Manufacturing Engineering Contract Job Trends in North Wales

Manufacturing Engineering
Wales > North Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in North Wales requiring Manufacturing Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in North Wales 4.08% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Wales median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £34.20 - -
25th Percentile £34.62 - -
Median hourly rate £35.78 - -
75th Percentile £36.47 - -
90th Percentile £36.61 - -
Wales median hourly rate £35.78 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
North Wales

Manufacturing Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in North Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 40 8 13
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North Wales 81.63% 72.73% 76.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 4 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £155 £134 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £170 £267 £638
Median % change year-on-year -36.38% -58.08% +254.17%
75th Percentile £447 £400 £738
90th Percentile £480 - -
Wales median daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year - -5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £17.30 - £19.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -41.54%
75th Percentile £33.26 - £19.09
90th Percentile £36.15 - £19.14
Wales median hourly rate £19.85 £21.51 £19.82
% change year-on-year -7.72% +8.50% +5.34%

Manufacturing Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in North Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Manufacturing Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in North Wales.

Manufacturing Engineering job vacancy trend in North Wales

Manufacturing Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in North Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in North Wales citing Manufacturing Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in North Wales citing Manufacturing Engineering

Manufacturing Engineering
Contract Job Locations in North Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering within the North Wales region over the 6 months to 16 March 2026. 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
Flintshire - 2 - -
Manufacturing Engineering
Wales

Manufacturing Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Wales 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 2 (100.00%) CATIA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Programmer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) HNC
2 1 (50.00%) NVQ Level 4
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP