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 21 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - 24
Rank change year-on-year - - +2
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 18 0 11
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 6.87% - 4.66%
As % of the General category 12.77% - 8.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 0 11
10th Percentile - - £300
25th Percentile £363 - £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -24.88%
75th Percentile £510 - £485
90th Percentile £600 - £600
East of England median daily rate £425 £535 £410
% change year-on-year -20.49% +30.37% -21.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £16.50 - -
East of England median hourly rate £28.98 £30.00 £33.92
% change year-on-year -3.40% -11.56% -46.79%

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 141 61 128
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 53.82% 61.00% 54.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 34 73
10th Percentile £310 £161 £250
25th Percentile £363 £252 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £328 £413
Median % change year-on-year +43.51% -20.61% -17.50%
75th Percentile £538 £425 £575
90th Percentile £600 £482 £620
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 14 14
10th Percentile £15.25 - £10.42
25th Percentile £16.17 £13.25 £17.61
Median hourly rate £17.73 £21.75 £38.58
Median % change year-on-year -18.51% -43.62% -24.38%
75th Percentile £27.74 £38.94 £64.25
90th Percentile £52.66 £47.96 £83.58
East of England median hourly rate £20.51 £35.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year -41.40% -8.18% +110.29%

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 21 June 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 21 June 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 - 7 £505 - 2
Maldon - 6 £375 - 1
Brentwood - 1 £600 -
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 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.56%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (33.33%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) Power Platform
2 3 (16.67%) GCP
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) Firewall
1 4 (22.22%) VPN
2 2 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (5.56%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (38.89%) Power BI
2 6 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (33.33%) Power Query
2 6 (33.33%) ZAP BI
3 3 (16.67%) Relational Database
4 2 (11.11%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (11.11%) Tableau
General
1 13 (72.22%) Finance
2 7 (38.89%) Banking
3 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Legal
5 1 (5.56%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 14 (77.78%) Developer
2 7 (38.89%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 7 (38.89%) Developer/Software Engineer
2 7 (38.89%) Power BI Developer
2 7 (38.89%) Report Developer
2 7 (38.89%) Software Developer
2 7 (38.89%) Software Engineer
2 7 (38.89%) SQL BI Developer
2 7 (38.89%) SQL Developer
3 5 (27.78%) Backend Developer
3 5 (27.78%) IAM Developer
3 5 (27.78%) Java Developer
3 5 (27.78%) Java Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) Java Software Developer
3 5 (27.78%) Java Software Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) Sage Developer
4 2 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (11.11%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 2 (11.11%) IT Support
4 2 (11.11%) JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) React
2 1 (5.56%) CSS
2 1 (5.56%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Analogue Electronics
1 1 (5.56%) FPGA
1 1 (5.56%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Business Intelligence
1 7 (38.89%) Software Engineering
1 7 (38.89%) Technology Transformation
2 6 (33.33%) Analytics
2 6 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
2 6 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 6 (33.33%) Data Lineage
2 6 (33.33%) Data Validation
2 6 (33.33%) ETL
2 6 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
2 6 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 6 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 6 (33.33%) User Experience
2 6 (33.33%) Validation
3 4 (22.22%) Agile
3 4 (22.22%) DevOps
3 4 (22.22%) Identity Management
3 4 (22.22%) Load Balancing
3 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) SQL
2 6 (33.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 6 (33.33%) VBA
3 5 (27.78%) Java
4 2 (11.11%) JavaScript
5 1 (5.56%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) Degree
1 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
1 1 (5.56%) PhD
1 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 7 (38.89%) Sage
3 1 (5.56%) Siemens
3 1 (5.56%) Xilinx