Smart Manufacturing Contracts in England

Smart Manufacturing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Smart Manufacturing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Smart Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 483 553 632
Rank change year-on-year +70 +79 +139
Contract jobs citing Smart Manufacturing 3 6 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.012% 0.016% 0.002%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.013% 0.019% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £553 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 - -
75th Percentile £558 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £555 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £41.25 £35.25
Median hourly rate - £42.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year - +19.72% -
75th Percentile - £43.75 £35.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £42.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year - +19.72% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Smart 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 22,947 31,985 42,327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.37% 85.42% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,830 20,733 29,654
10th Percentile £300 £304 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,102 2,360 1,544
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £11.25
25th Percentile £17.82 £16.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £25.50 £37.50 £35.03
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +7.05% +36.41%
75th Percentile £55.00 £61.53 £64.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £72.54 £75.67
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +34.62%

Smart Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Smart Manufacturing in England

Smart Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Smart Manufacturing in England

Smart Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Smart Manufacturing in England

Smart 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 Smart Manufacturing within the England region over the 6 months to 25 June 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
London - 3 £555 - 6
Smart Manufacturing
UK

Smart 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 3 (100.00%) SAP APO
2 2 (66.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (33.33%) SAP PP
General
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) SAP Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) SAP