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 15 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 15 15
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 -2
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 11 6 12
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 7.53% 6.59% 7.64%
As % of the General category 15.49% 15.00% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 4
10th Percentile £470 - £152
25th Percentile £525 - £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £313
Median % change year-on-year - - -50.38%
75th Percentile £663 - £406
90th Percentile £675 - £463
Derbyshire median daily rate £600 £700 £313
% change year-on-year -14.29% +124.00% -50.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
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 71 40 96
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 48.63% 43.96% 61.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 17 64
10th Percentile £213 £168 £150
25th Percentile £272 £171 £167
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £463 £254
Median % change year-on-year - +82.09% -47.08%
75th Percentile £631 £595 £450
90th Percentile £652 £720 £607
Derbyshire median daily rate £463 £469 £252
% change year-on-year -1.33% +86.01% -46.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 4 5
10th Percentile £12.76 £23.38 -
25th Percentile £17.87 £23.94 £16.25
Median hourly rate £19.33 £24.83 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.13% +37.92% -18.18%
75th Percentile £24.29 £32.30 £24.18
90th Percentile £26.65 £45.17 £35.27
Derbyshire median hourly rate £21.07 £23.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -8.41% +31.43% -20.45%

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 15 July 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
1 3 (27.27%) SaaS
2 2 (18.18%) Azure AKS
2 2 (18.18%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (18.18%) Azure Monitor
2 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
2 2 (18.18%) IaaS
2 2 (18.18%) PaaS
3 1 (9.09%) AWS
3 1 (9.09%) GCP
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
2 1 (9.09%) Network Security
2 1 (9.09%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (18.18%) Data Lake
1 2 (18.18%) PostgreSQL
General
1 3 (27.27%) Aerospace
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Aviation
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Architect
1 6 (54.55%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Cloud Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Information Assurance Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Information Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Integration Architect
3 1 (9.09%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Mechanical Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Cloud Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior IT Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Senior IT Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) SharePoint Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Industry 4.0
1 5 (45.45%) Robotics
2 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (9.09%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Linux
1 2 (18.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (18.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Edge Computing
2 3 (27.27%) Analytics
3 2 (18.18%) Agile
3 2 (18.18%) Containerisation
3 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (18.18%) DevOps
3 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (18.18%) High Availability
3 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (18.18%) Log Analytics
3 2 (18.18%) Migration
3 2 (18.18%) Network Virtualisation
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (9.09%) Integration Patterns
4 1 (9.09%) Load Balancing
4 1 (9.09%) Logistics
4 1 (9.09%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) CISM
2 1 (9.09%) CISSP
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) GRC
1 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (9.09%) QA
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Docker
1 2 (18.18%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Kubernetes
2 1 (9.09%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Databricks
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) OneTrust
2 1 (9.09%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow