Design for Manufacturing Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Design for Manufacturing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Design for Manufacturing 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 303 344 456
Rank change year-on-year +41 +112 +171
Contract jobs citing Design for Manufacturing 1 1 21
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.010% 0.007% 0.081%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.011% 0.007% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £470 -
UK median daily rate £525 £470 -
% change year-on-year +11.70% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 21
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42.50
Median hourly rate - - £45.00
75th Percentile - - £47.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £45.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Design for Manufacturing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Design for Manufacturing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Design for Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Design for Manufacturing trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Design for Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Design for Manufacturing.

Design for Manufacturing daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Design for Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Design for Manufacturing.

Design for Manufacturing hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Design for Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Feasibility Study
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) QMS
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 13485