Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in Preston

Manufacturing
Lancashire > Preston

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Preston. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 5.43% - -
As % of the General category 10.87% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £250 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £412 - -
90th Percentile £433 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £400 - -

All General Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 46 33 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 50.00% 68.75% 59.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 14 13
10th Percentile £251 £200 £231
25th Percentile £391 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £508 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +19.41% -19.05%
75th Percentile £550 £569 £488
90th Percentile £618 £600 £538
Lancashire median daily rate £453 £500 £623
% change year-on-year -9.50% -19.68% +17.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 22
10th Percentile £39.59 £20.12 £23.55
25th Percentile - £26.17 £45.96
Median hourly rate £41.94 £33.70 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.45% -32.60% +24.94%
75th Percentile £45.46 £59.88 £60.28
90th Percentile £62.74 £67.84 £77.64
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £40.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +13.65% -13.38% +15.39%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Preston

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Preston over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in Preston

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 (40.00%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Teamcenter
General
1 5 (100.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Support
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Industrial Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (20.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 1 (20.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Knowledge Management
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (40.00%) CAD
3 2 (40.00%) Coaching
3 2 (40.00%) High Availability
3 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (40.00%) PLM
3 2 (40.00%) Use Case
3 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) MOM
1 1 (20.00%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (40.00%) Siemens
3 1 (20.00%) AVEVA
3 1 (20.00%) Wonderware