Smart Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Smart Manufacturing
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands 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 83 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Smart Manufacturing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.075% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - £555 -

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 997 680 657
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 74.96% 85.75% 83.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 452 473 408
10th Percentile £230 £223 £263
25th Percentile £400 £340 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £410 £450
Median % change year-on-year +15.85% -8.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £575
90th Percentile £644 £629 £626
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 59 33
10th Percentile £12.76 £15.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £13.51 £17.87 £15.10
Median hourly rate £17.87 £18.87 £18.32
Median % change year-on-year -5.30% +3.00% -20.35%
75th Percentile £26.20 £25.15 £42.25
90th Percentile £36.99 - £50.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -2.95%

Smart Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Smart Manufacturing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Smart Manufacturing job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Smart 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 Smart Manufacturing within the East Midlands 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
Derbyshire - 1 - - 2
Smart Manufacturing
England

Smart Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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