Manufacturing Contracts in Luton

Manufacturing
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Luton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 23 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 12 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Luton 7.50% 0.91% -
As % of the General category 9.84% 1.14% -
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 0
10th Percentile £416 - -
25th Percentile - £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year +22.11% - -
75th Percentile £623 £488 -
90th Percentile £650 - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £580 £525 -
% change year-on-year +10.48% - -

All General Skills
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 122 88 59
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 76.25% 80.00% 63.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 58 39
10th Percentile £170 £344 £300
25th Percentile £500 £453 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - -
75th Percentile £638 £596 £600
90th Percentile £700 £665 £626
Bedfordshire median daily rate £551 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +10.25% - +3.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 5 2
10th Percentile £62.75 £47.01 £58.50
25th Percentile £69.38 £55.65 £63.75
Median hourly rate £86.50 £57.50 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +50.43% -20.69% +132.00%
75th Percentile £91.13 £63.75 £81.25
90th Percentile £91.50 £73.50 £86.50
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £84.50 £55.65 £72.50
% change year-on-year +51.84% -23.24% +21.85%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

Job postings citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Luton.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Luton

Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Luton

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in Luton.

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing in Luton

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in Luton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Luton over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in Luton

Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in Luton.

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing in Luton

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Luton by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 10 (83.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (8.33%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 10 (83.33%) Power Platform
2 6 (50.00%) Snowflake
3 5 (41.67%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (83.33%) Power BI
2 5 (41.67%) Data Lake
2 5 (41.67%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (25.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 10 (83.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 5 (41.67%) Finance
3 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Data Analytics Specialist
2 4 (33.33%) Lead
3 3 (25.00%) SAP Financial Specialist
4 1 (8.33%) Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Power BI Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) QA Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Quality Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Software QA Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Software Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) EDI
1 1 (8.33%) IDoc
1 1 (8.33%) JSON
1 1 (8.33%) REST
1 1 (8.33%) SOAP
1 1 (8.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (75.00%) Life Science
2 1 (8.33%) LIMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Analytics
2 5 (41.67%) Inventory Management
2 5 (41.67%) Logistics
3 4 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 4 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 4 (33.33%) ERP
4 3 (25.00%) Biotechnology
4 3 (25.00%) Data Management
4 3 (25.00%) Data Science
4 3 (25.00%) Profit Centre Accounting
4 3 (25.00%) Project Management
4 3 (25.00%) Record to Report
4 3 (25.00%) Use Case
4 3 (25.00%) User Experience
5 2 (16.67%) Community of Practice
5 2 (16.67%) Cost Reduction
5 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 2 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (16.67%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) Degree
2 5 (41.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (8.33%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) GxP
2 3 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (16.67%) Data Quality
3 2 (16.67%) PMO
4 1 (8.33%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 1 (8.33%) HL7
4 1 (8.33%) QA
4 1 (8.33%) Software Quality Assurance
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) SAP
2 6 (50.00%) Ariba
3 3 (25.00%) Anaplan
3 3 (25.00%) Hyperion