Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in Gravesend

Manufacturing
Kent > Gravesend

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Gravesend 40.00% - -
As % of the General category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £126 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £128 - -
75th Percentile £129 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Kent median daily rate £438 £221 £205
% change year-on-year +97.74% +7.93% -

All General Skills
Gravesend

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 Gravesend.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gravesend 40.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £126 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £128 - -
75th Percentile £129 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Kent median daily rate £400 £505 £411
% change year-on-year -20.79% +22.80% -13.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £21.00 £53.75
Median hourly rate - £22.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year - -61.74% -
75th Percentile - £23.00 £61.25
90th Percentile - - -
Kent median hourly rate £20.40 £38.85 £55.00
% change year-on-year -47.49% -29.36% +51.49%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Gravesend

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Gravesend

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gravesend 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Junior
1 2 (100.00%) Junior IT Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Junior IT Support
1 2 (100.00%) Junior Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft