Design for Manufacturing Contracts in the South East

Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Design for Manufacturing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Design for Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 183 201
Rank change year-on-year +32 +18 +58
Contract jobs citing Design for Manufacturing 1 15 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.033% 0.27% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.036% 0.32% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £525 £663 -
% change year-on-year -20.75% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 17
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42.50
Median hourly rate - - £45.00
75th Percentile - - £47.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £45.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Design for Manufacturing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,758 4,707 5,155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.54% 84.81% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,757 2,740 3,571
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 435 221
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £16.05 £18.26 £23.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.79
England median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
% change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%

Design for Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Design for Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Design for Manufacturing in the South East

Design for Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Design for Manufacturing in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Design for Manufacturing in the South East

Design for Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Design for Manufacturing in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Design for Manufacturing in the South East

Design for Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Design for Manufacturing within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 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
Surrey - 1 £525 - 2
Design for Manufacturing
England

Design for Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Bill of Materials
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) Xilinx