Manufacturing Contract Job Trends in Reading

Manufacturing
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 54 59
Rank change year-on-year -10 +5 +13
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 31 7 37
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 2.88% 1.19% 3.42%
As % of the General category 5.01% 1.94% 6.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 2 20
10th Percentile - £180 £474
25th Percentile £525 £213 £622
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £284 £700
Median % change year-on-year +102.64% -59.46% +66.67%
75th Percentile £588 £363 £738
90th Percentile £799 £400 £778
Berkshire median daily rate £575 £575 £688
% change year-on-year - -16.36% +65.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £61.74
25th Percentile - - £68.09
Median hourly rate - £55.00 £79.12
Median % change year-on-year - -30.49% -
75th Percentile - - £90.63
90th Percentile - - £96.25
Berkshire median hourly rate £20.75 £51.00 £67.59
% change year-on-year -59.31% -24.55% +19.26%

All General Skills
Reading

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 general skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 619 360 592
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 57.53% 61.12% 54.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 220 274
10th Percentile £380 £273 £254
25th Percentile £450 £423 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £568
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -7.53% +13.55%
75th Percentile £625 £621 £649
90th Percentile £775 £663 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 21 19
10th Percentile £21.25 - £14.50
25th Percentile £66.61 £14.75 £31.63
Median hourly rate £85.00 £28.50 £61.06
Median % change year-on-year +198.25% -53.32% -3.84%
75th Percentile £100.00 £58.00 £64.07
90th Percentile £105.00 - £87.47
Berkshire median hourly rate £76.94 £32.31 £60.76
% change year-on-year +138.12% -46.82% +8.50%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Manufacturing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Reading

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Reading over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in Reading

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (32.26%) Teamcenter
2 4 (12.90%) SAP PP
3 3 (9.68%) SAP EWM
3 3 (9.68%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (3.23%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.23%) Azure
1 1 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) Firewall
1 1 (3.23%) LAN
1 1 (3.23%) Network Security
1 1 (3.23%) SD-WAN
1 1 (3.23%) WAN
1 1 (3.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.90%) Metadata
2 1 (3.23%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.23%) SAP HANA
2 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Git
2 1 (3.23%) Bitbucket
2 1 (3.23%) Rational DOORS
General
1 20 (64.52%) Aerospace
2 14 (45.16%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (9.68%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (9.68%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Finance
6 1 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (45.16%) Delivery Manager
2 7 (22.58%) Consultant
3 6 (19.35%) Product Delivery Manager
3 6 (19.35%) Product Manager
3 6 (19.35%) SAP Consultant
4 5 (16.13%) Engineering Manager
5 3 (9.68%) Analyst
5 3 (9.68%) Digital Delivery Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Digital Product Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Environment Delivery Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Lead
6 2 (6.45%) SAP Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) Agile Delivery Manager
7 1 (3.23%) Operational Security Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) Operations Business Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) PMO Lead
7 1 (3.23%) Product Owner
7 1 (3.23%) Security Operations Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) Siemens Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) Middleware
2 1 (3.23%) .NET
2 1 (3.23%) Itk
2 1 (3.23%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.68%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.45%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (6.45%) Virtual Team
3 1 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.23%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.23%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.23%) SCADA
3 1 (3.23%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (51.61%) Agile
2 15 (48.39%) Roadmaps
2 15 (48.39%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (45.16%) Digital Engineering
3 14 (45.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 13 (41.94%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (41.94%) ITIL
4 13 (41.94%) PLM
4 13 (41.94%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 13 (41.94%) Service Management
5 12 (38.71%) PRINCE2
6 10 (32.26%) Change Management
6 10 (32.26%) Configuration Management
7 9 (29.03%) Computer Science
7 9 (29.03%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 8 (25.81%) Software Engineering
8 8 (25.81%) Systems Engineering
9 7 (22.58%) Business Transformation
9 7 (22.58%) Validation
9 7 (22.58%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) C#
1 1 (3.23%) C++
Qualifications
1 24 (77.42%) Security Cleared
2 15 (48.39%) Degree
2 15 (48.39%) SC Cleared
3 9 (29.03%) DV Cleared
4 2 (6.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) NIST
2 1 (3.23%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.23%) PMO
2 1 (3.23%) QA
2 1 (3.23%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) MOM
2 1 (3.23%) CASB
Vendors
1 9 (29.03%) SAP
2 2 (6.45%) EMC
3 1 (3.23%) Aruba
3 1 (3.23%) Cisco
3 1 (3.23%) Foundry
3 1 (3.23%) IBM
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.23%) Oracle
3 1 (3.23%) Palo Alto
3 1 (3.23%) Siemens