Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Manufacturing
South East > West Sussex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in West Sussex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 23 36
Rank change year-on-year -18 +13 -8
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 2 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 0.68% 2.13% 1.95%
As % of the General category 1.18% 4.35% 3.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £675 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £725 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £525 £565 £425
% change year-on-year -7.08% +32.94% -19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £24.15
25th Percentile - - £26.25
Median hourly rate - - £31.00
75th Percentile - - £36.25
90th Percentile - - £38.65
South East median hourly rate £49.00 £60.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -18.33% +60.00% -16.67%

All General Skills
West Sussex

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 Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 170 69 134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 58.02% 48.94% 52.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 42 87
10th Percentile £170 £208 £338
25th Percentile £355 £325 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £471 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% -0.79% -0.99%
75th Percentile £575 £569 £517
90th Percentile £675 £633 £568
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 12
10th Percentile £36.27 - £15.68
25th Percentile £43.56 £16.95 £18.20
Median hourly rate £55.00 £18.82 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +192.24% -12.47% -2.98%
75th Percentile £63.75 £30.46 £22.75
90th Percentile £67.50 £85.50 £28.53
South East median hourly rate £49.00 £22.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +122.73% -51.11% -5.26%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Manufacturing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Manufacturing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 14 May 2026. 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
Worthing -9 1 £700 -
Crawley - 1 - - 1
Manufacturing
South East

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) BGP
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet VPN
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Junos
1 1 (50.00%) OSPF
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Change Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Communications Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Juniper Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Juniper Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Identification
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Map
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) APMG
1 1 (50.00%) JNCIA
1 1 (50.00%) JNCIP
1 1 (50.00%) JNCIS
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Juniper
1 1 (50.00%) SAP