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 25 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 13 17
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 -1
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 13 7 12
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 8.67% 8.14% 7.55%
As % of the General category 18.06% 17.07% 12.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 4
10th Percentile £463 - £152
25th Percentile £513 - £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £313
Median % change year-on-year - - -50.38%
75th Percentile £650 - £406
90th Percentile £663 - £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 4
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 72 41 97
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 48.00% 47.67% 61.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 17 66
10th Percentile £263 £168 £150
25th Percentile £397 £171 £167
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £463 £252
Median % change year-on-year +4.05% +83.53% -47.50%
75th Percentile £622 £588 £438
90th Percentile £650 £720 £605
Derbyshire median daily rate £463 £463 £245
% change year-on-year - +88.78% -48.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 4 7
10th Percentile £12.76 £23.38 -
25th Percentile £17.87 £23.94 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.60 £24.83 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.08% +41.86% +12.90%
75th Percentile £24.29 £32.30 £21.59
90th Percentile £24.73 £45.17 £31.57
Derbyshire median hourly rate £18.60 £23.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -19.13% +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
Daily Rate Histogram in Derby

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Derby over the 6 months to 25 June 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 (7.69%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) SaaS
2 3 (23.08%) Azure
3 2 (15.38%) Azure AKS
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
3 2 (15.38%) IaaS
3 2 (15.38%) PaaS
4 1 (7.69%) AWS
4 1 (7.69%) GCP
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Firewall
2 1 (7.69%) Network Security
2 1 (7.69%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (15.38%) Data Lake
1 2 (15.38%) PostgreSQL
General
1 4 (30.77%) Aviation
2 3 (23.08%) Aerospace
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Architect
1 6 (46.15%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Cloud Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Information Assurance Specialist
2 2 (15.38%) Information Specialist
2 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Integration Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) IT Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Cloud Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Senior IT Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Manager
3 1 (7.69%) SharePoint Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Industry 4.0
1 4 (30.77%) Robotics
2 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Cloud
2 2 (15.38%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (15.38%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
1 2 (15.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (15.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Analytics
1 4 (30.77%) Edge Computing
1 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (23.08%) ERP
2 3 (23.08%) Information Assurance
3 2 (15.38%) Agile
3 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (15.38%) DevOps
3 2 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (15.38%) High Availability
3 2 (15.38%) Information Security
3 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (15.38%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (15.38%) Log Analytics
3 2 (15.38%) Matrix Management
3 2 (15.38%) Matrix Organization
3 2 (15.38%) Migration
3 2 (15.38%) Network Virtualisation
3 2 (15.38%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) CISM
2 1 (7.69%) CISSP
2 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.69%) GRC
2 1 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Docker
1 2 (15.38%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.69%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Databricks
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) OneTrust
2 1 (7.69%) SAP
2 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow