Manufacturing Contracts with Work from Home Options

Manufacturing
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Manufacturing over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 116 150
Rank change year-on-year +24 +34 -10
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 353 528 785
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.35% 2.11% 1.79%
As % of the General category 3.99% 3.60% 3.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 366 605
10th Percentile £325 £356 £400
25th Percentile £422 £453 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £528 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% -4.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £776 £723 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +3.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 33 19
10th Percentile £12.75 £33.11 £21.15
25th Percentile £30.03 £42.00 £39.38
Median hourly rate £39.92 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% - -
75th Percentile £61.75 £50.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £62.00 £71.00 £71.20
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £36.16
% change year-on-year -22.22% +24.45% +0.44%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,843 14,671 23,882
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.78% 58.55% 54.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,807 10,332 17,331
10th Percentile £325 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 469 333 346
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.01 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.61 £26.00 £19.50
Median hourly rate £38.12 £50.00 £33.45
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +49.48% +43.45%
75th Percentile £53.00 £67.50 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.20 £65.52
UK median hourly rate £30.16 £33.91 £22.00
% change year-on-year -11.06% +54.14% -2.22%

Manufacturing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Manufacturing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Manufacturing.

Manufacturing daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Manufacturing over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Manufacturing daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Manufacturing.

Manufacturing hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Manufacturing over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Manufacturing hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 10 (2.83%) Confluence
2 7 (1.98%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.57%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.28%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.28%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.28%) CMS
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 1 (0.28%) SAS
5 1 (0.28%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 22 (6.23%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.42%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.85%) Simulink
5 3 (0.85%) Stateflow
6 2 (0.57%) Maya
6 2 (0.57%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.57%) NUKE
6 2 (0.57%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.28%) CATIA
7 1 (0.28%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.28%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 27 (7.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.27%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 8 (2.27%) Sage 200
2 8 (2.27%) Sage 50
2 8 (2.27%) SAP FI-AP
3 5 (1.42%) SAP PP
3 5 (1.42%) Teamcenter
4 4 (1.13%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (1.13%) SAP EWM
4 4 (1.13%) SAP MM
5 3 (0.85%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.57%) Odoo
6 2 (0.57%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.57%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.57%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.57%) SAP CRM
6 2 (0.57%) SAP Hybris
6 2 (0.57%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 51 (14.45%) Azure
2 19 (5.38%) AWS
3 18 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (4.25%) Dynamics 365
5 12 (3.40%) PaaS
5 12 (3.40%) Power Platform
6 9 (2.55%) Cloud Computing
6 9 (2.55%) SaaS
7 8 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (1.98%) IaaS
9 6 (1.70%) GCP
9 6 (1.70%) PowerApps
9 6 (1.70%) Smartsheet
10 5 (1.42%) Entra ID
10 5 (1.42%) GitHub
11 4 (1.13%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (1.13%) OCI
11 4 (1.13%) SuccessFactors
11 4 (1.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (0.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.97%) Firewall
2 13 (3.68%) Network Security
3 8 (2.27%) Cisco ISE
3 8 (2.27%) InfiniBand
4 7 (1.98%) 3G
4 7 (1.98%) 4G
5 5 (1.42%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.13%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (1.13%) NAS
6 4 (1.13%) SAN
6 4 (1.13%) tcpdump
6 4 (1.13%) VPN
6 4 (1.13%) Wireshark
7 3 (0.85%) Wireless
8 2 (0.57%) FTP
8 2 (0.57%) HTTP
8 2 (0.57%) VLAN
8 2 (0.57%) WLAN
9 1 (0.28%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.28%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.25%) Metadata
1 15 (4.25%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.12%) Power BI
3 6 (1.70%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (1.70%) Ingres
3 6 (1.70%) Relational Database
3 6 (1.70%) Tableau
4 5 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.13%) Apache Hive
5 4 (1.13%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.13%) Hadoop
6 3 (0.85%) GIS
7 2 (0.57%) Big Data
7 2 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.57%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.28%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.28%) Metadata Repository
8 1 (0.28%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.28%) Sisense
8 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 18 (5.10%) JIRA
2 12 (3.40%) ERwin
3 10 (2.83%) Git
