Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Manufacturing
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Oxfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 8 24
Rank change year-on-year -9 +16 +2
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 10 7 3
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 5.92% 7.78% 1.86%
As % of the General category 10.53% 14.00% 3.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile £541 £351 £335
25th Percentile £584 £391 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +52.78% -5.26% +80.95%
75th Percentile £809 £525 £563
90th Percentile £864 £593 £615
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £456
% change year-on-year -4.55% +20.55% -21.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.50 - -
Median hourly rate £22.00 - -
75th Percentile £23.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £34.25 £46.67
% change year-on-year -35.77% -26.60% +3.70%

All General Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 95 50 91
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 56.21% 55.56% 56.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 28 60
10th Percentile £216 £179 £150
25th Percentile £341 £372 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +11.76% -10.53%
75th Percentile £538 £547 £537
90th Percentile £588 £674 £576
South East median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.75% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 5 10
10th Percentile £15.54 - £16.25
25th Percentile £17.31 £23.50 £25.44
Median hourly rate £22.27 £25.99 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.33% -0.04% +4.00%
75th Percentile £27.50 £47.50 £32.32
90th Percentile £89.63 £59.50 £49.83
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £41.00 £49.73
% change year-on-year -46.34% -17.55% +34.76%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Manufacturing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in Oxfordshire

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Manufacturing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Oxford +2 6 £525 - 7
Carterton - 2 - -
Bicester - 1 £850 - 1
Manufacturing
South East

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 1 (10.00%) Confluence
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 2 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Lucidchart
2 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (10.00%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Power BI
2 1 (10.00%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Finance
3 5 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (20.00%) Electronics
5 2 (20.00%) Marketing
5 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
6 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
6 1 (10.00%) Automotive
6 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) IT Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Migration Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Business Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Business Process Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Business Process Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Digital Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce Manager
3 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Junior
3 1 (10.00%) Junior Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Process Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Process Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Life Science
1 6 (60.00%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (10.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (10.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Agile
1 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (50.00%) Workflow
3 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (40.00%) Business Strategy
3 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (40.00%) Migration
3 4 (40.00%) Six Sigma
3 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (30.00%) Change Management
4 3 (30.00%) Critical Thinking
4 3 (30.00%) ERP
4 3 (30.00%) Lean Six Sigma
4 3 (30.00%) Operations Management
4 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (30.00%) Process Improvement
4 3 (30.00%) Project Management
4 3 (30.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 3 (30.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft