Manufacturing Contracts in Gloucestershire

Manufacturing
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Gloucestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 28 45
Rank change year-on-year -5 +17 +4
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 7 27 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 2.68% 6.41% 3.80%
As % of the General category 5.74% 13.92% 8.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 14 8
10th Percentile £734 £316 £138
25th Percentile £766 £334 £144
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £838 £550 £363
Median % change year-on-year +52.27% +51.72% +40.78%
75th Percentile £916 £654 £416
90th Percentile £951 £697 £526
South West median daily rate £525 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 4
10th Percentile £32.48 £24.25 -
25th Percentile £40.93 - £39.55
Median hourly rate £60.00 £33.00 £45.28
Median % change year-on-year +81.82% -27.11% +39.74%
75th Percentile £70.00 £62.63 £51.50
90th Percentile £73.00 £72.50 -
South West median hourly rate £34.70 £40.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year -13.26% +1.14% +22.07%

All General Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 122 194 208
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 46.74% 46.08% 46.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 94 143
10th Percentile £184 £300 £275
25th Percentile £306 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £572 £625 £588
90th Percentile £700 £688 £675
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 30 6
10th Percentile £26.27 £14.00 £35.40
25th Percentile £52.74 £18.15 £39.55
Median hourly rate £67.50 £40.00 £45.28
Median % change year-on-year +68.75% -11.65% +39.74%
75th Percentile £75.00 £70.81 £51.50
90th Percentile - £72.63 £73.00
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £46.39 £60.35
% change year-on-year +18.56% -23.13% +42.00%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Gloucestershire

Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing in Gloucestershire

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in Gloucestershire

Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing in Gloucestershire

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Manufacturing in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Manufacturing in Gloucestershire

Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Cheltenham +15 2 £725 +190.00% 32
Gloucester -1 1 £950 +72.73% 10
Filton -4 1 - - 1
Wotton-under-Edge - 1 - - 1
Manufacturing
South West

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (14.29%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) MS Access
1 1 (14.29%) MySQL
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Avionics
2 1 (14.29%) Electronics
2 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (14.29%) Applications Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) Cloud Consultant
1 1 (14.29%) Consultant
1 1 (14.29%) Functional Consultant
1 1 (14.29%) Head of Digital
1 1 (14.29%) Head of Infrastructure
1 1 (14.29%) IT Director
1 1 (14.29%) Lead
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Consultant
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Functional Consultant
1 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
1 1 (14.29%) Python Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) Senior
1 1 (14.29%) Senior Consultant
1 1 (14.29%) Senior Functional Consultant
1 1 (14.29%) Senior Oracle Consultant
1 1 (14.29%) Senior Oracle Functional Consultant
1 1 (14.29%) Systems Manager
1 1 (14.29%) Test Manager
1 1 (14.29%) Test Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Migration
1 3 (42.86%) Programme Management
2 2 (28.57%) Contract Negotiation
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (14.29%) CRM
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
3 1 (14.29%) ERP
3 1 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Supply Chain Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
1 1 (14.29%) VB
1 1 (14.29%) VB.NET
1 1 (14.29%) VB6
1 1 (14.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) SAP