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 7 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 7 15
Rank change year-on-year -8 +8 +8
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 8 9 12
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 5.37% 11.84% 8.22%
As % of the General category 11.59% 23.68% 13.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 6
10th Percentile - £208 £239
25th Percentile - £261 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £350 £376
Median % change year-on-year - -6.91% -54.42%
75th Percentile - £438 -
90th Percentile - £490 £520
Derbyshire median daily rate £425 £350 £376
% change year-on-year +21.43% -6.91% -54.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate - - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
Derbyshire median hourly rate - - £17.50

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 69 38 86
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 46.31% 50.00% 58.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 14 65
10th Percentile £259 £168 £150
25th Percentile £272 £236 £167
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £463 £250
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% +85.00% -44.44%
75th Percentile £528 £544 £400
90th Percentile £738 £567 £583
Derbyshire median daily rate £488 £425 £245
% change year-on-year +14.71% +73.47% -42.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 6
10th Percentile £16.52 £23.13 -
25th Percentile - £23.31 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.87 £23.75 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.76% +35.71% +14.75%
75th Percentile £24.29 £24.31 £18.75
90th Percentile £25.65 £24.58 £18.88
Derbyshire median hourly rate £17.87 £23.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -22.30% +31.43% +12.90%

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
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
General
1 4 (50.00%) Aviation
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Aerospace
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Back Office
4 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Integration Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Coordinator
3 1 (12.50%) Delivery Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Information Assurance Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Information Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
3 1 (12.50%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior IT Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior IT Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) SharePoint Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) ERP
3 2 (25.00%) Analytics
3 2 (25.00%) Information Assurance
3 2 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (25.00%) Matrix Management
3 2 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
3 2 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (12.50%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Project Governance
4 1 (12.50%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Siemens