Cloud Architect Contracts in Berkshire

Cloud Architect
South East > Berkshire

The median Cloud Architect daily rate in Berkshire is £688 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 97 109
Rank change year-on-year -15 +12 -25
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Architect 9 15 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.46% 0.86% 0.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.90% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 17
10th Percentile £605 £513 £511
25th Percentile £613 £638 £608
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £675 £630
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +7.14% -4.00%
75th Percentile £788 £725 £650
90th Percentile - £775 £665
South East median daily rate £656 £675 £630
% change year-on-year -2.78% +7.14% +7.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,811 1,658 2,227
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.50% 95.12% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 975 1,066 1,424
10th Percentile £213 £325 £220
25th Percentile £378 £425 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £491
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +7.03% +9.00%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £706 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £493
% change year-on-year - +1.42% +9.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 55 38
10th Percentile £18.65 £17.90 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.31 £23.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £59.15 £56.89 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year +3.98% +195.51% -8.55%
75th Percentile £70.39 £73.80 £32.50
90th Percentile £86.59 £79.83 £71.89
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £47.79 £20.00
% change year-on-year -0.61% +138.95% -19.19%

Cloud Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured Cloud Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Architect in Berkshire

Cloud Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cloud Architect in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Cloud Architect in Berkshire

Cloud Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Architect in Berkshire over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Architect in Berkshire

Cloud Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cloud Architect in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Cloud Architect in Berkshire

Cloud Architect
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Architect within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading -27 5 £656 -2.78%
Wokingham - 4 £775 -
Cloud Architect
South East

Cloud Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Cloud Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Cloud Architect in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) Azure
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) Migration
2 4 (44.44%) DevOps
3 3 (33.33%) PaaS
3 3 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (33.33%) Azure Stack
3 3 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 3 (33.33%) Open Source
3 3 (33.33%) Degree
3 3 (33.33%) JIRA
3 3 (33.33%) Data Integration
3 3 (33.33%) Big Data
3 3 (33.33%) Big Data Analytics
3 3 (33.33%) Data Analytics
3 3 (33.33%) IaaS
3 3 (33.33%) Analytics
4 2 (22.22%) Network Architecture
4 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
4 2 (22.22%) SaaS
4 2 (22.22%) Agile
4 2 (22.22%) TOGAF
4 2 (22.22%) Cloud Native
4 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
5 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
5 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 1 (11.11%) Zero Trust
5 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
5 1 (11.11%) API Management

Cloud Architect Skill Set
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 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) Azure
2 3 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (33.33%) Azure Stack
2 3 (33.33%) IaaS
2 3 (33.33%) PaaS
3 2 (22.22%) SaaS
4 1 (11.11%) Azure API Management
4 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) MPLS
1 1 (11.11%) VPN
1 1 (11.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Big Data
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Cloud Native
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (11.11%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) DevOps
1 4 (44.44%) Migration
2 3 (33.33%) Analytics
2 3 (33.33%) Big Data Analytics
2 3 (33.33%) Data Analytics
2 3 (33.33%) Data Integration
2 3 (33.33%) Open Source
2 3 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
3 2 (22.22%) Network Architecture
3 2 (22.22%) TOGAF
4 1 (11.11%) Affinity Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) API Management
4 1 (11.11%) High Availability
4 1 (11.11%) Privileged Access Management
4 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
4 1 (11.11%) Security Architecture
4 1 (11.11%) SIEM
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) CCIE
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft