Manufacturing Contracts in East Sussex

Manufacturing
South East > East Sussex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in East Sussex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 - 18
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 4 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in East Sussex 3.42% - 3.42%
As % of the General category 4.26% - 5.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £166
25th Percentile - - £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £190
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.57%
75th Percentile - - £373
90th Percentile - - £479
South East median daily rate £575 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +35.29% -15.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £28.25
Median hourly rate - - £30.50
75th Percentile - - £32.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +60.00% -16.67% -

All General Skills
East Sussex

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 East Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 94 47 74
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Sussex 80.34% 63.51% 63.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 35 46
10th Percentile £276 £306 £173
25th Percentile £414 £325 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £410 £575
Median % change year-on-year +15.85% -28.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £575 £556 £700
90th Percentile £654 £825 £745
South East median daily rate £500 £497 £500
% change year-on-year +0.70% -0.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 6
10th Percentile £16.89 £11.00 £13.08
25th Percentile £17.75 £12.10 £13.15
Median hourly rate £19.36 £15.38 £15.58
Median % change year-on-year +25.86% -1.28% +3.87%
75th Percentile £20.82 £42.47 £29.31
90th Percentile £21.59 £51.50 £45.13
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -51.11% -5.26% +137.50%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in East Sussex

Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in East Sussex

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

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing in East Sussex

Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in East Sussex

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

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing in East Sussex

Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in East Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 18 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
Brighton - 2 - - 5
Manufacturing
South East

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Sussex 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:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Electronics
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Law
1 2 (50.00%) Marketing
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Call Centre Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Hardware Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Hardware Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Analogue Hardware Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) ASIC
1 1 (25.00%) FPGA
1 1 (25.00%) State Machine
1 1 (25.00%) Verilog
1 1 (25.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (25.00%) Power Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) DO-254
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) EMC