Manufacturing Contracts in Essex

Manufacturing
East of England > Essex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Essex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 23 28
Rank change year-on-year +2 +5 +31
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 1 10 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 0.88% 4.78% 5.15%
As % of the General category 1.49% 8.70% 8.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 14
10th Percentile - £300 £416
25th Percentile £513 £325 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £400 £555
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -27.93% +138.20%
75th Percentile £538 £464 £598
90th Percentile - £497 £600
East of England median daily rate £519 £410 £550
% change year-on-year +26.59% -25.45% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41.25
Median hourly rate - - £42.50
75th Percentile - - £43.75
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £30.00 £31.80 £60.00
% change year-on-year -5.66% -47.00% +84.62%

All General Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 67 115 169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 59.29% 55.02% 58.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 72 114
10th Percentile £173 £250 £216
25th Percentile £252 £300 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £413 £500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -17.50% +1.01%
75th Percentile £425 £575 £575
90th Percentile £500 £636 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 11 10
10th Percentile - £20.00 £22.01
25th Percentile £13.25 £29.08 £45.00
Median hourly rate £21.00 £59.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.71% -4.80% +56.25%
75th Percentile £40.25 £68.75 £75.31
90th Percentile £48.64 £88.00 £80.94
East of England median hourly rate £36.00 £38.12 £19.21
% change year-on-year -5.56% +98.49% +23.90%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Essex

Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing in Essex

Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing in Essex

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 (100.00%) Sage X3
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Sage