Private Cloud Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Private Cloud
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Private Cloud in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Private Cloud over the 6 months leading up to 6 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 93 109
Rank change year-on-year -30 +16 +6
Contract jobs citing Private Cloud 3 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.15% 0.33% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.42% 0.90% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £431 £675
Median % change year-on-year -24.64% -36.11% +26.17%
South East median daily rate £616 £525 £656
% change year-on-year +17.24% -20.00% +26.20%

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

Private Cloud 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 709 445 500
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 36.57% 36.93% 28.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 384 270 274
10th Percentile £303 £313 £213
25th Percentile £400 £401 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -9.09% +6.80%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £625
90th Percentile £700 £650 £695
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 18 27
10th Percentile £19.34 £32.05 £11.89
25th Percentile £35.22 £51.63 £19.06
Median hourly rate £83.00 £66.75 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.34% +60.84% -36.06%
75th Percentile £88.00 £87.44 £59.76
90th Percentile - £88.87 £68.38
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £33.05 £57.35
% change year-on-year +66.41% -42.37% +14.70%

Private Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Private Cloud job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Private Cloud
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Private Cloud.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Private Cloud

Private Cloud
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Private Cloud.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Private Cloud

Private Cloud
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 Private Cloud within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 6 August 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 - 3 £325 -
Private Cloud
South East

Private Cloud
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) OpenStack
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (66.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) OpenShift
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) BGP
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) MPLS
1 2 (66.67%) SNMP
1 2 (66.67%) TACACS
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) IP Network Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Network Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Network Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) NETCONF
1 2 (66.67%) OpenConfig
1 2 (66.67%) RESTCONF
1 2 (66.67%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (66.67%) Data Centre
1 2 (66.67%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (66.67%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Network Design
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CCIE
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (66.67%) JNCIE
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) F5
1 2 (66.67%) Fortinet
1 2 (66.67%) Juniper
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft