Manufacturing Engineering Contracts

Manufacturing Engineering
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 512 570 709
Rank change year-on-year +58 +139 +136
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering 8 12 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.028% 0.015%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.030% 0.032% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £416 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £433 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +1.76% -3.41%
75th Percentile - £449 £438
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £433 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 4
10th Percentile £35.22 £24.13 £39.34
25th Percentile £47.19 £24.17 £39.48
Median hourly rate £50.00 £29.60 £39.78
Median % change year-on-year +68.95% -25.59% +10.00%
75th Percentile - £38.93 £41.26
90th Percentile £60.00 £46.00 £43.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £29.60 £39.78
% change year-on-year +68.95% -25.59% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Manufacturing Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Manufacturing Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing Engineering in the UK

Manufacturing Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering.

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing Engineering in the UK

Manufacturing Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering.

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing Engineering in the UK

Manufacturing Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Manufacturing Engineering in the UK

Manufacturing Engineering
Top 4 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 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
UK excluding London +60 8 - - 112
England +53 8 - - 106
North of England +22 8 - - 27
North West +20 8 - - 14

Manufacturing Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP ERP
1 1 (12.50%) SAP MM
1 1 (12.50%) SAP PP
1 1 (12.50%) SAP QM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SAP HANA
General
1 8 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (25.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Business Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Administrator
3 2 (25.00%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Functional Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) SAP Administrator
4 1 (12.50%) SAP Functional Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (12.50%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Change Management
2 5 (62.50%) Active Listening
2 5 (62.50%) Customer Requirements
2 5 (62.50%) Product Management
2 5 (62.50%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (50.00%) Business Change Management
4 3 (37.50%) Business Transformation
5 2 (25.00%) Asset Management
5 2 (25.00%) Budget Management
5 2 (25.00%) ERP
6 1 (12.50%) Agile
6 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
6 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
6 1 (12.50%) Migration
6 1 (12.50%) Order Management
6 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
6 1 (12.50%) Quality Management
6 1 (12.50%) Service Management
6 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) SAP