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 15 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 38 58
Rank change year-on-year -9 +20 +14
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 87 44 25
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 4.23% 4.32% 2.13%
As % of the General category 7.89% 6.92% 3.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 21 9
10th Percentile £460 £170 £483
25th Percentile £506 £406 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% -
75th Percentile - £619 £723
90th Percentile £700 £638 £900
North West median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 9 6
10th Percentile £23.13 £33.75 £25.89
25th Percentile £28.23 £34.50 £35.50
Median hourly rate £31.16 £35.50 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.24% -13.41% +36.67%
75th Percentile £36.25 £65.00 £58.13
90th Percentile £41.58 £66.75 £62.50
North West median hourly rate £31.16 £35.50 £25.75
% change year-on-year -12.24% +37.86% -24.26%

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 1,102 636 704
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 53.57% 62.48% 59.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 627 421 397
10th Percentile £308 £300 £294
25th Percentile £410 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £477
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.66% -4.60%
75th Percentile £600 £580 £575
90th Percentile £738 £656 £675
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £479
% change year-on-year +11.11% -6.05% -4.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 52 27
10th Percentile £18.38 £13.00 £15.97
25th Percentile £28.24 £17.24 £21.25
Median hourly rate £41.06 £22.57 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +81.94% -30.57% +75.68%
75th Percentile £75.00 £35.50 £52.75
90th Percentile £79.00 £64.88 £65.00
North West median hourly rate £35.50 £25.94 £35.00
% change year-on-year +36.87% -25.89% +55.35%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 15 October 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 19 - - 13
Oldham - 1 - - 2
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 (4.60%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (18.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (11.49%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (4.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (4.60%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (4.60%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.15%) Revit
4 1 (1.15%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 12 (13.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (5.75%) SAP MM
3 4 (4.60%) Primavera
3 4 (4.60%) SAP ERP
4 3 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (2.30%) SAP QM
6 1 (1.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (1.15%) Infor M3
6 1 (1.15%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (1.15%) SAP APO
6 1 (1.15%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 16 (18.39%) Power Platform
2 12 (13.79%) Azure
3 9 (10.34%) AWS
4 7 (8.05%) GCP
4 7 (8.05%) Power Automate
4 7 (8.05%) PowerApps
5 4 (4.60%) Snowflake
6 2 (2.30%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.30%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.15%) ChatGPT
7 1 (1.15%) GitHub
7 1 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.15%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (18.39%) Power BI
2 6 (6.90%) Data Lake
3 5 (5.75%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (4.60%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (3.45%) Power Query
5 3 (3.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (3.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (2.30%) SAP BW
6 2 (2.30%) SAP HANA
6 2 (2.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (8.05%) JIRA
2 1 (1.15%) Jenkins
General
1 31 (35.63%) Social Skills
2 17 (19.54%) Retail
3 13 (14.94%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (14.94%) Finance
4 9 (10.34%) Electronics
5 8 (9.20%) Aerospace
6 5 (5.75%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (4.60%) Banking
7 4 (4.60%) Law
8 3 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (2.30%) Aviation
9 2 (2.30%) Billing
9 2 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.15%) Automotive
10 1 (1.15%) Military
Job Titles
1 18 (20.69%) Analyst
2 15 (17.24%) Test Engineer
3 10 (11.49%) PCB Engineer
4 9 (10.34%) Administrator
5 7 (8.05%) Manufacturing Engineer
6 6 (6.90%) Automation Specialist
6 6 (6.90%) Business Analyst
7 5 (5.75%) Architect
7 5 (5.75%) Project Officer
7 5 (5.75%) Technical Administrator
8 4 (4.60%) Consultant
8 4 (4.60%) Data Business Analyst
8 4 (4.60%) Developer
8 4 (4.60%) Project Analyst
8 4 (4.60%) Project Manager
9 3 (3.45%) Business Intelligence Business Analyst
9 3 (3.45%) CRM Analyst
9 3 (3.45%) CRM Systems Analyst
9 3 (3.45%) Data Warehouse Business Analyst
9 3 (3.45%) PMO Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.30%) REST
1 2 (2.30%) SAP Basis
1 2 (2.30%) SAP Fiori
1 2 (2.30%) SAP PI
1 2 (2.30%) SAPUI5
1 2 (2.30%) SOAP
2 1 (1.15%) EDI
2 1 (1.15%) Jakarta EE
2 1 (1.15%) Kafka
2 1 (1.15%) Spring
2 1 (1.15%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.90%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (4.60%) Analogue Electronics
2 4 (4.60%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (4.60%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.45%) FMCG
3 3 (3.45%) Low-Code
4 2 (2.30%) Life Science
5 1 (1.15%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.15%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.15%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.15%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.15%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (29.89%) Logistics
2 22 (25.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 20 (22.99%) Agile
4 19 (21.84%) Business Intelligence
4 19 (21.84%) ERP
5 12 (13.79%) Analytics
5 12 (13.79%) Data Analysis
5 12 (13.79%) Migration
6 11 (12.64%) AI
6 11 (12.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (12.64%) CRM
6 11 (12.64%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (11.49%) Project Management
8 9 (10.34%) Data Migration
9 8 (9.20%) ETL
9 8 (9.20%) Knowledge Transfer
9 8 (9.20%) Mathematics
9 8 (9.20%) Systems Analysis
9 8 (9.20%) Validation
9 8 (9.20%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 14 (16.09%) SQL
2 4 (4.60%) Python
3 1 (1.15%) ABAP
3 1 (1.15%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (20.69%) Degree
2 8 (9.20%) Security Cleared
3 7 (8.05%) HNC
3 7 (8.05%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.30%) City & Guilds
5 2 (2.30%) Numerate Degree
5 2 (2.30%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (1.15%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.90%) Data Quality
2 5 (5.75%) PMO
3 1 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.15%) NCSC
3 1 (1.15%) NIST
Vendors
1 30 (34.48%) SAP
2 14 (16.09%) Microsoft
3 10 (11.49%) Salesforce
4 9 (10.34%) Databricks
5 4 (4.60%) UiPath
6 3 (3.45%) Alteryx
6 3 (3.45%) Infor
7 2 (2.30%) Oracle
7 2 (2.30%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.30%) Teradata
8 1 (1.15%) AVEVA
8 1 (1.15%) IBM
8 1 (1.15%) IFS
8 1 (1.15%) Qualys
8 1 (1.15%) Tenable