) Docker
2 2 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (27.78%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.56%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Databricks
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) OneTrust
2 1 (5.56%) SAP
2 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.56%) Siemens