Smart Manufacturing
North West > Cheshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Smart Manufacturing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Feb 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 59 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Smart Manufacturing | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire | - | - | 0.96% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 1.10% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | - | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £41.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £42.50 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £43.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| North West median hourly rate | - | - | £42.50 |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheshire
Smart Manufacturing 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 | 585 | 406 | 456 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire | 89.45% | 90.22% | 87.86% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 423 | 235 | 301 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £300 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £356 | £356 | £430 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £438 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.89% | -5.00% | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £571 | £560 |
| 90th Percentile | £661 | £651 | £614 |
| North West median daily rate | £450 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.26% | -5.00% | +1.01% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 33 | 27 | 34 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.50 | £17.80 | £14.60 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.87 | £21.05 | £17.37 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.85 | £27.39 | £25.14 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.56% | +8.95% | +29.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £43.00 | £81.75 | £39.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.05 | £86.00 | £43.75 |
| North West median hourly rate | £41.94 | £31.51 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +33.10% | +5.03% | -19.57% |
Smart Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Smart Manufacturing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.
Smart Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Smart Manufacturing.
