Discrete Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in England

Discrete Manufacturing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Discrete Manufacturing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 538 - 544
Rank change year-on-year - - +206
Contract jobs citing Discrete Manufacturing 15 0 12
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.047% - 0.033%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.053% - 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 6
10th Percentile £547 - £603
25th Percentile £555 - £605
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 - £605
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.54%
75th Percentile £634 - £605
90th Percentile £709 - £614
UK median daily rate £591 - £605
% change year-on-year - - -36.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.50 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
75th Percentile £77.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Discrete 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 28,041 25,399 32,549
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.71% 88.67% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,829 15,672 22,137
10th Percentile £300 £310 £310
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,820 835 1,372
10th Percentile £15.14 £15.62 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.75
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.79% +20.52%
75th Percentile £55.21 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £74.95 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.90
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.97% +25.43%

Discrete Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Discrete Manufacturing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Discrete Manufacturing job vacancy trend in England

Discrete Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Discrete Manufacturing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Discrete Manufacturing

Discrete Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Discrete Manufacturing in England over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Discrete Manufacturing in England

Discrete Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Discrete Manufacturing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Discrete Manufacturing

Discrete Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Discrete Manufacturing within the England region over the 6 months to 23 December 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
South East - 11 £581 -
London - 2 £725 -
Midlands - 1 £650 -
West Midlands - 1 £650 -
Discrete Manufacturing
UK

Discrete Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Business Applications
1 14 (93.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (13.33%) SAP PP
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle Manufacturing
3 1 (6.67%) SAP MM
3 1 (6.67%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) OCI
General
1 15 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 11 (73.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 10 (66.67%) Aerospace
4 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Finance
5 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Lead
2 4 (26.67%) Consultant
3 3 (20.00%) SAP Consultant
3 3 (20.00%) SAP QM Consultant
4 2 (13.33%) SAP PP Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Migration Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Oracle Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Oracle Manufacturing Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) SAP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (86.67%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (6.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) AI Agents
1 1 (6.67%) Distributed Architecture
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Procure-to-Pay
1 10 (66.67%) Supplier Relationship Management
1 10 (66.67%) Workflow
2 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (13.33%) Inventory Management
3 2 (13.33%) Migration
4 1 (6.67%) AI
4 1 (6.67%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (6.67%) Analytics
4 1 (6.67%) Capacity Management
4 1 (6.67%) CRM
4 1 (6.67%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (6.67%) ERP
4 1 (6.67%) Logistics
4 1 (6.67%) Order Management
4 1 (6.67%) Quality Management
4 1 (6.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (6.67%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 14 (93.33%) SAP
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle