Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in Farnborough

Manufacturing
Hampshire > Farnborough

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Farnborough. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 24 35
Rank change year-on-year +1 +11 -15
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 20 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Farnborough 7.30% 3.00% 0.58%
As % of the General category 16.00% 5.77% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £388 £675
% change year-on-year +35.48% -42.59% +25.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 1
10th Percentile - £65.25 -
25th Percentile £25.00 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £34.13 £72.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.93% -3.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £51.00 £74.38 -
90th Percentile - £74.75 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £47.50 £67.50 £67.50
% change year-on-year -29.63% - +3.85%

All General Skills
Farnborough

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 Farnborough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 125 52 66
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Farnborough 45.62% 52.00% 38.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 33 31
10th Percentile £294 £375 £341
25th Percentile £475 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £490 £550
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -10.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £632 £575 £660
90th Percentile £743 £648 £713
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 6 8
10th Percentile £16.13 £19.25 £69.00
25th Percentile £25.00 £30.38 £74.06
Median hourly rate £38.25 £70.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.36% -6.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £50.81 £74.69 -
90th Percentile £51.00 £75.00 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £32.81 £24.21 £57.35
% change year-on-year +35.53% -57.79% -0.26%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Farnborough

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in Farnborough

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in Farnborough

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Histogram in Farnborough

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Manufacturing in Farnborough over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Manufacturing in Farnborough

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (35.00%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 13 (65.00%) Aerospace
2 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Aviation
2 5 (25.00%) Law
2 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Finance
3 2 (10.00%) Retail
3 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Developer
2 7 (35.00%) Microsoft Developer
3 6 (30.00%) Engineering Manager
3 6 (30.00%) Software Engineering Manager
3 6 (30.00%) Software Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Blazor Developer
4 2 (10.00%) C Developer
4 2 (10.00%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) .NET
1 2 (10.00%) .NET Core
1 2 (10.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (10.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (10.00%) Blazor
1 2 (10.00%) Razor View Engine
1 2 (10.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Robotics
1 5 (25.00%) Social Media
2 2 (10.00%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (25.00%) AI
3 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (10.00%) Agile
4 2 (10.00%) API Development
4 2 (10.00%) Event-Driven
4 2 (10.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 2 (10.00%) Microservices
4 2 (10.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Workday