Manufacturing Contracts in Cheshire

Manufacturing
North West > Cheshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Cheshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 23 37
Rank change year-on-year -5 +14 +6
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 31 35 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 6.57% 6.85% 4.49%
As % of the General category 9.63% 10.97% 7.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 17 15
10th Percentile £500 - £325
25th Percentile £513 £405 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £510 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% +13.33% -8.86%
75th Percentile £580 £515 £488
90th Percentile £670 £565 £540
North West median daily rate £550 £510 £486
% change year-on-year +7.84% +4.94% -11.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 3
10th Percentile £47.75 - -
25th Percentile - £41.25 -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £42.50 £23.15
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +83.59% +125.19%
75th Percentile - £43.75 £31.58
90th Percentile £62.00 - £36.63
North West median hourly rate £45.30 £35.00 £27.70
% change year-on-year +29.41% +26.35% +3.55%

All General Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 322 319 315
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 68.22% 62.43% 58.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 204 209
10th Percentile £317 £311 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £497 £480
Median % change year-on-year -2.46% +3.59% +3.90%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £575
90th Percentile £688 £638 £650
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 22 22
10th Percentile £14.73 £16.57 £14.30
25th Percentile £26.36 £17.72 £23.15
Median hourly rate £33.40 £26.66 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +25.28% -12.70% +32.78%
75th Percentile £77.63 £37.25 £35.00
90th Percentile £86.00 £43.75 £39.50
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £17.86 £26.00
% change year-on-year +60.97% -31.31% +5.05%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Cheshire

Manufacturing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Manufacturing in Cheshire

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Cheshire over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in Cheshire

Manufacturing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Manufacturing in Cheshire

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Manufacturing in Cheshire over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Manufacturing in Cheshire

Manufacturing
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 17 May 2025. 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
Macclesfield -1 13 £550 +22.22% 4
Chester -8 6 - - 11
Warrington 0 5 £525 -8.70% 18
Manufacturing
North West

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (25.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (6.45%) SAP LE
3 1 (3.23%) SAP ERP
3 1 (3.23%) SAP MM
3 1 (3.23%) SAP PP
3 1 (3.23%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 10 (32.26%) Azure
2 6 (19.35%) Power Platform
3 4 (12.90%) Anthropic Claude
3 4 (12.90%) AWS
3 4 (12.90%) Azure AI
3 4 (12.90%) GCP
3 4 (12.90%) Google Gemini
3 4 (12.90%) Snowflake
4 2 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (6.45%) Power Automate
4 2 (6.45%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (19.35%) Power BI
2 4 (12.90%) Data Lake
2 4 (12.90%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (12.90%) Neo4j
3 1 (3.23%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Git
General
1 17 (54.84%) Pharmaceutical
2 14 (45.16%) Finance
3 11 (35.48%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (32.26%) Legal
4 10 (32.26%) Social Skills
5 2 (6.45%) Retail
6 1 (3.23%) Aerospace
6 1 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (16.13%) Analyst
1 5 (16.13%) Senior
2 4 (12.90%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) Data Analytics Specialist
3 3 (9.68%) Business Analyst
3 3 (9.68%) Change Manager
3 3 (9.68%) Consultant
3 3 (9.68%) Data Migration Expert
4 2 (6.45%) Lead
4 2 (6.45%) SAP Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) SAP Consultant
4 2 (6.45%) SAP Financial Specialist
4 2 (6.45%) SAP Supply Chain Consultant
4 2 (6.45%) SAP WM Consultant
4 2 (6.45%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (6.45%) Senior SAP Consultant
4 2 (6.45%) Senior SAP Supply Chain Consultant
4 2 (6.45%) Senior SAP WM Consultant
4 2 (6.45%) Senior Supply Chain Consultant
4 2 (6.45%) Supply Chain Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.90%) PyTorch
1 4 (12.90%) TensorFlow
2 1 (3.23%) Middleware
2 1 (3.23%) OLE
2 1 (3.23%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (3.23%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Life Science
2 4 (12.90%) Algorithms
3 2 (6.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (6.45%) FMCG
4 1 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (41.94%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (22.58%) Agile
2 7 (22.58%) Business Analysis
2 7 (22.58%) Change Management
3 6 (19.35%) Decision-Making
3 6 (19.35%) Inventory Management
3 6 (19.35%) Logistics
3 6 (19.35%) Manufacturing Engineering
3 6 (19.35%) Migration
4 5 (16.13%) Active Listening
4 5 (16.13%) Customer Requirements
4 5 (16.13%) Data Migration
4 5 (16.13%) ETL
4 5 (16.13%) Information Architecture
4 5 (16.13%) Process Improvement
4 5 (16.13%) Product Management
4 5 (16.13%) Project Management
4 5 (16.13%) Quality Management
4 5 (16.13%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.90%) Python
2 3 (9.68%) Scala
3 1 (3.23%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (16.13%) Degree
2 4 (12.90%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) Data Quality
1 2 (6.45%) PMO
2 1 (3.23%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (12.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (12.90%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (61.29%) SAP
2 6 (19.35%) Ariba
3 2 (6.45%) Anaplan
3 2 (6.45%) Hyperion
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft