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 2 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 81 135
Rank change year-on-year -16 +54 +10
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 22 46 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.34% 2.15% 1.05%
As % of the General category 1.81% 3.35% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 16 18
10th Percentile £70 £166 £350
25th Percentile £114 £406 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £423 £414
Median % change year-on-year -28.99% +2.11% -33.80%
75th Percentile £451 £588 £452
90th Percentile £485 £603 £505
UK median daily rate £530 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +6.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 1
10th Percentile £30.67 - -
25th Percentile £36.39 £14.73 £10.50
Median hourly rate £46.20 £60.00 £11.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.00% +445.45% -
75th Percentile £55.74 £60.75 £11.50
90th Percentile £61.30 £61.60 -
UK median hourly rate £46.25 £32.90 £48.13
% change year-on-year +40.60% -31.65% +21.08%

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 1,213 1,374 1,797
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 73.69% 64.12% 67.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 693 828 1,286
10th Percentile £241 £178 £225
25th Percentile £368 £333 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £561 £554
90th Percentile £600 £638 £644
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 77 28
10th Percentile £15.98 £12.18 £12.62
25th Percentile £16.21 £14.50 £14.17
Median hourly rate £19.97 £18.13 £19.88
Median % change year-on-year +10.15% -8.80% -38.15%
75th Percentile £25.48 £48.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £60.50 £67.00 £67.22
UK median hourly rate £27.97 £30.00 £32.30
% change year-on-year -6.77% -7.12% +43.56%

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 2 June 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Manufacturing in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 2 June 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 +8 8 £300 +114.29% 98
Fife +3 8 £70 - 20
Aberdeen - 2 £168 - 86
Dundee -4 1 £413 - 2
Glasgow -28 1 £475 -17.39% 103
Highlands - 1 - - 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:

Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (9.09%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.55%) AWS
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) LabVIEW
2 2 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 12 (54.55%) Electronics
1 12 (54.55%) Finance
2 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 7 (31.82%) Marketing
3 7 (31.82%) Public Sector
3 7 (31.82%) Telecoms
4 3 (13.64%) Aerospace
4 3 (13.64%) Automotive
5 2 (9.09%) Military
6 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (18.18%) Development Engineer
1 4 (18.18%) RF Engineer
1 4 (18.18%) Test Development Engineer
1 4 (18.18%) Test Engineer
2 2 (9.09%) Engineering Manager
2 2 (9.09%) Lead
2 2 (9.09%) Programme Manager
2 2 (9.09%) Project Engineer
2 2 (9.09%) Support Team Leader
2 2 (9.09%) Team Leader
3 1 (4.55%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (4.55%) Administrator
3 1 (4.55%) Analyst
3 1 (4.55%) Business Analyst
3 1 (4.55%) Business Change Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Change Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Desktop Support
3 1 (4.55%) Field Engineer
3 1 (4.55%) Project Administrator
3 1 (4.55%) Senior Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Analogue Electronics
2 3 (13.64%) Life Science
3 2 (9.09%) FMCG
3 2 (9.09%) Operational Technology
4 1 (4.55%) Driving Licence
4 1 (4.55%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (4.55%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (4.55%) Industry 4.0
4 1 (4.55%) IoT
4 1 (4.55%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Programme Management
1 8 (36.36%) Schematic Capture
2 7 (31.82%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (31.82%) Digital Marketing
3 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (18.18%) Change Management
4 4 (18.18%) Feasibility Study
4 4 (18.18%) Mentoring
4 4 (18.18%) Prototyping
5 3 (13.64%) Digital Engineering
5 3 (13.64%) Functional Testing
5 3 (13.64%) Innovative Thinking
5 3 (13.64%) Line Management
5 3 (13.64%) Process Improvement
5 3 (13.64%) Software Engineering
6 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (9.09%) Matrix Organization
6 2 (9.09%) Migration
6 2 (9.09%) Portfolio Management
6 2 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) C#
Qualifications
1 12 (54.55%) SC Cleared
1 12 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 5 (22.73%) Degree
3 2 (9.09%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) IEC 61508
1 1 (4.55%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (36.36%) SAP
2 4 (18.18%) Mentor Graphics
3 3 (13.64%) Hitachi
4 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
4 2 (9.09%) Oracle
4 2 (9.09%) Salesforce
5 1 (4.55%) Cadence
5 1 (4.55%) Dell
5 1 (4.55%) EMC
5 1 (4.55%) HP