Manufacturing Contract Job Trends 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 16 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 18 15
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 +16
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 21 1 7
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 6.25% 0.90% 5.51%
As % of the General category 12.07% 1.72% 9.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 1 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 £513 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +31.25% -31.45%
75th Percentile £600 £538 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £488 £513 £405
% change year-on-year -4.88% +26.54% -29.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £16.50 - -
75th Percentile £22.91 - -
90th Percentile £26.76 - -
East of England median hourly rate £27.47 £30.00 £48.00
% change year-on-year -8.43% -37.50% -8.57%

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 general skills in Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 174 58 73
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 51.79% 52.25% 57.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 31 43
10th Percentile £325 £153 £263
25th Percentile £363 £225 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - -20.00%
75th Percentile £578 £474 £534
90th Percentile £600 £520 £598
East of England median daily rate £495 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -1.00% +11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 14 8
10th Percentile £15.15 - £18.79
25th Percentile £16.25 £13.25 £21.88
Median hourly rate £17.50 £21.75 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.54% -56.93% -22.31%
75th Percentile £20.89 £48.30 £64.25
90th Percentile £35.53 £73.95 £66.95
East of England median hourly rate £22.68 £41.48 £40.00
% change year-on-year -45.32% +3.69% +125.73%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Essex

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Manufacturing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in Essex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Essex over the 6 months to 16 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in Essex

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Manufacturing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Essex region over the 6 months to 16 August 2026. 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
Basildon - 10 £600 - 10
Maldon - 5 £375 - 2
Brentwood - 1 £600 - 3
Manufacturing
East of England

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Applications
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.76%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (23.81%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 6 (28.57%) GCP
2 5 (23.81%) Power Platform
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (33.33%) Firewall
1 7 (33.33%) VPN
2 2 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (4.76%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (28.57%) Relational Database
2 5 (23.81%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (23.81%) Power BI
2 5 (23.81%) Power Query
2 5 (23.81%) ZAP BI
3 2 (9.52%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (9.52%) Tableau
General
1 16 (76.19%) Finance
2 11 (52.38%) Banking
3 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Legal
5 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Automotive
5 1 (4.76%) Electronics
5 1 (4.76%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 16 (76.19%) Developer
2 11 (52.38%) Developer/Software Engineer
2 11 (52.38%) Software Developer
2 11 (52.38%) Software Engineer
3 9 (42.86%) Backend Developer
3 9 (42.86%) IAM Developer
3 9 (42.86%) Java Developer
3 9 (42.86%) Java Engineer
3 9 (42.86%) Java Software Developer
3 9 (42.86%) Java Software Engineer
4 5 (23.81%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 5 (23.81%) Power BI Developer
4 5 (23.81%) Report Developer
4 5 (23.81%) SQL BI Developer
4 5 (23.81%) SQL Developer
5 3 (14.29%) Sage Developer
6 2 (9.52%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
6 2 (9.52%) JavaScript Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) React Developer
6 2 (9.52%) Tableau Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) React
2 1 (4.76%) CSS
2 1 (4.76%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) Analogue Electronics
1 1 (4.76%) FPGA
1 1 (4.76%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Software Engineering
2 7 (33.33%) Agile
2 7 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 7 (33.33%) DevOps
2 7 (33.33%) Identity Management
2 7 (33.33%) Load Balancing
2 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (28.57%) Data Analysis
3 6 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
3 6 (28.57%) Web Development
4 5 (23.81%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (23.81%) Customer Engagement
4 5 (23.81%) Data Lineage
4 5 (23.81%) Data Validation
4 5 (23.81%) ETL
4 5 (23.81%) Kalman Filter
4 5 (23.81%) Requirements Gathering
4 5 (23.81%) Technology Transformation
4 5 (23.81%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (42.86%) Java
2 5 (23.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 5 (23.81%) SQL
2 5 (23.81%) VBA
3 2 (9.52%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.76%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) Degree
2 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
2 1 (4.76%) PhD
2 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (23.81%) Sage
3 1 (4.76%) Siemens
3 1 (4.76%) Xilinx