Manufacturing Contracts in Edinburgh

Manufacturing
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 63 105
Rank change year-on-year +7 +42 +15
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 10 9 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.59% 1.02% 0.25%
As % of the General category 2.01% 1.45% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £138 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £140 £370
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% -62.16% -44.15%
75th Percentile - £290 £405
90th Percentile - £379 -
Scotland median daily rate £168 £423 £414
% change year-on-year -60.36% +2.11% -32.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £60.25 £10.50
Median hourly rate - £60.50 £11.00
Median % change year-on-year - +450.00% -
75th Percentile - £60.75 £11.50
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £46.20 £14.98 £11.00
% change year-on-year +208.41% +36.18% -

All General Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 497 622 876
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 78.89% 70.44% 73.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 348 614
10th Percentile £210 £156 £216
25th Percentile £400 £340 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
75th Percentile £538 £563 £545
90th Percentile £625 £663 £600
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.22% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 36 6
10th Percentile £18.79 £13.38 £14.11
25th Percentile £21.00 £16.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.77 £25.09 £19.49
Median % change year-on-year -5.27% +28.73% -25.04%
75th Percentile £37.17 £60.75 £21.57
90th Percentile £58.58 £65.38 £31.34
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £18.00 £18.84
% change year-on-year +11.11% -4.46% -49.67%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Edinburgh

Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing in Edinburgh

Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing in Edinburgh

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Electronics
2 5 (50.00%) Marketing
2 5 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 5 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 4 (40.00%) Automotive
4 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) RF Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Lead
2 2 (20.00%) Support Team Leader
2 2 (20.00%) Team Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Business Change Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Business Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Change Manager
3 1 (10.00%) PMO Lead
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 5 (50.00%) Feasibility Study
1 5 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 5 (50.00%) Prototyping
1 5 (50.00%) Schematic Capture
2 4 (40.00%) Digital Engineering
2 4 (40.00%) Process Improvement
3 3 (30.00%) Portfolio Management
4 2 (20.00%) Change Management
4 2 (20.00%) Line Management
4 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 1 (10.00%) DevSecOps
5 1 (10.00%) Logistics
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) SAP
2 4 (40.00%) Hitachi
3 3 (30.00%) Oracle
3 3 (30.00%) Salesforce