Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in Liverpool

Manufacturing
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Liverpool. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 24 27
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 +5
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 2 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in Liverpool 1.25% 1.04% 2.66%
As % of the General category 2.02% 2.15% 4.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £214 £500
Median % change year-on-year +133.92% -57.25% -4.76%
Merseyside median daily rate £500 £214 £500
% change year-on-year +133.92% -57.25% -4.76%

All General Skills
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 99 93 115
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 61.88% 48.44% 61.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 42 66
10th Percentile £182 £153 £225
25th Percentile £259 £191 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £260 £500
Median % change year-on-year +82.69% -48.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £514 £450 £563
90th Percentile £678 £575 £600
Merseyside median daily rate £475 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 11
10th Percentile - £17.44 -
25th Percentile - £17.88 £16.25
Median hourly rate £12.21 £20.47 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.35% +7.74% +8.57%
75th Percentile £15.18 £26.65 £28.15
90th Percentile £17.44 £37.20 £50.00
Merseyside median hourly rate £15.18 £22.88 £18.25
% change year-on-year -33.64% +25.34% +4.29%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Liverpool

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool 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 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) IaaS
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365 Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Migration Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Migration Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Attestation
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Compliance Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Acquisition
2 1 (50.00%) Logistics
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft