Smart Manufacturing Job Trends in Chester

Smart Manufacturing
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Chester requiring Smart Manufacturing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Smart Manufacturing 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Chester 1.35% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
Cheshire median annual salary £40,000 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 102 48 138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chester 68.92% 90.57% 84.66%
Number of salaries quoted 65 28 114
10th Percentile £36,100 £32,125 £26,150
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,813 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.42% - +0.91%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,750 - £68,189
Cheshire median annual salary £48,979 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.11% - -

Smart Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Smart Manufacturing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Chester.

Smart Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Chester

Smart Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Industry 4.0
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering