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 21 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 55 80
Rank change year-on-year +13 +25 +23
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 46 26 29
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 4.38% 2.27% 1.73%
As % of the General category 7.08% 3.80% 3.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 9 18
10th Percentile £170 £483 £451
25th Percentile £406 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £617 £723 £688
90th Percentile £636 £900 £738
North West median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 3
10th Percentile £33.75 £21.26 -
25th Percentile £34.50 £29.62 -
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.05% +23.33% -29.19%
75th Percentile £65.00 £53.75 £33.13
90th Percentile £66.75 £62.50 £35.00
North West median hourly rate £35.50 £24.59 £34.00
% change year-on-year +44.40% -27.69% -19.75%

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 common skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 650 685 867
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 61.85% 59.93% 51.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 431 382 603
10th Percentile £270 £294 £234
25th Percentile £385 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £476 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.46% -4.80% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £656 £675 £688
North West median daily rate £450 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -7.69% -2.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 27 39
10th Percentile £13.20 £16.47 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £22.75 £15.88
Median hourly rate £22.50 £32.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +75.68% -28.39%
75th Percentile £35.50 £52.75 £33.13
90th Percentile £64.50 £65.00 £63.75
North West median hourly rate £23.57 £35.00 £22.53
% change year-on-year -32.67% +55.35% -2.87%

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 21 October 2025.

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 21 October 2025.

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 21 October 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
Bolton 0 20 £610 - 19
Cheadle - 2 £550 - 1
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 4 (8.70%) Resin
2 2 (4.35%) FactoryTalk
3 1 (2.17%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (2.17%) CMS
3 1 (2.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (13.04%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (10.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (10.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (8.70%) PTC Creo
4 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Dynamics AX
1 2 (4.35%) SAP CO
1 2 (4.35%) SAP FI
1 2 (4.35%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (2.17%) Oracle ASCP
2 1 (2.17%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.17%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.87%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.35%) AWS
2 2 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (4.35%) Smartsheet
3 1 (2.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (2.17%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (2.17%) Amazon S3
3 1 (2.17%) Azure
3 1 (2.17%) GCP
3 1 (2.17%) GitHub
3 1 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (2.17%) Lucidchart
3 1 (2.17%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.87%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.35%) SQL Server
1 2 (4.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (2.17%) MySQL
2 1 (2.17%) Neo4j
2 1 (2.17%) Power BI
2 1 (2.17%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.17%) Artifactory
2 1 (2.17%) Git
2 1 (2.17%) JIRA
2 1 (2.17%) Rational DOORS
General
1 19 (41.30%) Social Skills
2 17 (36.96%) Finance
3 12 (26.09%) Electronics
4 9 (19.57%) Public Sector
5 7 (15.22%) Marketing
5 7 (15.22%) Telecoms
6 6 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (8.70%) Aerospace
8 2 (4.35%) Law
8 2 (4.35%) Retail
9 1 (2.17%) Agriculture
9 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 6 (13.04%) Analyst
1 6 (13.04%) Developer
2 5 (10.87%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 5 (10.87%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (10.87%) Consultant
2 5 (10.87%) Desktop Support
2 5 (10.87%) IT Support
2 5 (10.87%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
3 3 (6.52%) Architect
3 3 (6.52%) Data Analyst
4 2 (4.35%) Design Engineer
4 2 (4.35%) Dynamics AX Architect
4 2 (4.35%) Dynamics AX Consultant
4 2 (4.35%) Project Manager
4 2 (4.35%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (4.35%) Systems Architect
4 2 (4.35%) Test Engineer
5 1 (2.17%) AWS DevOps
5 1 (2.17%) Knowledge Engineer
5 1 (2.17%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) Bootstrap
1 1 (2.17%) HTML
1 1 (2.17%) Laravel
1 1 (2.17%) Node.js
1 1 (2.17%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (2.17%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.04%) Fibre Optics
2 5 (10.87%) Data Centre
2 5 (10.87%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 4 (8.70%) 3D Printing
3 4 (8.70%) Management Information System
4 3 (6.52%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (4.35%) Analogue Electronics
5 2 (4.35%) Data Structures
5 2 (4.35%) Life Science
5 2 (4.35%) SCADA
6 1 (2.17%) Data Fabric
6 1 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (2.17%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.87%) Android
1 5 (10.87%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (19.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (17.39%) Programme Management
3 7 (15.22%) Digital Marketing
3 7 (15.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (13.04%) Instructional Design
4 6 (13.04%) Knowledge Transfer
5 5 (10.87%) Process Improvement
5 5 (10.87%) Project Management
6 4 (8.70%) CAD
6 4 (8.70%) Data Management
6 4 (8.70%) ERP
6 4 (8.70%) Mentoring
6 4 (8.70%) Prototyping
6 4 (8.70%) Rapid Prototyping
7 3 (6.52%) Analytics
7 3 (6.52%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (6.52%) Performance Measurement
7 3 (6.52%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.35%) C
1 2 (4.35%) C++
1 2 (4.35%) Java
1 2 (4.35%) Python
1 2 (4.35%) X++
2 1 (2.17%) PHP
2 1 (2.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (36.96%) Security Cleared
2 16 (34.78%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.52%) Degree
4 2 (4.35%) PMI Certification
4 2 (4.35%) PMP
5 1 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.17%) HNC
5 1 (2.17%) HND
5 1 (2.17%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.17%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.70%) QA
2 2 (4.35%) IEC 61508
2 2 (4.35%) ISO 26262
3 1 (2.17%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.17%) IEC 62304
3 1 (2.17%) PMBOK
3 1 (2.17%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (2.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (26.09%) SAP
2 5 (10.87%) Apple
2 5 (10.87%) AVEVA
2 5 (10.87%) Cisco
2 5 (10.87%) Dell
2 5 (10.87%) HP
2 5 (10.87%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.35%) Oracle
3 2 (4.35%) Rockwell
3 2 (4.35%) Siemens
4 1 (2.17%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.17%) Google
4 1 (2.17%) OpenText