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 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 22 24
Rank change year-on-year -26 +2 -
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 6 12 5
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.38% 5.43% 2.55%
As % of the General category 2.54% 9.16% 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 2
10th Percentile - - £380
25th Percentile £170 £305 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £363 £438
Median % change year-on-year -51.72% -17.14% -
75th Percentile £273 £510 £479
90th Percentile £439 £568 £493
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £175 £363 £423
% change year-on-year -51.72% -14.30% -
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 236 131 100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 54.25% 59.28% 51.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 100 62
10th Percentile £301 £298 £229
25th Percentile £380 £355 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £441 £425 £508
Median % change year-on-year +3.76% -16.26% -10.18%
75th Percentile £501 £525 £600
90th Percentile £575 £601 £695
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £442 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -15.00% -10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 16
10th Percentile £16.55 £14.80 £16.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £14.88 £19.56
Median hourly rate £48.00 £16.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +190.91% -65.26% -
75th Percentile £61.60 £18.13 £51.56
90th Percentile £70.00 £18.20 £68.75
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £18.38 £14.07 £17.50
% change year-on-year +30.60% -19.60% -

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
Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 8 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in Newcastle upon Tyne

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 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Electronics
2 3 (50.00%) Marketing
2 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 3 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 3 (50.00%) IT Support
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Support
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Manager
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Transformation Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Transformation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Android
1 3 (50.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 3 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (16.67%) Cutover Planning
2 1 (16.67%) Dependency Management
2 1 (16.67%) ERP
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Project Governance
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) SAP
2 3 (50.00%) Apple
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco
2 3 (50.00%) Dell
2 3 (50.00%) HP
3 1 (16.67%) IFS