Manufacturing Engineering Contracts in the UK excluding London

Manufacturing Engineering
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Manufacturing Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 370 412
Rank change year-on-year +4 +42 +97
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering 11 6 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.072% 0.033% 0.040%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.081% 0.039% 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £413 - -
25th Percentile £488 £416 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £433 -
Median % change year-on-year +44.51% - -
75th Percentile £681 £449 -
90th Percentile £708 - -
UK median daily rate £625 £433 £425
% change year-on-year +44.51% +1.76% +0.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 7
10th Percentile £41.64 £24.12 £32.50
25th Percentile £47.19 £24.15 £34.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £24.19 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year +106.70% -38.84% +5.33%
75th Percentile - £37.45 £39.78
90th Percentile £60.00 £45.41 £42.02
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £25.96 £39.55
% change year-on-year +92.64% -34.37% +6.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Manufacturing Engineering 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,664 15,267 19,723
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.31% 83.13% 88.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,216 9,199 13,235
10th Percentile £235 £250 £263
25th Percentile £365 £387 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £694
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,319 1,592 1,214
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.69 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £16.50 £17.71
Median hourly rate £23.00 £40.94 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.82% +2.35% +84.42%
75th Percentile £46.30 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.03 £75.00 £76.07
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.63% -5.12% +60.38%

Manufacturing Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Manufacturing Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing Engineering in the UK excluding London

Manufacturing Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing Engineering in the UK excluding London

Manufacturing Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing Engineering in the UK excluding London

Manufacturing Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing Engineering in the UK excluding London

Manufacturing Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Manufacturing Engineering in the UK excluding London

Manufacturing Engineering
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
North of England -3 8 £375 - 6
North West +6 6 - - 3
East Midlands -1 3 £663 - 8
Midlands -10 3 £663 +53.18% 15
North East - 2 £375 - 1
Manufacturing Engineering
UK

Manufacturing Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) SAP ERP
1 1 (9.09%) SAP MM
1 1 (9.09%) SAP PP
1 1 (9.09%) SAP QM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) SAP HANA
General
1 11 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Business Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Project Manager
3 2 (18.18%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) ERP Manager
4 1 (9.09%) ERP Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Functional Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Operations Manager
4 1 (9.09%) PMO Officer
4 1 (9.09%) Project Management Officer
4 1 (9.09%) Project Officer
4 1 (9.09%) SAP Functional Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) Middleware
2 1 (9.09%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (9.09%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing Execution System
1 2 (18.18%) Robotics
1 2 (18.18%) SCADA
2 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Change Management
2 5 (45.45%) Active Listening
2 5 (45.45%) Customer Requirements
2 5 (45.45%) Product Management
2 5 (45.45%) Project Management
2 5 (45.45%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (36.36%) Agile
3 4 (36.36%) Business Change Management
3 4 (36.36%) ERP
3 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (27.27%) Business Transformation
5 2 (18.18%) Change Control
5 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
5 2 (18.18%) Cutover Planning
5 2 (18.18%) Mechatronics
5 2 (18.18%) Performance Monitoring
5 2 (18.18%) Process Improvement
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
1 2 (18.18%) PMI Certification
1 2 (18.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
1 1 (9.09%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) SAP