Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in North Wales

Manufacturing
Wales > North Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in North Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 7 8
Rank change year-on-year -3 +1 -
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 2 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in North Wales 4.44% 7.89% 12.50%
As % of the General category 13.33% 18.75% 15.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £163 - -
25th Percentile £170 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £186 - £237
75th Percentile £198 - -
90th Percentile £202 - -
Wales median daily rate £168 £550 £431
% change year-on-year -69.55% +27.61% -13.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £50.50 -
Wales median hourly rate £31.25 £50.50 £25.54
% change year-on-year -38.12% +97.73% -

All General Skills
North Wales

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 North Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 15 16 13
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North Wales 33.33% 42.11% 81.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 8
10th Percentile £173 £160 £177
25th Percentile £193 £199 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £234 £220 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -53.68% +196.88%
75th Percentile £270 £227 £550
90th Percentile £273 £239 -
Wales median daily rate £410 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +2.50% -5.88% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 0
10th Percentile - £22.89 -
25th Percentile £20.50 £30.00 -
Median hourly rate £21.00 £37.28 -
Median % change year-on-year -43.67% - -
75th Percentile £22.40 £51.75 -
90th Percentile £26.80 - -
Wales median hourly rate £20.00 £24.68 £27.17
% change year-on-year -18.96% -9.15% +35.83%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in North Wales

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in North Wales

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in North Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in North Wales citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in North Wales

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

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

Manufacturing
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 within the North Wales region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Gwynedd - 1 £168 -
Manufacturing
Wales

Manufacturing
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support
2 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (50.00%) IT Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) IT Support Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Life Science
1 1 (50.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Maintenance
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP