Cloud Consultant Contract Job Trends in Reading

Cloud Consultant
Berkshire > Reading

The median Cloud Consultant daily rate in Reading is £290, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 90 82
Rank change year-on-year +22 -8 +19
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Consultant 3 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.46% 0.18% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.21% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £198 - £279
25th Percentile £232 £563 £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £575 £325
Median % change year-on-year -49.57% +76.92% -46.94%
75th Percentile £349 £588 £391
90th Percentile £384 - £486
Berkshire median daily rate £290 £475 £325
% change year-on-year -38.95% +46.15% -46.94%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Reading with a recognized job title 611 970 991
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 89.65% 92.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 537 661
10th Percentile £336 £333 £238
25th Percentile £450 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £570 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +8.57% +5.00%
75th Percentile £606 £650 £620
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £508 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 26 12
10th Percentile £14.50 £48.18 £58.98
25th Percentile £14.75 £56.56 £61.04
Median hourly rate £28.50 £62.38 £64.31
Median % change year-on-year -54.31% -3.01% +26.10%
75th Percentile £68.75 £99.38 £69.56
90th Percentile £81.00 £100.00 £75.23
Berkshire median hourly rate £26.33 £61.28 £61.79
% change year-on-year -57.04% -0.83% +49.99%

Cloud Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cloud Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Cloud Consultant job vacancy trend in Reading

Cloud Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Consultant job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Consultant job vacancies in Reading

Cloud Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Consultant in Reading over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Consultant in Reading

Cloud Consultant Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, Cloud Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Cloud Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Business Transformation
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Engagement
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) IaaS
1 2 (66.67%) OCI
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
1 2 (66.67%) PaaS
1 2 (66.67%) SaaS
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) Google
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management

Cloud Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 2 (66.67%) IaaS
1 2 (66.67%) OCI
1 2 (66.67%) PaaS
1 2 (66.67%) SaaS
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Transformation
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Engagement
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Google