Design for Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in London

Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Design for Manufacturing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 - 424
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Design for Manufacturing 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.007% - 0.020%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.008% - 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £565
25th Percentile £650 - £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £600
75th Percentile £750 - £625
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £700 £400 £591
% change year-on-year +75.00% -32.32% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Design for Manufacturing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,961 14,023 18,134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.39% 89.17% 89.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,517 9,049 13,046
10th Percentile £331 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -2.54%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £507 £525 £546
% change year-on-year -3.43% -3.85% -0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 166 250
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.38 £18.56
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.98 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.50 £37.79 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.93% +0.76% -
75th Percentile £47.00 £55.94 £61.75
90th Percentile £67.50 £80.38 £76.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.03% -16.85% +27.14%

Design for Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Design for Manufacturing job vacancy trend in London

Design for Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Design for Manufacturing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Design for Manufacturing

Design for Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) RF Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Def Stans
1 1 (100.00%) DO-160
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) Keysight