Manufacturing Contracts in Hertfordshire

Manufacturing
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 25 47
Rank change year-on-year -15 +22 -2
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 5 54 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 1.52% 6.54% 3.28%
As % of the General category 2.63% 10.55% 5.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 12 12
10th Percentile £528 £306 £210
25th Percentile £531 £363 £234
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £439 £611
Median % change year-on-year +31.05% -28.19% -9.48%
75th Percentile £625 £525 £676
90th Percentile £633 £593 -
East of England median daily rate £535 £425 £513
% change year-on-year +25.76% -17.07% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 8
10th Percentile - £28.40 £34.50
25th Percentile - £32.88 £56.44
Median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -15.38% +53.48%
75th Percentile - £58.75 -
90th Percentile - £60.00 £67.25
East of England median hourly rate £29.00 £31.80 £63.75
% change year-on-year -8.81% -50.12% +50.53%

All General Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 190 512 431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 57.75% 61.99% 56.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 134 204
10th Percentile £345 £200 £231
25th Percentile £456 £335 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £506
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -16.05% +9.76%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £675
90th Percentile £675 £700 £838
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £499
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.81% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 242 91
10th Percentile £17.38 - £45.00
25th Percentile £32.85 £38.12 £53.63
Median hourly rate £62.25 £50.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.50% -16.67% +22.45%
75th Percentile £73.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £65.00 £70.00
East of England median hourly rate £30.78 £38.12 £21.00
% change year-on-year -19.25% +81.52% +44.83%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Hertfordshire

Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing in Hertfordshire

Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing in Hertfordshire

Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 16 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
Stevenage -6 3 £550 +10.00% 19
Hitchin - 1 £575 -
Manufacturing
East of England

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 2 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2013
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (40.00%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Cohesity
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) IMAP
1 2 (40.00%) Intranet
1 2 (40.00%) SAN
1 2 (40.00%) Skype
1 2 (40.00%) SMTP
General
1 2 (40.00%) Back Office
1 2 (40.00%) Billing
1 2 (40.00%) Electronics
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Marketing
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Delivery Manager
1 2 (40.00%) IT Manager
1 2 (40.00%) IT Services Delivery Manager
1 2 (40.00%) IT Services Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Messaging Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Active Directory Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Active Directory Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Exchange Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Messaging Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior VMware Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Blackberry
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Problem Management
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Contract Management
2 2 (40.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Facilities Management
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (40.00%) Information Management
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Line Management
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Management
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (40.00%) Red Team
2 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Server
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) NetApp
2 2 (40.00%) SAP