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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 50 65
Rank change year-on-year +4 +15 +17
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 70 31 32
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 3.77% 3.37% 2.18%
As % of the General category 7.00% 5.71% 4.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 11 10
10th Percentile £413 £406 £409
25th Percentile £475 £500 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% +6.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £545 £550
90th Percentile £614 - £648
North West median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +2.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 4 9
10th Percentile £23.13 £14.83 £23.98
25th Percentile £28.43 £17.94 £24.19
Median hourly rate £30.00 £28.52 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.21% -18.53% +26.35%
75th Percentile £41.58 £43.44 £62.50
90th Percentile £46.36 £56.38 £63.78
North West median hourly rate £30.81 £45.30 £32.90
% change year-on-year -31.98% +37.70% +4.10%

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 1,000 543 717
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 53.88% 59.02% 48.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 581 360 450
10th Percentile £275 £298 £300
25th Percentile £375 £377 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £450 £481
Median % change year-on-year +4.78% -6.49% -3.75%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £650 £700 £656
North West median daily rate £471 £465 £490
% change year-on-year +1.24% -5.10% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 32 61
10th Percentile £18.31 - £12.50
25th Percentile £27.42 £13.00 £13.31
Median hourly rate £41.06 £13.70 £24.19
Median % change year-on-year +199.67% -43.37% +24.05%
75th Percentile £76.00 £61.25 £35.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.25 £57.50
North West median hourly rate £35.91 £29.27 £22.11
% change year-on-year +22.69% +32.38% -4.49%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 +3 14 - - 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 (5.71%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (11.43%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (8.57%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.43%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (11.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (8.57%) Primavera
2 6 (8.57%) SAP MM
3 2 (2.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (2.86%) SAP ERP
3 2 (2.86%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 12 (17.14%) Power Platform
2 10 (14.29%) Azure
3 6 (8.57%) AWS
3 6 (8.57%) Power Automate
3 6 (8.57%) PowerApps
4 5 (7.14%) GCP
5 3 (4.29%) Snowflake
6 2 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.86%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (17.14%) Power BI
2 3 (4.29%) Data Lake
2 3 (4.29%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.86%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (2.86%) Power Query
3 2 (2.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (2.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (2.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (2.86%) Tableau
4 1 (1.43%) SAP BW
4 1 (1.43%) SAP HANA
4 1 (1.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (12.86%) JIRA
2 1 (1.43%) Hudson
General
1 21 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 16 (22.86%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (18.57%) Retail
4 9 (12.86%) Aerospace
5 8 (11.43%) Finance
6 7 (10.00%) Law
7 4 (5.71%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (4.29%) Electronics
9 2 (2.86%) Aviation
9 2 (2.86%) Banking
9 2 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (20.00%) Analyst
2 9 (12.86%) Administrator
3 8 (11.43%) Project Manager
4 7 (10.00%) Developer
5 6 (8.57%) Business Manager
5 6 (8.57%) Project Officer
5 6 (8.57%) Report Developer
5 6 (8.57%) Technical Administrator
6 5 (7.14%) Architect
6 5 (7.14%) Automation Specialist
6 5 (7.14%) Business Development Manager
6 5 (7.14%) Coordinator
6 5 (7.14%) Development Manager
6 5 (7.14%) Project Coordinator
7 4 (5.71%) PMO Analyst
7 4 (5.71%) Senior
8 3 (4.29%) CRM Analyst
8 3 (4.29%) CRM Systems Analyst
8 3 (4.29%) Data Business Analyst
8 3 (4.29%) Documentation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.43%) J2EE
1 1 (1.43%) Java EE
1 1 (1.43%) SAP Basis
1 1 (1.43%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (1.43%) Spring
1 1 (1.43%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.71%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.86%) Life Science
4 2 (2.86%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.43%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.43%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (31.43%) Logistics
2 19 (27.14%) ERP
3 18 (25.71%) Agile
4 15 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
5 14 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (18.57%) Project Management
7 12 (17.14%) Data Analysis
8 10 (14.29%) Roadmaps
9 9 (12.86%) Mathematics
9 9 (12.86%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (11.43%) AI
10 8 (11.43%) Analytics
10 8 (11.43%) Migration
11 7 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (10.00%) CRM
11 7 (10.00%) Data Migration
11 7 (10.00%) Programme Delivery
11 7 (10.00%) Systems Analysis
12 6 (8.57%) Decision-Making
12 6 (8.57%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.43%) SQL
2 4 (5.71%) Python
3 1 (1.43%) Java
Qualifications
1 13 (18.57%) Degree
2 4 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (5.71%) SC Cleared
2 4 (5.71%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.29%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.86%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.57%) PMO
2 3 (4.29%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 27 (38.57%) SAP
2 14 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (11.43%) Salesforce
4 7 (10.00%) Databricks
5 4 (5.71%) UiPath
6 2 (2.86%) Alteryx
6 2 (2.86%) Infor
6 2 (2.86%) Oracle
6 2 (2.86%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.43%) Epicor
7 1 (1.43%) IFS