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 25 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 26 85
Rank change year-on-year -42 +59 -30
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 17 34 14
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 1.67% 6.10% 1.20%
As % of the General category 3.48% 9.55% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 25 8
10th Percentile £456 £593 £325
25th Percentile £475 £600 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £506
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +28.40% -25.55%
75th Percentile £588 £700 £625
90th Percentile £591 - £644
Berkshire median daily rate £575 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £81.88 - -
25th Percentile - - £56.25
Median hourly rate £83.00 - £62.50
75th Percentile £83.75 - £68.75
90th Percentile £84.00 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 £48.00 £62.00
% change year-on-year +72.92% -22.58% +19.00%

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 488 356 710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 47.89% 63.91% 60.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 260 214 335
10th Percentile £310 £315 £213
25th Percentile £416 £423 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £608
90th Percentile £689 £700 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 2 46
10th Percentile £31.25 £30.35 £16.00
25th Percentile £80.75 £32.38 £49.56
Median hourly rate £84.00 £37.00 £59.68
Median % change year-on-year +127.03% -38.00% -7.72%
75th Percentile £88.00 £42.88 £72.33
90th Percentile £104.60 £45.65 £87.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 £53.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +55.14% -8.23% +29.56%

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 25 May 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.88%) CATIA
1 1 (5.88%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Sage X3
1 1 (5.88%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Firewall
1 1 (5.88%) LAN
1 1 (5.88%) Network Security
1 1 (5.88%) SD-WAN
1 1 (5.88%) WAN
1 1 (5.88%) Wireless
General
1 7 (41.18%) Aerospace
1 7 (41.18%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Avionics
2 1 (5.88%) Finance
2 1 (5.88%) Military
2 1 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (5.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Analyst
1 7 (41.18%) Business Analyst
1 7 (41.18%) Operations Analyst
1 7 (41.18%) Operations Business Analyst
2 6 (35.29%) Operational Security Analyst
2 6 (35.29%) Security Analyst
2 6 (35.29%) Security Operations Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Principal Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Principal Security Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Product Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Security Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Security Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Principal Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Principal Security Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Product Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Lead Systems Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Product Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Software Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (47.06%) Operational Technology
2 7 (41.18%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (35.29%) SCADA
4 5 (29.41%) Virtual Team
5 2 (11.76%) Life Science
6 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
6 1 (5.88%) FMCG
6 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
6 1 (5.88%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (5.88%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (52.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 7 (41.18%) Business Analysis
3 7 (41.18%) Matrix Organization
3 7 (41.18%) Workshop Facilitation
4 6 (35.29%) Computer Science
4 6 (35.29%) Digital Engineering
4 6 (35.29%) Process Improvement
4 6 (35.29%) Systems Engineering
5 5 (29.41%) Digital Enablement
5 5 (29.41%) Requirements Engineering
5 5 (29.41%) SBOM
5 5 (29.41%) Security Architecture
5 5 (29.41%) Threat Modelling
5 5 (29.41%) Validation
5 5 (29.41%) Verification and Validation
5 5 (29.41%) Virtual Team Management
5 5 (29.41%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (17.65%) Data Management
7 2 (11.76%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 6 (35.29%) Degree
3 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (76.47%) NIST
2 12 (70.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (29.41%) NIST 800
4 1 (5.88%) GDPR
4 1 (5.88%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) CASB
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Aruba
1 1 (5.88%) Cisco
1 1 (5.88%) Palo Alto
1 1 (5.88%) Sage