Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in Worcester

Manufacturing
Worcestershire > Worcester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Worcester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Worcester 14.81% - -
As % of the General category 40.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £52 - -
75th Percentile £53 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Worcestershire median daily rate £52 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £43.50 - -
Median hourly rate £47.00 - -
75th Percentile £50.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Worcestershire median hourly rate £45.00 - -

All General Skills
Worcester

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 Worcester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 10 11 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcester 37.04% 50.00% 43.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 11
10th Percentile £313 £145 £200
25th Percentile £583 £168 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £700 £400
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +75.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £619 £800 £500
90th Percentile - £900 £520
Worcestershire median daily rate £563 £625 £425
% change year-on-year -10.00% +47.06% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £14.41
25th Percentile £43.50 £16.67 £18.97
Median hourly rate £47.00 £17.16 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +173.97% -23.76% +32.86%
75th Percentile £50.50 £17.64 £72.50
90th Percentile - - -
Worcestershire median hourly rate £27.75 £17.16 £18.97
% change year-on-year +61.76% -9.57% +12.02%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcester

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Worcester

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in Worcester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcester citing Manufacturing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcester citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcester 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (25.00%) VLAN
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) IT Support
1 4 (100.00%) IT Support Technician
1 4 (100.00%) IT Technician
1 4 (100.00%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (25.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 1 (25.00%) IoT
2 1 (25.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) BCP
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Siemens