Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in Guildford

Manufacturing
Surrey > Guildford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Guildford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 22 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 - 12
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Guildford 3.70% - 7.27%
As % of the General category 6.25% - 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £388 - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £325
Median % change year-on-year - - -45.83%
75th Percentile £463 - £338
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median daily rate £581 £180 £430
% change year-on-year +222.78% -58.14% -25.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £50.00
Surrey median hourly rate £75.00 £27.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +172.73% -45.00% +11.11%

All General Skills
Guildford

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 Guildford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 16 12 38
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Guildford 59.26% 40.00% 69.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 10 34
10th Percentile £257 - £170
25th Percentile £356 £70 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £275 £598
Median % change year-on-year +69.09% -53.97% +19.50%
75th Percentile £550 £478 £747
90th Percentile £595 £613 £788
Surrey median daily rate £488 £400 £513
% change year-on-year +21.88% -21.95% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +284.62%
Surrey median hourly rate £25.15 £23.34 £37.50
% change year-on-year +7.75% -37.76% -16.67%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Guildford

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in Guildford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in Guildford

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP ERP
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Change Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BPR
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP