Manufacturing Contracts in the UK excluding London

Manufacturing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 56 75
Rank change year-on-year -20 +19 +45
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 404 696 687
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.12% 3.43% 2.99%
As % of the General category 5.00% 6.31% 5.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 344 494
10th Percentile £252 £205 £207
25th Percentile £425 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £638 £588 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £530 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +6.00% -6.98% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 146 55
10th Percentile £18.23 £12.96 £22.76
25th Percentile £25.06 £18.67 £39.55
Median hourly rate £43.05 £33.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.44% -26.67% +24.45%
75th Percentile £60.63 £45.44 £51.50
90th Percentile £73.50 £61.13 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £48.00 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +37.14% -22.22% +13.92%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,072 11,037 13,002
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 62.40% 54.38% 56.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,947 6,308 8,862
10th Percentile £210 £208 £230
25th Percentile £361 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £498 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% -0.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £694
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 591 1,650 739
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.50 £13.31
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.00 £15.90
Median hourly rate £24.59 £28.00 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% -3.45% +52.63%
75th Percentile £55.13 £53.75 £61.16
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.04 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +44.44%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in the UK excluding London

Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing in the UK excluding London

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in the UK excluding London

Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing in the UK excluding London

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Manufacturing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Manufacturing in the UK excluding London

Manufacturing
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
South East +26 136 £581 +36.76% 562
North of England -7 109 £530 +6.00% 544
North West +9 84 £550 +7.84% 296
South West -13 59 £535 -10.83% 353
Midlands -21 51 £500 +11.11% 472
East of England -37 30 £550 +29.03% 272
East Midlands +5 25 £525 +13.51% 198
West Midlands -29 24 £475 +9.83% 263
Scotland -21 16 £450 +5.88% 117
North East -4 14 £501 +16.30% 64
Yorkshire -18 11 £425 -5.56% 193
Wales -5 4 £625 +38.89% 85
Northern Ireland -14 3 £165 - 29
Manufacturing
UK

Manufacturing
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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (3.96%) Confluence
2 9 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (0.50%) CMS
4 2 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.50%) FactoryTalk
4 2 (0.50%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.25%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 24 (5.94%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.49%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.74%) CATIA
6 3 (0.74%) Maya
6 3 (0.74%) NUKE
7 2 (0.50%) CANalyzer
8 1 (0.25%) Simulink
8 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 43 (10.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (3.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 11 (2.72%) SAP PP
4 6 (1.49%) Primavera
5 5 (1.24%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (1.24%) SAP LE
6 4 (0.99%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.74%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.74%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.50%) Infor LN
8 2 (0.50%) Oracle SCM
8 2 (0.50%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.50%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.50%) SAP QM
8 2 (0.50%) SAP WM
9 1 (0.25%) ENOVIA
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.25%) SAP CO
9 1 (0.25%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 48 (11.88%) Azure
2 23 (5.69%) AWS
3 15 (3.71%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (3.71%) Power Platform
4 14 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (2.97%) GCP
6 9 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (1.24%) Azure Data Factory
7 5 (1.24%) Snowflake
8 4 (0.99%) Anthropic Claude
8 4 (0.99%) Azure AI
8 4 (0.99%) Google Gemini
9 3 (0.74%) PowerApps
9 3 (0.74%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 3 (0.74%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 2 (0.50%) Azure AKS
10 2 (0.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.50%) Cohesity
10 2 (0.50%) Kong
10 2 (0.50%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.71%) LAN
2 13 (3.22%) Firewall
2 13 (3.22%) VPN
3 7 (1.73%) Network Security
3 7 (1.73%) SAN
3 7 (1.73%) Wireless
4 6 (1.49%) DNS
4 6 (1.49%) WAN
5 4 (0.99%) DHCP
5 4 (0.99%) NAS
6 3 (0.74%) Skype
6 3 (0.74%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (0.50%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.50%) IMAP
7 2 (0.50%) Intranet
7 2 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.50%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.50%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.50%) SMTP
7 2 (0.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.71%) Power BI
2 11 (2.72%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (2.72%) Relational Database
3 7 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.49%) Data Lake
5 4 (0.99%) Neo4j
6 2 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.50%) MS Access
6 2 (0.50%) MySQL
6 2 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.50%) Tableau
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.25%) Big Data
7 1 (0.25%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.25%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.25%) HBase
7 1 (0.25%) Impala
7 1 (0.25%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.25%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 24 (5.94%) JIRA
2 16 (3.96%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.97%) Git
3 12 (2.97%) Visual Studio
4 10 (2.48%) GitLab
4 10 (2.48%) Gradle
4 10 (2.48%) JUnit
4 10 (2.48%) Liquibase
4 10 (2.48%) Mockito
5 7 (1.73%) Selenium
6 3 (0.74%) LabVIEW
6 3 (0.74%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.50%) NUnit
8 1 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.25%) CANoe
8 1 (0.25%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.25%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.25%) Hudson
8 1 (0.25%) Maven
8 1 (0.25%) SoapUI
General
1 197 (48.76%) Finance
2 136 (33.66%) Electronics
3 134 (33.17%) Public Sector
4 130 (32.18%) Marketing
5 129 (31.93%) Telecoms
6 124 (30.69%) Social Skills
7 45 (11.14%) Analytical Skills
8 24 (5.94%) Aerospace
9 23 (5.69%) Pharmaceutical
10 20 (4.95%) Automotive
11 18 (4.46%) Legal
12 17 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (3.71%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.98%) Retail
15 6 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (1.49%) Law
16 5 (1.24%) Aviation
16 5 (1.24%) Games
17 4 (0.99%) Military
Job Titles
1 39 (9.65%) Developer
2 36 (8.91%) Architect
3 35 (8.66%) Project Manager
4 34 (8.42%) Consultant
5 32 (7.92%) Senior
6 30 (7.43%) Analyst
7 26 (6.44%) Support Engineer
8 25 (6.19%) Lead
9 21 (5.20%) Active Directory Architect
10 18 (4.46%) Business Analyst
11 16 (3.96%) Azure Engineer
11 16 (3.96%) Desktop Support
11 16 (3.96%) SAP Manager
12 14 (3.47%) Desktop Engineer
12 14 (3.47%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 14 (3.47%) Test Engineer
13 13 (3.22%) SAP Consultant
14 12 (2.97%) IT Engineer
15 11 (2.72%) DevOps Engineer
16 10 (2.48%) Delphi Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.71%) .NET
2 14 (3.47%) CSS
2 14 (3.47%) HTML
3 11 (2.72%) OpenAPI
3 11 (2.72%) React
3 11 (2.72%) Swagger
4 10 (2.48%) Kafka
4 10 (2.48%) Spring
4 10 (2.48%) Spring Boot
5 4 (0.99%) AngularJS
5 4 (0.99%) Gherkin
5 4 (0.99%) PyTorch
5 4 (0.99%) TensorFlow
6 3 (0.74%) .NET Core
6 3 (0.74%) Django
6 3 (0.74%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (0.74%) Middleware
6 3 (0.74%) PySpark
7 2 (0.50%) Visualforce
7 2 (0.50%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (7.67%) Life Science
2 27 (6.68%) Management Information System
3 18 (4.46%) Renewable Energy
4 14 (3.47%) NHS
5 10 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.48%) Virtual Team
6 9 (2.23%) FMCG
7 8 (1.98%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.98%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 6 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.49%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.24%) Operational Technology
10 4 (0.99%) Algorithms
10 4 (0.99%) Analogue Electronics
10 4 (0.99%) Data Structures
10 4 (0.99%) Industry 4.0
10 4 (0.99%) Onboarding
10 4 (0.99%) SCADA
11 3 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.74%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 80 (19.80%) Windows
2 20 (4.95%) Windows 10
3 13 (3.22%) Linux
4 12 (2.97%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.73%) Windows XP
6 5 (1.24%) Windows 8
6 5 (1.24%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (1.24%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (1.24%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.24%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.50%) Android
7 2 (0.50%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.25%) Alpine Linux
8 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.25%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (34.16%) Business Intelligence
2 136 (33.66%) Programme Management
3 128 (31.68%) Digital Marketing
4 88 (21.78%) Agile
5 85 (21.04%) Problem-Solving
6 54 (13.37%) Project Management
6 54 (13.37%) Stakeholder Management
7 49 (12.13%) Migration
8 45 (11.14%) ERP
9 41 (10.15%) Test Automation
10 37 (9.16%) DevOps
11 36 (8.91%) Change Management
11 36 (8.91%) CI/CD
12 32 (7.92%) Collaborative Working
13 26 (6.44%) Software Engineering
14 24 (5.94%) Project Delivery
15 23 (5.69%) Logistics
15 23 (5.69%) TDD
16 22 (5.45%) Quality Management
16 22 (5.45%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (9.65%) SQL
2 32 (7.92%) PowerShell
3 27 (6.68%) C#
4 22 (5.45%) Python
5 17 (4.21%) Java
6 13 (3.22%) JavaScript
6 13 (3.22%) TypeScript
7 11 (2.72%) PL/SQL
8 10 (2.48%) Delphi
9 7 (1.73%) Bash
10 6 (1.49%) C++
11 4 (0.99%) Scala
12 3 (0.74%) ABAP
12 3 (0.74%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.74%) Bicep
12 3 (0.74%) Tcl
13 2 (0.50%) C
13 2 (0.50%) Groovy
13 2 (0.50%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 108 (26.73%) Security Cleared
2 69 (17.08%) SC Cleared
3 57 (14.11%) Degree
4 39 (9.65%) DV Cleared
5 10 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.23%) Master's Degree
6 9 (2.23%) PMP
7 7 (1.73%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.49%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.99%) CISSP
11 3 (0.74%) CISA
11 3 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.74%) CISM
11 3 (0.74%) GIAC
12 2 (0.50%) CCNA
12 2 (0.50%) Dell Certification
12 2 (0.50%) HNC
12 2 (0.50%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.70%) QA
2 10 (2.48%) PMO
3 7 (1.73%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.49%) PMBOK
5 5 (1.24%) NIST
6 4 (0.99%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.99%) JSP 440
7 3 (0.74%) GDPR
7 3 (0.74%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.74%) NIST 800
7 3 (0.74%) SLA
8 2 (0.50%) DO-254
8 2 (0.50%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.25%) GLP
9 1 (0.25%) GMP
9 1 (0.25%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.25%) MIL-STD-1553
9 1 (0.25%) RMADS
System Software
1 33 (8.17%) Active Directory
2 20 (4.95%) Docker
3 6 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.50%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.25%) HDFS
6 1 (0.25%) NFS
6 1 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.25%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.25%) VMware Server
6 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (2.97%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.48%) Terraform
3 8 (1.98%) SCCM
4 6 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.99%) Ansible
6 3 (0.74%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.50%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.50%) Grafana
7 2 (0.50%) Puppet
8 1 (0.25%) CASB
8 1 (0.25%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.25%) vRealize
8 1 (0.25%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 210 (51.98%) SAP
2 60 (14.85%) Microsoft
3 21 (5.20%) Oracle
4 10 (2.48%) Cisco
4 10 (2.48%) Dell
5 9 (2.23%) Google
5 9 (2.23%) VMware
6 8 (1.98%) HP
7 7 (1.73%) Ariba
7 7 (1.73%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.24%) AVEVA
8 5 (1.24%) Canon
9 3 (0.74%) Citrix
9 3 (0.74%) Databricks
9 3 (0.74%) Infor
9 3 (0.74%) Mentor Graphics
9 3 (0.74%) Siemens
9 3 (0.74%) Workday
10 2 (0.50%) Aruba
10 2 (0.50%) SolarWinds