Manufacturing Engineering Contracts in England

Manufacturing Engineering
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Manufacturing Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 501 528 601
Rank change year-on-year +27 +73 +166
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering 10 5 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.036% 0.015% 0.020%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.040% 0.018% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £413 - -
25th Percentile £488 £416 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £433 £425
Median % change year-on-year +44.51% +1.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £681 £449 £438
90th Percentile £708 - -
UK median daily rate £625 £433 £425
% change year-on-year +44.51% +1.76% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 7
10th Percentile £39.79 - £32.50
25th Percentile £43.94 £46.24 £34.00
Median hourly rate £48.75 £48.48 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year +0.57% +22.57% +5.40%
75th Percentile £50.00 £50.71 £39.78
90th Percentile - - £42.02
UK median hourly rate £48.75 £38.10 £39.55
% change year-on-year +27.96% -3.67% +5.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Manufacturing Engineering 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 25,246 28,459 39,419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.80% 85.86% 89.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,075 18,539 27,553
10th Percentile £300 £313 £320
25th Percentile £404 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £627 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £756 £759
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,446 1,610 1,372
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.16 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.25 £18.88
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £40.85
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +5.28% +54.13%
75th Percentile £50.69 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.94 £41.27
% change year-on-year -38.57% -0.80% +55.74%

Manufacturing Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing Engineering in England

Manufacturing Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing Engineering in England

Manufacturing Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering in England over the 6 months to 17 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing Engineering in England

Manufacturing Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing Engineering in England

Manufacturing Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering in England over the 6 months to 17 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Manufacturing Engineering in England

Manufacturing Engineering
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 Manufacturing Engineering within the England region over the 6 months to 17 August 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
North of England -8 6 £375 - 5
North West -5 4 - - 3
East Midlands +2 3 £663 - 9
Midlands -7 3 £663 +53.18% 12
North East - 2 £375 -
London - 1 - - 3
Manufacturing Engineering
UK

Manufacturing Engineering
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 1 (10.00%) SAP ERP
General
1 10 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) ERP Manager
4 1 (10.00%) ERP Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Functional Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Operations Manager
4 1 (10.00%) PMO Officer
4 1 (10.00%) Project Management Officer
4 1 (10.00%) Project Officer
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Functional Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
1 3 (30.00%) SCADA
2 2 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (20.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Project Management
2 4 (40.00%) Active Listening
2 4 (40.00%) Agile
2 4 (40.00%) Change Management
2 4 (40.00%) ERP
2 4 (40.00%) Product Management
2 4 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (30.00%) Business Change Management
3 3 (30.00%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (20.00%) Business Transformation
4 2 (20.00%) Change Control
4 2 (20.00%) Cutover Planning
4 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (20.00%) Mechatronics
4 2 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
4 2 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
1 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (20.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) SAP