Manufacturing Contracts in the Midlands

Manufacturing
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Manufacturing over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 52 70
Rank change year-on-year +8 +18 +20
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 101 130 149
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.70% 3.85% 2.99%
As % of the General category 6.74% 6.94% 5.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 92 112
10th Percentile £208 £370 £360
25th Percentile £325 £450 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £525 £601 £604
90th Percentile £688 £688 £748
England median daily rate £500 £533 £525
% change year-on-year -6.10% +1.43% +3.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 8 7
10th Percentile £13.14 - £17.80
25th Percentile £15.25 £50.50 £19.63
Median hourly rate £19.59 £51.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.59% +126.67% +40.63%
75th Percentile £38.75 £51.50 £28.07
90th Percentile £49.07 £65.30 £32.63
England median hourly rate £33.00 £45.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.67% +28.57% -2.78%

All General Skills
Midlands

Manufacturing is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,499 1,874 2,713
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 54.97% 55.49% 54.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,029 1,331 2,034
10th Percentile £208 £213 £225
25th Percentile £350 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +1.05% +18.75%
75th Percentile £611 £588 £550
90th Percentile £738 £688 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 83 98
10th Percentile £11.75 £11.80 £10.35
25th Percentile £13.90 £13.31 £13.05
Median hourly rate £17.50 £20.71 £17.70
Median % change year-on-year -15.48% +16.98% +10.63%
75th Percentile £36.25 £33.66 £25.06
90th Percentile £52.34 £51.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £30.50 £32.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -6.15% +51.16% -4.17%

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 8 May 2024.

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 8 May 2024.

