Manufacturing Job Trends in Slough

Manufacturing
Berkshire > Slough

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Manufacturing in permanent job vacancies in Slough. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manufacturing over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 3 24
Rank change year-on-year -5 +21 +33
Permanent jobs citing Manufacturing 78 33 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Slough 22.29% 27.73% 2.08%
As % of the General category 30.83% 43.42% 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 13 0 2
10th Percentile £42,000 - -
25th Percentile - - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -19.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 - £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 - -
Berkshire median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +12.00% +6.38%

All General Skills
Slough

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 Slough.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 253 76 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Slough 72.29% 63.87% 44.79%
Number of salaries quoted 60 13 23
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,938 £40,000 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,445 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.60% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £82,750 £68,500 £85,000
Berkshire median annual salary £49,500 £60,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -17.50% +15.38% -5.45%

Manufacturing
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

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

Manufacturing job vacancy trend in Slough

Manufacturing
Salary Trend in Slough

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Slough citing Manufacturing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Slough citing Manufacturing

Manufacturing
Salary Histogram in Slough

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manufacturing in Slough over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Manufacturing in Slough

Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Slough 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 6 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 47 (60.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (14.10%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 6 (7.69%) Oracle Assets
3 6 (7.69%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (7.69%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 24 (30.77%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (6.41%) Azure
3 3 (3.85%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.56%) Boomi
4 2 (2.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.85%) Modbus
1 3 (3.85%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.85%) Power BI
2 2 (2.56%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 28 (35.90%) JIRA
2 24 (30.77%) eCATT
3 13 (16.67%) NeoLoad
General
1 62 (79.49%) Finance
2 46 (58.97%) Marketing
3 44 (56.41%) Social Skills
4 17 (21.79%) Presentation Skills
5 16 (20.51%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.56%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.56%) Automotive
8 2 (2.56%) Electronics
9 1 (1.28%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 33 (42.31%) Analyst
2 30 (38.46%) Senior
3 19 (24.36%) SAP Analyst
3 19 (24.36%) Senior Analyst
4 16 (20.51%) Lead
5 11 (14.10%) Support Specialist
5 11 (14.10%) Test Leader
6 7 (8.97%) Automation Test Lead
6 7 (8.97%) Test Analyst
7 6 (7.69%) Change Manager
7 6 (7.69%) Communications Manager
7 6 (7.69%) Project Change Manager
8 5 (6.41%) Applications Specialist
8 5 (6.41%) Applications Support
8 5 (6.41%) Applications Support Specialist
8 5 (6.41%) Technical Specialist
8 5 (6.41%) Technical Support
8 5 (6.41%) Technical Support Specialist
9 4 (5.13%) Performance Analyst
9 4 (5.13%) Performance Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.69%) EDI
2 2 (2.56%) .NET
2 2 (2.56%) LangChain
3 1 (1.28%) LangGraph
3 1 (1.28%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.28%) Semantic Kernel
3 1 (1.28%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.38%) FMCG
2 5 (6.41%) Legacy Applications
3 3 (3.85%) IoT
3 3 (3.85%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.85%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 3 (3.85%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.85%) SCADA
3 3 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.56%) Life Science
5 1 (1.28%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.28%) Autonomous Agent
5 1 (1.28%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.28%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.28%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (42.31%) ERP
2 28 (35.90%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (35.90%) Source to Pay
3 26 (33.33%) Test Management
4 25 (32.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (30.77%) User Acceptance Testing
6 21 (26.92%) Data Management
7 20 (25.64%) Impact Analysis
7 20 (25.64%) Logistics
7 20 (25.64%) Visualisation
8 19 (24.36%) Architectural Design
8 19 (24.36%) Data Collection
8 19 (24.36%) Decision Quality
8 19 (24.36%) Incident Management
8 19 (24.36%) Product Roadmap
8 19 (24.36%) Quality Management
8 19 (24.36%) Roadmaps
8 19 (24.36%) SAP Implementation
8 19 (24.36%) Technical Leadership
8 19 (24.36%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.54%) SQL
2 2 (2.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (3.85%) Degree
2 1 (1.28%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.54%) QA
2 3 (3.85%) PMO
3 1 (1.28%) GMP
Systems Management
1 24 (30.77%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 47 (60.26%) SAP
2 24 (30.77%) HP
3 11 (14.10%) JD Edwards
3 11 (14.10%) Oracle
4 6 (7.69%) Infor
5 3 (3.85%) Microsoft
6 2 (2.56%) Dell
6 2 (2.56%) IBM