Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in Maidstone

Manufacturing
Kent > Maidstone

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Maidstone. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Maidstone 6.45% - -
As % of the General category 9.52% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £431 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - -
75th Percentile £444 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Kent median daily rate £438 £221 £205
% change year-on-year +97.74% +7.93% -

All General Skills
Maidstone

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 Maidstone.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21 10 6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Maidstone 67.74% 38.46% 15.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 2 1
10th Percentile - £542 -
25th Percentile £329 £553 £51
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £583 £53
Median % change year-on-year -42.06% +1009.52% -53.33%
75th Percentile £449 £608 £54
90th Percentile £546 £617 -
Kent median daily rate £400 £505 £411
% change year-on-year -20.79% +22.80% -13.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
Median hourly rate £20.40 - £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +334.44%
Kent median hourly rate £20.40 £38.85 £55.00
% change year-on-year -47.49% -29.36% +51.49%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Maidstone

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Maidstone

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in Maidstone

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Maidstone citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Maidstone 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Aruba
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto