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 8 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 36 53
Rank change year-on-year +7 +17 +6
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 36 6 4
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 6.04% 1.87% 0.70%
As % of the General category 11.29% 3.11% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 6 1
10th Percentile - £538 -
25th Percentile £190 £689 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £900 £475
Median % change year-on-year -35.44% +89.47% -13.64%
75th Percentile £675 £950 £488
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £578 £650 £540
% change year-on-year -11.08% +20.37% +35.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile £65.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £49.00 £60.00 £41.00
% change year-on-year -18.33% +46.34% -21.31%

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 319 193 320
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 53.52% 60.12% 55.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 141 233
10th Percentile £300 £190 £203
25th Percentile £372 £275 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £405
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +20.37% -22.86%
75th Percentile £549 £548 £563
90th Percentile £675 £635 £675
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 15 20
10th Percentile £13.64 £13.50 £18.35
25th Percentile £16.33 £18.31 £27.31
Median hourly rate £33.00 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.21% -44.11% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £30.39 £70.00
90th Percentile £65.99 £53.75 £71.00
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £18.82 £57.35
% change year-on-year +152.39% -67.18% +14.70%

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 8 August 2026.

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 8 August 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 - 6 - - 4
Camberley +11 5 £650 +46.89% 2
Redhill +2 5 - - 7
Woking - 5 £200 - 5
Reigate - 2 - -
Sunbury-on-Thames - 1 - - 2
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 5 (13.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (5.56%) SAP Business One
3 1 (2.78%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.89%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.78%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) Metadata
General
1 13 (36.11%) Aerospace
2 8 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 4 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.11%) Automotive
4 2 (5.56%) Finance
4 2 (5.56%) Local Government
5 1 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (16.67%) Lead
1 6 (16.67%) Software Engineer
2 5 (13.89%) Delivery Manager
2 5 (13.89%) IT Engineer
2 5 (13.89%) IT Support
2 5 (13.89%) IT Support Engineer
2 5 (13.89%) QA Manager
2 5 (13.89%) Quality Manager
2 5 (13.89%) SAP Delivery Manager
2 5 (13.89%) SAP Manager
2 5 (13.89%) Support Engineer
2 5 (13.89%) Technical Delivery Manager
2 5 (13.89%) Technical Manager
3 2 (5.56%) Accountant
3 2 (5.56%) Buyer
3 2 (5.56%) Cloud Specialist
3 2 (5.56%) Integration Specialist
3 2 (5.56%) Lead Architect
3 2 (5.56%) SAP Functional Architect
3 2 (5.56%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) REST
1 1 (2.78%) SOAP
1 1 (2.78%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) Onboarding
2 3 (8.33%) Life Science
2 3 (8.33%) Operational Technology
2 3 (8.33%) SCADA
3 1 (2.78%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.78%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.78%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.78%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.89%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 5 (13.89%) Asset Management
3 5 (13.89%) Customer Service
3 5 (13.89%) ITSM
4 3 (8.33%) ERP
4 3 (8.33%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (5.56%) CRM
5 2 (5.56%) Order Management
5 2 (5.56%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (5.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (2.78%) AI
6 1 (2.78%) API Management
6 1 (2.78%) Customer Engagement
6 1 (2.78%) Data Design
6 1 (2.78%) Data Strategy
6 1 (2.78%) Decision-Making
6 1 (2.78%) Project Delivery
6 1 (2.78%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 2 (5.56%) SC Cleared
1 2 (5.56%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.78%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.89%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (33.33%) SAP
2 5 (13.89%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.78%) Databricks
3 1 (2.78%) Samsung