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 11 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 49 66
Rank change year-on-year -13 +17 +18
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 52 30 30
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 2.88% 3.27% 2.06%
As % of the General category 5.41% 5.55% 4.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 12 10
10th Percentile £413 £416 £409
25th Percentile £438 £500 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £521 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.08% +4.25% -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £545 £550
90th Percentile £666 - £648
North West median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +2.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 4 8
10th Percentile £27.42 £14.83 £23.92
25th Percentile £28.50 £17.94 £24.17
Median hourly rate £40.00 £28.52 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.28% -16.13% +22.74%
75th Percentile £41.58 £43.44 £62.50
90th Percentile £58.00 £56.38 £64.41
North West median hourly rate £32.23 £45.30 £32.95
% change year-on-year -28.86% +37.48% +18.94%

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 962 541 683
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 53.24% 58.93% 46.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 564 353 435
10th Percentile £275 £282 £300
25th Percentile £375 £378 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +4.61% -7.69% -2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £575
90th Percentile £636 £665 £654
North West median daily rate £465 £469 £493
% change year-on-year -0.85% -4.87% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 33 62
10th Percentile £18.00 - £12.27
25th Percentile £28.23 £13.00 £13.31
Median hourly rate £41.06 £14.40 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +185.10% -39.50% +19.00%
75th Percentile £76.00 £60.00 £34.50
90th Percentile £90.00 £77.00 £59.75
North West median hourly rate £36.51 £28.75 £21.43
% change year-on-year +26.99% +34.16% -7.43%

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 11 June 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 +4 11 - - 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 3 (5.77%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (5.77%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.92%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (13.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (5.77%) Primavera
2 3 (5.77%) SAP MM
3 2 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (3.85%) SAP ERP
3 2 (3.85%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.54%) Azure
2 4 (7.69%) Power Platform
3 3 (5.77%) AWS
3 3 (5.77%) Power Automate
3 3 (5.77%) PowerApps
4 2 (3.85%) GCP
4 2 (3.85%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 1 (1.92%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.92%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.69%) Power BI
2 1 (1.92%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.92%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.92%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (13.46%) JIRA
2 1 (1.92%) Hudson
General
1 13 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (21.15%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (15.38%) Aerospace
3 8 (15.38%) Retail
4 7 (13.46%) Law
5 4 (7.69%) Finance
5 4 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (5.77%) Electronics
7 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (15.38%) Administrator
1 8 (15.38%) Project Manager
2 7 (13.46%) Developer
3 6 (11.54%) Report Developer
3 6 (11.54%) Technical Administrator
4 5 (9.62%) Architect
4 5 (9.62%) Business Development Manager
4 5 (9.62%) Business Manager
4 5 (9.62%) Development Manager
5 4 (7.69%) Analyst
5 4 (7.69%) Senior
6 3 (5.77%) Author
6 3 (5.77%) Consultant
6 3 (5.77%) IT Manager
6 3 (5.77%) IT Project Manager
6 3 (5.77%) SAP Consultant
7 2 (3.85%) Project Coordinator
7 2 (3.85%) Senior Manager
7 2 (3.85%) Senior Project Manager
7 2 (3.85%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.92%) J2EE
1 1 (1.92%) Java EE
1 1 (1.92%) SAP Basis
1 1 (1.92%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (1.92%) Spring
1 1 (1.92%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (3.85%) Life Science
2 2 (3.85%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.92%) AI Agents
3 1 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.92%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.92%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (32.69%) ERP
2 15 (28.85%) Logistics
3 11 (21.15%) Agile
4 9 (17.31%) Roadmaps
5 8 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (15.38%) Project Management
5 8 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (11.54%) Migration
7 5 (9.62%) AI
7 5 (9.62%) Business Development
7 5 (9.62%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (9.62%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (9.62%) Data Analysis
7 5 (9.62%) Data Migration
8 4 (7.69%) API Integration
8 4 (7.69%) E-Commerce
8 4 (7.69%) Knowledge Transfer
8 4 (7.69%) Supplier Management
8 4 (7.69%) Validation
9 3 (5.77%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.77%) Python
1 3 (5.77%) SQL
2 1 (1.92%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (15.38%) Degree
2 3 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (5.77%) SC Cleared
2 3 (5.77%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.92%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.85%) PMO
2 1 (1.92%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 22 (42.31%) SAP
2 9 (17.31%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.69%) Databricks
4 3 (5.77%) Salesforce
4 3 (5.77%) UiPath
5 2 (3.85%) Infor
5 2 (3.85%) Oracle
5 2 (3.85%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.92%) Epicor
6 1 (1.92%) IFS