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 17 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 108 110
Rank change year-on-year +5 +2 +16
Contract jobs citing Private Cloud 4 1 13
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.30% 0.063% 0.72%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.79% 0.20% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 13
10th Percentile £566 - £620
25th Percentile £570 - £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £700 £675
Median % change year-on-year -15.71% +3.70% +8.00%
75th Percentile £610 - -
90th Percentile £615 - -
South East median daily rate £549 £650 £675
% change year-on-year -15.58% -3.70% +58.82%

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 509 489 609
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 38.62% 30.62% 33.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 320 245 354
10th Percentile £293 £314 £210
25th Percentile £410 £408 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £615
90th Percentile £675 £693 £700
South East median daily rate £490 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -3.92% +2.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 20 26
10th Percentile £20.41 £19.31 £22.80
25th Percentile £20.79 £37.69 £45.21
Median hourly rate £53.00 £57.50 £63.15
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% -8.94% +14.81%
75th Percentile £65.69 £61.36 £67.75
90th Percentile £85.38 £62.99 £78.68
South East median hourly rate £23.00 £52.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year -56.19% -1.87% +42.67%

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 17 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
Reading - 3 £590 -
Slough - 1 - - 1
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP CO
1 1 (25.00%) SAP FI
1 1 (25.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security
2 1 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) IP Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Network Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Product Owner
1 1 (25.00%) SAP CO Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) SAP PS Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) OAuth
1 1 (25.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (25.00%) OpenID
1 1 (25.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (25.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Management
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Load Balancing
3 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Product Backlog
3 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Product Vision
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Server Management
3 1 (25.00%) User Stories
3 1 (25.00%) Work Breakdown Structure
3 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCIE
1 1 (25.00%) CCNP
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Ariba
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) SAP
1 1 (25.00%) VMware