Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in the Isle of Wight

Manufacturing
South East > Isle of Wight

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

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 2 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 10 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Isle of Wight 62.50% 50.00% -
As % of the General category 71.43% 50.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate £530 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -11.67% +20.00% -12.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £69.65 - -
Median hourly rate £81.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £41.94 £59.00
% change year-on-year -47.54% -28.92% +31.11%

All General Skills
Isle of Wight

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 the Isle of Wight.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 14 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Isle of Wight 87.50% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £327
25th Percentile - - £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £440
75th Percentile - - £541
90th Percentile - - £590
South East median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 0
10th Percentile £65.26 - -
25th Percentile £66.36 £47.50 -
Median hourly rate £70.53 £50.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +41.05% - -
75th Percentile £81.00 £52.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £42.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -51.08% -15.00% +59.90%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Isle of Wight

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in the Isle of Wight

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in the Isle of Wight

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Isle of Wight citing Manufacturing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Isle of Wight citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Isle of Wight

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Manufacturing in the Isle of Wight over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Manufacturing in the Isle of Wight

Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in the Isle of Wight

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Isle of Wight region over the 6 months to 22 December 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
Cowes - 10 - -
Manufacturing
South East

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Isle of Wight 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:

General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Design Engineer
1 6 (60.00%) Principal Engineer
1 6 (60.00%) RF Design Engineer
1 6 (60.00%) RF Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Designer
2 4 (40.00%) PCB Designer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Data Management
1 6 (60.00%) Line Management
1 6 (60.00%) Logistics
1 6 (60.00%) Mentoring
1 6 (60.00%) PDM
1 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (60.00%) Schematic Capture
1 6 (60.00%) Systems Engineering
1 6 (60.00%) Technical Leadership
2 4 (40.00%) Design for Manufacturing
2 4 (40.00%) Design for Test
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Degree
2 4 (40.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) EMC
2 4 (40.00%) Cadence