Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in Dumfries and Galloway

Manufacturing
Scotland > Dumfries and Galloway

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Dumfries and Galloway. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Dumfries and Galloway 66.67% - -
As % of the General category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £329 - -
25th Percentile £443 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile £536 - -
Scotland median daily rate £419 £413 £425
% change year-on-year +1.52% -2.94% -10.53%

All General Skills
Dumfries and Galloway

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 Dumfries and Galloway.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4 5 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dumfries and Galloway 66.67% 100.00% 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 2
10th Percentile £329 - £411
25th Percentile £443 - £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £400 £431
Median % change year-on-year +28.13% -7.25% +15.00%
75th Percentile £525 - £442
90th Percentile £536 £520 £447
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £80.00
Scotland median hourly rate £19.05 £19.30 £21.19
% change year-on-year -1.27% -8.92% +16.98%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Dumfries and Galloway

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Manufacturing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Dumfries and Galloway.

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Dumfries and Galloway

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in Dumfries and Galloway

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Dumfries and Galloway over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in Dumfries and Galloway

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dumfries and Galloway 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP PP
1 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
1 1 (25.00%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Applications Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Developer
1 1 (25.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) IT Support
1 1 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Business Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (25.00%) Middleware
1 1 (25.00%) REST
1 1 (25.00%) RESTful
1 1 (25.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) AS400
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Coaching
1 2 (50.00%) ERP
1 2 (50.00%) Production Planning
1 2 (50.00%) Supply Chain Management
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Clean Code
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (25.00%) Issue Tracking
2 1 (25.00%) Order Management
2 1 (25.00%) Order to Cash
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
1 1 (25.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft