Manufacturing Contracts in Berkshire

Manufacturing
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 66 74
Rank change year-on-year +16 +8 +44
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Manufacturing 48 47 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 4.05% 2.81% 2.19%
As % of the General category 6.47% 5.38% 3.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 25 20
10th Percentile £429 £328 £249
25th Percentile £518 £525 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £565 £408
Median % change year-on-year +15.04% +38.65% -41.79%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £520
90th Percentile £723 £745 £750
South East median daily rate £650 £565 £425
% change year-on-year +15.04% +32.94% -22.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 3
10th Percentile £32.05 £41.45 £52.97
25th Percentile £36.79 £41.50 £55.84
Median hourly rate £52.25 £62.73 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -16.70% +2.41% -0.41%
75th Percentile £54.63 £73.70 £66.94
90th Percentile £67.50 £88.75 £69.98
South East median hourly rate £68.58 £41.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +67.26% -21.90% +16.67%

All General Skills
Berkshire

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 common skills in Berkshire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 742 874 1,060
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 62.67% 52.18% 60.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 456 429 628
10th Percentile £320 £263 £279
25th Percentile £413 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 63 34
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.66 £16.96
25th Percentile £16.66 £41.50 £21.06
Median hourly rate £32.05 £61.60 £56.03
Median % change year-on-year -47.97% +9.94% +149.02%
75th Percentile £56.81 £72.33 £66.38
90th Percentile £87.64 £87.46 £72.23
South East median hourly rate £18.85 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -67.14% +14.70% +134.74%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Manufacturing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Manufacturing in Berkshire

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Berkshire over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Manufacturing in Berkshire

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Manufacturing in Berkshire over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Manufacturing in Berkshire

Manufacturing
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 22 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +23 27 £650 -7.14% 27
Bracknell -8 7 £450 -18.92% 3
Slough - 2 £530 - 33
Manufacturing
South East

Manufacturing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (6.25%) CMS
2 2 (4.17%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (14.58%) SAP EWM
2 7 (14.58%) SAP WM
3 1 (2.08%) Primavera
3 1 (2.08%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.25%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.08%) Azure
2 1 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.08%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 1 (2.08%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.17%) Firewall
2 1 (2.08%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (2.08%) Modbus
2 1 (2.08%) Network Security
2 1 (2.08%) VLAN
2 1 (2.08%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.25%) Power BI
2 1 (2.08%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.08%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Git
1 2 (4.17%) JIRA
1 2 (4.17%) Selenium
General
1 24 (50.00%) Finance
2 23 (47.92%) Marketing
2 23 (47.92%) Public Sector
3 22 (45.83%) Electronics
3 22 (45.83%) Telecoms
4 12 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 7 (14.58%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (6.25%) Legal
6 3 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (4.17%) German Language
8 1 (2.08%) Agriculture
8 1 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (39.58%) Active Directory Architect
1 19 (39.58%) Architect
2 8 (16.67%) Consultant
3 7 (14.58%) SAP Consultant
4 5 (10.42%) SAP EWM Consultant
5 4 (8.33%) Lead
6 3 (6.25%) IT Manager
7 2 (4.17%) Developer
7 2 (4.17%) Development Specialist
7 2 (4.17%) Hardware Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) Project Leader
8 1 (2.08%) 2nd Line Support
8 1 (2.08%) Analyst
8 1 (2.08%) Desktop Support
8 1 (2.08%) Infrastructure Manager
8 1 (2.08%) Network Engineer
8 1 (2.08%) Programme Manager
8 1 (2.08%) Project Planner
8 1 (2.08%) Team Leader
8 1 (2.08%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.08%) .NET
1 1 (2.08%) .NET Framework
1 1 (2.08%) Entity Framework
1 1 (2.08%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (2.08%) REST
1 1 (2.08%) RESTful
1 1 (2.08%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.50%) Life Science
1 6 (12.50%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.17%) Learning Management System
3 2 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.08%) AI Agents
4 1 (2.08%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.08%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.08%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 22 (45.83%) Windows
2 1 (2.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (52.08%) Business Intelligence
2 22 (45.83%) Digital Marketing
2 22 (45.83%) Programme Management
3 20 (41.67%) Agile
4 19 (39.58%) Identity Access Management
4 19 (39.58%) Test Automation
5 6 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (8.33%) Analytics
6 4 (8.33%) Change Management
6 4 (8.33%) Logistics
6 4 (8.33%) Project Management
7 3 (6.25%) Artificial Intelligence
7 3 (6.25%) Content Management
7 3 (6.25%) Contract Management
7 3 (6.25%) Migration
7 3 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (6.25%) Project Delivery
7 3 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (4.17%) Inventory Management
8 2 (4.17%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 21 (43.75%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.17%) Bash
2 2 (4.17%) Python
3 1 (2.08%) Apex Code
3 1 (2.08%) C#
3 1 (2.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (60.42%) Security Cleared
2 27 (56.25%) DV Cleared
3 6 (12.50%) Degree
4 3 (6.25%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.17%) PMI Certification
5 2 (4.17%) PMP
6 1 (2.08%) CISMP
6 1 (2.08%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.17%) QA
2 1 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.08%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (39.58%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.08%) FortiGate
1 1 (2.08%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 30 (62.50%) SAP
2 5 (10.42%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.17%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.08%) Aruba
4 1 (2.08%) Cisco
4 1 (2.08%) F5
4 1 (2.08%) HP
4 1 (2.08%) Juniper
4 1 (2.08%) NEC
4 1 (2.08%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.08%) Siemens
4 1 (2.08%) Workday