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 8 May 2024. 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 +5 59 £429 -10.68% 438
East Midlands +10 34 £463 -12.07% 274
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 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.99%) Confluence
2 1 (0.99%) nginx
2 1 (0.99%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (3.96%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (3.96%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (1.98%) CATIA
2 2 (1.98%) Maya
2 2 (1.98%) NUKE
2 2 (1.98%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.99%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (4.95%) Maximo
2 3 (2.97%) SAP MII
2 3 (2.97%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.98%) Odoo
4 1 (0.99%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.99%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.99%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.99%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.94%) Azure
2 3 (2.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 3 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.98%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (1.98%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.99%) Azure App Service
4 1 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.99%) Azure Event Grid
4 1 (0.99%) Azure Functions
4 1 (0.99%) OCI
4 1 (0.99%) SaaS
4 1 (0.99%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.95%) VPN
2 3 (2.97%) Firewall
3 2 (1.98%) LAN
3 2 (1.98%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.98%) WAN
4 1 (0.99%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.99%) DNS
4 1 (0.99%) FTP
4 1 (0.99%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.99%) SAN
4 1 (0.99%) tcpdump
4 1 (0.99%) VLAN
4 1 (0.99%) Wireless
4 1 (0.99%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.99%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (2.97%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.99%) Apache Hive
2 1 (0.99%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.99%) Hadoop
2 1 (0.99%) MySQL
2 1 (0.99%) Power BI
2 1 (0.99%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.99%) Git
1 1 (0.99%) IDA Disassembler
1 1 (0.99%) JIRA
General
1 23 (22.77%) Social Skills
2 20 (19.80%) Automotive
3 11 (10.89%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (9.90%) Finance
5 9 (8.91%) Aerospace
6 7 (6.93%) Electronics
7 6 (5.94%) Public Sector
8 5 (4.95%) Marketing
8 5 (4.95%) Telecoms
9 4 (3.96%) Avionics
9 4 (3.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.98%) Games
10 2 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.99%) Advertising
11 1 (0.99%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 13 (12.87%) Analyst
1 13 (12.87%) Programmer
2 6 (5.94%) Consultant
2 6 (5.94%) Developer
2 6 (5.94%) Project Manager
3 5 (4.95%) Administrator
3 5 (4.95%) Lead
3 5 (4.95%) Product Owner
3 5 (4.95%) Support Engineer
4 4 (3.96%) Business Analyst
4 4 (3.96%) Change Manager
4 4 (3.96%) IT Engineer
4 4 (3.96%) Junior
4 4 (3.96%) SAP Consultant
5 3 (2.97%) Architect
5 3 (2.97%) Business Change Manager
5 3 (2.97%) Business Systems Analyst
5 3 (2.97%) IT Manager
5 3 (2.97%) IT Project Manager
5 3 (2.97%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.97%) .NET
2 2 (1.98%) Classic ASP
2 2 (1.98%) Unreal Engine
2 2 (1.98%) V-Ray
3 1 (0.99%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.99%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.99%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.99%) EDI
3 1 (0.99%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.99%) FastAPI
3 1 (0.99%) Flask
3 1 (0.99%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.99%) OLE
3 1 (0.99%) pytest
3 1 (0.99%) React
3 1 (0.99%) SAP MI
3 1 (0.99%) SQLAlchemy
3 1 (0.99%) Swagger
3 1 (0.99%) Vue
3 1 (0.99%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.95%) Product Ownership
1 5 (4.95%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (3.96%) Infotainment
3 2 (1.98%) FMCG
3 2 (1.98%) IoT
4 1 (0.99%) CCTV
4 1 (0.99%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.99%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (0.99%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.99%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.99%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.99%) Robotics
4 1 (0.99%) SCADA
4 1 (0.99%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.99%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 10 (9.90%) Windows
2 4 (3.96%) Linux
2 4 (3.96%) Windows 7
3 2 (1.98%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.99%) Android
4 1 (0.99%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.99%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.99%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (0.99%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (14.85%) ERP
2 14 (13.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (11.88%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (8.91%) Collaborative Working
4 9 (8.91%) Project Management
4 9 (8.91%) Requirements Gathering
5 8 (7.92%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (7.92%) Logistics
5 8 (7.92%) Process Improvement
6 7 (6.93%) Change Management
6 7 (6.93%) Product Strategy
6 7 (6.93%) Technical Leadership
6 7 (6.93%) Use Case
7 6 (5.94%) Agile
7 6 (5.94%) Business Strategy
7 6 (5.94%) Customer Service
7 6 (5.94%) Information Security
7 6 (5.94%) Manufacturing Engineering
7 6 (5.94%) Programme Management
7 6 (5.94%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.94%) SQL
2 3 (2.97%) Python
2 3 (2.97%) T-SQL
3 2 (1.98%) C#
3 2 (1.98%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.99%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.99%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (9.90%) Degree
2 6 (5.94%) SC Cleared
2 6 (5.94%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.97%) SAP Certification
4 2 (1.98%) Dell Certification
5 1 (0.99%) ACCA
5 1 (0.99%) CIMA
5 1 (0.99%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.99%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.99%) PMP
5 1 (0.99%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.94%) SLA
2 2 (1.98%) QA
3 1 (0.99%) GDPR
3 1 (0.99%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (4.95%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.99%) Snort
2 1 (0.99%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (1.98%) Kibana
2 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.99%) PaperCut
2 1 (0.99%) SCCM
2 1 (0.99%) Terraform
2 1 (0.99%) WSUS
Vendors
1 17 (16.83%) SAP
2 13 (12.87%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.96%) Computacenter
3 4 (3.96%) Progress
3 4 (3.96%) ServiceNow
3 4 (3.96%) VMware
4 3 (2.97%) HP
4 3 (2.97%) JD Edwards
4 3 (2.97%) QAD
5 2 (1.98%) Ariba
5 2 (1.98%) Dell
5 2 (1.98%) Fujitsu
5 2 (1.98%) Sage
5 2 (1.98%) Splunk
5 2 (1.98%) Sun
6 1 (0.99%) Cisco
6 1 (0.99%) Google
6 1 (0.99%) Nimble Storage
6 1 (0.99%) Oracle
6 1 (0.99%) Red Hat