Manufacturing Execution System Contracts

Manufacturing Execution System
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing Execution System in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing Execution System 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 500 570 699
Rank change year-on-year +70 +129 +136
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing Execution System 20 12 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.068% 0.028% 0.032%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.20% 0.091% 0.095%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 10
10th Percentile £404 - £504
25th Percentile £406 £413 £810
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £811
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -38.35% +44.18%
75th Percentile £706 £600 £825
90th Percentile £725 £805 £842
UK excluding London median daily rate £469 £425 £811
% change year-on-year +10.29% -47.60% +19.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £32.12 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £32.12 -

All Generic Skills
UK

Manufacturing Execution System falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 9,944 13,250 19,897
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.97% 30.42% 33.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,345 8,502 13,668
10th Percentile £300 £263 £308
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £650 £660 £680
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 394 912 640
10th Percentile £16.46 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.00 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.99 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.08 £28.25 £22.00
% change year-on-year +10.02% +28.41% +9.64%

Manufacturing Execution System
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing Execution System in the UK

Manufacturing Execution System
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing Execution System in the UK

Manufacturing Execution System
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing Execution System over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing Execution System in the UK

Manufacturing Execution System
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing Execution System in the UK

Manufacturing Execution System
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing Execution System 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
England +64 16 £525 +13.51% 18
UK excluding London +67 12 £469 +10.29% 16
North of England +26 10 £413 - 8
North West +24 10 £413 - 1
Work from Home +44 8 £525 -47.50% 5
London +40 3 £513 -21.15% 1
South East +44 1 £701 +64.82%
West Midlands - 1 £525 - 4
Midlands - 1 £525 - 6

Manufacturing Execution System
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (15.00%) FactoryTalk
Business Applications
1 9 (45.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (5.00%) SAP EWM
2 1 (5.00%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (5.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
General
1 20 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 8 (40.00%) Automotive
3 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (10.00%) Finance
5 2 (10.00%) German Language
5 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (20.00%) Developer
2 3 (15.00%) Consultant
3 2 (10.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.00%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) SAP Business Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) SAP MM Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) SAP MM Business Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) SAP PP Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) SAP PP Business Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) SAP SCM Business Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Supply Chain Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Supply Chain Business Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Systems Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) Industry 4.0
2 4 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (15.00%) SCADA
4 2 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (5.00%) LIMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) ERP
2 10 (50.00%) Agile
2 10 (50.00%) PLM
2 10 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (50.00%) Project Management
3 8 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 8 (40.00%) Operations Management
3 8 (40.00%) Presales
3 8 (40.00%) Product Roadmap
3 8 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 8 (40.00%) Supply Chain Management
3 8 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
4 7 (35.00%) Agile Project Management
4 7 (35.00%) Analytics
4 7 (35.00%) Computer Science
4 7 (35.00%) Data Modelling
4 7 (35.00%) Decision-Making
4 7 (35.00%) Lean Manufacturing
4 7 (35.00%) Quality Management
4 7 (35.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (35.00%) Degree
1 7 (35.00%) Master's Degree
2 6 (30.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 8 (40.00%) MOM
Vendors
1 12 (60.00%) SAP
2 10 (50.00%) Rockwell
2 10 (50.00%) Siemens
3 5 (25.00%) AVEVA
4 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (5.00%) Oracle
5 1 (5.00%) QAD
5 1 (5.00%) Salesforce