Cloud Engineer Contract Job Trends in Reading

Cloud Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Cloud Engineer daily rate in Reading is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 89 74
Rank change year-on-year +20 -15 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 7 2 14
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.95% 0.20% 1.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% 0.22% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 13
10th Percentile £475 - £500
25th Percentile £494 £663 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £675 £580
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +16.38% +3.11%
75th Percentile - £688 £688
90th Percentile £585 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -2.22%

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 689 898 941
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 89.35% 92.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 487 523 632
10th Percentile £331 £319 £213
25th Percentile £425 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £523
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +10.05% -0.48%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £615
90th Percentile £653 £688 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £544 £500
% change year-on-year -8.05% +8.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 4 15
10th Percentile £14.75 £46.63 £59.21
25th Percentile £27.25 £52.81 £60.93
Median hourly rate £81.00 £60.33 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +34.27% -4.68% +15.07%
75th Percentile £95.00 £67.26 £65.63
90th Percentile £100.00 £71.82 £67.23
Berkshire median hourly rate £43.96 £59.00 £61.45
% change year-on-year -25.50% -3.98% +96.63%

Cloud Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Cloud Engineer job vacancy trend in Reading

Cloud Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Cloud Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cloud Engineer job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cloud Engineer job vacancies in Reading

Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, Cloud Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) AWS
1 7 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 7 (100.00%) DevOps
1 7 (100.00%) Python
1 7 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (85.71%) Analytical Thinking
2 6 (85.71%) AWS Certification
2 6 (85.71%) End-to-End Testing
2 6 (85.71%) High Availability
2 6 (85.71%) JIRA
2 6 (85.71%) Load Testing
2 6 (85.71%) NoSQL
2 6 (85.71%) Performance Testing
2 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (85.71%) QA
2 6 (85.71%) Risk Analysis
2 6 (85.71%) Scenario Testing
2 6 (85.71%) SQL
2 6 (85.71%) Test Automation
2 6 (85.71%) Test Scripting
2 6 (85.71%) Validation
2 6 (85.71%) Verification and Validation
3 2 (28.57%) Kubernetes
4 1 (14.29%) Ansible
4 1 (14.29%) Azure
4 1 (14.29%) Bash
4 1 (14.29%) CCNA
4 1 (14.29%) CCNP
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification

Cloud Engineer 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 7 (100.00%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (85.71%) JIRA
2 1 (14.29%) GitLab
2 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (85.71%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 7 (100.00%) DevOps
2 6 (85.71%) Analytical Thinking
2 6 (85.71%) End-to-End Testing
2 6 (85.71%) High Availability
2 6 (85.71%) Load Testing
2 6 (85.71%) Performance Testing
2 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (85.71%) Risk Analysis
2 6 (85.71%) Scenario Testing
2 6 (85.71%) Test Automation
2 6 (85.71%) Test Scripting
2 6 (85.71%) Validation
2 6 (85.71%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Python
2 6 (85.71%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) Bash
3 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (85.71%) AWS Certification
3 1 (14.29%) CCNA
3 1 (14.29%) CCNP
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (14.29%) JNCIP
3 1 (14.29%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Docker
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Kubernetes
2 1 (14.29%) Ansible
2 1 (14.29%) Terraform