Design for Manufacturing Contracts

Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Design for Manufacturing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Design for Manufacturing over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 565 676 831
Rank change year-on-year +111 +155 -134
Contract jobs citing Design for Manufacturing 18 20 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.042% 0.034% 0.011%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.049% 0.038% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £651 - -
25th Percentile £653 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 - £300
75th Percentile £678 - -
90th Percentile £684 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 19 7
10th Percentile - £41.46 £34.06
25th Percentile - £42.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate - £45.00 £45.00
75th Percentile - £47.50 £47.50
90th Percentile - £51.00 £48.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Design for Manufacturing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,868 52,242 79,883
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.23% 89.82% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,721 36,208 56,080
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,429 1,718 1,919
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.22 £15.52
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -6.98%

Design for Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Design for Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Design for Manufacturing in the UK

Design for Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Design for Manufacturing.

Daily rate trend for Design for Manufacturing in the UK

Design for Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Design for Manufacturing.

Hourly rate trend for Design for Manufacturing in the UK

Design for Manufacturing
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Design for Manufacturing within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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
England +102 18 £663 - 98
UK excluding London +65 15 - - 88
South East +17 15 - - 27
London - 3 £663 - 11

Design for Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 15 (83.33%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 17 (94.44%) Rational DOORS
General
1 15 (83.33%) Electronics
2 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
2 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (83.33%) Consultant
2 3 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Principal Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (83.33%) Analogue Electronics
1 15 (83.33%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
2 15 (83.33%) Prototyping
2 15 (83.33%) Requirements Management
3 2 (11.11%) Mathematics
3 2 (11.11%) SysML
3 2 (11.11%) UML
3 2 (11.11%) V-Model
4 1 (5.56%) Agile
4 1 (5.56%) Cyber Intelligence
4 1 (5.56%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 1 (5.56%) Project Delivery
4 1 (5.56%) Supplier Relationship Management
4 1 (5.56%) Systems Thinking
4 1 (5.56%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Firmware