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 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 35 26
Rank change year-on-year -6 -9 +28
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 26 31 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 3.33% 4.02% 5.80%
As % of the General category 5.56% 7.65% 11.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 15 32
10th Percentile £425 £240 £419
25th Percentile £513 £291 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £463 £525
Median % change year-on-year +29.73% -11.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £513 £641
90th Percentile £708 £525 £706
England median daily rate £538 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +7.50% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 10
10th Percentile £15.65 - £48.63
25th Percentile £18.50 £12.75 £50.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £13.50 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year +85.19% -73.53% +106.56%
75th Percentile £37.02 £38.01 £51.50
90th Percentile £44.81 £54.43 -
England median hourly rate £33.91 £32.95 £50.00
% change year-on-year +2.92% -34.11% +17.01%

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 468 405 468
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 60.00% 52.53% 51.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 319 268 346
10th Percentile £212 £200 £223
25th Percentile £324 £324 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £445 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.66% -6.32% +5.56%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £638
90th Percentile £570 £624 £743
England median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 40 28
10th Percentile £15.20 £12.40 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £13.31 £20.51
Median hourly rate £24.50 £17.50 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -60.45% +92.39%
75th Percentile £25.15 £44.67 £51.50
90th Percentile £37.80 £52.01 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £28.75
% change year-on-year -34.02% +32.59% +18.80%

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 2 August 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 2 August 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 2 August 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
Northamptonshire -12 9 £600 +20.00% 30
Derbyshire +1 6 £700 +124.00% 35
Leicestershire -1 5 £525 +21.74% 27
Nottinghamshire -3 4 £494 +64.58% 37
Lincolnshire +3 2 - - 19
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 (3.85%) Apache Spark
1 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) PRMS
2 1 (3.85%) Primavera
2 1 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (3.85%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.85%) Azure
2 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.85%) PowerApps
2 1 (3.85%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Apache Hive
1 1 (3.85%) Big Data
1 1 (3.85%) Hadoop
1 1 (3.85%) HBase
1 1 (3.85%) Impala
1 1 (3.85%) Power BI
1 1 (3.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 6 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (19.23%) Finance
2 5 (19.23%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Aerospace
3 2 (7.69%) Automotive
3 2 (7.69%) Back Office
3 2 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.85%) Games
4 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.85%) Publishing
4 1 (3.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (30.77%) Analyst
1 8 (30.77%) Project Manager
2 7 (26.92%) Consultant
3 5 (19.23%) Business Analyst
4 4 (15.38%) ERP Consultant
4 4 (15.38%) IFS Consultant
5 3 (11.54%) IT Manager
5 3 (11.54%) IT Project Manager
5 3 (11.54%) SAP Manager
5 3 (11.54%) SAP Project Manager
6 2 (7.69%) Data Consultant
6 2 (7.69%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 2 (7.69%) IT Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) IT Support
6 2 (7.69%) IT Support Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Support Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) Cloud Consultant
7 1 (3.85%) PMO Officer
7 1 (3.85%) Scala Developer
7 1 (3.85%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) Middleware
2 1 (3.85%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) FMCG
2 3 (11.54%) Life Science
2 3 (11.54%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 2 (7.69%) AS400
3 2 (7.69%) Data Structures
3 2 (7.69%) SCADA
4 1 (3.85%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Windows
2 1 (3.85%) Android
2 1 (3.85%) Linux
2 1 (3.85%) OpenVMS
2 1 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) ERP
2 8 (30.77%) Project Management
3 4 (15.38%) Migration
3 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (11.54%) Agile
4 3 (11.54%) Change Control
4 3 (11.54%) Change Management
4 3 (11.54%) Manufacturing Engineering
4 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (11.54%) Project Delivery
4 3 (11.54%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (11.54%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (7.69%) Coaching
5 2 (7.69%) Cutover Planning
5 2 (7.69%) Data Integration
5 2 (7.69%) Data Mapping
5 2 (7.69%) Performance Monitoring
5 2 (7.69%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (7.69%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) Java
1 1 (3.85%) Python
1 1 (3.85%) Scala
1 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) Degree
2 2 (7.69%) PMI Certification
2 2 (7.69%) PMP
3 1 (3.85%) A+ Certification
3 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) GDPR
1 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.85%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) HDFS
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) IFS
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
1 4 (15.38%) SAP
2 2 (7.69%) Rockwell
3 1 (3.85%) Apple
3 1 (3.85%) Hitachi
3 1 (3.85%) Oracle
3 1 (3.85%) Red Hat