Smart Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in London

Smart Manufacturing
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Smart Manufacturing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 378 - 401
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Smart Manufacturing 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.028% - 0.011%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.030% - 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £521 - £540
25th Percentile £533 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 - £625
75th Percentile £573 - £688
90th Percentile £582 - £710
England median daily rate £565 - £688

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Smart 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 13,143 13,541 16,856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.39% 90.10% 89.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,651 8,710 12,087
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £800 £790
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 164 235
10th Percentile £18.17 £18.03 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.65 £23.80 £21.38
Median hourly rate £31.00 £36.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.90% +5.88% -11.39%
75th Percentile £50.88 £54.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.80 £80.75 £74.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.61%

Smart Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Smart Manufacturing job vacancy trend in London

Smart Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Smart Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Smart Manufacturing within the London region over the 6 months to 20 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
West London - 1 £555 -
Central London - 1 £575 -
Smart Manufacturing
England

Smart 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) SAP APO
1 2 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Modbus
General
1 4 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Integration Architect
1 1 (25.00%) IT Architect
1 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (25.00%) IT Programme Manager
1 1 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) IoT
1 2 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (25.00%) Industry 4.0
2 1 (25.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) AI
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Change Management
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Twin
1 2 (50.00%) ERP
1 2 (50.00%) Production Planning
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Bill of Materials
2 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (25.00%) Network Design
2 1 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCNP
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) AVEVA