Manufacturing Contracts in Macclesfield

Manufacturing
Cheshire > Macclesfield

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Macclesfield. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 9 12
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 -3
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Manufacturing 11 11 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Macclesfield 23.91% 20.37% 8.51%
As % of the General category 25.58% 21.57% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 2
10th Percentile £496 £433 -
25th Percentile £560 £444 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +28.89% - -2.96%
75th Percentile £609 £478 -
90th Percentile £656 £484 -
Cheshire median daily rate £580 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +25.41% +2.78% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.38 - -
Median hourly rate £17.75 - -
75th Percentile £18.13 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £33.88 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -3.21% - +30.84%

All General Skills
Macclesfield

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 Macclesfield.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 43 51 38
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Macclesfield 93.48% 94.44% 80.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 34 27
10th Percentile £399 £450 £358
25th Percentile £478 £472 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% +46.15%
75th Percentile £688 £585 £548
90th Percentile £704 - £660
Cheshire median daily rate £447 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -10.60% -4.76% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £17.67 - £11.00
25th Percentile £18.12 - £11.66
Median hourly rate £18.87 - £13.03
75th Percentile - - £14.14
90th Percentile - - £14.66
Cheshire median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £30.54
% change year-on-year -8.57% +14.60% +72.06%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Macclesfield

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Macclesfield

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in Macclesfield

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Macclesfield citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in Macclesfield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Macclesfield over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in Macclesfield

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in Macclesfield

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Macclesfield citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Macclesfield 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 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (54.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Azure
2 5 (45.45%) Power Platform
3 4 (36.36%) Snowflake
4 3 (27.27%) Anthropic Claude
4 3 (27.27%) AWS
4 3 (27.27%) Azure AI
4 3 (27.27%) GCP
4 3 (27.27%) Google Gemini
5 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (9.09%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) Power BI
2 4 (36.36%) Data Lake
2 4 (36.36%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (27.27%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Git
General
1 10 (90.91%) Finance
1 10 (90.91%) Pharmaceutical
2 5 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Legal
3 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Electronics
4 1 (9.09%) Marketing
4 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Data Analytics Specialist
2 3 (27.27%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) SAP Financial Specialist
3 2 (18.18%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Business Data Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Data Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Data Migration Expert
4 1 (9.09%) IT Support
4 1 (9.09%) IT Support Technician
4 1 (9.09%) IT Technician
4 1 (9.09%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) PyTorch
1 3 (27.27%) Streamlit
1 3 (27.27%) TensorFlow
2 1 (9.09%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Life Science
2 3 (27.27%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Apple iOS
1 1 (9.09%) Mac OS
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Analytics
1 5 (45.45%) Inventory Management
1 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (36.36%) Business Analysis
2 4 (36.36%) Data Modelling
2 4 (36.36%) Logistics
3 3 (27.27%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
3 3 (27.27%) Containerisation
3 3 (27.27%) Decision-Making
3 3 (27.27%) Linear Algebra
3 3 (27.27%) Machine Learning
3 3 (27.27%) Mathematics
3 3 (27.27%) Multi-Agent System
3 3 (27.27%) Natural Language Processing
3 3 (27.27%) Pattern Recognition
3 3 (27.27%) RDF
3 3 (27.27%) SDLC
3 3 (27.27%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) Python
2 2 (18.18%) Scala
3 1 (9.09%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
1 4 (36.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Data Quality
1 2 (18.18%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Docker
2 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Kubernetes
2 1 (9.09%) SCCM
2 1 (9.09%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) SAP
2 5 (45.45%) Ariba
3 2 (18.18%) Anaplan
3 2 (18.18%) Hyperion
4 1 (9.09%) Apple
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
4 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow