Manufacturing Engineering Contracts in the Midlands

Manufacturing Engineering
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Manufacturing Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 128 165
Rank change year-on-year +8 +37 +34
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering 1 6 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.051% 0.22% 0.060%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.058% 0.27% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £433 -
England median daily rate - £433 £425
% change year-on-year - +1.76% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £37.02 £48.48 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.63% - -
England median hourly rate £50.00 £29.60 £39.78
% change year-on-year +68.95% -25.59% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Manufacturing Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,732 2,219 2,963
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.96% 82.09% 88.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,133 1,482 2,074
10th Percentile £200 £238 £250
25th Percentile £358 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £492
Median % change year-on-year - -3.36% +3.47%
75th Percentile £563 £600 £591
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 170 106
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.06 £11.90
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.60 £14.64
Median hourly rate £18.20 £18.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.62% -7.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £24.20 £34.56 £31.50
90th Percentile £38.28 £55.00 £56.25
England median hourly rate £29.00 £36.50 £37.34
% change year-on-year -20.55% -2.25% +49.36%

Manufacturing Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Manufacturing Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing Engineering in the Midlands

Manufacturing Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing Engineering in the Midlands

Manufacturing Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing Engineering in the Midlands

Manufacturing Engineering
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 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
East Midlands +5 1 - - 10
Manufacturing Engineering
England

Manufacturing Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Publishing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) PMO Officer
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management Officer
1 1 (100.00%) Project Officer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Earned Value Management
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO