3D Printing Contract Job Trends in the North West

3D Printer
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 3D Printing in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 3D Printing over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing 3D Printing 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.16% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £34.50 - -
Median hourly rate £35.00 - -
75th Percentile £35.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £35.00 - -

All Generic Skills
North West

3D Printing falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 896 679 779
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 35.78% 31.33% 29.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 599 366 549
10th Percentile £196 £203 £256
25th Percentile £358 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £487 £513
Median % change year-on-year -7.55% -5.02% +2.50%
75th Percentile £564 £563 £594
90th Percentile £638 £672 £672
England median daily rate £514 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 38 36
10th Percentile £16.42 £19.91 £14.99
25th Percentile £21.46 £21.62 £20.38
Median hourly rate £45.46 £30.12 £41.87
Median % change year-on-year +50.95% -28.07% +19.61%
75th Percentile £56.69 £33.75 £46.35
90th Percentile £73.29 £63.85 £64.38
England median hourly rate £29.00 £37.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -21.62% -15.60% +25.16%

3D Printing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing 3D Printing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

3D Printing job vacancy trend in the North West

3D Printing
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3D Printing within the North West region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Manchester - 4 - -
3D Printing
England

3D Printing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) Resin
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (100.00%) PTC Creo
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Law
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) CAD
1 4 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 4 (100.00%) Rapid Prototyping
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared