Infrastructure Automation Contract Job Trends in Reading

Infrastructure Automation
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Infrastructure Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 86 87
Rank change year-on-year +9 +1 +10
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Automation 1 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.14% 0.29% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.32% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £418 £621
25th Percentile £563 £453 £634
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £663
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -20.75% +1.92%
75th Percentile £588 £619 £684
90th Percentile - £641 £694
Berkshire median daily rate £575 £538 £663
% change year-on-year +6.98% -18.87% +4.74%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

Infrastructure Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 658 940 951
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 90.14% 91.35% 92.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 458 534 621
10th Percentile £350 £325 £213
25th Percentile £425 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £580 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +10.48% -
75th Percentile £613 £650 £615
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 9 17
10th Percentile £14.75 £28.45 £41.24
25th Percentile £20.38 £42.50 £59.89
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.76 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +5.25% -2.42% -2.63%
75th Percentile £93.75 £69.69 £65.25
90th Percentile £99.00 £77.39 £66.96
Berkshire median hourly rate £40.44 £59.00 £61.45
% change year-on-year -31.47% -3.98% +29.36%

Infrastructure Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Infrastructure Automation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Infrastructure Automation job vacancy trend in Reading

Infrastructure Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Infrastructure Automation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Infrastructure Automation

Infrastructure Automation
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%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) VCAP
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) vRealize
1 1 (100.00%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware