Manufacturing Jobs 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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 87 118
Rank change year-on-year +83 +31 -11
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 320 73 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 19.77% 2.37% 2.19%
As % of the General category 26.19% 5.10% 3.38%
Number of salaries quoted 32 41 27
10th Percentile £28,775 £30,375 £27,300
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% +10.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £80,625 £65,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £68,750 £67,250
South East median annual salary £65,000 £42,300 £52,500
% change year-on-year +53.66% -19.43% -

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 common skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,222 1,431 2,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 75.48% 46.52% 64.76%
Number of salaries quoted 316 865 896
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,250 £34,500 £37,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -2.63% -9.91%
75th Percentile £78,750 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £76,250 £84,375
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -4.55%

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
Salary Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Manufacturing in Berkshire.

Salary trend for Manufacturing in Berkshire

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Berkshire over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

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 12 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +71 68 £70,000 +30.23% 41
Slough -7 38 £42,500 -26.09% 16
Windsor - 35 £110,000 - 2
Maidenhead +3 26 - - 5
Wokingham +10 24 - -
Thatcham +1 24 - - 1
Ascot - 24 - -
Bracknell - 24 - - 2
Crowthorne - 22 - -
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 6 (1.88%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.63%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (2.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.63%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.63%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.63%) Sage CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (1.56%) AWS
1 5 (1.56%) Collibra
1 5 (1.56%) Microsoft Purview
2 4 (1.25%) Azure
3 2 (0.63%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.31%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (0.31%) Amazon S3
4 1 (0.31%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (0.31%) Dropbox
4 1 (0.31%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.25%) Firewall
1 4 (1.25%) Intrusion Detection
1 4 (1.25%) Network Security
1 4 (1.25%) VPN
2 1 (0.31%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.31%) Internet
2 1 (0.31%) Modbus
2 1 (0.31%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.63%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.31%) Big Data
3 1 (0.31%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.31%) MySQL
3 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
General
1 37 (11.56%) Social Skills
2 27 (8.44%) Finance
3 11 (3.44%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (3.44%) Marketing
4 7 (2.19%) Electronics
4 7 (2.19%) Public Sector
4 7 (2.19%) Telecoms
5 5 (1.56%) Law
6 4 (1.25%) Retail
7 1 (0.31%) Advertising
7 1 (0.31%) Games
7 1 (0.31%) General Ledger
7 1 (0.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.31%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 12 (3.75%) Technical Manager
2 11 (3.44%) Support Technician
2 11 (3.44%) Technical Support
3 6 (1.88%) Architect
3 6 (1.88%) Senior
4 5 (1.56%) Change Manager
4 5 (1.56%) Lead
4 5 (1.56%) SAP Architect
4 5 (1.56%) SAP Solutions Architect
4 5 (1.56%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (1.25%) Support Manager
6 3 (0.94%) Communications Manager
6 3 (0.94%) Infrastructure Manager
6 3 (0.94%) IT Manager
6 3 (0.94%) Project Change Manager
6 3 (0.94%) Sales Manager
7 2 (0.63%) Consultant
7 2 (0.63%) Design Engineer
7 2 (0.63%) SAP Support
7 2 (0.63%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.88%) Middleware
2 2 (0.63%) EDI
2 2 (0.63%) SAP XI
3 1 (0.31%) Laravel
3 1 (0.31%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.31%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 8 (2.50%) Onboarding
2 6 (1.88%) FMCG
3 4 (1.25%) Operational Technology
3 4 (1.25%) Security Posture
4 2 (0.63%) Algorithms
4 2 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.31%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.31%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.31%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (0.31%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.31%) IoT
5 1 (0.31%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.31%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.31%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.25%) Windows
1 4 (1.25%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.31%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (86.25%) Service Delivery
2 29 (9.06%) Coaching
3 19 (5.94%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (5.31%) ERP
5 15 (4.69%) Customer Service
6 13 (4.06%) Business Intelligence
6 13 (4.06%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (3.75%) Decision-Making
7 12 (3.75%) Programme Management
8 11 (3.44%) Analytics
8 11 (3.44%) Customer Experience
8 11 (3.44%) Process Improvement
8 11 (3.44%) Service Management
8 11 (3.44%) Technical Analysis
9 9 (2.81%) Business Analytics
10 8 (2.50%) Artificial Intelligence
11 7 (2.19%) Digital Marketing
12 6 (1.88%) Computer Science
12 6 (1.88%) Integration Testing
12 6 (1.88%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.94%) C++
2 2 (0.63%) Python
2 2 (0.63%) SQL
3 1 (0.31%) C
3 1 (0.31%) C#
3 1 (0.31%) Java
3 1 (0.31%) MATLAB
3 1 (0.31%) PHP
Qualifications
1 261 (81.56%) NVQ Level 3
2 22 (6.88%) NVQ Level 4
3 13 (4.06%) Degree
4 6 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (1.88%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.56%) MBA
5 5 (1.56%) SAP Certification
6 1 (0.31%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.56%) Accessibility
1 5 (1.56%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (0.94%) GRC
4 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.31%) GMP
System Software
1 4 (1.25%) Hyper-V
1 4 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.31%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.25%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.31%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (4.38%) SAP
2 11 (3.44%) Microsoft
3 6 (1.88%) Infor
4 5 (1.56%) Informatica
5 4 (1.25%) Fortinet
5 4 (1.25%) VMware
6 2 (0.63%) Sage
7 1 (0.31%) Concur
7 1 (0.31%) IBM