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 3 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 39 62
Rank change year-on-year -14 +23 +18
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 80 47 27
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 4.01% 4.71% 2.27%
As % of the General category 7.60% 7.65% 4.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 21 8
10th Percentile £431 £413 £456
25th Percentile £481 £500 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% +0.95% -12.50%
75th Percentile - £619 £612
90th Percentile £700 £638 £896
North West median daily rate £513 £530 £500
% change year-on-year -3.30% +6.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 8 7
10th Percentile £23.13 £17.59 £20.81
25th Percentile £28.23 £30.79 £28.25
Median hourly rate £29.96 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.40% - -1.41%
75th Percentile £38.56 £43.44 £53.75
90th Percentile £41.58 £67.63 £62.50
North West median hourly rate £31.50 £35.00 £32.90
% change year-on-year -10.00% +6.40% -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 1,052 614 620
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 52.73% 61.58% 52.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 616 392 371
10th Percentile £272 £300 £324
25th Percentile £400 £384 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £588 £600
90th Percentile £700 £677 £713
North West median daily rate £500 £458 £500
% change year-on-year +9.29% -8.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 54 29
10th Percentile £18.59 £13.00 £16.62
25th Percentile £28.23 £13.13 £21.25
Median hourly rate £41.06 £20.55 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +99.78% -37.73% +86.34%
75th Percentile £73.94 £46.56 £57.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £62.50
North West median hourly rate £35.00 £24.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +42.86% -30.00% +50.28%

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 3 September 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 3 September 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 3 September 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 +2 20 - - 25
Oldham - 1 - - 7
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 (5.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (16.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (6.25%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.25%) Chatbot
4 1 (1.25%) Revit
4 1 (1.25%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 11 (13.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (6.25%) Primavera
2 5 (6.25%) SAP MM
3 4 (5.00%) SAP ERP
4 2 (2.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (2.50%) SAP QM
5 1 (1.25%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 16 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 11 (13.75%) Azure
3 7 (8.75%) AWS
3 7 (8.75%) Power Automate
3 7 (8.75%) PowerApps
4 5 (6.25%) GCP
4 5 (6.25%) Snowflake
5 2 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.25%) ChatGPT
6 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (20.00%) Power BI
2 6 (7.50%) Data Lake
2 6 (7.50%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (5.00%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (3.75%) Power Query
4 3 (3.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (3.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (3.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (2.50%) Tableau
6 1 (1.25%) SAP BW
6 1 (1.25%) SAP HANA
6 1 (1.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (11.25%) JIRA
2 1 (1.25%) Hudson
General
1 29 (36.25%) Social Skills
2 16 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (20.00%) Retail
3 12 (15.00%) Finance
4 9 (11.25%) Aerospace
5 7 (8.75%) Law
6 5 (6.25%) Electronics
7 4 (5.00%) Banking
7 4 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (5.00%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.50%) Aviation
9 2 (2.50%) Billing
9 2 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.25%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 16 (20.00%) Analyst
2 10 (12.50%) Administrator
3 7 (8.75%) Technical Administrator
4 6 (7.50%) Automation Specialist
4 6 (7.50%) Project Manager
5 5 (6.25%) Architect
5 5 (6.25%) Business Analyst
5 5 (6.25%) Developer
5 5 (6.25%) Project Officer
6 4 (5.00%) Consultant
6 4 (5.00%) Coordinator
6 4 (5.00%) Data Business Analyst
6 4 (5.00%) Manufacturing Engineer
6 4 (5.00%) Project Analyst
6 4 (5.00%) Project Coordinator
6 4 (5.00%) Report Developer
6 4 (5.00%) Test Engineer
7 3 (3.75%) Business Intelligence Business Analyst
7 3 (3.75%) Data Warehouse Business Analyst
7 3 (3.75%) PMO Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.25%) Jakarta EE
1 1 (1.25%) SAP Basis
1 1 (1.25%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (1.25%) Spring
1 1 (1.25%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.75%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (3.75%) Analogue Electronics
4 3 (3.75%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.25%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.25%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.25%) Life Science
5 1 (1.25%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.25%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (33.75%) Logistics
2 23 (28.75%) Agile
3 21 (26.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 20 (25.00%) ERP
5 13 (16.25%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (15.00%) Data Analysis
6 12 (15.00%) Project Management
7 11 (13.75%) Migration
8 10 (12.50%) AI
8 10 (12.50%) Analytics
8 10 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (12.50%) Roadmaps
9 9 (11.25%) CRM
9 9 (11.25%) Mathematics
10 8 (10.00%) Data Migration
10 8 (10.00%) ETL
10 8 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
10 8 (10.00%) Systems Analysis
11 7 (8.75%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 13 (16.25%) SQL
2 4 (5.00%) Python
3 1 (1.25%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (18.75%) Degree
2 7 (8.75%) HNC
3 6 (7.50%) SC Cleared
3 6 (7.50%) Security Cleared
4 4 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.50%) City & Guilds
5 2 (2.50%) Numerate Degree
5 2 (2.50%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (1.25%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.50%) Data Quality
2 5 (6.25%) PMO
3 1 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.25%) NCSC
3 1 (1.25%) NIST
Vendors
1 31 (38.75%) SAP
2 14 (17.50%) Microsoft
3 10 (12.50%) Databricks
4 9 (11.25%) Salesforce
5 4 (5.00%) UiPath
6 3 (3.75%) Alteryx
7 2 (2.50%) Infor
7 2 (2.50%) Oracle
7 2 (2.50%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.50%) Teradata
8 1 (1.25%) AVEVA
8 1 (1.25%) Qualys
8 1 (1.25%) Tenable