Manufacturing Jobs in Cheshire

Manufacturing
North West > Cheshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in Cheshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 37 60
Rank change year-on-year +17 +23 -34
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 99 78 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 12.58% 4.74% 3.41%
As % of the General category 14.78% 9.03% 4.88%
Number of salaries quoted 28 59 29
10th Percentile £34,250 £30,550 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,188 £38,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £47,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +1.06% -14.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,250 £48,750
90th Percentile £71,500 £68,484 £65,500
North West median annual salary £55,250 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +16.32% - -

All General Skills
Cheshire

Manufacturing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 670 864 615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 85.13% 52.49% 69.89%
Number of salaries quoted 215 576 313
10th Percentile - £23,125 £25,000
25th Percentile £23,504 £29,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £48,528 £58,813 £65,000
90th Percentile £62,950 £71,582 £87,000
North West median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +3.02%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Cheshire

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in Cheshire.

Salary trend for Manufacturing in Cheshire

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Cheshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in Cheshire

Manufacturing
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Warrington +38 25 £35,000 -26.32% 19
Neston - 15 - -
Ellesmere Port - 14 £45,000 - 2
Widnes - 10 £52,500 -
Runcorn - 10 £52,500 - 4
Macclesfield +6 6 £42,500 -
Crewe -6 4 £60,000 +22.45% 5
Winsford +1 2 £57,500 +43.75%
Chester +8 1 £57,500 -4.17% 5
Northwich -5 1 £40,000 -11.11% 2
Manufacturing
North West

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (12.12%) IBM Domino
2 9 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (4.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (4.04%) AutoCAD
2 1 (1.01%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (3.03%) Sage 50
2 1 (1.01%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.01%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.01%) Sage X3
2 1 (1.01%) SAP EHS
2 1 (1.01%) SAP IBP
2 1 (1.01%) SAP PP
2 1 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (10.10%) Azure
2 9 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (3.03%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.02%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (2.02%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.01%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.01%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.01%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.07%) Internet
2 5 (5.05%) LAN
2 5 (5.05%) Remote Desktop
2 5 (5.05%) WAN
3 3 (3.03%) DHCP
3 3 (3.03%) DNS
3 3 (3.03%) Firewall
3 3 (3.03%) VoIP
4 2 (2.02%) Modbus
5 1 (1.01%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.01%) Oracle Database
1 1 (1.01%) Power BI
1 1 (1.01%) Power Query
1 1 (1.01%) SAP BW
1 1 (1.01%) SQL Server
General
1 21 (21.21%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (18.18%) Retail
3 17 (17.17%) Social Skills
4 9 (9.09%) Automotive
5 6 (6.06%) Aerospace
6 4 (4.04%) Dutch Language
6 4 (4.04%) Finance
6 4 (4.04%) Finnish Language
6 4 (4.04%) Norwegian Language
7 3 (3.03%) Marketing
8 2 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.02%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.01%) Catalan Language
9 1 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (16.16%) Trainer
2 12 (12.12%) QA Manager
2 12 (12.12%) Quality Manager
3 6 (6.06%) Senior
4 5 (5.05%) 3rd Line Support
4 5 (5.05%) 3rd Line Technical Support
4 5 (5.05%) Analyst
4 5 (5.05%) Technical Support
5 4 (4.04%) Project Engineer
5 4 (4.04%) Project Manager
5 4 (4.04%) Support Specialist
6 3 (3.03%) Business Analyst
6 3 (3.03%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 3 (3.03%) Infrastructure Support
6 3 (3.03%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
6 3 (3.03%) IT Support
6 3 (3.03%) IT Support Specialist
6 3 (3.03%) Salesperson
7 2 (2.02%) ERP Business Analyst
7 2 (2.02%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.01%) Middleware
1 1 (1.01%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 15 (15.15%) Robotics
2 3 (3.03%) Digital Signage
2 3 (3.03%) IoT
3 2 (2.02%) Biopharmaceutical
3 2 (2.02%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.02%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.02%) Operational Technology
3 2 (2.02%) PMI
3 2 (2.02%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (2.02%) SCADA
4 1 (1.01%) Industry 4.0
Operating Systems
1 10 (10.10%) Windows
2 9 (9.09%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.03%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (37.37%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (36.36%) Service Delivery
3 18 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
4 17 (17.17%) Machine Learning
5 15 (15.15%) Generative AI
5 15 (15.15%) LLM
5 15 (15.15%) Logistics
5 15 (15.15%) Red Team
6 13 (13.13%) Analytical Thinking
7 12 (12.12%) Innovative Thinking
8 11 (11.11%) Data Privacy
9 10 (10.10%) Cybersecurity
10 5 (5.05%) Change Management
10 5 (5.05%) ERP
10 5 (5.05%) ITIL
11 4 (4.04%) Analytics
11 4 (4.04%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
11 4 (4.04%) Finite Element Analysis
11 4 (4.04%) Project Management
11 4 (4.04%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.03%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.02%) SQL
3 1 (1.01%) Python
3 1 (1.01%) VBA
Qualifications
1 36 (36.36%) Degree
1 36 (36.36%) NVQ Level 3
2 5 (5.05%) Master's Degree
3 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.03%) CCNA
4 3 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (3.03%) MCSE
4 3 (3.03%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (2.02%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.02%) PMP
5 2 (2.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.01%) ACCA
6 1 (1.01%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (1.01%) CIMA
6 1 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.01%) HNC
6 1 (1.01%) HND
6 1 (1.01%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.01%) MCSA
6 1 (1.01%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (13.13%) QA
2 1 (1.01%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 9 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.05%) Terminal Services
3 3 (3.03%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (2.02%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 16 (16.16%) Adobe
2 15 (15.15%) Databricks
2 15 (15.15%) Google
3 11 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 8 (8.08%) Cisco
5 5 (5.05%) VMware
6 4 (4.04%) Sage
7 3 (3.03%) Acronis
7 3 (3.03%) Fortinet
7 3 (3.03%) Kaseya
7 3 (3.03%) Meraki
7 3 (3.03%) SAP
7 3 (3.03%) SonicWALL
7 3 (3.03%) WatchGuard
8 2 (2.02%) Oracle
9 1 (1.01%) AVEVA
9 1 (1.01%) Rockwell
9 1 (1.01%) Siemens