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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 58 54
Rank change year-on-year -3 -4 +17
Contract jobs citing Manufacturing 27 7 37
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 2.47% 1.19% 3.39%
As % of the General category 4.38% 1.94% 6.20%
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% +64.71%
75th Percentile £588 £363 £738
90th Percentile £799 £400 £778
Berkshire median daily rate £575 £575 £675
% change year-on-year - -14.81% +62.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 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 £29.75 £51.00 £67.59
% change year-on-year -41.67% -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 617 360 597
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 56.35% 61.12% 54.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 311 218 270
10th Percentile £378 £275 £265
25th Percentile £450 £414 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £572
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.14% +11.24%
75th Percentile £624 £620 £638
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 119 21 21
10th Percentile £21.25 - £14.50
25th Percentile £66.23 £14.75 £42.50
Median hourly rate £85.00 £28.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +198.25% -53.73% -2.99%
75th Percentile £100.42 £58.00 £74.87
90th Percentile £105.40 - £87.46
Berkshire median hourly rate £75.25 £34.80 £61.55
% change year-on-year +116.27% -43.47% +12.99%

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 29 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 6 (22.22%) Teamcenter
2 3 (11.11%) SAP EWM
2 3 (11.11%) SAP PP
3 1 (3.70%) SAP PLM
3 1 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
1 1 (3.70%) LAN
1 1 (3.70%) Network Security
1 1 (3.70%) SD-WAN
1 1 (3.70%) WAN
1 1 (3.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) Metadata
2 1 (3.70%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Git
General
1 18 (66.67%) Aerospace
2 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
3 5 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (48.15%) Delivery Manager
2 6 (22.22%) Product Delivery Manager
2 6 (22.22%) Product Manager
3 5 (18.52%) Consultant
3 5 (18.52%) Engineering Manager
3 5 (18.52%) SAP Consultant
4 3 (11.11%) Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Business Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Digital Delivery Manager
4 3 (11.11%) Operations Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Operations Business Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Digital Product Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Environment Delivery Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Operational Security Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Security Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Security Operations Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Administrator
6 1 (3.70%) Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Network Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 3 (11.11%) Operational Technology
1 3 (11.11%) Virtual Team
2 2 (7.41%) SCADA
3 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.70%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (51.85%) Agile
2 13 (48.15%) Digital Engineering
2 13 (48.15%) Roadmaps
2 13 (48.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 12 (44.44%) ITIL
3 12 (44.44%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 12 (44.44%) Service Management
3 12 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (40.74%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (40.74%) PRINCE2
5 9 (33.33%) Change Management
5 9 (33.33%) Computer Science
5 9 (33.33%) Configuration Management
5 9 (33.33%) PLM
6 8 (29.63%) Systems Engineering
7 7 (25.93%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (25.93%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 7 (25.93%) Software Engineering
7 7 (25.93%) Validation
7 7 (25.93%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 21 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 15 (55.56%) Degree
3 14 (51.85%) SC Cleared
4 6 (22.22%) DV Cleared
5 2 (7.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) NIST
2 4 (14.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.70%) GDPR
3 1 (3.70%) NIST 800
3 1 (3.70%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) MOM
2 1 (3.70%) CASB
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) SAP
2 2 (7.41%) EMC
3 1 (3.70%) Aruba
3 1 (3.70%) Cisco
3 1 (3.70%) Foundry
3 1 (3.70%) Palo Alto
3 1 (3.70%) Siemens