Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Manufacturing
England > Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 99 66
Rank change year-on-year -17 -33 +33
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 31 8 38
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 1.13% 0.65% 2.20%
As % of the General category 2.10% 1.01% 3.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 28
10th Percentile - £167 £303
25th Percentile £185 £225 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £350 £475
Median % change year-on-year +17.86% -26.32% -13.64%
75th Percentile £494 £488 £525
90th Percentile £500 £490 £575
England median daily rate £525 £530 £500
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 0
10th Percentile £24.20 - -
25th Percentile £35.00 - -
Median hourly rate £35.54 - -
75th Percentile £36.61 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £33.99 £38.76 £32.12
% change year-on-year -12.31% +20.69% -32.39%

All General Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,475 789 958
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 53.75% 64.20% 55.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 928 475 541
10th Percentile £313 £254 £213
25th Percentile £406 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -6.20% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £688 £638 £650
England median daily rate £525 £520 £535
% change year-on-year +0.96% -2.80% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 35 79
10th Percentile £16.33 £12.96 £12.07
25th Percentile £19.34 £17.29 £12.15
Median hourly rate £25.77 £22.14 £14.63
Median % change year-on-year +16.40% +51.38% -23.80%
75th Percentile £36.61 £23.63 £15.25
90th Percentile £61.85 £62.53 £28.66
England median hourly rate £32.50 £27.64 £32.90
% change year-on-year +17.58% -15.98% +9.65%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 27 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in Yorkshire

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Manufacturing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Manufacturing in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 27 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Manufacturing in Yorkshire

Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 27 June 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
South Yorkshire -26 14 £190 -45.32% 21
West Yorkshire -18 13 £450 +28.11% 25
North Yorkshire - 1 £425 - 6
Manufacturing
England

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.45%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (6.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (3.23%) SAP CRM
2 1 (3.23%) SAP CX
2 1 (3.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (16.13%) Power Platform
3 4 (12.90%) Azure
4 2 (6.45%) AWS
4 2 (6.45%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.23%) GCP
5 1 (3.23%) GitHub
5 1 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.13%) LAN
1 5 (16.13%) WAN
1 5 (16.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.90%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (12.90%) Power BI
2 2 (6.45%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.23%) SAP BW
3 1 (3.23%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) JIRA
2 1 (3.23%) Hudson
2 1 (3.23%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 7 (22.58%) Finance
3 6 (19.35%) Aerospace
4 3 (9.68%) Electronics
4 3 (9.68%) Retail
5 2 (6.45%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (25.81%) Project Manager
2 7 (22.58%) IT Engineer
3 6 (19.35%) QA Engineer
3 6 (19.35%) Quality Engineer
4 5 (16.13%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 5 (16.13%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (16.13%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 5 (16.13%) Analyst
4 5 (16.13%) IT Support
4 5 (16.13%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (16.13%) Support Engineer
5 4 (12.90%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 4 (12.90%) Financial Analyst
5 4 (12.90%) Report Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Network Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Network Infrastructure Project Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Network Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Network Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) SAP Fiori
1 2 (6.45%) SAPUI5
1 2 (6.45%) XSLT
2 1 (3.23%) Kafka
2 1 (3.23%) REST
2 1 (3.23%) SAP Basis
2 1 (3.23%) SAP PI
2 1 (3.23%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.68%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.23%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.23%) FMCG
2 1 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.23%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (25.81%) Windows
2 5 (16.13%) Android
2 5 (16.13%) Apple iOS
2 5 (16.13%) Windows 10
3 2 (6.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (35.48%) ERP
2 8 (25.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (22.58%) Agile
4 6 (19.35%) Waterfall
5 5 (16.13%) Analytics
6 4 (12.90%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (12.90%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (12.90%) Dashboard Development
6 4 (12.90%) Data Development
6 4 (12.90%) Data Modelling
6 4 (12.90%) Decision-Making
6 4 (12.90%) Performance Analysis
6 4 (12.90%) Project Management
7 3 (9.68%) PLM
7 3 (9.68%) Project Governance
7 3 (9.68%) QMS
7 3 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (9.68%) Translating Business Requirements
8 2 (6.45%) Project Planning
8 2 (6.45%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.45%) ABAP
1 2 (6.45%) SQL
1 2 (6.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.23%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) QA
2 2 (6.45%) GxP
System Software
1 7 (22.58%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (32.26%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.68%) SAP
3 2 (6.45%) SYSPRO
4 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow