Manufacturing Contracts in Scotland

Manufacturing
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 87 132
Rank change year-on-year -15 +45 +10
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 14 42 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.86% 1.89% 1.08%
As % of the General category 1.20% 2.91% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 21 26
10th Percentile £338 £160 £208
25th Percentile £394 £406 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £425 £419
Median % change year-on-year +8.47% +1.49% -33.00%
75th Percentile £484 £588 £487
90th Percentile £486 - £544
UK median daily rate £530 £500 £540
% change year-on-year +6.00% -7.41% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 1
10th Percentile - £57.10 -
25th Percentile £22.50 £60.25 £10.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £60.50 £11.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.98% +450.00% -79.05%
75th Percentile £23.50 £60.75 £11.50
90th Percentile - £63.30 -
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +22.86% -22.22% +13.92%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,171 1,442 1,887
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 72.06% 65.04% 65.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 713 864 1,390
10th Percentile £240 £182 £236
25th Percentile £375 £363 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% - +3.83%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £570
90th Percentile £612 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 73 28
10th Percentile £16.02 £12.30 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.52 £16.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £22.44 £19.17 £19.88
Median % change year-on-year +17.04% -3.57% -23.54%
75th Percentile £28.22 £60.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £55.74 £69.00 £66.84
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +59.31%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Scotland

Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing in Scotland

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in Scotland

Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing in Scotland

Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Edinburgh +4 5 £300 -29.41% 22
Fife +3 5 £472 - 9
Glasgow -13 2 £463 -19.57% 24
Highlands - 1 - -
Manufacturing
UK

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) AWS
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) LabVIEW
2 1 (7.14%) Jenkins
2 1 (7.14%) JIRA
2 1 (7.14%) SoapUI
General
1 8 (57.14%) Electronics
1 8 (57.14%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Marketing
2 5 (35.71%) Public Sector
2 5 (35.71%) Telecoms
3 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Automotive
4 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (21.43%) Development Engineer
1 3 (21.43%) Test Development Engineer
1 3 (21.43%) Test Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 2 (14.29%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Desktop Support
2 2 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Project Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Test Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) IT Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Senior
3 1 (7.14%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) SOAP
1 1 (7.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Analogue Electronics
2 2 (14.29%) FMCG
2 2 (14.29%) iPhone
2 2 (14.29%) Operational Technology
3 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
3 1 (7.14%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 1 (7.14%) Industry 4.0
3 1 (7.14%) Life Science
3 1 (7.14%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Programme Management
2 5 (35.71%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (35.71%) Digital Marketing
3 4 (28.57%) Schematic Capture
4 3 (21.43%) Functional Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Innovative Thinking
4 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (21.43%) Software Engineering
5 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (7.14%) Contract Management
6 1 (7.14%) Defect Management
6 1 (7.14%) DevSecOps
6 1 (7.14%) Feasibility Study
6 1 (7.14%) Line Management
6 1 (7.14%) Prototyping
6 1 (7.14%) SDLC
6 1 (7.14%) Smart Manufacturing
6 1 (7.14%) Systems Engineering
6 1 (7.14%) Threat Detection
6 1 (7.14%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) SC Cleared
1 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
2 4 (28.57%) Degree
3 2 (14.29%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) IEC 61508
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) SAP
2 3 (21.43%) Mentor Graphics
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.14%) Dell
4 1 (7.14%) Hitachi
4 1 (7.14%) HP