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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 33 61
Rank change year-on-year +14 +28 -36
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 99 77 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 12.66% 4.95% 3.42%
As % of the General category 14.69% 9.20% 4.92%
Number of salaries quoted 29 58 30
10th Percentile £34,500 £30,450 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,125 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,250 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% -1.60% -14.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,625 £53,438
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,250
North West median annual salary £56,000 £47,500 £47,250
% change year-on-year +17.89% +0.53% -0.53%

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 674 837 630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 86.19% 53.79% 69.54%
Number of salaries quoted 229 560 313
10th Percentile - £23,125 £25,250
25th Percentile £23,504 £28,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -9.57% -1.05%
75th Percentile £52,500 £59,188 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £87,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% -

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 17 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 17 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 +37 23 £35,000 -26.32% 17
Ellesmere Port - 16 £45,000 - 3
Neston - 15 - -
Widnes - 10 £52,500 - 1
Runcorn - 10 £52,500 - 2
Macclesfield +8 6 £42,500 - 4
Crewe -2 5 £60,000 +22.45% 4
Winsford +1 3 £50,000 +11.11%
Knutsford +11 1 £70,000 - 1
Northwich -7 1 £40,000 -11.11% 1
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 10 (10.10%) IBM Domino
2 8 (8.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (6.06%) AutoCAD
2 1 (1.01%) Adobe Illustrator
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
Cloud Services
1 9 (9.09%) Azure
1 9 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (3.03%) Entra ID
3 2 (2.02%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (2.02%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.01%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.01%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.08%) Internet
2 5 (5.05%) Firewall
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%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.02%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.01%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.01%) Power BI
2 1 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 21 (21.21%) Analytical Skills
1 21 (21.21%) Social Skills
2 19 (19.19%) Retail
3 9 (9.09%) Automotive
4 6 (6.06%) Aerospace
5 4 (4.04%) Dutch Language
5 4 (4.04%) Finance
5 4 (4.04%) Finnish Language
5 4 (4.04%) Norwegian Language
6 3 (3.03%) Marketing
6 3 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.01%) Catalan Language
7 1 (1.01%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.01%) Law
7 1 (1.01%) Military
7 1 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (16.16%) Trainer
2 10 (10.10%) QA Manager
2 10 (10.10%) Quality Manager
3 8 (8.08%) Senior
4 6 (6.06%) Project Engineer
5 5 (5.05%) 3rd Line Support
5 5 (5.05%) 3rd Line Technical Support
5 5 (5.05%) Project Manager
5 5 (5.05%) Technical Support
6 4 (4.04%) Analyst
6 4 (4.04%) Support Specialist
7 3 (3.03%) Business Analyst
7 3 (3.03%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 3 (3.03%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
7 3 (3.03%) IT Support
7 3 (3.03%) IT Support Specialist
7 3 (3.03%) Mechanical Engineer
7 3 (3.03%) Senior Manager
7 3 (3.03%) Senior Mechanical Engineer
7 3 (3.03%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.01%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 15 (15.15%) Robotics
2 3 (3.03%) Digital Signage
2 3 (3.03%) Driving Licence
2 3 (3.03%) PMI
3 2 (2.02%) IoT
4 1 (1.01%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (10.10%) Windows
2 9 (9.09%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.03%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (36.36%) Service Delivery
2 35 (35.35%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (17.17%) Artificial Intelligence
3 17 (17.17%) Machine Learning
4 15 (15.15%) Generative AI
4 15 (15.15%) LLM
4 15 (15.15%) Logistics
4 15 (15.15%) Red Team
5 11 (11.11%) Data Privacy
6 10 (10.10%) Analytical Thinking
6 10 (10.10%) Innovative Thinking
7 8 (8.08%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (6.06%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
8 6 (6.06%) Design for Manufacturing
8 6 (6.06%) Finite Element Analysis
9 5 (5.05%) Change Management
9 5 (5.05%) ITIL
10 4 (4.04%) ERP
10 4 (4.04%) PRINCE2
10 4 (4.04%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.03%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.02%) SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (36.36%) NVQ Level 3
2 34 (34.34%) Degree
3 6 (6.06%) Master's Degree
4 3 (3.03%) CCNA
4 3 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (3.03%) MCSE
4 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.03%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (3.03%) PMI Certification
4 3 (3.03%) PMP
4 3 (3.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.01%) ACCA
6 1 (1.01%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.10%) QA
2 1 (1.01%) Data Quality
System Software
1 9 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.05%) Terminal Services
3 3 (3.03%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 16 (16.16%) Adobe
2 15 (15.15%) Databricks
2 15 (15.15%) Google
3 11 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 9 (9.09%) Cisco
5 5 (5.05%) VMware
6 3 (3.03%) Acronis
6 3 (3.03%) Fortinet
6 3 (3.03%) Kaseya
6 3 (3.03%) Meraki
6 3 (3.03%) Sage
6 3 (3.03%) SonicWALL
6 3 (3.03%) WatchGuard
7 1 (1.01%) Oracle
7 1 (1.01%) SAP