Smart Manufacturing
North West > Cheshire
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Smart Manufacturing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Feb 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 75 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing Smart Manufacturing | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire | 0.073% | - | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.089% | - | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | - | - |
| North West median annual salary | £40,000 | - | - |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheshire
Smart Manufacturing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cheshire.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 1,126 | 494 | 792 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire | 81.83% | 91.31% | 83.72% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 464 | 236 | 650 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,500 | £32,500 | £24,240 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,000 | £38,500 | £32,563 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £47,500 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | - | +2.15% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £59,063 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,000 | £69,375 | £78,500 |
| North West median annual salary | £50,000 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | -8.90% |
Smart Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Smart Manufacturing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.
Smart 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 Smart Manufacturing within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 2 February 2026. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runcorn | - | 1 | £40,000 | - | 1 |
| Smart Manufacturing North West |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:
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