Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in Crewe

Manufacturing
Cheshire > Crewe

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Crewe. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - 12
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 5 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Crewe 26.32% - 5.71%
As % of the General category 29.41% - 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £475 £580 £480
% change year-on-year -18.10% +20.83% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £34.49 - -
Median hourly rate £35.82 - -
75th Percentile £37.16 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £35.00 £50.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -30.00% +17.65% +83.59%

All General Skills
Crewe

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 general skills in Crewe.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 17 28 19
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Crewe 89.47% 84.85% 54.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 18 9
10th Percentile £256 £185 £460
25th Percentile £300 £242 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £410 £550
Median % change year-on-year -20.73% -25.45% +1.85%
75th Percentile £458 £550 £600
90th Percentile £501 £653 £608
Cheshire median daily rate £460 £450 £497
% change year-on-year +2.29% -9.50% -3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 4
10th Percentile - £29.62 -
25th Percentile £34.49 £29.80 £35.75
Median hourly rate £35.82 £37.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.19% +1.37% +32.73%
75th Percentile £37.16 £40.00 £37.25
90th Percentile - £67.15 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £35.91 £32.95 £35.00
% change year-on-year +8.98% -5.86% +25.09%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Crewe

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Crewe

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in Crewe

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Crewe citing Manufacturing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Crewe citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in Crewe

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Crewe citing Manufacturing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Crewe citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Crewe 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
1 2 (40.00%) Zephyr
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Automotive
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) IT Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Systems Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Configuration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) FMCG
2 1 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) AI
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (60.00%) Generative AI
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Contingency Planning
2 2 (40.00%) ERP
2 2 (40.00%) Logistics
2 2 (40.00%) PLM
2 2 (40.00%) SDLC
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Test Assurance
2 2 (40.00%) Test Management
2 2 (40.00%) Test Planning
2 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (20.00%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (40.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) HP
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft