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 6 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 47 56
Rank change year-on-year -3 +9 +27
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 78 43 33
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 3.98% 4.30% 2.73%
As % of the General category 7.44% 7.07% 5.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 18 9
10th Percentile £413 £411 £425
25th Percentile £470 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% +6.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £575
90th Percentile £700 £624 £838
North West median daily rate £525 £530 £500
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% +2.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 7 10
10th Percentile £23.13 £16.90 £22.83
25th Percentile £28.23 £27.08 £24.12
Median hourly rate £29.98 £35.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.34% +2.94% -4.23%
75th Percentile £41.58 £35.88 £58.13
90th Percentile - £47.75 £63.14
North West median hourly rate £31.50 £39.30 £32.90
% change year-on-year -19.84% +19.46% -6.01%

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 1,049 608 617
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 53.47% 60.80% 50.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 619 392 385
10th Percentile £275 £275 £325
25th Percentile £389 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.21% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £579 £600 £600
90th Percentile £682 £690 £695
North West median daily rate £492 £469 £500
% change year-on-year +5.02% -6.30% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 46 34
10th Percentile £18.00 - £16.23
25th Percentile £24.14 £13.00 £23.65
Median hourly rate £40.00 £20.00 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -36.51% +77.77%
75th Percentile £73.75 £50.68 £57.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £74.38 £66.97
North West median hourly rate £35.00 £28.75 £28.50
% change year-on-year +21.74% +0.88% +4.20%

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 6 August 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 6 August 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 6 August 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 +1 15 - - 8
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 (5.13%) Confluence
1 4 (5.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (6.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (6.41%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (5.13%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 11 (14.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (5.13%) Primavera
2 4 (5.13%) SAP ERP
2 4 (5.13%) SAP MM
3 2 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (2.56%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 13 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 11 (14.10%) Azure
3 7 (8.97%) AWS
3 7 (8.97%) Power Automate
3 7 (8.97%) PowerApps
4 5 (6.41%) GCP
5 4 (5.13%) Snowflake
6 2 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.56%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (1.28%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (16.67%) Power BI
2 4 (5.13%) Data Lake
2 4 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (3.85%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (3.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (3.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (3.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (2.56%) Power Query
4 2 (2.56%) Tableau
5 1 (1.28%) SAP BW
5 1 (1.28%) SAP HANA
5 1 (1.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (12.82%) JIRA
2 1 (1.28%) Hudson
General
1 24 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 16 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (19.23%) Retail
4 12 (15.38%) Finance
5 11 (14.10%) Aerospace
6 7 (8.97%) Law
7 4 (5.13%) Banking
7 4 (5.13%) Electronics
7 4 (5.13%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.56%) Aviation
9 2 (2.56%) Billing
9 2 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.28%) Automotive
10 1 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (21.79%) Analyst
2 10 (12.82%) Administrator
3 7 (8.97%) Developer
3 7 (8.97%) Technical Administrator
4 6 (7.69%) Architect
4 6 (7.69%) Automation Specialist
4 6 (7.69%) Business Manager
4 6 (7.69%) Project Manager
4 6 (7.69%) Report Developer
5 5 (6.41%) Business Analyst
5 5 (6.41%) Business Development Manager
5 5 (6.41%) Development Manager
5 5 (6.41%) Project Officer
6 4 (5.13%) Coordinator
6 4 (5.13%) Data Business Analyst
6 4 (5.13%) PMO Analyst
6 4 (5.13%) Project Coordinator
7 3 (3.85%) CRM Analyst
7 3 (3.85%) CRM Systems Analyst
7 3 (3.85%) Documentation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.28%) Jakarta EE
1 1 (1.28%) SAP Basis
1 1 (1.28%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (1.28%) Spring
1 1 (1.28%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.97%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (5.13%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (5.13%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.85%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.28%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.28%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.28%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (1.28%) Life Science
4 1 (1.28%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.28%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.28%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (32.05%) Logistics
2 21 (26.92%) Agile
2 21 (26.92%) ERP
3 18 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (21.79%) Business Intelligence
5 13 (16.67%) Data Analysis
6 12 (15.38%) Migration
6 12 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (12.82%) Analytics
7 10 (12.82%) Project Management
7 10 (12.82%) Roadmaps
8 9 (11.54%) AI
8 9 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (11.54%) Data Migration
9 8 (10.26%) CRM
9 8 (10.26%) Knowledge Transfer
9 8 (10.26%) Mathematics
9 8 (10.26%) Systems Analysis
10 7 (8.97%) Requirements Gathering
10 7 (8.97%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 11 (14.10%) SQL
2 4 (5.13%) Python
3 1 (1.28%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (12.82%) Degree
2 4 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (5.13%) SC Cleared
2 4 (5.13%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (2.56%) HNC
3 2 (2.56%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (1.28%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.69%) PMO
2 5 (6.41%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.28%) NCSC
3 1 (1.28%) NIST
Vendors
1 29 (37.18%) SAP
2 12 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 9 (11.54%) Salesforce
4 8 (10.26%) Databricks
5 4 (5.13%) UiPath
6 3 (3.85%) Alteryx
7 2 (2.56%) Infor
7 2 (2.56%) Oracle
7 2 (2.56%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.28%) Epicor
8 1 (1.28%) IFS
8 1 (1.28%) Qualys
8 1 (1.28%) Tenable