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 17 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 32 50
Rank change year-on-year -13 +18 -11
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 9 11 5
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 1.84% 3.59% 0.85%
As % of the General category 3.93% 6.92% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 4
10th Percentile £405 £175 £372
25th Percentile £431 £190 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £195 £488
Median % change year-on-year +156.41% -60.00% -11.36%
75th Percentile £525 £256 £533
90th Percentile - £503 £591
South East median daily rate £500 £588 £350
% change year-on-year -14.89% +67.86% -36.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - £20.58 -
25th Percentile £55.00 £21.44 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £23.75 -
Median % change year-on-year +152.63% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £26.94 -
90th Percentile - £28.33 -
South East median hourly rate £49.00 £53.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -8.41% +42.67% -16.67%

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 general skills in Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 229 159 317
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 46.93% 51.96% 54.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 106 225
10th Percentile £204 £175 £239
25th Percentile £325 £230 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -1.48%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £595
90th Percentile £680 £646 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 15 33
10th Percentile £17.08 £14.65 £12.37
25th Percentile £44.75 £20.00 £12.78
Median hourly rate £54.00 £24.66 £18.35
Median % change year-on-year +118.98% +34.39% -59.22%
75th Percentile £75.00 £28.63 £32.50
90th Percentile - £53.75 £45.00
South East median hourly rate £47.54 £24.42 £42.50
% change year-on-year +94.68% -42.54% -5.56%

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
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 17 April 2026. 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
Guildford - 3 £425 - 3
Reigate - 1 - - 1
Sunbury-on-Thames - 1 - -
Camberley - 1 - -
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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (22.22%) SAP Business One
3 1 (11.11%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) SaaS
General
1 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Aerospace
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) German Language
4 1 (11.11%) Local Government
4 1 (11.11%) Military
4 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Accountant
1 2 (22.22%) Delivery Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Software Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Systems Accountant
2 1 (11.11%) Cabling Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Change Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Data Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (11.11%) IT Manager
2 1 (11.11%) IT Services Delivery Manager
2 1 (11.11%) IT Services Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
1 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
1 1 (11.11%) Life Science
1 1 (11.11%) Public Cloud
1 1 (11.11%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (11.11%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) ERP
1 3 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Change Management
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
2 2 (22.22%) Customer Engagement
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Change Advisory Board
3 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (11.11%) Customer Experience
3 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Service Management
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (11.11%) DBS Check
2 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
2 1 (11.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) GDPR
1 1 (11.11%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft