IaaS Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring IaaS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 99 42
Rank change year-on-year +19 -57 +69
Contract jobs citing IaaS 24 11 92
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.77% 0.69% 5.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.47% 2.09% 16.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 7 21
10th Percentile £411 £560 £405
25th Percentile £413 £608 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £750 £575
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% +30.43% -16.36%
75th Percentile £531 £800 £638
90th Percentile £588 - -
South East median daily rate £513 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -18.00% +4.17% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £69.38 -
South East median hourly rate £32.77 £69.38 -
% change year-on-year -52.76% - -

All Cloud Skills
Berkshire

IaaS falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 537 526 563
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 39.69% 32.92% 31.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 343 332 360
10th Percentile £257 £375 £311
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £593 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £663 £700
South East median daily rate £476 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -7.07% -2.38% +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 15 12
10th Percentile - £22.95 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.75 £34.50 £30.99
Median hourly rate £18.87 £58.05 £62.13
Median % change year-on-year -67.49% -6.57% +182.39%
75th Percentile £40.65 £62.89 £79.78
90th Percentile £75.00 £64.73 £89.20
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £47.50 £32.31
% change year-on-year -60.38% +47.01% +53.86%

IaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IaaS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

IaaS job vacancy trend in Berkshire

IaaS
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing IaaS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing IaaS

IaaS
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IaaS in Berkshire over the 6 months to 13 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IaaS in Berkshire

IaaS
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing IaaS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing IaaS

IaaS
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 IaaS within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 13 November 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wokingham -1 14 £463 -22.92%
Reading +16 8 £480 -38.06% 2
Bracknell - 2 - - 2
IaaS
South East

IaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 19 (79.17%) Azure
2 16 (66.67%) PaaS
3 11 (45.83%) AWS
4 8 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (29.17%) Azure AKS
5 7 (29.17%) Azure Data Factory
5 7 (29.17%) Azure Storage
6 6 (25.00%) OpenShift
6 6 (25.00%) SaaS
7 4 (16.67%) GCP
8 2 (8.33%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (8.33%) OCI
9 1 (4.17%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
9 1 (4.17%) GitHub
9 1 (4.17%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (25.00%) DNS
2 3 (12.50%) Firewall
3 1 (4.17%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (29.17%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (8.33%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 6 (25.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (8.33%) Git
General
1 2 (8.33%) Retail
2 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (41.67%) Architect
2 9 (37.50%) DevOps Engineer
3 7 (29.17%) Azure Engineer
4 6 (25.00%) Azure DevOps Engineer
4 6 (25.00%) Site Engineer
4 6 (25.00%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Cloud Consultant
5 2 (8.33%) Cloud Security Consultant
5 2 (8.33%) Consultant
5 2 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 2 (8.33%) Oracle Consultant
5 2 (8.33%) Oracle Security Consultant
5 2 (8.33%) Security Architect
5 2 (8.33%) Security Consultant
5 2 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management Architect
6 1 (4.17%) Data Analytics Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Security Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.17%) VMware Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (29.17%) ADO
2 2 (8.33%) Jinja
2 2 (8.33%) Kafka
3 1 (4.17%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (8.33%) Mainframe
1 2 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (4.17%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.17%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (4.17%) Operational Technology
2 1 (4.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (37.50%) Linux
2 1 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (79.17%) DevOps
2 16 (66.67%) CI/CD
3 7 (29.17%) Containerisation
3 7 (29.17%) RBAC
3 7 (29.17%) Site Reliability Engineering
4 6 (25.00%) Load Balancing
5 5 (20.83%) Cloud Security
6 4 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (16.67%) Migration
6 4 (16.67%) Security Operations
7 3 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (12.50%) Observability
8 2 (8.33%) Application Security
8 2 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (8.33%) Cyber Resilience
8 2 (8.33%) Data Loss Prevention
8 2 (8.33%) Digital Strategy
8 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
8 2 (8.33%) Security Monitoring
8 2 (8.33%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 10 (41.67%) Python
2 8 (33.33%) SQL
3 6 (25.00%) Bash
4 2 (8.33%) PowerShell
4 2 (8.33%) Shell Script
5 1 (4.17%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (20.83%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.33%) Azure Certification
3 2 (8.33%) CISSP
3 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (8.33%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.17%) Degree
4 1 (4.17%) VCAP
4 1 (4.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (8.33%) GDPR
1 2 (8.33%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (29.17%) VMware NSX
1 7 (29.17%) vSphere
2 6 (25.00%) Docker
2 6 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
4 1 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (62.50%) Kubernetes
2 10 (41.67%) Terraform
3 8 (33.33%) Ansible
4 6 (25.00%) Argo
4 6 (25.00%) vCenter Server
5 2 (8.33%) logstash
5 2 (8.33%) SCCM
5 2 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (4.17%) Grafana
6 1 (4.17%) Prometheus
6 1 (4.17%) vRealize
6 1 (4.17%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) VMware
2 6 (25.00%) Pure Storage
3 5 (20.83%) Red Hat
4 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 2 (8.33%) CheckPoint
5 2 (8.33%) Fortinet
5 2 (8.33%) Google
5 2 (8.33%) Oracle
5 2 (8.33%) Qualys
5 2 (8.33%) Tenable
6 1 (4.17%) Databricks