Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Manufacturing
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 29 21
Rank change year-on-year -5 -8 +42
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 6 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 2.15% 1.00% 3.61%
As % of the General category 3.85% 1.94% 6.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 4
10th Percentile - £306 £477
25th Percentile £170 £314 £492
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £358 £525
Median % change year-on-year -51.05% -31.90% -
75th Percentile £180 £429 £688
90th Percentile - £455 £935
North East median daily rate £175 £358 £525
% change year-on-year -51.05% -31.90% +96.26%

All General Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 156 103 94
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 55.91% 51.50% 56.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 52 63
10th Percentile £180 £301 £235
25th Percentile £363 £361 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.56% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £523 £564 £600
90th Percentile £579 £648 £720
North East median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 7
10th Percentile £13.64 - £17.60
25th Percentile £16.19 £13.75 £18.00
Median hourly rate £19.25 £15.60 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.44% -20.03% +56.00%
75th Percentile £20.63 £19.75 £26.13
90th Percentile - £19.83 £32.70
North East median hourly rate £19.25 £17.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year +10.00% -10.26% +56.00%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Manufacturing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Manufacturing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 29 October 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -8 6 £175 -51.05% 15
Manufacturing
North East

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Wireless
General
1 6 (100.00%) Electronics
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
1 6 (100.00%) Marketing
1 6 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 6 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 5 (83.33%) 2nd Line Support
1 5 (83.33%) Desktop Support
1 5 (83.33%) IT Support
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
2 1 (16.67%) Migration Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Android
1 5 (83.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 6 (100.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Workflow
2 1 (16.67%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (83.33%) Apple
2 5 (83.33%) Cisco
2 5 (83.33%) Dell
2 5 (83.33%) HP