Manufacturing Contracts in Somerset

Manufacturing
South West > Somerset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Somerset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 19 25
Rank change year-on-year -5 +6 -3
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 3 10 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 2.00% 4.78% 2.63%
As % of the General category 3.75% 8.55% 4.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 5
10th Percentile £214 £428 £169
25th Percentile £228 £463 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £525 £448
Median % change year-on-year -52.38% +17.32% +5.29%
75th Percentile £359 £600 £538
90th Percentile £425 £613 -
South West median daily rate £525 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +9.52%

All General Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 80 117 102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 53.33% 55.98% 53.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 60 83
10th Percentile £306 £205 £166
25th Percentile £472 £384 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +24.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £675 £582 £653
90th Percentile £775 £601 £735
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 28 8
10th Percentile - £12.50 £17.83
25th Percentile - £22.63 £28.06
Median hourly rate £14.42 £25.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.32% -37.50% -25.93%
75th Percentile - £40.00 £52.53
90th Percentile - £42.40 £66.84
South West median hourly rate £52.67 £46.39 £60.00
% change year-on-year +13.54% -22.68% +41.18%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Somerset

Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing in Somerset

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Somerset over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in Somerset

Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing in Somerset

Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 22 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
Bath -9 2 £336 -29.21% 18
Bridgwater +3 1 £250 - 4
Manufacturing
South West

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Network Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Network Support
2 1 (33.33%) Network Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 1 (33.33%) ERP
1 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (33.33%) PLM
1 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) SAP