Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Manufacturing
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 21 17
Rank change year-on-year -20 -4 -
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 7 12 8
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 2.02% 6.32% 4.73%
As % of the General category 3.35% 11.21% 9.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 4
10th Percentile - - £399
25th Percentile £170 £305 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £363 £518
Median % change year-on-year -51.72% -29.95% -
75th Percentile £180 £510 £688
90th Percentile - £568 £935
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £175 £363 £458
% change year-on-year -51.72% -20.85% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £44.50 - -
Median hourly rate £48.00 - -
75th Percentile £51.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £48.00 - £12.25

All General Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 general skills in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 209 107 81
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 60.23% 56.32% 47.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 58 53
10th Percentile £196 £304 £170
25th Percentile £375 £338 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £438 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -16.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £625
90th Percentile £560 £633 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £438 £450 £518
% change year-on-year -2.78% -13.04% -5.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 6
10th Percentile £16.64 - £46.25
25th Percentile £17.88 £13.75 £48.75
Median hourly rate £33.63 £14.69 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year +128.90% -76.02% +250.00%
75th Percentile £53.75 £18.75 £68.75
90th Percentile - £19.75 -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £19.25 £14.69 £47.50
% change year-on-year +31.04% -69.07% +171.43%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Manufacturing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Manufacturing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Manufacturing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) Wireless
General
1 6 (85.71%) Electronics
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
1 6 (85.71%) Marketing
1 6 (85.71%) Public Sector
1 6 (85.71%) Telecoms
2 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 5 (71.43%) 2nd Line Support
1 5 (71.43%) Desktop Support
1 5 (71.43%) IT Support
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
2 1 (14.29%) Migration Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Software Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Android
1 5 (71.43%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) Digital Marketing
1 6 (85.71%) Programme Management
2 1 (14.29%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) Workflow
2 1 (14.29%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) SAP
2 5 (71.43%) Apple
2 5 (71.43%) Cisco
2 5 (71.43%) Dell
2 5 (71.43%) HP