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 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 40 47
Rank change year-on-year -24 +7 +26
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Manufacturing 78 106 124
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.11% 3.96% 4.09%
As % of the General category 4.97% 7.21% 8.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 57 79
10th Percentile £259 £248 £360
25th Percentile £411 £359 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% -2.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £525 £574
90th Percentile £699 £688 £655
England median daily rate £530 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +4.95% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 22 12
10th Percentile £26.10 £12.75 £26.80
25th Percentile £29.00 £15.25 £33.82
Median hourly rate £31.94 £21.90 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year +45.88% -57.07% +73.59%
75th Percentile £33.91 £29.50 £51.50
90th Percentile £38.89 £32.09 -
England median hourly rate £33.91 £32.95 £45.00
% change year-on-year +2.92% -26.78% -

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,569 1,470 1,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 62.63% 54.97% 50.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,010 981 1,069
10th Percentile £220 £240 £234
25th Percentile £356 £363 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £540 £620 £623
90th Percentile £638 £725 £725
England median daily rate £508 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -6.02% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 106 72
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.88 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.22 £14.66 £17.19
Median hourly rate £25.15 £19.30 £24.80
Median % change year-on-year +30.34% -22.20% +30.53%
75th Percentile £35.14 £33.52 £45.00
90th Percentile £50.00 £51.91 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +38.62% +14.58%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Manufacturing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in the Midlands

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Manufacturing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Manufacturing in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Manufacturing in the Midlands

