Manufacturing Engineering Contracts

Manufacturing Engineering
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Manufacturing Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Manufacturing Engineering over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 579 709 843
Rank change year-on-year +130 +134 -152
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering 12 9 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.028% 0.015% 0.012%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.032% 0.017% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile - - £416
25th Percentile £416 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £425 £440
Median % change year-on-year +1.76% -3.41% -15.79%
75th Percentile £449 £438 £442
90th Percentile - - £443
UK excluding London median daily rate £433 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 3
10th Percentile £24.13 £39.34 £28.23
25th Percentile £24.17 £39.48 £31.21
Median hourly rate £29.60 £39.78 £36.16
Median % change year-on-year -25.59% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £38.93 £41.26 £40.68
90th Percentile £46.00 £43.54 £43.39
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.60 £39.78 £36.16
% change year-on-year -25.59% +10.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Manufacturing Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,262 53,150 80,380
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.35% 89.86% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,013 36,862 56,431
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,756 1,916
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

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 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Manufacturing Engineering in the UK

Manufacturing Engineering
Top 8 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 4 May 2024. 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
England +113 12 £433 +1.76% 128
UK excluding London +69 11 £433 - 115
Midlands +33 6 £433 - 36
West Midlands +28 5 £433 - 28
North of England +28 5 - - 31
North West +21 5 - - 18
Work from Home +129 3 - - 6
East Midlands - 1 - - 8

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 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (8.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) SAP MM
1 1 (8.33%) SAP PP
1 1 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 12 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (25.00%) Aeronautics
3 2 (16.67%) Aerospace
3 2 (16.67%) Aviation
4 1 (8.33%) Advertising
4 1 (8.33%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Administrator
2 2 (16.67%) Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) SAP PP Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Technical Administrator
3 1 (8.33%) Data Administrator
3 1 (8.33%) Design Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) IT Administrator
3 1 (8.33%) Process Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) SAP Administrator
3 1 (8.33%) SAP PS Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
1 2 (16.67%) Budget Management
1 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (16.67%) Technical Analysis
2 1 (8.33%) Attestation
2 1 (8.33%) Bill of Materials
2 1 (8.33%) Business Continuity
2 1 (8.33%) Change Management
2 1 (8.33%) Configuration Management
2 1 (8.33%) Data Management
2 1 (8.33%) FMEA
2 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (8.33%) Migration
2 1 (8.33%) PLM
2 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (8.33%) Project Management
2 1 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (8.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (8.33%) Work Breakdown Structure
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) SAP