Manufacturing Contracts in the East Midlands

Manufacturing
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 30 43
Rank change year-on-year -2 +13 +18
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 23 34 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 4.09% 4.42% 4.39%
As % of the General category 6.69% 8.61% 8.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 11 27
10th Percentile £425 £208 £421
25th Percentile £463 £244 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £463 £525
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% -11.90% +27.27%
75th Percentile £644 £497 £625
90th Percentile £825 £625 £759
England median daily rate £530 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +6.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 16 7
10th Percentile £14.70 £12.75 -
25th Percentile £16.13 £15.38 £50.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £17.50 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -65.69% +106.56%
75th Percentile £34.75 £44.55 £51.50
90th Percentile £43.90 £51.50 -
England median hourly rate £47.50 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +43.94% -26.67% +33.34%

All General Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 344 395 539
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 61.21% 51.30% 52.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 265 414
10th Percentile £204 £166 £213
25th Percentile £320 £254 £326
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% +2.27%
75th Percentile £505 £550 £597
90th Percentile £575 £638 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 56 41
10th Percentile £14.63 £12.20 £11.80
25th Percentile £16.11 £13.88 £15.25
Median hourly rate £22.50 £17.25 £21.67
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% -20.40% -3.69%
75th Percentile £30.30 £35.00 £40.25
90th Percentile £33.75 £51.91 £51.50
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.27 £32.40
% change year-on-year -9.14% -6.59% +50.70%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in the East Midlands

Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing in the East Midlands

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in the East Midlands

Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing in the East Midlands

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Manufacturing in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Manufacturing in the East Midlands

Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 May 2025. 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
Derbyshire +9 11 £525 +50.00% 46
Lincolnshire - 4 £750 - 29
Nottinghamshire +5 3 £538 - 37
Northamptonshire -13 3 £475 +115.91% 21
Leicestershire +4 2 £475 -2.56% 36
Manufacturing
England

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.35%) Apache Spark
1 1 (4.35%) Confluence
1 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Primavera
2 1 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (4.35%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.35%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.35%) PowerApps
2 1 (4.35%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) Firewall
1 3 (13.04%) Network Security
2 1 (4.35%) SD-WAN
2 1 (4.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Apache Hive
1 1 (4.35%) Big Data
1 1 (4.35%) Hadoop
1 1 (4.35%) HBase
1 1 (4.35%) Impala
1 1 (4.35%) Power BI
1 1 (4.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) JIRA
General
1 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Finance
3 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Legal
5 2 (8.70%) Automotive
5 2 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.35%) Aerospace
6 1 (4.35%) Electronics
6 1 (4.35%) Games
6 1 (4.35%) Marketing
6 1 (4.35%) Retail
6 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Consultant
2 4 (17.39%) Analyst
2 4 (17.39%) Project Manager
3 3 (13.04%) Business Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Information Assurance Manager
3 3 (13.04%) Information Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Data Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) Implementation Specialist
4 2 (8.70%) IT Manager
4 2 (8.70%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (8.70%) IT Support
4 2 (8.70%) Senior
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Implementation Specialist
5 1 (4.35%) Business Systems Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Support Technician
5 1 (4.35%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Industry 4.0
1 3 (13.04%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.70%) Data Structures
3 1 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.35%) Life Science
3 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Windows
2 3 (13.04%) Linux
3 1 (4.35%) Android
3 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (13.04%) Information Assurance
2 3 (13.04%) Information Security
2 3 (13.04%) Migration
2 3 (13.04%) Project Delivery
2 3 (13.04%) Project Management
2 3 (13.04%) Risk Management
2 3 (13.04%) SAP Implementation
3 2 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (8.70%) Data Governance
3 2 (8.70%) Data Integration
3 2 (8.70%) Data Mapping
3 2 (8.70%) ERP
3 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (8.70%) System Testing
3 2 (8.70%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (4.35%) B2B
4 1 (4.35%) B2C
4 1 (4.35%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) Java
1 1 (4.35%) Python
1 1 (4.35%) Scala
1 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) Degree
2 3 (13.04%) CISA
2 3 (13.04%) CISM
2 3 (13.04%) CISSP
2 3 (13.04%) GIAC
3 2 (8.70%) SAP Certification
3 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (13.04%) NIST
1 3 (13.04%) NIST 800
2 2 (8.70%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) HDFS
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) SAP
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.35%) Apple
3 1 (4.35%) Avaya
3 1 (4.35%) Cisco
3 1 (4.35%) Dell
3 1 (4.35%) Hitachi
3 1 (4.35%) HP
3 1 (4.35%) Logitech