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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 39 53
Rank change year-on-year +8 +14 +1
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 36 6 3
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 6.08% 1.87% 0.52%
As % of the General category 11.46% 3.14% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 6 1
10th Percentile - £538 -
25th Percentile £190 £689 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £900 £475
Median % change year-on-year -39.94% +89.47% -13.64%
75th Percentile £675 £950 £488
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £575 £650 £555
% change year-on-year -11.54% +17.12% +38.75%
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 £48.25 £63.75 £41.25
% change year-on-year -24.31% +54.55% -21.13%

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 314 191 319
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 53.04% 59.50% 55.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 138 234
10th Percentile £296 £204 £203
25th Percentile £363 £285 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £488 £404
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +20.67% -23.05%
75th Percentile £545 £548 £550
90th Percentile £675 £641 £663
South East median daily rate £518 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 14 19
10th Percentile £13.52 £13.50 £18.35
25th Percentile £16.33 £16.84 £27.12
Median hourly rate £33.00 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.21% -44.11% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £31.58 £70.00
90th Percentile £66.48 £53.75 £72.00
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 14 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 14 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 - - 5
Woking - 6 £200 - 6
Camberley +12 5 £650 +46.89% 1
Redhill +2 5 - - 7
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
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%) Architect
3 2 (5.56%) Buyer
3 2 (5.56%) Functional Architect
3 2 (5.56%) Integration Specialist
3 2 (5.56%) Lead Architect
3 2 (5.56%) SAP 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%) 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%) Project Delivery
5 2 (5.56%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (5.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (2.78%) Analytics
6 1 (2.78%) Change Control
6 1 (2.78%) Data Analytics
6 1 (2.78%) Dependency Management
6 1 (2.78%) Metadata Management
6 1 (2.78%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (5.56%) SC Cleared
1 2 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.89%) QA
2 1 (2.78%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 1 (2.78%) GMP
2 1 (2.78%) GxP
Vendors
1 12 (33.33%) SAP
2 5 (13.89%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.78%) Databricks
3 1 (2.78%) Samsung