Production Planning Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Production Planning
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Production Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 - 45
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Production Planning 3 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.43% - 1.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% - 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £197 - £499
25th Percentile £264 - £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £377 - £563
75th Percentile £488 - £591
90th Percentile £554 - £596
North West median daily rate £377 - £600
% change year-on-year - - -3.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £35.25
Median hourly rate - - £35.50
75th Percentile - - £35.75
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate - - £35.50
% change year-on-year - - -17.37%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Production Planning falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 614 441 368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 87.97% 86.81% 91.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 457 269 230
10th Percentile £268 £325 £265
25th Percentile £358 £385 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £496 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.90% -5.50% +16.67%
75th Percentile £538 £567 £575
90th Percentile £688 £650 £611
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 23 25
10th Percentile £12.82 £16.05 £15.40
25th Percentile £15.53 £21.05 £17.25
Median hourly rate £22.43 £27.39 £22.53
Median % change year-on-year -18.09% +21.55% +61.04%
75th Percentile £40.00 £39.38 £35.00
90th Percentile £70.55 £43.75 £40.00
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £35.68 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.04% +1.94% +38.92%

Production Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Production Planning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Production Planning job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Production Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Production Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Production Planning

Production Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Production Planning in Cheshire over the 6 months to 9 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Production Planning in Cheshire

Production Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Production Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Production Planning

Production Planning
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 Production Planning within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 9 November 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
Ellesmere Port - 1 £598 -
Warrington - 1 £155 - 1
Production Planning
North West

Production Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (66.67%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics Administrator
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 1 (33.33%) Inventory Control
1 1 (33.33%) Inventory Management
1 1 (33.33%) Logistics
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft