Smart Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in Swindon

Smart Manufacturing
Wiltshire > Swindon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Swindon requiring Smart Manufacturing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Smart Manufacturing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Swindon 0.46% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Wiltshire median daily rate - - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Swindon

Smart Manufacturing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Swindon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 170 102 105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Swindon 78.34% 88.70% 80.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 61 63
10th Percentile £305 £213 £305
25th Percentile £413 £308 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -17.39%
75th Percentile £663 £575 £550
90th Percentile £788 £638 £638
Wiltshire median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £28.75 - £13.48
25th Percentile £46.00 - £15.69
Median hourly rate £47.00 - £20.25
75th Percentile £49.50 - £25.69
90th Percentile £49.80 - £28.43
Wiltshire median hourly rate £39.75 £22.25 £12.79
% change year-on-year +78.65% +73.96% -80.32%

Smart Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Industry 4.0
1 1 (100.00%) Life Science
1 1 (100.00%) LIMS
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Biotechnology
1 1 (100.00%) BPR
1 1 (100.00%) Business Process Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 1 (100.00%) GAMP
1 1 (100.00%) GMP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Rockwell
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens