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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 94 123 158
Rank change year-on-year +29 +35 -9
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 337 477 774
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.30% 1.99% 1.74%
As % of the General category 3.93% 3.40% 3.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 329 570
10th Percentile £356 £363 £400
25th Percentile £413 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £675
90th Percentile £756 £722 £739
UK median daily rate £500 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -6.76% -2.50% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 31 29
10th Percentile £13.03 £26.25 £27.45
25th Percentile £30.10 £40.63 £40.00
Median hourly rate £39.92 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% - -4.26%
75th Percentile £62.00 £54.38 £62.25
90th Percentile £68.08 £72.50 £68.74
UK median hourly rate £32.90 £47.82 £39.50
% change year-on-year -31.20% +21.05% +9.72%

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 8,572 14,040 24,442
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.48% 58.68% 55.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,623 9,911 17,865
10th Percentile £325 £363 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 460 318 340
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.63 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.69 £25.71 £19.50
Median hourly rate £38.12 £49.50 £33.45
Median % change year-on-year -22.99% +47.98% +48.67%
75th Percentile £52.50 £67.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.23 £65.54
UK median hourly rate £30.06 £31.92 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.83% +41.87% +6.89%

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 8 June 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 8 June 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 (2.97%) Confluence
2 7 (2.08%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.59%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.59%) CMS
4 2 (0.59%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.30%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.30%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.30%) Magnolia
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.30%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 25 (7.42%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.89%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.89%) Simulink
4 3 (0.89%) Stateflow
5 2 (0.59%) Maya
5 2 (0.59%) NUKE
5 2 (0.59%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.30%) CATIA
6 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.30%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.30%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 27 (8.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.37%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 8 (2.37%) Sage 200
2 8 (2.37%) Sage 50
2 8 (2.37%) SAP FI-AP
3 6 (1.78%) SAP PP
4 5 (1.48%) Teamcenter
5 4 (1.19%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (1.19%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (1.19%) SAP EWM
5 4 (1.19%) SAP MDG
5 4 (1.19%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.89%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.89%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (0.89%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.89%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.89%) SAP SD
7 2 (0.59%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.59%) Oracle iProcurement
7 2 (0.59%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 45 (13.35%) Azure
2 19 (5.64%) AWS
3 18 (5.34%) Dynamics 365
4 15 (4.45%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (2.67%) Cloud Computing
5 9 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (2.67%) SaaS
6 8 (2.37%) PaaS
6 8 (2.37%) Power Platform
7 6 (1.78%) GCP
7 6 (1.78%) PowerApps
7 6 (1.78%) Smartsheet
8 5 (1.48%) Azure AI
8 5 (1.48%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.19%) GitHub
9 4 (1.19%) OCI
9 4 (1.19%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (0.89%) IaaS
11 2 (0.59%) Adobe Analytics
11 2 (0.59%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.04%) Firewall
2 13 (3.86%) Network Security
3 9 (2.67%) 4G
4 8 (2.37%) 3G
4 8 (2.37%) Cisco ISE
5 7 (2.08%) InfiniBand
6 6 (1.78%) Internet
7 5 (1.48%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.48%) VPN
8 4 (1.19%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (1.19%) LAN
8 4 (1.19%) NAS
8 4 (1.19%) SAN
8 4 (1.19%) SD-WAN
8 4 (1.19%) tcpdump
8 4 (1.19%) WAN
8 4 (1.19%) Wireshark
9 3 (0.89%) Wireless
10 2 (0.59%) Extranet
10 2 (0.59%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.37%) Power BI
1 8 (2.37%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.08%) Relational Database
3 6 (1.78%) Ingres
4 5 (1.48%) Metadata
4 5 (1.48%) Tableau
5 4 (1.19%) Apache Hive
5 4 (1.19%) Hadoop
6 3 (0.89%) GIS
7 2 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.59%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 2 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.59%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.30%) Big Data
8 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.30%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.30%) MySQL
8 1 (0.30%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle Discoverer
8 1 (0.30%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 20 (5.93%) JIRA
2 7 (2.08%) Git
3 5 (1.48%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.19%) IDA Disassembler
5 3 (0.89%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.89%) ERwin
5 3 (0.89%) NUnit
5 3 (0.89%) Postman
5 3 (0.89%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.30%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.30%) fastlane
6 1 (0.30%) LSMW
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
General
1 131 (38.87%) Finance
2 90 (26.71%) Marketing
2 90 (26.71%) Social Skills
3 76 (22.55%) Electronics
3 76 (22.55%) Telecoms
4 75 (22.26%) Public Sector
5 38 (11.28%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (7.12%) Retail
7 18 (5.34%) Automotive
8 11 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (3.26%) Pharmaceutical
9 8 (2.37%) French Language
10 6 (1.78%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.48%) Italian Language
11 5 (1.48%) Legal
12 4 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.89%) German Language
13 3 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.89%) Military
13 3 (0.89%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 50 (14.84%) Consultant
2 44 (13.06%) Architect
3 41 (12.17%) Project Manager
4 37 (10.98%) Analyst
5 29 (8.61%) Lead
6 26 (7.72%) Developer
7 23 (6.82%) Senior
8 20 (5.93%) Business Analyst
8 20 (5.93%) Solutions Architect
9 18 (5.34%) SAP Consultant
10 16 (4.75%) Functional Consultant
11 13 (3.86%) Network Engineer
12 10 (2.97%) SAP Architect
13 9 (2.67%) Azure Engineer
13 9 (2.67%) ERP Manager
13 9 (2.67%) Sage Consultant
13 9 (2.67%) Security Engineer
13 9 (2.67%) Software Engineer
13 9 (2.67%) Technical Architect
14 8 (2.37%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.26%) .NET
2 8 (2.37%) EDI
2 8 (2.37%) IDoc
2 8 (2.37%) SAP Business Workflow
3 5 (1.48%) AngularJS
3 5 (1.48%) ASP.NET
3 5 (1.48%) Web Services
4 4 (1.19%) Middleware
4 4 (1.19%) OLE
4 4 (1.19%) RESTful
4 4 (1.19%) XML
5 3 (0.89%) GraphQL
5 3 (0.89%) HTML
5 3 (0.89%) JSON
5 3 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (0.89%) Playwright
5 3 (0.89%) SAP TM
5 3 (0.89%) Smart Contracts
6 2 (0.59%) CSS
6 2 (0.59%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.26%) Life Science
2 10 (2.97%) IoT
3 9 (2.67%) FMCG
3 9 (2.67%) Renewable Energy
4 8 (2.37%) Product Ownership
5 6 (1.78%) Data Centre
5 6 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (1.48%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.19%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 4 (1.19%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.19%) YARA
8 3 (0.89%) Algorithms
8 3 (0.89%) Biopharmaceutical
8 3 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.89%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.89%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.89%) Robotics
8 3 (0.89%) Tandem
8 3 (0.89%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 18 (5.34%) Linux
2 16 (4.75%) Windows
3 4 (1.19%) Windows 7
3 4 (1.19%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (0.89%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.30%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.30%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (25.22%) Business Intelligence
2 78 (23.15%) Digital Marketing
3 75 (22.26%) Programme Management
4 58 (17.21%) Agile
5 42 (12.46%) Project Management
6 39 (11.57%) ERP
7 36 (10.68%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (10.39%) Stakeholder Management
9 29 (8.61%) Waterfall
10 25 (7.42%) Analytics
11 24 (7.12%) DevOps
12 23 (6.82%) Continuous Improvement
12 23 (6.82%) Migration
13 20 (5.93%) Root Cause Analysis
14 19 (5.64%) Supply Chain Management
15 18 (5.34%) Scrum
16 17 (5.04%) Change Management
16 17 (5.04%) Logistics
16 17 (5.04%) Roadmaps
16 17 (5.04%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 23 (6.82%) SQL
2 12 (3.56%) Python
3 10 (2.97%) ABAP
4 9 (2.67%) C#
5 8 (2.37%) JavaScript
5 8 (2.37%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.78%) Java
6 6 (1.78%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (1.48%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.89%) Bash
8 3 (0.89%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.59%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.30%) Bicep
10 1 (0.30%) R
10 1 (0.30%) Ruby
10 1 (0.30%) Swift
10 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (11.87%) Degree
2 39 (11.57%) Security Cleared
3 23 (6.82%) SC Cleared
4 22 (6.53%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.67%) Master's Degree
6 8 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.48%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.19%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.89%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.89%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.89%) PMP
11 2 (0.59%) CEH
11 2 (0.59%) CISM
11 2 (0.59%) CISSP
11 2 (0.59%) CREST Certified
11 2 (0.59%) CSSLP
11 2 (0.59%) HND
11 2 (0.59%) MBA
12 1 (0.30%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.97%) GDPR
2 9 (2.67%) QA
2 9 (2.67%) SLA
3 8 (2.37%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.78%) NIST
4 6 (1.78%) PMO
5 3 (0.89%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.89%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.59%) COBIT
6 2 (0.59%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 11 (3.26%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.78%) Docker
3 4 (1.19%) Snort
3 4 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.59%) Firmware
4 2 (0.59%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.59%) vSphere
4 2 (0.59%) zsh
Systems Management
1 6 (1.78%) Terraform
2 4 (1.19%) Grafana
2 4 (1.19%) Kibana
3 3 (0.89%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.89%) Nessus
4 1 (0.30%) Ansible
4 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.30%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.30%) Puppet
Vendors
1 145 (43.03%) SAP
2 47 (13.95%) Microsoft
3 18 (5.34%) Oracle
4 12 (3.56%) Cisco
5 9 (2.67%) Sage
6 8 (2.37%) Google
6 8 (2.37%) OpenText
7 5 (1.48%) Qualys
7 5 (1.48%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.48%) Splunk
7 5 (1.48%) VMware
8 4 (1.19%) Citrix
8 4 (1.19%) Computacenter
8 4 (1.19%) HP
8 4 (1.19%) IFS
8 4 (1.19%) Siemens
8 4 (1.19%) Workday
9 3 (0.89%) ForeScout
9 3 (0.89%) Sparx
9 3 (0.89%) Zscaler