Manufacturing
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 14 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
---|---|---|---|
Rank | - | 8 | 8 |
Rank change year-on-year | - | 0 | - |
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing | 0 | 1 | 5 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent | - | 3.57% | 10.64% |
As % of the General category | - | 7.69% | 16.67% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 5 |
10th Percentile | - | - | - |
25th Percentile | - | £359 | £638 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £369 | £650 |
Median % change year-on-year | - | -43.26% | - |
75th Percentile | - | £378 | £663 |
90th Percentile | - | - | £775 |
Staffordshire median daily rate | £475 | £384 | £650 |
% change year-on-year | +23.56% | -40.86% | +44.44% |
All General Skills
Stoke-on-Trent
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 Stoke-on-Trent.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills | 14 | 13 | 30 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent | 77.78% | 46.43% | 63.83% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 10 | 21 |
10th Percentile | £200 | £298 | £263 |
25th Percentile | £375 | £300 | £425 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £338 | £510 |
Median % change year-on-year | +18.52% | -33.82% | +155.00% |
75th Percentile | £475 | £404 | £663 |
90th Percentile | £498 | £474 | - |
Staffordshire median daily rate | £288 | £375 | £490 |
% change year-on-year | -23.33% | -23.47% | +30.67% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 1 | 1 |
10th Percentile | - | - | - |
25th Percentile | £12.25 | - | - |
Median hourly rate | £13.78 | £10.93 | £10.45 |
Median % change year-on-year | +26.08% | +4.59% | - |
75th Percentile | - | - | - |
90th Percentile | £20.04 | - | - |
Staffordshire median hourly rate | £13.78 | £15.61 | £22.41 |
% change year-on-year | -11.69% | -30.37% | +14.92% |
Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent
Job postings citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent.

Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stoke-on-Trent
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in Stoke-on-Trent.