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 10 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 84 120
Rank change year-on-year -29 +36 -3
Contract jobs citing Private Cloud 4 3 14
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.22% 0.25% 0.69%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.61% 0.74% 2.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 14
10th Percentile - £486 £613
25th Percentile £593 £522 £622
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £588 £663
Median % change year-on-year +2.98% -11.32% +65.63%
75th Percentile £618 £647 £675
90th Percentile - £679 -
South East median daily rate £531 £650 £663
% change year-on-year -18.27% -1.89% +63.08%

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 655 408 668
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 36.15% 34.55% 33.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 394 214 365
10th Percentile £291 £301 £205
25th Percentile £370 £425 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £607 £600
90th Percentile £672 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £499
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.21% -3.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 11 32
10th Percentile £20.79 £24.66 £12.37
25th Percentile £58.00 £38.50 £23.13
Median hourly rate £84.00 £61.50 £53.43
Median % change year-on-year +36.60% +15.10% -2.86%
75th Percentile £88.00 £74.65 £62.48
90th Percentile £95.00 £92.50 £63.29
South East median hourly rate £58.50 £32.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year +80.00% +4.84% -31.87%

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 10 March 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 - 4 £605 -
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 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (25.00%) DNS
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) IP Architect
2 1 (25.00%) IP Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
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%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) Network Design
1 2 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (25.00%) RBAC
2 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (25.00%) Server Management
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) CCIE
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
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%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) VMware