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 15 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 51 57
Rank change year-on-year -14 +6 +11
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 24 10 31
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 2.21% 1.75% 2.83%
As % of the General category 4.01% 2.85% 5.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 5 14
10th Percentile £515 £245 £466
25th Percentile £525 £375 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £700
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% -7.14% +64.71%
75th Percentile £588 £700 £738
90th Percentile £790 - £943
Berkshire median daily rate £575 £613 £555
% change year-on-year -6.12% +10.36% +32.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile - - £61.74
25th Percentile - - £68.09
Median hourly rate £83.00 £55.00 £79.12
Median % change year-on-year +50.91% -30.49% -
75th Percentile - - £90.63
90th Percentile - - £96.25
Berkshire median hourly rate £67.25 £51.00 £62.73
% change year-on-year +31.86% -18.70% +10.68%

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 598 351 595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 55.01% 61.47% 54.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 211 262
10th Percentile £379 £350 £301
25th Percentile £450 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +5.24% -8.70% +11.92%
75th Percentile £630 £620 £638
90th Percentile £775 £664 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +9.89% -4.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 19 29
10th Percentile £21.25 - £14.50
25th Percentile £62.00 £14.75 £52.90
Median hourly rate £85.00 £27.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +209.09% -55.36% -2.99%
75th Percentile £102.10 £51.25 £76.99
90th Percentile £107.20 £60.15 £87.46
Berkshire median hourly rate £79.14 £32.05 £61.60
% change year-on-year +146.93% -47.97% +11.61%

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 15 September 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Teamcenter
2 3 (12.50%) SAP EWM
2 3 (12.50%) SAP PP
3 1 (4.17%) SAP PLM
3 1 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) Firewall
1 1 (4.17%) LAN
1 1 (4.17%) Network Security
1 1 (4.17%) SD-WAN
1 1 (4.17%) WAN
1 1 (4.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Metadata
2 1 (4.17%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Git
General
1 13 (54.17%) Aerospace
2 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Delivery Manager
2 5 (20.83%) Product Delivery Manager
2 5 (20.83%) Product Manager
3 4 (16.67%) Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Engineering Manager
3 4 (16.67%) Operations Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Operations Business Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Architect
4 3 (12.50%) Consultant
4 3 (12.50%) Operational Security Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Principal Architect
4 3 (12.50%) Principal Security Architect
4 3 (12.50%) Product Architect
4 3 (12.50%) SAP Consultant
4 3 (12.50%) Security Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Security Architect
4 3 (12.50%) Security Operations Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Digital Delivery Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Digital Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Operational Technology
1 5 (20.83%) Virtual Team
2 4 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 3 (12.50%) SCADA
4 1 (4.17%) Data Centre
4 1 (4.17%) Life Science
4 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
4 1 (4.17%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (4.17%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Digital Engineering
2 11 (45.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 10 (41.67%) Agile
3 10 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 8 (33.33%) ITIL
4 8 (33.33%) PRINCE2
4 8 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 8 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 8 (33.33%) Service Management
5 7 (29.17%) Change Management
5 7 (29.17%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (29.17%) Systems Engineering
5 7 (29.17%) Validation
5 7 (29.17%) Workshop Facilitation
6 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (20.83%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 5 (20.83%) PLM
7 5 (20.83%) Software Engineering
8 4 (16.67%) Technical Debt
Qualifications
1 16 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 12 (50.00%) Degree
3 9 (37.50%) SC Cleared
4 4 (16.67%) DV Cleared
5 2 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (33.33%) NIST
2 7 (29.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (12.50%) NIST 800
4 1 (4.17%) GDPR
4 1 (4.17%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) MOM
2 1 (4.17%) CASB
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) SAP
2 2 (8.33%) EMC
3 1 (4.17%) Aruba
3 1 (4.17%) Cisco
3 1 (4.17%) Foundry
3 1 (4.17%) Palo Alto
3 1 (4.17%) Siemens