Engineering Manager Contract Job Trends in Reading

Engineering Manager
Berkshire > Reading

The median Engineering Manager daily rate in Reading is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Engineering Manager 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.55% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £575 - £501
% change year-on-year - - +5.47%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Reading with a recognized job title 1,021 535 981
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.99% 92.24% 88.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 591 343 537
10th Percentile £400 £350 £346
25th Percentile £500 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £536 £582
Median % change year-on-year +7.28% -7.90% +5.82%
75th Percentile £656 £610 £650
90th Percentile £775 £650 £715
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £508 £550
% change year-on-year +8.37% -7.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 19 40
10th Percentile £21.45 - £48.92
25th Percentile £41.25 £14.75 £58.24
Median hourly rate £81.50 £27.50 £70.27
Median % change year-on-year +196.36% -60.87% +6.47%
75th Percentile £91.31 £55.00 £87.47
90th Percentile £104.50 £69.00 £100.00
Berkshire median hourly rate £72.52 £32.18 £61.80
% change year-on-year +125.34% -47.92% +8.63%

Engineering Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Engineering Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Engineering Manager job vacancy trend in Reading

Engineering Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Engineering Manager job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Engineering Manager job vacancies in Reading

Engineering Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Engineering Manager job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Engineering Manager job vacancies in Reading

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 16 September 2026, Engineering Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Engineering Manager in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 6 (100.00%) Change Management
1 6 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
1 6 (100.00%) Digital Engineering
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
1 6 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 6 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 6 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 6 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Service Management
1 6 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 6 (100.00%) Technical Debt
2 4 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 4 (66.67%) Metadata
2 4 (66.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (33.33%) Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Budget Management
3 2 (33.33%) CAD
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 2 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 2 (33.33%) Data Management
3 2 (33.33%) Data Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) EMC
3 2 (33.33%) MOM

Engineering Manager Skill Set
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Metadata
General
1 6 (100.00%) Aerospace
2 4 (66.67%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Virtual Team
2 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 6 (100.00%) Change Management
1 6 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (100.00%) Digital Engineering
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
1 6 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 6 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 6 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 6 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 6 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 6 (100.00%) Service Management
1 6 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 6 (100.00%) Technical Debt
2 4 (66.67%) Data Modelling
3 2 (33.33%) Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) CAD
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 2 (33.33%) Physics
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) MOM
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) EMC