Discrete Manufacturing Contracts in the South East

Discrete Manufacturing
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Discrete Manufacturing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Discrete Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Discrete Manufacturing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.029% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.032% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £520 £428 £605
% change year-on-year +21.64% -29.37% -10.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Discrete 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 3,131 4,111 5,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 90.02% 82.78% 89.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,956 2,487 3,409
10th Percentile £250 £255 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £518
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +0.31% +3.68%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £623
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 284 328 236
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.00 £15.38
25th Percentile £15.13 £26.02 £21.18
Median hourly rate £21.67 £57.35 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.22% +14.70% +113.27%
75th Percentile £50.25 £70.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.63 £76.90 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +61.35%

Discrete Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Discrete Manufacturing in the South East

Discrete Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Discrete Manufacturing in the South East

Discrete 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 Discrete Manufacturing within the South East region over the 6 months to 4 August 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
Berkshire - 1 - -
Thames Valley - 1 - -
Discrete Manufacturing
England

Discrete 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP QM
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SAP QM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP