Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Manufacturing
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 46 73
Rank change year-on-year -17 +27 +13
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 50 30 25
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 2.86% 3.37% 1.75%
As % of the General category 5.27% 5.78% 3.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 13 11
10th Percentile £413 £425 £413
25th Percentile £438 £500 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £588 £545 £563
90th Percentile £666 - £725
North West median daily rate £550 £540 £500
% change year-on-year +1.85% +8.00% +2.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 4 8
10th Percentile £27.02 £14.83 £23.92
25th Percentile £28.50 £17.94 £24.17
Median hourly rate £40.53 £28.52 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.13% -16.13% +22.74%
75th Percentile £41.58 £43.44 £62.50
90th Percentile £58.25 £56.38 £64.41
North West median hourly rate £32.23 £45.30 £35.00
% change year-on-year -28.86% +29.41% +26.35%

All General Skills
Manchester

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 general skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 948 519 681
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 54.26% 58.31% 47.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 553 339 446
10th Percentile £298 £246 £300
25th Percentile £378 £384 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -2.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £666 £653
North West median daily rate £463 £475 £493
% change year-on-year -2.63% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 34 62
10th Percentile £17.91 - £12.27
25th Percentile £23.30 £13.00 £13.31
Median hourly rate £41.06 £17.97 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +128.53% -24.52% +19.00%
75th Percentile £76.00 £60.00 £34.50
90th Percentile £90.50 £76.75 £59.75
North West median hourly rate £35.50 £28.75 £18.59
% change year-on-year +23.48% +54.65% -28.50%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Manchester

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Manchester over the 6 months to 28 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in Manchester

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Manufacturing in Manchester over the 6 months to 28 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Manufacturing in Manchester

Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 28 May 2026. 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
Bolton +7 11 - - 6
Manufacturing
North West

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (6.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (16.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (8.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (6.00%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.00%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (16.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (6.00%) Primavera
2 3 (6.00%) SAP MM
3 2 (4.00%) SAP ERP
3 2 (4.00%) SAP QM
4 1 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.00%) Azure
2 4 (8.00%) Power Platform
3 3 (6.00%) Power Automate
3 3 (6.00%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.00%) AWS
4 1 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (2.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (2.00%) GCP
4 1 (2.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (2.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.00%) Power BI
2 1 (2.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.00%) SAP BW
2 1 (2.00%) SAP HANA
2 1 (2.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (14.00%) JIRA
2 2 (4.00%) Hudson
General
1 11 (22.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (16.00%) Aerospace
4 7 (14.00%) Law
5 6 (12.00%) Retail
6 5 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (8.00%) Finance
8 2 (4.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 8 (16.00%) Project Manager
2 7 (14.00%) Administrator
3 6 (12.00%) Developer
3 6 (12.00%) Report Developer
3 6 (12.00%) Technical Administrator
4 5 (10.00%) Business Development Manager
4 5 (10.00%) Business Manager
4 5 (10.00%) Development Manager
5 4 (8.00%) Analyst
5 4 (8.00%) Architect
5 4 (8.00%) Consultant
6 3 (6.00%) Author
6 3 (6.00%) IT Manager
6 3 (6.00%) IT Project Manager
6 3 (6.00%) SAP Consultant
6 3 (6.00%) Senior
7 2 (4.00%) Automation Specialist
7 2 (4.00%) Lead
7 2 (4.00%) Senior Project Manager
7 2 (4.00%) Test Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.00%) SAP Basis
1 1 (2.00%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.00%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (4.00%) Life Science
2 2 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.00%) AI Agents
3 1 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.00%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (38.00%) ERP
2 12 (24.00%) Logistics
3 10 (20.00%) Agile
4 8 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (16.00%) Project Management
4 8 (16.00%) Roadmaps
5 7 (14.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (12.00%) Migration
7 5 (10.00%) AI
7 5 (10.00%) Business Development
7 5 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (10.00%) Data Analysis
7 5 (10.00%) Data Migration
8 4 (8.00%) Knowledge Transfer
8 4 (8.00%) Supplier Management
8 4 (8.00%) Validation
9 3 (6.00%) Computer Science
9 3 (6.00%) Data Validation
9 3 (6.00%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.00%) Python
1 3 (6.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (14.00%) Degree
2 3 (6.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (6.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (6.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.00%) PMO
2 1 (2.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 22 (44.00%) SAP
2 7 (14.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.00%) Databricks
4 3 (6.00%) UiPath
5 2 (4.00%) IFS
5 2 (4.00%) Infor
5 2 (4.00%) Oracle
5 2 (4.00%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.00%) Epicor
6 1 (2.00%) ServiceNow