Manufacturing Contracts in the Midlands

Manufacturing
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 66 39 56
Rank change year-on-year -27 +17 +20
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 47 107 135
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.46% 3.88% 3.92%
As % of the General category 3.94% 7.07% 7.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 56 93
10th Percentile £262 £208 £370
25th Percentile £444 £325 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £553 £538 £600
90th Percentile £708 £668 £685
England median daily rate £530 £500 £540
% change year-on-year +6.00% -7.41% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 34 8
10th Percentile £16.60 £13.34 -
25th Percentile £26.21 £15.25 £50.50
Median hourly rate £33.91 £19.59 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year +73.10% -61.59% +108.16%
75th Percentile £41.96 £39.63 £51.50
90th Percentile £54.00 £51.26 £65.30
England median hourly rate £43.09 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +30.58% -26.67% +25.87%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,194 1,513 1,920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 62.38% 54.88% 55.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 778 1,034 1,359
10th Percentile £190 £207 £213
25th Percentile £343 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £488 £480
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% +1.56% +2.67%
75th Percentile £550 £611 £588
90th Percentile £650 £738 £688
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 167 83
10th Percentile £13.98 £11.75 £11.80
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.90 £13.31
Median hourly rate £18.88 £17.50 £20.32
Median % change year-on-year +7.90% -13.88% +14.80%
75th Percentile £30.00 £38.13 £32.13
90th Percentile £34.24 £53.80 £51.50
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in the Midlands

Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing in the Midlands

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in the Midlands

Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing in the Midlands

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Manufacturing in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Manufacturing in the Midlands

Manufacturing
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 within the Midlands 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
West Midlands -22 24 £475 +9.83% 362
East Midlands -4 21 £513 +46.43% 341
Manufacturing
England

Manufacturing
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.26%) Confluence
2 1 (2.13%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Maya
1 3 (6.38%) NUKE
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.13%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (8.51%) Primavera
2 2 (4.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (2.13%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.51%) Power Platform
2 3 (6.38%) Azure
2 3 (6.38%) Azure Data Factory
2 3 (6.38%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.13%) GCP
3 1 (2.13%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.51%) LAN
1 4 (8.51%) NAS
1 4 (8.51%) SAN
2 3 (6.38%) Firewall
2 3 (6.38%) Network Security
3 1 (2.13%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (2.13%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.13%) VPN
3 1 (2.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.51%) Power BI
2 1 (2.13%) Apache Hive
2 1 (2.13%) Big Data
2 1 (2.13%) BigQuery
2 1 (2.13%) Hadoop
2 1 (2.13%) HBase
2 1 (2.13%) Impala
2 1 (2.13%) Looker
2 1 (2.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (4.26%) JIRA
General
1 14 (29.79%) Social Skills
2 10 (21.28%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (17.02%) Finance
4 5 (10.64%) Automotive
5 4 (8.51%) Games
6 3 (6.38%) Legal
6 3 (6.38%) Public Sector
7 2 (4.26%) Aerospace
7 2 (4.26%) Electronics
7 2 (4.26%) Marketing
7 2 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (4.26%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.13%) Military
8 1 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (19.15%) Analyst
1 9 (19.15%) Consultant
2 7 (14.89%) Business Analyst
2 7 (14.89%) Project Manager
3 5 (10.64%) Senior
4 4 (8.51%) Data Analyst
4 4 (8.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Linux Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Storage Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Windows Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (6.38%) Architect
5 3 (6.38%) Data Business Analyst
5 3 (6.38%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 3 (6.38%) Information Assurance Manager
5 3 (6.38%) Information Manager
6 2 (4.26%) IT Manager
6 2 (4.26%) IT Support
6 2 (4.26%) Manufacturing Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.38%) CSS
1 3 (6.38%) Django
1 3 (6.38%) HTML
2 1 (2.13%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.51%) Data Centre
2 3 (6.38%) Animation
2 3 (6.38%) Data Structures
2 3 (6.38%) Industry 4.0
2 3 (6.38%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.13%) FMCG
3 1 (2.13%) IoT
3 1 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.13%) Life Science
3 1 (2.13%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 1 (2.13%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.13%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 11 (23.40%) Windows
2 7 (14.89%) Linux
3 4 (8.51%) Windows Server
4 3 (6.38%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.13%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (19.15%) Agile
2 7 (14.89%) Migration
2 7 (14.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (12.77%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (12.77%) ERP
4 5 (10.64%) Data Integration
4 5 (10.64%) Data Mapping
4 5 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (10.64%) Project Management
5 4 (8.51%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (8.51%) ETL
5 4 (8.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (8.51%) Storage Management
5 4 (8.51%) Validation
6 3 (6.38%) Business Analysis
6 3 (6.38%) Data Transformation
6 3 (6.38%) ETL Development
6 3 (6.38%) Information Security
6 3 (6.38%) Risk Management
6 3 (6.38%) SAP Implementation
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.64%) SQL
2 4 (8.51%) Java
2 4 (8.51%) Python
3 3 (6.38%) C++
3 3 (6.38%) Tcl
4 1 (2.13%) Scala
Qualifications
1 5 (10.64%) Degree
2 3 (6.38%) CISA
2 3 (6.38%) CISM
2 3 (6.38%) CISSP
2 3 (6.38%) GIAC
2 3 (6.38%) SC Cleared
2 3 (6.38%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.26%) SAP Certification
4 1 (2.13%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.13%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.38%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (6.38%) NIST
1 3 (6.38%) NIST 800
2 2 (4.26%) SLA
3 1 (2.13%) PMBOK
System Software
1 4 (8.51%) Virtual Servers
1 4 (8.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.13%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.13%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (23.40%) SAP
2 9 (19.15%) Microsoft
3 5 (10.64%) Dell
4 4 (8.51%) VMware
5 3 (6.38%) Informatica
6 2 (4.26%) Cisco
6 2 (4.26%) Salesforce
7 1 (2.13%) Apple
7 1 (2.13%) Ariba
7 1 (2.13%) Avaya
7 1 (2.13%) Citrix
7 1 (2.13%) Google
7 1 (2.13%) Hitachi
7 1 (2.13%) HP
7 1 (2.13%) Logitech
7 1 (2.13%) Nexthink
7 1 (2.13%) QAD
7 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow