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 16 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 14 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 -9 +10
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 10 11 21
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 9.09% 8.73% 19.27%
As % of the General category 17.86% 15.07% 41.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 15
10th Percentile £430 £125 £557
25th Percentile £465 £156 £610
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £263 £650
Median % change year-on-year +102.38% -59.62% +18.18%
75th Percentile £600 £406 £664
90th Percentile £636 £463 £675
Derbyshire median daily rate £650 £350 £650
% change year-on-year +85.71% -46.15% +18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.50 - -
Median hourly rate £18.00 - -
75th Percentile £18.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Derbyshire median hourly rate £18.00 - -

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 common skills in Derby.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 56 73 51
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 50.91% 57.94% 46.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 36 34
10th Percentile £171 £181 £229
25th Percentile £263 £322 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £501
Median % change year-on-year - -10.22% +25.31%
75th Percentile £595 £603 £650
90th Percentile £732 £672 £664
Derbyshire median daily rate £438 £455 £475
% change year-on-year -3.85% -4.21% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 2
10th Percentile £18.50 - -
25th Percentile £19.99 - £15.25
Median hourly rate £23.71 £17.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.46% +9.68% -4.42%
75th Percentile £32.30 £20.59 £15.75
90th Percentile £45.17 £31.57 -
Derbyshire median hourly rate £20.13 £17.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +18.43% +9.68% -

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 16 October 2025.

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:

Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Primavera
1 1 (10.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
1 2 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Back Office
3 2 (20.00%) Aerospace
3 2 (20.00%) Electronics
3 2 (20.00%) Marketing
3 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (10.00%) Automotive
4 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 2 (20.00%) IT Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (20.00%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
2 2 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 2 (20.00%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Azure Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Business Systems Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Cloud Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) DevOps Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) ADO
1 1 (10.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (20.00%) DevOps
2 2 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (20.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (10.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Change Control
3 1 (10.00%) Coaching
3 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (10.00%) ERP
3 1 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (10.00%) Identity Management
3 1 (10.00%) Inventory Management
3 1 (10.00%) PLM
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) User Stories
3 1 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (10.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) GDPR
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle
1 2 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow