Smart Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in Derby

Smart Manufacturing
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derby requiring Smart Manufacturing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Smart Manufacturing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 0.54% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Derbyshire median daily rate - - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Derby

Smart Manufacturing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Derby.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 133 86 101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 72.28% 81.13% 80.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 49 51
10th Percentile £250 £171 £250
25th Percentile £443 £348 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% - -
75th Percentile £613 £626 £594
90th Percentile £656 £725 £638
Derbyshire median daily rate £526 £500 £485
% change year-on-year +5.25% +3.09% +2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 9 7
10th Percentile - £25.04 -
25th Percentile £12.76 - -
Median hourly rate £22.81 £25.15 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% +47.94% -4.06%
75th Percentile £25.75 - £19.94
90th Percentile £30.25 - £23.40
Derbyshire median hourly rate £14.50 £25.15 £24.18
% change year-on-year -42.35% +4.01% -4.24%

Smart 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Modbus
1 1 (100.00%) MQTT
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Delivery Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Industry 4.0
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Edge Computing
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP