Manufacturing Contracts in the East of England

Manufacturing
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 23 68
Rank change year-on-year -23 +45 +17
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 32 121 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 3.42% 6.36% 2.92%
As % of the General category 5.38% 10.28% 4.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 49 35
10th Percentile £311 £350 £216
25th Percentile £425 £375 £346
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £410 £500
Median % change year-on-year +26.59% -18.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £500 £600
90th Percentile £648 £600 £676
England median daily rate £530 £500 £540
% change year-on-year +6.00% -7.41% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 24 13
10th Percentile £15.65 £20.73 £33.14
25th Percentile £21.79 £21.25 £39.68
Median hourly rate £29.00 £31.80 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.81% -44.70% +35.77%
75th Percentile £60.00 £48.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £64.00 £57.50 -
England median hourly rate £47.75 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +44.70% -26.67% +25.87%

All General Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 595 1,177 1,220
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 63.50% 61.82% 60.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 441 667
10th Percentile £201 £235 £200
25th Percentile £363 £350 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £458 £490
Median % change year-on-year +9.29% -6.63% +6.52%
75th Percentile £600 £565 £625
90th Percentile £675 £661 £736
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 456 257
10th Percentile £15.62 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.99 £15.50 £14.25
Median hourly rate £31.21 £38.12 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.13% +81.52% +44.83%
75th Percentile £65.56 £50.00 £61.06
90th Percentile £76.88 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £32.30
% change year-on-year -8.82% -6.63% +50.23%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in the East of England

Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing in the East of England

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in the East of England over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in the East of England

Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing in the East of England

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Manufacturing in the East of England over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Manufacturing in the East of England

Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 5 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
Cambridgeshire -11 13 £450 +9.76% 97
Bedfordshire -2 8 £580 +0.87% 32
Hertfordshire -14 6 £563 +35.95% 55
Suffolk -9 3 £497 -20.48% 26
Norfolk +4 2 £200 -55.56% 26
Manufacturing
England

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 2 (6.25%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 2 (6.25%) Exchange Server 2013
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (6.25%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.25%) CANalyzer
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (18.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (6.25%) SAP ERP
3 1 (3.13%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (3.13%) SAP EWM
3 1 (3.13%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.50%) Azure
1 4 (12.50%) Power Platform
1 4 (12.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
1 4 (12.50%) Snowflake
2 3 (9.38%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 2 (6.25%) Cohesity
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.13%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) Ethernet
1 2 (6.25%) IMAP
1 2 (6.25%) Intranet
1 2 (6.25%) SAN
1 2 (6.25%) Skype
1 2 (6.25%) SMTP
2 1 (3.13%) VPN
2 1 (3.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.63%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (12.50%) Data Lake
2 4 (12.50%) Power BI
3 1 (3.13%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.13%) CANoe
2 1 (3.13%) Hudson
General
1 11 (34.38%) Finance
2 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 5 (15.63%) Electronics
3 5 (15.63%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (12.50%) Marketing
4 4 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 4 (12.50%) Telecoms
5 3 (9.38%) Automotive
6 2 (6.25%) Back Office
6 2 (6.25%) Billing
7 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Law
7 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (12.50%) Data Analytics Specialist
1 4 (12.50%) Developer
2 3 (9.38%) Delivery Manager
2 3 (9.38%) IT Manager
2 3 (9.38%) Project Manager
3 2 (6.25%) Architect
3 2 (6.25%) C++ Developer
3 2 (6.25%) Design Engineer
3 2 (6.25%) Developer in Test
3 2 (6.25%) IT Services Delivery Manager
3 2 (6.25%) IT Services Manager
3 2 (6.25%) Linux Developer
3 2 (6.25%) Messaging Engineer
3 2 (6.25%) Python Developer
3 2 (6.25%) Salesforce Architect
3 2 (6.25%) Salesforce Developer
3 2 (6.25%) SAP Financial Specialist
3 2 (6.25%) Service Delivery Manager
3 2 (6.25%) Service Manager
3 2 (6.25%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.38%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (3.13%) Middleware
2 1 (3.13%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Life Science
2 2 (6.25%) Blackberry
2 2 (6.25%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.25%) Robotics
2 2 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (6.25%) Virtual Team
3 1 (3.13%) Infotainment
3 1 (3.13%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.38%) Windows
2 2 (6.25%) Linux
2 2 (6.25%) Mac OS
3 1 (3.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (15.63%) Analytics
2 5 (15.63%) Data Modelling
2 5 (15.63%) Inventory Management
3 4 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
3 4 (12.50%) Logistics
3 4 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 3 (9.38%) Change Management
4 3 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (9.38%) ERP
4 3 (9.38%) Information Management
4 3 (9.38%) Line Management
4 3 (9.38%) Problem Management
4 3 (9.38%) Project Management
4 3 (9.38%) Record to Report
5 2 (6.25%) Contract Management
5 2 (6.25%) Contract Negotiation
5 2 (6.25%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (6.25%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.38%) Apex Code
2 2 (6.25%) C++
2 2 (6.25%) Groovy
2 2 (6.25%) Python
3 1 (3.13%) ABAP
3 1 (3.13%) MATLAB
3 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (21.88%) Degree
2 4 (12.50%) Master's Degree
3 3 (9.38%) SC Cleared
3 3 (9.38%) Security Cleared
4 2 (6.25%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.13%) APMG
5 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) Data Quality
1 2 (6.25%) PMO
2 1 (3.13%) GMP
2 1 (3.13%) QA
System Software
1 4 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (3.13%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (37.50%) SAP
2 7 (21.88%) Microsoft
3 4 (12.50%) Ariba
3 4 (12.50%) Salesforce
4 3 (9.38%) VMware
5 2 (6.25%) Anaplan
5 2 (6.25%) Facebook
5 2 (6.25%) HP
5 2 (6.25%) Hyperion
5 2 (6.25%) NetApp
6 1 (3.13%) Altiris
6 1 (3.13%) IFS
6 1 (3.13%) SnapLogic