3D Printing Job Trends in Reading

3D Printer
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 3D Printing in permanent job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited 3D Printing over the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 - 92
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing 3D Printing 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.062% - 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.24% - 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £31,000
75th Percentile - - £31,500
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £32,500 - £31,000

All Generic Skills
Reading

3D Printing falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 416 203 387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 25.60% 39.19% 29.75%
Number of salaries quoted 314 115 157
10th Percentile £33,575 £27,700 £34,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,375 £40,013
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £57,513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -13.06% +4.52%

3D Printing
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing 3D Printing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Reading.

3D Printing job vacancy trend in Reading

3D Printing
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing 3D Printing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing 3D Printing

3D Printing
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Development Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Research Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Arduino
1 1 (100.00%) BeagleBone
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) Raspberry Pi
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Feasibility Study
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) R
1 1 (100.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Thales