Manufacturing Contracts in Merseyside

Manufacturing
North West > Merseyside

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 17 44
Rank change year-on-year -10 +27 -1
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 2 16 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 1.19% 7.02% 0.88%
As % of the General category 1.90% 12.80% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - £211 £480
25th Percentile - £227 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £258 £568
Median % change year-on-year - -54.63% +8.10%
75th Percentile - £356 £631
90th Percentile - £412 £665
North West median daily rate £550 £510 £486
% change year-on-year +7.84% +4.94% -11.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 0
Median hourly rate £20.00 £32.12 -
Median % change year-on-year -37.72% - -
North West median hourly rate £43.00 £35.00 £41.08
% change year-on-year +22.86% -14.80% +53.56%

All General Skills
Merseyside

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 common skills in Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 105 125 193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 62.50% 54.82% 56.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 58 129
10th Percentile £150 £155 £393
25th Percentile £305 £213 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £423 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.55% -15.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £545 £494 £588
90th Percentile £641 £588 £700
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 35 9
10th Percentile £13.28 £14.50 £16.15
25th Percentile - £15.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 £18.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.11% +2.86% +34.62%
75th Percentile £20.00 £34.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £25.22 £37.18 £25.00
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £17.72 £26.00
% change year-on-year +62.25% -31.85% +30.00%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Job postings citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Merseyside

Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in Merseyside.

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing in Merseyside

Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in Merseyside.

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing in Merseyside

Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Liverpool -4 2 - - 76
Manufacturing
North West

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Attestation
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Compliance Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Acquisition
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA