Manufacturing Engineering
Cheshire > Chester
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Chester requiring Manufacturing Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
---|---|---|---|
Rank | 13 | 13 | 19 |
Rank change year-on-year | 0 | +6 | - |
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering | 7 | 1 | 2 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester | 10.29% | 1.85% | 2.35% |
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 10.45% | 2.63% | 2.63% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
Cheshire median daily rate | - | - | - |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 0 | 1 |
10th Percentile | £35.22 | - | - |
25th Percentile | £47.19 | - | - |
Median hourly rate | £50.00 | - | £40.00 |
75th Percentile | - | - | - |
90th Percentile | £60.00 | - | - |
Cheshire median hourly rate | £50.00 | - | £40.00 |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Chester
Manufacturing Engineering 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 Chester.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 67 | 38 | 76 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester | 98.53% | 70.37% | 89.41% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 21 | 18 | 43 |
10th Percentile | £325 | £266 | £288 |
25th Percentile | £405 | £445 | £330 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £638 | £400 |
Median % change year-on-year | -13.73% | +59.38% | -7.51% |
75th Percentile | £700 | £738 | £525 |
90th Percentile | £738 | - | £680 |
Cheshire median daily rate | £455 | £500 | £475 |
% change year-on-year | -9.05% | +5.26% | +5.56% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 18 | 8 | 11 |
10th Percentile | £19.00 | - | £23.15 |
25th Percentile | £26.49 | £41.25 | £29.58 |
Median hourly rate | £50.00 | £42.50 | £30.54 |
Median % change year-on-year | +17.65% | +39.16% | +77.48% |
75th Percentile | £86.00 | £47.50 | £35.00 |
90th Percentile | - | - | - |
Cheshire median hourly rate | £35.20 | £26.66 | £30.54 |
% change year-on-year | +32.03% | -12.70% | +29.96% |
Manufacturing Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester
Job postings citing Manufacturing Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Chester
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering in Chester.
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Hourly Rate Histogram in Chester
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Manufacturing Engineering in Chester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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: