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 4 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 55 67
Rank change year-on-year -10 +12 +21
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 44 27 33
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 2.61% 2.92% 2.22%
As % of the General category 4.67% 5.14% 4.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 11 18
10th Percentile £413 £406 £413
25th Percentile £438 £453 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £579
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -10.15% +15.75%
75th Percentile £588 £545 £734
90th Percentile £741 - £738
North West median daily rate £538 £550 £510
% change year-on-year -2.27% +7.84% +4.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 4 8
10th Percentile £28.50 £14.83 £23.92
25th Percentile £32.50 £17.94 £24.17
Median hourly rate £41.06 £27.27 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +50.58% -19.81% -19.75%
75th Percentile £41.58 £41.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £59.25 £55.40 £64.41
North West median hourly rate £35.28 £43.09 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.14% +23.11% -14.80%

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 942 525 714
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 55.84% 56.82% 48.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 581 339 467
10th Percentile £297 £250 £310
25th Percentile £375 £375 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £470 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% -6.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £554 £588
90th Percentile £634 £682 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 39 62
10th Percentile £18.00 - £12.27
25th Percentile £22.68 £13.00 £13.31
Median hourly rate £41.06 £21.53 £23.48
Median % change year-on-year +90.69% -8.29% -6.10%
75th Percentile £76.75 £46.88 £34.50
90th Percentile £95.00 £73.00 £59.75
North West median hourly rate £35.55 £28.75 £17.72
% change year-on-year +23.65% +62.25% -35.21%

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 4 May 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 4 May 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 4 May 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 +9 10 - - 12
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 1 (2.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (6.82%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.27%) Chatbot
4 1 (2.27%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (2.27%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Primavera
1 3 (6.82%) SAP MM
1 3 (6.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (4.55%) SAP ERP
3 1 (2.27%) ENOVIA
3 1 (2.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.55%) Azure
2 1 (2.27%) AWS
2 1 (2.27%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (2.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (2.27%) GCP
2 1 (2.27%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.27%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.27%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.27%) Power BI
1 1 (2.27%) SAP BW
1 1 (2.27%) SAP HANA
1 1 (2.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (13.64%) JIRA
2 2 (4.55%) Hudson
General
1 9 (20.45%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (15.91%) Law
2 7 (15.91%) Social Skills
3 6 (13.64%) Aerospace
4 5 (11.36%) Pharmaceutical
4 5 (11.36%) Retail
5 4 (9.09%) Finance
6 2 (4.55%) Electronics
7 1 (2.27%) Marketing
7 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (18.18%) Project Manager
2 6 (13.64%) Administrator
2 6 (13.64%) Developer
2 6 (13.64%) Report Developer
3 5 (11.36%) Business Development Manager
3 5 (11.36%) Business Manager
3 5 (11.36%) Development Manager
3 5 (11.36%) Technical Administrator
4 4 (9.09%) Analyst
4 4 (9.09%) Architect
5 3 (6.82%) Author
5 3 (6.82%) Consultant
5 3 (6.82%) IT Manager
5 3 (6.82%) IT Project Manager
5 3 (6.82%) Senior
6 2 (4.55%) Coordinator
6 2 (4.55%) Lead
6 2 (4.55%) Project Coordinator
6 2 (4.55%) Senior Manager
6 2 (4.55%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.27%) SAP Basis
1 1 (2.27%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (4.55%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.27%) AI Agents
2 1 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.27%) FMCG
2 1 (2.27%) Life Science
2 1 (2.27%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (36.36%) ERP
2 8 (18.18%) Project Management
2 8 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (15.91%) Logistics
3 7 (15.91%) Migration
3 7 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (13.64%) Agile
5 5 (11.36%) Business Development
5 5 (11.36%) Data Migration
5 5 (11.36%) Roadmaps
6 4 (9.09%) Supplier Management
7 3 (6.82%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (6.82%) Programme Delivery
7 3 (6.82%) Project Planning
7 3 (6.82%) Requirements Gathering
7 3 (6.82%) Waterfall
8 2 (4.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (4.55%) Decision-Making
8 2 (4.55%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 2 (4.55%) Matrix Organization
Qualifications
1 4 (9.09%) Degree
1 4 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 4 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.27%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (2.27%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.55%) PMO
2 1 (2.27%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 18 (40.91%) SAP
2 3 (6.82%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.55%) IFS
3 2 (4.55%) Infor
3 2 (4.55%) Oracle
4 1 (2.27%) Databricks
4 1 (2.27%) Epicor
4 1 (2.27%) PTC
4 1 (2.27%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.27%) Siemens