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 23 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 13 27
Rank change year-on-year -7 +14 +18
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 2 8 10
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 1.77% 6.35% 4.41%
As % of the General category 3.17% 11.76% 7.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 10
10th Percentile £99 - £476
25th Percentile £168 £300 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £289 £318 £596
Median % change year-on-year -9.12% -46.64% +19.68%
75th Percentile £416 £400 £600
90th Percentile £489 - £608
East of England median daily rate £500 £400 £575
% change year-on-year +25.00% -30.43% +19.17%

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 63 68 134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 55.75% 53.97% 59.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 39 89
10th Percentile £153 £180 £186
25th Percentile £199 £300 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £331 £320 £488
Median % change year-on-year +3.52% -34.36% -2.50%
75th Percentile £502 £450 £575
90th Percentile £649 £600 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 12
10th Percentile £13.20 £17.59 £20.50
25th Percentile £13.25 £20.00 £21.69
Median hourly rate £29.75 £23.00 £51.63
Median % change year-on-year +29.35% -55.45% +67.89%
75th Percentile £64.43 £42.25 £68.13
90th Percentile £75.00 £60.85 £79.75
East of England median hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year - +12.87% -10.55%

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 23 October 2025.

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 23 October 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
Basildon -6 1 £53 -86.75% 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 1 (50.00%) PTC Creo
1 1 (50.00%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Sage X3
1 1 (50.00%) Teamcenter
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Mechanical Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Mechanical Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Mechanical Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) CAD
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Finite Element Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) PLM
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Product Requirements
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (50.00%) User Stories
1 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ANSYS
1 1 (50.00%) EMC
1 1 (50.00%) PTC
1 1 (50.00%) Sage
1 1 (50.00%) Siemens