Cloud Security Architect Contract Job Trends in Reading

Cloud Security Architect
Berkshire > Reading

The median Cloud Security Architect daily rate in Reading is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 June 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Security Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.093% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £525 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 996 511 1,134
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.82% 93.93% 92.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 555 321 602
10th Percentile £310 £325 £263
25th Percentile £450 £450 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £730 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +2.40% -4.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 14 66
10th Percentile £30.00 £14.75 £38.50
25th Percentile £72.20 £21.97 £53.61
Median hourly rate £83.58 £50.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +67.15% -18.83% -6.67%
75th Percentile £88.00 £69.69 £87.46
90th Percentile £107.00 £70.00 £98.75
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 £61.50 £61.00
% change year-on-year +34.97% +0.81% +5.50%

Cloud Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Cloud Security Architect job vacancy trend in Reading

Cloud Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Security Architect job vacancies in Reading

Cloud Security Architect Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 29 June 2026, Cloud Security Architect 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 Security Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) CASB
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling

Cloud Security Architect 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) CASB
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google