Manufacturing
DemandTrendContract 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 20 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -25 49 £469 +4.17% 211
East Midlands -4 28 £600 +29.73% 146
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 7 (8.97%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.28%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 6 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (6.41%) Maya
2 5 (6.41%) NUKE
3 3 (3.85%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.85%) MS Visio
3 3 (3.85%) Photoshop
4 2 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (6.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (3.85%) SAP PP
3 2 (2.56%) PRMS
4 1 (1.28%) Primavera
4 1 (1.28%) SAP QM
4 1 (1.28%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 9 (11.54%) Power Platform
2 4 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (3.85%) Azure
3 3 (3.85%) Lucidchart
4 2 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.56%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.28%) AWS
5 1 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.28%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.28%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 1 (1.28%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 11 (14.10%) Firewall
2 6 (7.69%) DHCP
2 6 (7.69%) DNS
2 6 (7.69%) LAN
2 6 (7.69%) WAN
2 6 (7.69%) Wireless
3 5 (6.41%) Cisco IOS
3 5 (6.41%) PuTTY
3 5 (6.41%) WLAN
4 2 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.28%) DMZ
5 1 (1.28%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.28%) NAS
5 1 (1.28%) SAN
5 1 (1.28%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.28%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.28%) VLAN
5 1 (1.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.26%) Power BI
2 5 (6.41%) Tableau
3 2 (2.56%) Oracle Database
3 2 (2.56%) Oracle Database 12c
3 2 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.28%) Apache Hive
4 1 (1.28%) Big Data
4 1 (1.28%) Hadoop
4 1 (1.28%) HBase
4 1 (1.28%) Impala
Development Applications
1 4 (5.13%) JIRA
General
1 25 (32.05%) Social Skills
2 15 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (14.10%) Finance
4 10 (12.82%) Automotive
5 6 (7.69%) Games
5 6 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 5 (6.41%) Marketing
7 4 (5.13%) Electronics
7 4 (5.13%) Telecoms
8 3 (3.85%) Aerospace
8 3 (3.85%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (2.56%) Back Office
9 2 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.56%) Legal
9 2 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.28%) Environmental Health
10 1 (1.28%) Military
10 1 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.28%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 19 (24.36%) Analyst
2 16 (20.51%) Project Manager
3 9 (11.54%) Consultant
3 9 (11.54%) Senior
3 9 (11.54%) Support Analyst
4 6 (7.69%) Business Analyst
4 6 (7.69%) IT Support
5 5 (6.41%) IT Analyst
5 5 (6.41%) IT Manager
5 5 (6.41%) IT Project Manager
5 5 (6.41%) SAP Manager
5 5 (6.41%) SAP Project Manager
6 4 (5.13%) ERP Consultant
6 4 (5.13%) IFS Consultant
7 3 (3.85%) Floorwalker
7 3 (3.85%) IT Support Analyst
7 3 (3.85%) Manufacturing Engineer
7 3 (3.85%) Training Manager
8 2 (2.56%) DV Cleared DBA
8 2 (2.56%) SC Cleared DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.41%) CSS
1 5 (6.41%) Django
1 5 (6.41%) HTML
2 2 (2.56%) Middleware
3 1 (1.28%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.69%) FMCG
2 5 (6.41%) Animation
2 5 (6.41%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (6.41%) Virtual Team
3 4 (5.13%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 3 (3.85%) Data Structures
4 3 (3.85%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.85%) e-Learning
4 3 (3.85%) Graphic Design
4 3 (3.85%) Life Science
4 3 (3.85%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.56%) AS400
5 2 (2.56%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.56%) SCADA
6 1 (1.28%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.28%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.28%) PKI
6 1 (1.28%) PMI
6 1 (1.28%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.69%) Windows
2 4 (5.13%) Linux
3 2 (2.56%) Unix
3 2 (2.56%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.28%) OpenVMS
4 1 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (24.36%) Project Management
2 14 (17.95%) Agile
2 14 (17.95%) ERP
3 13 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (15.38%) Change Management
5 11 (14.10%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (14.10%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (10.26%) Computer Science
6 8 (10.26%) Migration
7 7 (8.97%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (7.69%) Change Control
8 6 (7.69%) Data Analysis
8 6 (7.69%) Process Improvement
8 6 (7.69%) Project Delivery
9 5 (6.41%) Programme Management
9 5 (6.41%) Root Cause Analysis
9 5 (6.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (6.41%) Waterfall
10 4 (5.13%) Digital Marketing
10 4 (5.13%) PLM
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.54%) SQL
2 6 (7.69%) Java
2 6 (7.69%) Python
3 5 (6.41%) C++
3 5 (6.41%) Tcl
4 2 (2.56%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.28%) Korn
5 1 (1.28%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 16 (20.51%) Degree
2 7 (8.97%) CCNA
2 7 (8.97%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (6.41%) CCNP
3 5 (6.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (6.41%) Security Cleared
4 4 (5.13%) PMI Certification
4 4 (5.13%) PMP
5 3 (3.85%) A+ Certification
5 3 (3.85%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.56%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.56%) OCP
6 2 (2.56%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (1.28%) CISSP
7 1 (1.28%) MCP
7 1 (1.28%) MCSA
7 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.56%) GDPR
2 1 (1.28%) COSHH
2 1 (1.28%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.28%) FIPS 140-2
2 1 (1.28%) ISO 14001
2 1 (1.28%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.28%) NEBOSH
2 1 (1.28%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.28%) PMBOK
2 1 (1.28%) PMO
2 1 (1.28%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (5.13%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.56%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (1.28%) HDFS
3 1 (1.28%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.56%) Data Guard
1 2 (2.56%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (2.56%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (1.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (24.36%) Microsoft
2 15 (19.23%) SAP
3 8 (10.26%) Cisco
4 5 (6.41%) Oracle
4 5 (6.41%) Peregrine
4 5 (6.41%) Remedy
5 4 (5.13%) IFS
6 3 (3.85%) Rockwell
7 2 (2.56%) Autodesk
7 2 (2.56%) Meraki
7 2 (2.56%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.28%) Ariba
8 1 (1.28%) Aruba
8 1 (1.28%) Dell
8 1 (1.28%) Hitachi
8 1 (1.28%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.28%) QAD
8 1 (1.28%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.28%) Siemens
8 1 (1.28%) VMware