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 13 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 55 60
Rank change year-on-year -1 +5 +9
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 37 7 36
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 3.34% 1.20% 3.32%
As % of the General category 5.77% 1.96% 6.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 2 19
10th Percentile - £180 £473
25th Percentile £525 £213 £619
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £284 £700
Median % change year-on-year +102.64% -59.46% +64.71%
75th Percentile £588 £363 £738
90th Percentile £799 £400 £805
Berkshire median daily rate £575 £575 £700
% change year-on-year - -17.86% +64.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £61.74
25th Percentile £53.75 - £68.09
Median hourly rate £57.50 £55.00 £79.12
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -30.49% -
75th Percentile £61.25 - £90.63
90th Percentile - - £96.25
Berkshire median hourly rate £17.00 £53.00 £66.85
% change year-on-year -67.92% -20.72% +17.95%

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 641 358 594
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 57.90% 61.41% 54.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 312 214 276
10th Percentile £391 £262 £264
25th Percentile £450 £424 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £632 £619 £639
90th Percentile £775 £650 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +7.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 25 17
10th Percentile £21.25 - £14.50
25th Percentile £71.00 £14.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £87.00 £37.28 £61.06
Median % change year-on-year +133.37% -38.95% -3.84%
75th Percentile £96.25 £58.00 £63.41
90th Percentile £104.70 £67.25 £79.92
Berkshire median hourly rate £80.00 £37.28 £58.49
% change year-on-year +114.59% -36.26% -2.52%

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 13 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 (2.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (35.14%) Teamcenter
2 4 (10.81%) SAP PP
3 3 (8.11%) SAP EWM
3 3 (8.11%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (2.70%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.70%) Azure
1 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Firewall
1 1 (2.70%) LAN
1 1 (2.70%) Network Security
1 1 (2.70%) SD-WAN
1 1 (2.70%) WAN
1 1 (2.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.81%) Metadata
2 1 (2.70%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.70%) SAP HANA
2 1 (2.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Git
2 1 (2.70%) Bitbucket
2 1 (2.70%) Rational DOORS
General
1 21 (56.76%) Aerospace
2 18 (48.65%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.11%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Electronics
6 1 (2.70%) Finance
6 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 15 (40.54%) Delivery Manager
2 12 (32.43%) Consultant
3 11 (29.73%) SAP Consultant
4 6 (16.22%) Product Delivery Manager
4 6 (16.22%) Product Manager
5 5 (13.51%) Engineering Manager
6 3 (8.11%) Digital Delivery Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) Digital Product Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Environment Delivery Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Lead
7 2 (5.41%) SAP Analyst
8 1 (2.70%) Administrator
8 1 (2.70%) Design Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Network Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Network Security Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Siemens Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Technical Consultant
8 1 (2.70%) Test Analyst
8 1 (2.70%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) Middleware
2 1 (2.70%) .NET
2 1 (2.70%) Itk
2 1 (2.70%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.41%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (5.41%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.70%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.70%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (45.95%) Agile
2 16 (43.24%) Roadmaps
2 16 (43.24%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (40.54%) Digital Engineering
4 14 (37.84%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (37.84%) ITIL
4 14 (37.84%) PLM
4 14 (37.84%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 14 (37.84%) Service Management
4 14 (37.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 13 (35.14%) PRINCE2
6 11 (29.73%) Change Management
6 11 (29.73%) Configuration Management
7 10 (27.03%) Computer Science
7 10 (27.03%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 9 (24.32%) Software Engineering
8 9 (24.32%) Systems Engineering
8 9 (24.32%) Validation
9 8 (21.62%) Business Transformation
10 7 (18.92%) Manufacturing Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) C#
1 1 (2.70%) C++
Qualifications
1 30 (81.08%) Security Cleared
2 20 (54.05%) SC Cleared
3 16 (43.24%) Degree
4 14 (37.84%) DV Cleared
5 2 (5.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.70%) ISO 13485
1 1 (2.70%) NIST
1 1 (2.70%) PMO
1 1 (2.70%) QA
1 1 (2.70%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) MOM
2 1 (2.70%) CASB
Vendors
1 14 (37.84%) SAP
2 3 (8.11%) EMC
3 1 (2.70%) Aruba
3 1 (2.70%) Cisco
3 1 (2.70%) Foundry
3 1 (2.70%) IBM
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle
3 1 (2.70%) Palo Alto
3 1 (2.70%) Siemens