Hybrid/Remote Manufacturing Engineering Contract Job Trends

Manufacturing Engineering
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Manufacturing Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 317 - 361
Rank change year-on-year - - +168
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering 2 0 6
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.019% - 0.037%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.022% - 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £388 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £463 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £525 - £433
% change year-on-year - - -13.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
UK median hourly rate - £24.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year - -40.00% +6.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Manufacturing Engineering 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 9,302 9,718 14,444
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 90.01% 89.78% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,137 6,134 9,720
10th Percentile £331 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £716 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 187 444
10th Percentile £15.64 £18.80 £15.42
25th Percentile £20.50 £22.61 £24.00
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% -22.11% -17.39%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £84.36
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -13.33% +17.19%

Manufacturing Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Manufacturing Engineering and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Manufacturing Engineering job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Manufacturing Engineering
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Manufacturing Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Manufacturing Engineering

Manufacturing Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Manufacturing Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Manufacturing Engineering

Manufacturing Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Case
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Cost Control
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) DMAIC
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Production Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP