Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Manufacturing
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Shropshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 34 22
Rank change year-on-year -50 -12 -3
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 2 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 0.25% 1.52% 1.00%
As % of the General category 0.47% 2.38% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £253 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £255 £463
Median % change year-on-year +76.47% -44.86% -7.50%
75th Percentile - £258 £469
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £425 £463 £456
% change year-on-year -8.11% +1.37% -3.95%

All General Skills
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 426 126 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 52.79% 63.64% 37.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 83 32
10th Percentile £358 £268 £137
25th Percentile £415 £402 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -3.80% +17.65% -20.19%
75th Percentile £550 £537 £514
90th Percentile £630 £548 £520
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £475 £509
% change year-on-year +2.11% -6.63% -3.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £13.00 - -
25th Percentile £13.25 £34.91 -
Median hourly rate £33.25 £37.46 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.24% - -
75th Percentile £53.75 £40.02 -
90th Percentile £57.37 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £29.67 £23.82
% change year-on-year -15.73% +24.54% +16.20%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 10 September 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
Telford -43 1 £450 +76.47% 7
Manufacturing
West Midlands

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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 (50.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum Master
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (50.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (50.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (50.00%) Sprint Review
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance