Manufacturing Contracts in the Midlands

Manufacturing
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Manufacturing over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 48 80
Rank change year-on-year +7 +32 +15
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 102 133 145
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.65% 4.07% 2.88%
As % of the General category 6.74% 7.43% 5.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 95 103
10th Percentile £208 £380 £358
25th Percentile £358 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £532 £610 £629
90th Percentile £688 £688 £718
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 9 8
10th Percentile £13.53 - £16.75
25th Percentile £15.25 £50.50 £18.06
Median hourly rate £19.59 £51.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.59% +131.82% -55.10%
75th Percentile £32.69 £51.50 £27.41
90th Percentile £41.47 £60.70 £31.82
England median hourly rate £32.12 £50.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -35.77% +40.85% -

All General Skills
Midlands

Manufacturing is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,514 1,789 2,776
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 54.23% 54.71% 55.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,040 1,278 2,069
10th Percentile £206 £225 £225
25th Percentile £350 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £565
90th Percentile £725 £700 £663
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 73 96
10th Percentile £11.75 £11.84 £10.68
25th Percentile £13.90 £13.31 £13.84
Median hourly rate £17.50 £22.26 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.38% +20.32% +25.42%
75th Percentile £35.00 £46.25 £27.50
90th Percentile £52.56 £51.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £30.50 £31.92 £21.50
% change year-on-year -4.45% +48.47% +2.14%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in the Midlands

Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing in the Midlands

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in the Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in the Midlands

Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing in the Midlands

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Manufacturing in the Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Manufacturing in the Midlands

Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
West Midlands +13 65 £433 -13.50% 434
East Midlands -10 31 £350 -33.59% 294
Manufacturing
England

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.98%) Confluence
2 1 (0.98%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (5.88%) CANalyzer
2 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.96%) CATIA
3 2 (1.96%) Maya
3 2 (1.96%) NUKE
3 2 (1.96%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.98%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (4.90%) Maximo
2 3 (2.94%) SAP MII
3 2 (1.96%) Odoo
3 2 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.98%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.98%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.96%) Azure
1 2 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (0.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (0.98%) OCI
2 1 (0.98%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.88%) Ethernet
1 6 (5.88%) FlexRay
2 4 (3.92%) VPN
3 2 (1.96%) Firewall
3 2 (1.96%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.98%) DNS
4 1 (0.98%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.98%) LAN
4 1 (0.98%) tcpdump
4 1 (0.98%) VLAN
4 1 (0.98%) WAN
4 1 (0.98%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.98%) Apache Hive
1 1 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (0.98%) Hadoop
1 1 (0.98%) SQL Server
1 1 (0.98%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (5.88%) CANoe
2 1 (0.98%) IDA Disassembler
2 1 (0.98%) JIRA
General
1 26 (25.49%) Automotive
2 22 (21.57%) Social Skills
3 12 (11.76%) Aerospace
3 12 (11.76%) Electronics
4 10 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (8.82%) Finance
6 7 (6.86%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.92%) Avionics
8 4 (3.92%) Marketing
8 4 (3.92%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.96%) Games
9 2 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.98%) Advertising
10 1 (0.98%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 13 (12.75%) Programmer
2 11 (10.78%) Analyst
3 7 (6.86%) Product Owner
4 6 (5.88%) Integration Manager
4 6 (5.88%) Software Manager
5 5 (4.90%) Administrator
5 5 (4.90%) Consultant
5 5 (4.90%) Support Engineer
6 4 (3.92%) Business Analyst
6 4 (3.92%) Change Manager
6 4 (3.92%) Developer
6 4 (3.92%) IT Engineer
6 4 (3.92%) IT Support
6 4 (3.92%) Junior
6 4 (3.92%) Lead
6 4 (3.92%) Project Manager
7 3 (2.94%) Business Change Manager
7 3 (2.94%) ERP Manager
7 3 (2.94%) Junior Product Owner
7 3 (2.94%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.96%) .NET
1 2 (1.96%) Classic ASP
1 2 (1.96%) Unreal Engine
1 2 (1.96%) V-Ray
2 1 (0.98%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.98%) FastAPI
2 1 (0.98%) Flask
2 1 (0.98%) OLE
2 1 (0.98%) pytest
2 1 (0.98%) React
2 1 (0.98%) SAP MI
2 1 (0.98%) SQLAlchemy
2 1 (0.98%) Vue
2 1 (0.98%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.80%) Infotainment
2 7 (6.86%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.90%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.92%) IoT
5 1 (0.98%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (0.98%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.98%) FMCG
5 1 (0.98%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.98%) Robotics
5 1 (0.98%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.82%) Windows
2 4 (3.92%) Windows 7
3 3 (2.94%) Linux
4 1 (0.98%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (10.78%) ERP
2 11 (10.78%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (10.78%) Technical Leadership
3 9 (8.82%) Product Strategy
3 9 (8.82%) Project Management
3 9 (8.82%) Software Deployment
3 9 (8.82%) Use Case
4 8 (7.84%) Agile
4 8 (7.84%) Information Security
4 8 (7.84%) Logistics
4 8 (7.84%) Process Improvement
4 8 (7.84%) Requirements Gathering
5 7 (6.86%) Collaborative Working
5 7 (6.86%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (5.88%) Customer Requirements
6 6 (5.88%) Manufacturing Engineering
6 6 (5.88%) Power Management
6 6 (5.88%) Prototyping
6 6 (5.88%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.82%) Python
2 6 (5.88%) VBA
3 3 (2.94%) SQL
4 1 (0.98%) C#
4 1 (0.98%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.98%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.98%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.98%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (10.78%) Degree
2 6 (5.88%) SC Cleared
2 6 (5.88%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (2.94%) SAP Certification
4 2 (1.96%) Dell Certification
5 1 (0.98%) ACCA
5 1 (0.98%) CIMA
5 1 (0.98%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.98%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.98%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.88%) SLA
2 2 (1.96%) QA
3 1 (0.98%) GDPR
3 1 (0.98%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (3.92%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.98%) Snort
Systems Management
1 6 (5.88%) Functional Safety
2 2 (1.96%) Kibana
3 1 (0.98%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (14.71%) SAP
2 9 (8.82%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.92%) Computacenter
3 4 (3.92%) Progress
3 4 (3.92%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.94%) VMware
5 2 (1.96%) Dell
5 2 (1.96%) Fujitsu
5 2 (1.96%) HP
5 2 (1.96%) Splunk
5 2 (1.96%) Sun
6 1 (0.98%) Ariba
6 1 (0.98%) Google
6 1 (0.98%) IFS
6 1 (0.98%) JD Edwards
6 1 (0.98%) Oracle
6 1 (0.98%) QAD
6 1 (0.98%) Sage
6 1 (0.98%) Salesforce