4 9 (2.55%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.13%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.13%) IDA Disassembler
6 3 (0.85%) NUnit
6 3 (0.85%) Postman
6 3 (0.85%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.28%) ClearCase
General
1 154 (43.63%) Finance
2 107 (30.31%) Marketing
3 98 (27.76%) Telecoms
4 97 (27.48%) Electronics
4 97 (27.48%) Public Sector
5 83 (23.51%) Social Skills
6 41 (11.61%) Analytical Skills
7 28 (7.93%) Retail
8 20 (5.67%) Automotive
9 10 (2.83%) Pharmaceutical
10 9 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (2.27%) French Language
12 7 (1.98%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.98%) Legal
13 5 (1.42%) Italian Language
14 4 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.85%) Games
15 3 (0.85%) German Language
15 3 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 56 (15.86%) Architect
2 50 (14.16%) Consultant
3 40 (11.33%) Project Manager
4 35 (9.92%) Lead
5 32 (9.07%) Analyst
6 28 (7.93%) Developer
7 23 (6.52%) Senior
8 19 (5.38%) Solutions Architect
9 18 (5.10%) Business Analyst
10 17 (4.82%) SAP Consultant
11 16 (4.53%) Data Architect
12 14 (3.97%) Enterprise Architect
13 13 (3.68%) Functional Consultant
14 11 (3.12%) Azure Engineer
14 11 (3.12%) Enterprise Data Architect
15 10 (2.83%) DBA
15 10 (2.83%) Network Engineer
15 10 (2.83%) Sage Consultant
16 9 (2.55%) ERP Manager
16 9 (2.55%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.68%) .NET
2 8 (2.27%) EDI
2 8 (2.27%) IDoc
2 8 (2.27%) SAP Business Workflow
3 7 (1.98%) AngularJS
4 5 (1.42%) ASP.NET
4 5 (1.42%) GraphQL
4 5 (1.42%) Web Services
5 4 (1.13%) Middleware
5 4 (1.13%) OLE
5 4 (1.13%) RESTful
6 3 (0.85%) HTML
6 3 (0.85%) JSON
6 3 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (0.85%) Playwright
6 3 (0.85%) React
6 3 (0.85%) SAP TM
6 3 (0.85%) Smart Contracts
6 3 (0.85%) XML
7 2 (0.57%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.12%) Data Protection Act
1 11 (3.12%) Life Science
1 11 (3.12%) Wiki
2 10 (2.83%) IoT
2 10 (2.83%) Renewable Energy
3 8 (2.27%) FMCG
4 7 (1.98%) Product Ownership
5 6 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (1.42%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.42%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.13%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 4 (1.13%) NHS
7 4 (1.13%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.13%) YARA
8 3 (0.85%) Algorithms
8 3 (0.85%) Biopharmaceutical
8 3 (0.85%) Data Centre
8 3 (0.85%) Industry 4.0
8 3 (0.85%) Infotainment
Operating Systems
1 18 (5.10%) Linux
2 17 (4.82%) Windows
3 4 (1.13%) Windows 7
3 4 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (0.85%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.85%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (31.44%) Business Intelligence
2 97 (27.48%) Programme Management
3 96 (27.20%) Digital Marketing
4 57 (16.15%) Agile
5 44 (12.46%) Project Management
6 40 (11.33%) ERP
7 37 (10.48%) Problem-Solving
8 31 (8.78%) Analytics
9 30 (8.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (8.22%) Stakeholder Management
11 27 (7.65%) DevOps
12 24 (6.80%) Waterfall
13 22 (6.23%) Migration
14 20 (5.67%) Roadmaps
15 19 (5.38%) Data Modelling
15 19 (5.38%) Root Cause Analysis
16 18 (5.10%) Data Governance
16 18 (5.10%) Data Management
16 18 (5.10%) Software Engineering
16 18 (5.10%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (7.93%) SQL
2 13 (3.68%) Python
3 11 (3.12%) C#
4 10 (2.83%) ABAP
5 9 (2.55%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.27%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.70%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (1.70%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.42%) Java
9 4 (1.13%) Bash
9 4 (1.13%) MATLAB
9 4 (1.13%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.57%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.28%) Bicep
11 1 (0.28%) R
Qualifications
1 46 (13.03%) Security Cleared
2 39 (11.05%) Degree
3 28 (7.93%) SC Cleared
4 21 (5.95%) DV Cleared
5 10 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (2.55%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.98%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.42%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.42%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.42%) PMP
10 4 (1.13%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.57%) CEH
11 2 (0.57%) CISM
11 2 (0.57%) CISSP
11 2 (0.57%) CREST Certified
11 2 (0.57%) CSSLP
11 2 (0.57%) MBA
12 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.82%) GDPR
2 16 (4.53%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.55%) QA
4 7 (1.98%) SLA
5 6 (1.70%) NIST
6 5 (1.42%) PMO
7 3 (0.85%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.85%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.57%) COBIT
8 2 (0.57%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 13 (3.68%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.42%) Docker
3 4 (1.13%) Snort
3 4 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.85%) zsh
5 2 (0.57%) Firmware
5 2 (0.57%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.57%) vSphere
6 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (3.40%) Terraform
2 4 (1.13%) Grafana
2 4 (1.13%) Kibana
3 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.57%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.57%) Nessus
5 1 (0.28%) Ansible
5 1 (0.28%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (0.28%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.28%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.28%) Puppet
Vendors
1 169 (47.88%) SAP
2 49 (13.88%) Microsoft
3 16 (4.53%) Oracle
4 12 (3.40%) Cisco
4 12 (3.40%) Sparx
5 10 (2.83%) Sage
6 8 (2.27%) Google
6 8 (2.27%) OpenText
7 5 (1.42%) Qualys
7 5 (1.42%) VMware
8 4 (1.13%) Citrix
8 4 (1.13%) Computacenter
8 4 (1.13%) HP
8 4 (1.13%) IFS
8 4 (1.13%) Siemens
8 4 (1.13%) Splunk
8 4 (1.13%) Workday
9 3 (0.85%) Dell
9 3 (0.85%) ForeScout
9 3 (0.85%) Zscaler