Smart Manufacturing Contracts

Smart Manufacturing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Smart Manufacturing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Smart Manufacturing over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 559 - 841
Rank change year-on-year - - -127
Contract jobs citing Smart Manufacturing 12 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.028% - 0.003%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.033% - 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £825
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £850
75th Percentile - - £875
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £850
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.67 - -
Median hourly rate £42.50 - -
75th Percentile £43.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Smart 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 36,673 51,121 79,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.13% 89.77% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,631 35,432 55,673
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,683 1,892
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.99 £16.01 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -4.99%

Smart Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Smart Manufacturing in the UK

Smart Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Smart Manufacturing in the UK

Smart Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Smart Manufacturing in the UK

Smart Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Smart Manufacturing over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Smart Manufacturing in the UK

Smart Manufacturing
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Smart Manufacturing within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
UK excluding London - 12 - - 7
England - 9 - - 8
North West - 8 - -
North of England - 8 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 3 - -
South West - 1 - - 1
Work from Home - 1 - - 2

Smart 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:

Applications
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (25.00%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) Power BI
2 1 (8.33%) Metadata
2 1 (8.33%) Metadata Repository
2 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) ERwin
General
1 9 (75.00%) Manufacturing
2 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (25.00%) Games
4 3 (25.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Manufacturing Engineer
1 5 (41.67%) Support Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Communications Officer
2 3 (25.00%) Consultant
2 3 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) IT Support
2 3 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Test Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Data Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Lead
4 1 (8.33%) Lead Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Lead Data Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Life Science
2 3 (25.00%) Driving Licence
2 3 (25.00%) Photography
3 1 (8.33%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (8.33%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Project Management
2 5 (41.67%) Analytics
2 5 (41.67%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (41.67%) Data Analytics
2 5 (41.67%) Data Extraction
2 5 (41.67%) FMEA
2 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (41.67%) Process Improvement
2 5 (41.67%) Test Scripting
2 5 (41.67%) Validation
3 3 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (25.00%) Nanotechnology
3 3 (25.00%) Operational Stability
3 3 (25.00%) Prototyping
3 3 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) GAMP
1 5 (41.67%) GxP
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) SAP
2 3 (25.00%) Siemens
2 3 (25.00%) Twitter
3 1 (8.33%) IBM
3 1 (8.33%) Oracle