Manufacturing Contracts in the Thames Valley

Manufacturing
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Manufacturing over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 80 116
Rank change year-on-year -7 +36 -2
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 52 71 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.99% 2.51% 1.50%
As % of the General category 3.59% 4.07% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 52 32
10th Percentile £248 £250 £167
25th Percentile £413 £400 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £587 £525
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +11.76% +9.09%
75th Percentile £555 £680 £683
90th Percentile £663 £725 £794
South East median daily rate £425 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -21.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 0
10th Percentile £38.63 £22.10 -
25th Percentile £41.50 £22.25 -
Median hourly rate £61.50 £25.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +146.00% - -
75th Percentile £66.13 £40.33 -
90th Percentile £68.89 £48.02 -
South East median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +25.00%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,449 1,745 2,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 55.54% 61.57% 60.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 776 1,153 1,393
10th Percentile £205 £280 £213
25th Percentile £325 £400 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £470
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +6.38% +2.17%
75th Percentile £590 £610 £575
90th Percentile £663 £699 £650
South East median daily rate £490 £500 £498
% change year-on-year -2.00% +0.50% +5.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 42 67
10th Percentile £17.57 £18.50 £11.12
25th Percentile £22.52 £22.13 £13.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £30.65 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.98% +75.14% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.00 £64.88 £22.24
90th Percentile £75.77 £75.58 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £45.00 £47.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.26% +137.50% -26.25%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in the Thames Valley

Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing in the Thames Valley

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in the Thames Valley

Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing in the Thames Valley

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Manufacturing in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Manufacturing in the Thames Valley

Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Berkshire -23 38 £550 -6.78% 86
Buckinghamshire +22 7 £469 -19.53% 66
Oxfordshire +4 7 £425 -17.07% 90
Manufacturing
South East

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.85%) Confluence
3 1 (1.92%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (1.92%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 4 (7.69%) Siemens NX
2 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (5.77%) SAP PP
2 2 (3.85%) SAP MII
3 1 (1.92%) Epicor Tropos
3 1 (1.92%) SAP PM
3 1 (1.92%) SAP QM
3 1 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.92%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.54%) Azure
2 3 (5.77%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.77%) Smartsheet
3 2 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (3.85%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.92%) SaaS
4 1 (1.92%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.69%) Firewall
2 2 (3.85%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (3.85%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (3.85%) Network Security
3 1 (1.92%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (1.92%) Wireless
3 1 (1.92%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.77%) Power BI
2 2 (3.85%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.92%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.92%) EDMS
3 1 (1.92%) Metadata
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (1.92%) OLAP
3 1 (1.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 16 (30.77%) Finance
2 13 (25.00%) Marketing
2 13 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 11 (21.15%) Telecoms
4 10 (19.23%) Public Sector
5 9 (17.31%) Electronics
6 7 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (13.46%) Automotive
7 3 (5.77%) Legal
8 1 (1.92%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.92%) Aviation
8 1 (1.92%) French Language
8 1 (1.92%) Italian Language
8 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.92%) Retail
8 1 (1.92%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 11 (21.15%) Project Manager
2 8 (15.38%) Analyst
3 6 (11.54%) Business Analyst
3 6 (11.54%) Data Business Analyst
4 5 (9.62%) Data Analyst
4 5 (9.62%) IT Manager
5 4 (7.69%) Desktop Engineer
5 4 (7.69%) Desktop Support
5 4 (7.69%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 4 (7.69%) IT Project Manager
5 4 (7.69%) Support Engineer
6 3 (5.77%) CAD Engineer
6 3 (5.77%) Consultant
6 3 (5.77%) HR Manager
7 2 (3.85%) Business Process Project Manager
7 2 (3.85%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 2 (3.85%) IT Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) Lead
7 2 (3.85%) Telecoms Manager
7 2 (3.85%) Telecoms Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.85%) Smart Contracts
2 1 (1.92%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.38%) Life Science
1 8 (15.38%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (5.77%) IoT
2 3 (5.77%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.85%) Mobile App
3 2 (3.85%) NHS
3 2 (3.85%) Operational Technology
3 2 (3.85%) Public Cloud
3 2 (3.85%) Robotics
4 1 (1.92%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.92%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.92%) Pharmacovigilance
4 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.92%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.62%) Windows
2 2 (3.85%) Unix
2 2 (3.85%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.92%) Linux
3 1 (1.92%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.92%) Mac OS X
3 1 (1.92%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (26.92%) Project Management
2 11 (21.15%) Digital Marketing
3 10 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (17.31%) Agile
4 9 (17.31%) Programme Management
5 7 (13.46%) Change Management
5 7 (13.46%) Logistics
6 6 (11.54%) Project Delivery
7 5 (9.62%) PRINCE2
7 5 (9.62%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (9.62%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (7.69%) 3D Modelling
8 4 (7.69%) CAD
8 4 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (7.69%) Decision-Making
8 4 (7.69%) ERP
8 4 (7.69%) ITIL
8 4 (7.69%) Roadmaps
9 3 (5.77%) Data Governance
9 3 (5.77%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.92%) C
1 1 (1.92%) C#
1 1 (1.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (1.92%) Embedded C
1 1 (1.92%) SQL
1 1 (1.92%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 9 (17.31%) Degree
2 7 (13.46%) Security Cleared
3 6 (11.54%) DV Cleared
3 6 (11.54%) Master's Degree
4 3 (5.77%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (3.85%) CCNP
5 2 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.85%) MBA
5 2 (3.85%) PMI Certification
5 2 (3.85%) PMP
6 1 (1.92%) ACCA
6 1 (1.92%) CIMA
6 1 (1.92%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (17.31%) GDPR
2 1 (1.92%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (3.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (3.85%) Nessus
1 2 (3.85%) RSA Archer
2 1 (1.92%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 13 (25.00%) SAP
2 9 (17.31%) Microsoft
3 7 (13.46%) Siemens
4 3 (5.77%) Cisco
5 2 (3.85%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (3.85%) Juniper
5 2 (3.85%) Palo Alto
5 2 (3.85%) ScienceLogic
5 2 (3.85%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.85%) VMware
5 2 (3.85%) Workday
6 1 (1.92%) Apple
6 1 (1.92%) Citrix
6 1 (1.92%) HP
6 1 (1.92%) Oracle
6 1 (1.92%) Remedy
6 1 (1.92%) Salesforce