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 9 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 8 9
Rank change year-on-year -6 +1 +17
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 11 12 25
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 7.05% 13.79% 16.78%
As % of the General category 14.47% 25.00% 25.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 14
10th Percentile - - £358
25th Percentile £406 £173 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £175 £618
Median % change year-on-year +135.71% -71.66% -25.15%
75th Percentile £419 £351 £664
90th Percentile - £456 -
Derbyshire median daily rate £413 £175 £618
% change year-on-year +135.71% -71.66% -25.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.50 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.00 - £17.50
75th Percentile £18.50 - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
Derbyshire median hourly rate £18.00 - £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 76 48 97
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 48.72% 55.17% 65.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 18 72
10th Percentile £235 £168 £150
25th Percentile £266 £220 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £463 £255
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% +81.37% -42.70%
75th Percentile £519 £544 £469
90th Percentile £713 £612 £664
Derbyshire median daily rate £471 £425 £250
% change year-on-year +10.82% +70.00% -41.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 6
10th Percentile £16.37 £17.60 -
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.00 £20.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +14.29% +12.90%
75th Percentile £24.29 £21.50 £18.75
90th Percentile £25.65 £22.40 £18.88
Derbyshire median hourly rate £18.00 £17.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year +5.88% -2.86% +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 (9.09%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) SaaS
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle Database
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
General
1 4 (36.36%) Aviation
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Aerospace
3 2 (18.18%) Electronics
3 2 (18.18%) Marketing
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
4 1 (9.09%) Back Office
4 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Integration Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Delivery Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) DevOps Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Information Assurance Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Information Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) IT Manager
3 1 (9.09%) IT Project Manager
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
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (18.18%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (9.09%) Driving Licence
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (27.27%) ERP
3 2 (18.18%) Analytics
3 2 (18.18%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (18.18%) Information Assurance
3 2 (18.18%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (18.18%) Matrix Management
3 2 (18.18%) Matrix Organization
3 2 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Programme Management
3 2 (18.18%) Project Management
3 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
3 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
4 1 (9.09%) Defect Management
4 1 (9.09%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
1 1 (9.09%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow
2 1 (9.09%) Siemens