Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in Leicester

Manufacturing
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Leicester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - 18
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Leicester 4.05% - 1.74%
As % of the General category 6.38% - 4.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £488 - £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £488
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.36%
75th Percentile £563 - £494
90th Percentile - - -
Leicestershire median daily rate £525 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +10.53% -2.56% -11.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
Leicestershire median hourly rate £30.08 £19.00 -
% change year-on-year +58.29% - -

All General Skills
Leicester

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 general skills in Leicester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 47 43 45
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicester 63.51% 53.75% 39.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 17 33
10th Percentile £313 - £262
25th Percentile £361 £250 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £449
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +5.79% +5.65%
75th Percentile £663 £538 £575
90th Percentile £777 £617 £645
Leicestershire median daily rate £525 £330 £319
% change year-on-year +59.09% +3.61% -25.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 2
10th Percentile £16.22 - £13.20
25th Percentile £20.00 £21.25 £15.38
Median hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +9.76% +0.89%
75th Percentile £24.63 £23.75 £25.38
90th Percentile £28.35 - £27.40
Leicestershire median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -20.00% +4.65% +5.81%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Leicester

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) FrameMaker
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Hudson
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) ERP Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Programme Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Content Management
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) ERP
1 1 (33.33%) Logistics
1 1 (33.33%) Programme Governance
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (33.33%) Time Management
1 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe
1 1 (33.33%) IFS
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) SAP