Smart Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Smart Manufacturing
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derbyshire 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 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Smart Manufacturing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 0.37% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East Midlands median daily rate - - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 187 109 130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 69.26% 83.21% 77.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 64 60
10th Percentile £225 £145 £261
25th Percentile £440 £322 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £500 £485
Median % change year-on-year +5.25% +3.09% +2.11%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £591
90th Percentile £656 £768 £638
East Midlands median daily rate £475 £410 £450
% change year-on-year +15.85% -8.89% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 11 13
10th Percentile £8.00 £15.25 -
25th Percentile £12.76 £25.04 £17.00
Median hourly rate £14.50 £25.15 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year -42.35% +4.01% -4.24%
75th Percentile £25.75 - £50.00
90th Percentile £27.10 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.87 £18.87 £18.32
% change year-on-year -5.30% +3.00% -20.35%

Smart Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Smart Manufacturing within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 22 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derby - 1 - -
Smart Manufacturing
East Midlands

Smart Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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