Manufacturing Execution System Contract Job Trends in England

Manufacturing Execution System
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing Execution System in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing Execution System over the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 599 492 515
Rank change year-on-year -107 +23 +90
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing Execution System 23 12 8
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.050% 0.044% 0.024%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.15% 0.12% 0.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 2
10th Percentile £519 £378 -
25th Percentile £525 £406 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £469 £500
Median % change year-on-year +17.33% -6.25% -14.89%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £525
90th Percentile £688 £681 -
UK median daily rate £550 £469 £500
% change year-on-year +17.33% -6.25% -14.89%

All Generic Skills
England

Manufacturing Execution System falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 15,362 9,774 10,243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.60% 35.43% 30.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,425 6,154 6,623
10th Percentile £325 £306 £300
25th Percentile £425 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £687
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 923 499 523
10th Percentile £14.89 £15.45 £12.55
25th Percentile £19.34 £18.87 £18.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £31.36 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.74% -33.98% +8.36%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.96 £29.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +42.24% -34.44% +10.86%

Manufacturing Execution System
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Manufacturing Execution System relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Manufacturing Execution System job vacancy trend in England

Manufacturing Execution System
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Manufacturing Execution System.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Manufacturing Execution System

Manufacturing Execution System
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing Execution System in England over the 6 months to 19 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing Execution System in England

Manufacturing Execution System
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Manufacturing Execution System.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Manufacturing Execution System

Manufacturing Execution System
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing Execution System within the England region over the 6 months to 19 August 2026. 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 East - 11 £675 - 3
Midlands -40 4 £538 -14.00% 9
London -73 4 £550 - 5
East Midlands -16 2 £538 -18.87% 7
West Midlands -54 2 - - 2
South West -43 1 - - 3
North of England -82 1 - - 8
East of England - 1 - - 5
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
Manufacturing Execution System
UK

Manufacturing Execution System
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.35%) FactoryTalk
1 1 (4.35%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (8.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (4.35%) SAP Business One
2 1 (4.35%) SAP EWM
2 1 (4.35%) SAP MDG
2 1 (4.35%) SAP PP
2 1 (4.35%) SAP QM
2 1 (4.35%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) AWS
1 1 (4.35%) Azure
1 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) MQTT
General
1 23 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (13.04%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (4.35%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) Architect
2 2 (8.70%) Analyst
2 2 (8.70%) Author
2 2 (8.70%) Consultant
2 2 (8.70%) Project Manager
2 2 (8.70%) Technical Author
3 1 (4.35%) Business Analyst
3 1 (4.35%) Developer
3 1 (4.35%) ERP Implementation Manager
3 1 (4.35%) ERP Implementation Project Manager
3 1 (4.35%) ERP Manager
3 1 (4.35%) ERP Project Manager
3 1 (4.35%) Implementation Manager
3 1 (4.35%) Implementation Project Manager
3 1 (4.35%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (4.35%) SAP PP Consultant
3 1 (4.35%) SQL Developer
3 1 (4.35%) Subject Matter Expert
3 1 (4.35%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (4.35%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) JSON
1 1 (4.35%) Middleware
1 1 (4.35%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Operational Technology
2 3 (13.04%) SCADA
3 2 (8.70%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 2 (8.70%) Life Science
3 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.35%) FMCG
4 1 (4.35%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (4.35%) Industry 4.0
4 1 (4.35%) IoT
4 1 (4.35%) LIMS
4 1 (4.35%) Mashup
4 1 (4.35%) Product Ownership
4 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Linux
1 1 (4.35%) OpenVMS
1 1 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) ERP
2 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (13.04%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (13.04%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (13.04%) Validation
4 2 (8.70%) Computer Science
4 2 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (8.70%) Cutover Planning
4 2 (8.70%) Data Migration
4 2 (8.70%) Migration
4 2 (8.70%) Performance Tuning
4 2 (8.70%) PLM
4 2 (8.70%) Process Improvement
4 2 (8.70%) Project Management
4 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (4.35%) DevOps
5 1 (4.35%) High Availability
5 1 (4.35%) Mentoring
5 1 (4.35%) Performance Monitoring
5 1 (4.35%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) SQL
2 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) GMP
2 1 (4.35%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 1 (4.35%) GAMP
2 1 (4.35%) PMO
2 1 (4.35%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) MOM
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) SAP
2 2 (8.70%) Oracle
2 2 (8.70%) Rockwell
2 2 (8.70%) Siemens
3 1 (4.35%) Aquila
3 1 (4.35%) AVEVA
3 1 (4.35%) Kepware
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.35%) PTC
3 1 (4.35%) Red Hat