Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Manufacturing
South East > Surrey

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Surrey. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 52 55
Rank change year-on-year +18 +3 -16
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 19 3 21
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 5.15% 0.66% 2.86%
As % of the General category 8.88% 1.05% 5.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 1 10
10th Percentile £515 - £237
25th Percentile £552 £450 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £500 £430
Median % change year-on-year +16.20% +16.28% -25.22%
75th Percentile £950 £550 £581
90th Percentile - - £639
South East median daily rate £542 £625 £450
% change year-on-year -13.28% +38.89% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.50 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 - £50.00
75th Percentile £77.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £14.42 £56.25
% change year-on-year +281.41% -74.36% +25.00%

All General Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 214 287 398
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 57.99% 62.66% 54.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 187 330
10th Percentile £204 £203 £206
25th Percentile £229 £260 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +21.88% -23.81% -
75th Percentile £581 £538 £638
90th Percentile £688 £600 £738
South East median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.75% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 13
10th Percentile £15.38 £13.25 £14.83
25th Percentile £21.38 £17.25 £34.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £53.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.55% +17.78% -
75th Percentile £30.89 £70.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.00 £72.00
South East median hourly rate £20.40 £52.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -61.14% +5.00% +56.69%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Surrey

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Surrey over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in Surrey

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
Redhill - 4 £900 - 3
Camberley - 3 £443 -
Manufacturing
South East

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (57.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (21.05%) SAP APO
3 2 (10.53%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Lucidchart
1 1 (5.26%) OCI
General
1 11 (57.89%) Aerospace
1 11 (57.89%) Pharmaceutical
2 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Electronics
4 2 (10.53%) Military
5 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Finance
5 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Lead
2 5 (26.32%) Consultant
3 4 (21.05%) Solutions Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (10.53%) IT Manager
4 2 (10.53%) IT Services Delivery Manager
4 2 (10.53%) IT Services Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Service Delivery Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Service Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Integration Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) SAP Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) SAP Integration Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (57.89%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Virtual Team
2 1 (5.26%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) Procure-to-Pay
2 10 (52.63%) Discrete Manufacturing
2 10 (52.63%) Supplier Relationship Management
2 10 (52.63%) Workflow
3 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (10.53%) Change Advisory Board
4 2 (10.53%) Change Management
4 2 (10.53%) Computer Science
4 2 (10.53%) Customer Engagement
4 2 (10.53%) Customer Experience
4 2 (10.53%) ITIL
4 2 (10.53%) Service Delivery
4 2 (10.53%) Service Management
4 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (5.26%) Agile
5 1 (5.26%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (5.26%) ERP
5 1 (5.26%) Inventory Management
5 1 (5.26%) Logistics
5 1 (5.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) SC Cleared
1 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.79%) Degree
3 2 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.26%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) GDPR
1 2 (10.53%) PMO
2 1 (5.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 16 (84.21%) SAP
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle