Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in West End of London

Manufacturing
Central London > West End of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in West End of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 11 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in West End of London 1.39% 2.38% -
As % of the General category 2.08% 3.57% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £438 £700 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £750 -
Median % change year-on-year -36.67% - -
75th Percentile £513 £800 -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £571 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -12.12% +4.00% -7.41%

All General Skills
West End of 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 general skills in West End of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 48 28 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West End of London 66.67% 66.67% 55.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 19 20
10th Percentile £225 £220 £156
25th Percentile £407 £356 £297
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £450 £474
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% -5.06% -4.24%
75th Percentile £622 £694 £515
90th Percentile £641 £787 £619
Central London median daily rate £572 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 3
10th Percentile £43.66 £32.00 -
25th Percentile £52.69 £42.45 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £49.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% +41.43% +34.62%
75th Percentile £82.50 £51.10 £38.63
90th Percentile £122.05 £51.74 £40.80
Central London median hourly rate £35.82 £34.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year +5.35% +9.68% +63.16%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in West End of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Manufacturing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West End of London.

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in West End of London

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in West End of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing Manufacturing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West End of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow