Manufacturing Job Trends in Berkshire

Manufacturing
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 7 52
Rank change year-on-year -8 +45 +90
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 199 259 98
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 9.92% 15.23% 4.84%
As % of the General category 16.15% 25.00% 9.84%
Number of salaries quoted 36 11 30
10th Percentile £37,500 £24,500 £36,825
25th Percentile £49,195 £51,214 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +12.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £69,688
90th Percentile £91,250 - £77,663
South East median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -18.18%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,232 1,036 996
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 61.42% 60.91% 49.16%
Number of salaries quoted 477 297 566
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,650 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £45,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Manufacturing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Manufacturing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Berkshire over the 6 months to 8 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in Berkshire

Manufacturing
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manufacturing within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 8 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Slough -5 78 £60,000 - 21
Windsor -14 46 - -
Maidenhead -14 46 - - 5
Reading -2 18 £82,500 +3.13% 8
Wokingham -7 3 £40,000 - 1
Bracknell +13 2 £100,000 - 2
Manufacturing
South East

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 8 (4.02%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.01%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 6 (3.02%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 140 (70.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (5.53%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 6 (3.02%) Oracle Assets
3 6 (3.02%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (3.02%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.50%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 69 (34.67%) Azure DevOps
2 9 (4.52%) SaaS
3 7 (3.52%) Azure
4 5 (2.51%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.01%) Boomi
5 2 (1.01%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.50%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.01%) Modbus
1 4 (2.01%) MQTT
2 2 (1.01%) 5G
2 2 (1.01%) 802.11
2 2 (1.01%) Internet
2 2 (1.01%) LAN
2 2 (1.01%) Network Security
2 2 (1.01%) VoIP
2 2 (1.01%) WAN
2 2 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (1.01%) Wireless
2 2 (1.01%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.51%) Power BI
2 2 (1.01%) Qlik Sense
2 2 (1.01%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 73 (36.68%) JIRA
2 69 (34.67%) eCATT
3 38 (19.10%) NeoLoad
General
1 163 (81.91%) Finance
2 138 (69.35%) Marketing
3 93 (46.73%) Social Skills
4 52 (26.13%) Presentation Skills
5 47 (23.62%) Influencing Skills
6 12 (6.03%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (4.52%) Electronics
8 7 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.01%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.01%) Retail
9 4 (2.01%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.51%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.01%) Automotive
11 2 (1.01%) Back Office
11 2 (1.01%) Games
11 2 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.50%) Environmental Health
12 1 (0.50%) Law
Job Titles
1 98 (49.25%) Analyst
2 93 (46.73%) Senior
3 57 (28.64%) SAP Analyst
3 57 (28.64%) Senior Analyst
4 45 (22.61%) Lead
5 32 (16.08%) Test Leader
6 21 (10.55%) Test Analyst
7 19 (9.55%) Automation Test Lead
8 12 (6.03%) Performance Analyst
8 12 (6.03%) Performance Test Analyst
8 12 (6.03%) Testing Analyst
9 11 (5.53%) Support Specialist
10 10 (5.03%) Performance Test Leader
11 9 (4.52%) Automation Test Analyst
12 7 (3.52%) Architect
13 6 (3.02%) Change Manager
13 6 (3.02%) Communications Manager
13 6 (3.02%) Integration Architect
13 6 (3.02%) Project Change Manager
13 6 (3.02%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.02%) EDI
2 2 (1.01%) .NET
2 2 (1.01%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.01%) LangChain
2 2 (1.01%) Node.js
2 2 (1.01%) SAPUI5
3 1 (0.50%) LangGraph
3 1 (0.50%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.50%) Semantic Kernel
3 1 (0.50%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.03%) FMCG
2 9 (4.52%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (3.52%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.02%) IoT
6 5 (2.51%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (2.01%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 4 (2.01%) SCADA
8 2 (1.01%) BYOD
8 2 (1.01%) CCTV
8 2 (1.01%) Life Science
9 1 (0.50%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.50%) Autonomous Agent
9 1 (0.50%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.50%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.50%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.50%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (40.70%) Source to Pay
2 78 (39.20%) ERP
3 75 (37.69%) Test Management
4 73 (36.68%) Problem-Solving
5 70 (35.18%) User Acceptance Testing
6 64 (32.16%) Data Management
7 61 (30.65%) Logistics
8 59 (29.65%) Incident Management
8 59 (29.65%) Quality Management
8 59 (29.65%) Technical Leadership
9 58 (29.15%) Impact Analysis
10 57 (28.64%) Architectural Design
10 57 (28.64%) Data Collection
10 57 (28.64%) Decision Quality
10 57 (28.64%) Roadmaps
10 57 (28.64%) SAP Implementation
10 57 (28.64%) Translating Business Requirements
11 56 (28.14%) Continuous Improvement
11 56 (28.14%) Product Roadmap
12 55 (27.64%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.53%) SQL
2 2 (1.01%) ABAP
2 2 (1.01%) Java
2 2 (1.01%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (7.54%) Degree
2 7 (3.52%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.01%) HND
4 3 (1.51%) NVQ Level 5
5 2 (1.01%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.50%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.50%) HNC
6 1 (0.50%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.50%) MBA
6 1 (0.50%) PhD
6 1 (0.50%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (12.56%) QA
2 3 (1.51%) PMO
3 1 (0.50%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.50%) GDPR
3 1 (0.50%) GMP
Systems Management
1 69 (34.67%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 148 (74.37%) SAP
2 69 (34.67%) HP
3 11 (5.53%) JD Edwards
3 11 (5.53%) Oracle
4 9 (4.52%) Microsoft
5 6 (3.02%) Infor
6 2 (1.01%) Dell
6 2 (1.01%) IBM
6 2 (1.01%) Ruckus Wireless
6 2 (1.01%) Workday
7 1 (0.50%) Databricks
7 1 (0.50%) Sage