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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 508 - 596
Rank change year-on-year - - +194
Contract jobs citing Discrete Manufacturing 12 0 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.044% - 0.028%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.048% - 0.032%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 6
10th Percentile £515 - £603
25th Percentile £543 - £605
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £578 - £605
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.47%
75th Percentile £583 - £605
90th Percentile £648 - £614
UK median daily rate £578 - £605
% change year-on-year - - -10.47%
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 25,056 28,263 37,858
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.86% 86.13% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,889 17,551 26,191
10th Percentile £300 £313 £315
25th Percentile £405 £423 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £627 £645 £653
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,513 1,284 1,449
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%
75th Percentile £48.71 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +47.06%

Discrete Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Discrete Manufacturing 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 21 September 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 21 September 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 - 9 £578 - 3
London - 2 £623 -
Discrete Manufacturing
UK

Discrete Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Business Applications
1 11 (91.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (8.33%) SAP MM
2 1 (8.33%) SAP PP
2 1 (8.33%) SAP QM
2 1 (8.33%) SAP SCM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) DTS
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 12 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 10 (83.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 9 (75.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Lead
2 3 (25.00%) Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Architect
4 1 (8.33%) SAP Architect
4 1 (8.33%) SAP QM Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (83.33%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (8.33%) Middleware
2 1 (8.33%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) AI Agents
1 1 (8.33%) Distributed Architecture
1 1 (8.33%) IoT
1 1 (8.33%) Life Science
1 1 (8.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Procure-to-Pay
1 8 (66.67%) Supplier Relationship Management
1 8 (66.67%) Workflow
2 2 (16.67%) Inventory Management
2 2 (16.67%) Quality Management
3 1 (8.33%) Agile
3 1 (8.33%) API Management
3 1 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (8.33%) Digital Twin
3 1 (8.33%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (8.33%) Generative AI
3 1 (8.33%) Logistics
3 1 (8.33%) Migration
3 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (8.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (8.33%) Supply Chain Management
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (8.33%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (41.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) SAP