Cloud Native Contract Job Trends in Berkshire
Cloud Native
South East > Berkshire
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Native in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Native over the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 82 | 64 | 86 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -18 | +22 | +16 |
| Contract jobs citing Cloud Native | 38 | 34 | 27 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire | 2.07% | 2.73% | 1.66% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 5.92% | 7.30% | 5.52% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 20 | 22 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £400 | £364 |
| 25th Percentile | £359 | £414 | £458 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £438 | £493 | £488 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.17% | +1.03% | -22.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £575 | £511 |
| 90th Percentile | £658 | £727 | £524 |
| South East median daily rate | £530 | £463 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.59% | -7.50% | -20.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £63.80 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £64.25 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £67.50 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £70.25 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £70.40 | - | - |
| South East median hourly rate | £67.50 | - | - |
All Generic Skills
Berkshire
Cloud Native falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Berkshire.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 642 | 466 | 489 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire | 34.93% | 37.46% | 30.09% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 365 | 291 | 255 |
| 10th Percentile | £303 | £293 | £314 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £400 | £407 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £594 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £669 | £691 |
| South East median daily rate | £525 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.14% | -2.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 80 | 21 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £20.38 | £20.50 | £18.73 |
| 25th Percentile | £35.17 | £40.22 | £26.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £75.00 | £58.00 | £52.37 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +29.31% | +10.75% | -17.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £88.00 | £71.50 | £60.72 |
| 90th Percentile | £100.21 | £87.50 | £62.99 |
| South East median hourly rate | £33.25 | £26.50 | £55.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +25.47% | -51.82% | +1.97% |
Cloud Native Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cloud Native relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.
Cloud Native Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Cloud Native.
Cloud Native Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Native in Berkshire over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.
Cloud Native Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Cloud Native.
Cloud Native 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 Native within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 18 October 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | -21 | 27 | £550 | +2.80% | 10 |
| Wokingham | +3 | 7 | £325 | -37.20% | 4 |
| Slough | - | 2 | £523 | - | 11 |
| Cloud Native South East |
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Cloud Native Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Miscellaneous
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hybrid Cloud | 21.1% | 8 |
| 2 | Algorithms | 10.5% | 4 |
| 2 | Data Structures | 10.5% | 4 |
| 4 | Distributed Systems | 7.9% | 3 |
| 4 | Management Information System | 7.9% | 3 |
| 6 | Data Protection Act | 5.3% | 2 |
| 6 | Distributed Architecture | 5.3% | 2 |
| 6 | Distributed Computing | 5.3% | 2 |
| 6 | Enterprise Software | 5.3% | 2 |
| 6 | Legacy Applications | 5.3% | 2 |
| 6 | Linux Command Line | 5.3% | 2 |
| 6 | Product Ownership | 5.3% | 2 |
| 13 | AI Agents | 2.6% | 1 |
| 13 | Autonomous Agent | 2.6% | 1 |
| 13 | Clustering | 2.6% | 1 |
| 13 | Greenfield Project | 2.6% | 1 |
| 13 | IoT | 2.6% | 1 |
| 13 | Onboarding | 2.6% | 1 |
| 13 | Security Posture | 2.6% | 1 |