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 7 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 88 109
Rank change year-on-year -33 +21 +2
Contract jobs citing Private Cloud 2 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.11% 0.27% 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.31% 0.74% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 6
10th Percentile - £389 -
25th Percentile - £402 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £431 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -33.65% +41.30%
75th Percentile - £464 £675
90th Percentile - £478 -
South East median daily rate £575 £475 £625
% change year-on-year +21.05% -24.00% +38.89%

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 655 403 573
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 36.09% 35.76% 29.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 384 247 317
10th Percentile £280 £302 £205
25th Percentile £363 £406 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £608
90th Percentile £684 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £495 £500
% change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 14 32
10th Percentile £19.34 £32.05 £12.37
25th Percentile £32.43 £43.88 £20.69
Median hourly rate £83.00 £61.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.97% +44.69% -39.29%
75th Percentile £88.00 £88.53 £61.17
90th Percentile - £91.41 £67.00
South East median hourly rate £67.50 £43.00 £51.00
% change year-on-year +56.98% -15.69% -6.20%

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 7 June 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 - 2 - - 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) IP Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Platform Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Security Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared