Manufacturing Contracts in Wales

Manufacturing
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 34 66
Rank change year-on-year +6 +32 -3
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 13 28 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 3.17% 4.80% 0.96%
As % of the General category 7.03% 10.26% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 22 5
10th Percentile £435 £466 £172
25th Percentile £450 £562 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £586 £515
Median % change year-on-year -14.68% +13.79% +3.00%
75th Percentile £550 £597 £800
90th Percentile £565 £636 -
UK median daily rate £500 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% +5.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £28.32 - -
25th Percentile £49.25 £44.82 -
Median hourly rate £50.50 £48.13 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.92% - -
75th Percentile £51.75 £51.45 -
90th Percentile £59.70 - -
UK median hourly rate £32.90 £47.82 £40.00
% change year-on-year -31.20% +19.54% +11.11%

All General Skills
Wales

Manufacturing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 185 273 523
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 45.12% 46.83% 55.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 189 404
10th Percentile £127 £162 £200
25th Percentile £143 £281 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.05% -5.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £548 £586 £575
90th Percentile £625 £638 £636
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 14 17
10th Percentile £11.68 - £14.66
25th Percentile £12.78 £10.92 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.27 £11.56 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +118.60% -53.76% +46.41%
75th Percentile £52.50 £21.02 £27.50
90th Percentile £85.28 £46.14 £47.40
UK median hourly rate £30.50 £31.96 £23.00
% change year-on-year -4.57% +38.96% +9.26%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Wales

Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing in Wales

Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing in Wales

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Histogram in Wales

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Manufacturing in Wales over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Manufacturing in Wales

Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Wales region over the 6 months to 12 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
South Wales +2 8 £550 -6.14% 79
North Wales +8 4 - - 19
Dyfed +1 1 £450 -
Manufacturing
UK

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle Manufacturing
1 1 (7.69%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) 4G
1 1 (7.69%) LAN
1 1 (7.69%) LTE
1 1 (7.69%) MQTT
General
1 5 (38.46%) Aerospace
2 1 (7.69%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Test Technician
2 1 (7.69%) Analyst
2 1 (7.69%) Consultant
2 1 (7.69%) Firmware Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) IT Analyst
2 1 (7.69%) IT Support
2 1 (7.69%) IT Support Analyst
2 1 (7.69%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (7.69%) SAP EWM Consultant
2 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Android
1 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Functional Testing
2 3 (23.08%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (7.69%) Customer Service
3 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (7.69%) SIEM
3 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Management
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.69%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle
1 1 (7.69%) Qualys
1 1 (7.69%) SAP
1 1 (7.69%) Zscaler