OpenShift Contract Job Trends in Reading

Red Hat OpenShift
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring OpenShift skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 63 83
Rank change year-on-year -17 +20 +4
Contract jobs citing OpenShift 13 4 8
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 1.18% 0.68% 0.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.48% 1.66% 2.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £362 - -
25th Percentile £417 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.00%
75th Percentile £713 - -
90th Percentile £825 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £509 £500 £482
% change year-on-year +1.75% +3.73% -3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £62.44 - -
25th Percentile £63.50 - -
Median hourly rate £71.43 - -
75th Percentile £83.62 - -
90th Percentile £84.60 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £71.43 - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
Reading

OpenShift falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 290 241 345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 26.24% 40.99% 31.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 149 249
10th Percentile £354 £373 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £538 £605
Median % change year-on-year +6.98% -11.16% +5.22%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £645
90th Percentile £700 £663 £670
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £517 £575
% change year-on-year -3.29% -10.09% +3.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 9 5
10th Percentile £31.25 - £29.45
25th Percentile £71.00 £14.75 £42.50
Median hourly rate £83.50 £15.50 £60.60
Median % change year-on-year +438.71% -74.42% +10.18%
75th Percentile £104.00 £16.25 £61.06
90th Percentile £110.75 £31.70 £66.24
Berkshire median hourly rate £81.50 £18.87 £50.27
% change year-on-year +331.90% -62.46% +43.64%

OpenShift
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

OpenShift job vacancy trend in Reading

OpenShift
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing OpenShift.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing OpenShift

OpenShift
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OpenShift in Reading over the 6 months to 26 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for OpenShift in Reading

OpenShift
Hourly Rate Histogram in Reading

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing OpenShift in Reading over the 6 months to 26 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for OpenShift in Reading

OpenShift
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) Apache
1 2 (15.38%) Apache Superset
1 2 (15.38%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (15.38%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (84.62%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) TCP/IP
2 5 (38.46%) DHCP
2 5 (38.46%) DNS
2 5 (38.46%) Firewall
2 5 (38.46%) VPN
3 2 (15.38%) BGP
3 2 (15.38%) LAN
3 2 (15.38%) MPLS
3 2 (15.38%) SNMP
3 2 (15.38%) Software-Defined Networking
3 2 (15.38%) TACACS
3 2 (15.38%) WAN
3 2 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) GitLab
1 3 (23.08%) Jenkins
2 2 (15.38%) Git
General
1 9 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 7 (53.85%) Aerospace
3 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
5 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Architect
2 3 (23.08%) Lead
2 3 (23.08%) Senior
2 3 (23.08%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Technical Leader
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) DevSecOps Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) IP Network Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Network Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Network Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Data Integration Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) DevSecOps Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Integration Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Systems Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (84.62%) Terraform
2 2 (15.38%) ARM Templates
2 2 (15.38%) NETCONF
2 2 (15.38%) OpenConfig
2 2 (15.38%) RESTCONF
2 2 (15.38%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (38.46%) Cloud Native
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (15.38%) Data Centre
3 2 (15.38%) Private Cloud
3 2 (15.38%) Public Cloud
4 1 (7.69%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (7.69%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
4 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (53.85%) Linux
2 5 (38.46%) Windows
2 5 (38.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) DevOps
1 11 (84.62%) Infrastructure as Code
2 6 (46.15%) CI/CD
2 6 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (46.15%) DevSecOps
2 6 (46.15%) Platform Engineering
3 5 (38.46%) Agile
3 5 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (38.46%) Technical Leadership
4 4 (30.77%) Business Continuity
4 4 (30.77%) Collaborative Engineering
4 4 (30.77%) Containerisation
4 4 (30.77%) Cost Optimisation
4 4 (30.77%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (30.77%) FinOps
4 4 (30.77%) ITIL
4 4 (30.77%) Observability
4 4 (30.77%) Software Delivery
4 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (23.08%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 11 (84.62%) Python
2 10 (76.92%) PowerShell
3 6 (46.15%) Bash
4 2 (15.38%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) SC Cleared
1 11 (84.62%) Security Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Certification
3 2 (15.38%) CCIE
3 2 (15.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (15.38%) JNCIE
3 2 (15.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (7.69%) CCSP
4 1 (7.69%) CISSP
4 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (7.69%) Degree
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (7.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.69%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) Hyper-V
1 5 (38.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (30.77%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (100.00%) Ansible
2 11 (84.62%) Kubernetes
3 4 (30.77%) Grafana
4 2 (15.38%) Istio
4 2 (15.38%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) VMware
3 2 (15.38%) Cisco
3 2 (15.38%) F5
3 2 (15.38%) Fortinet
3 2 (15.38%) Juniper
3 2 (15.38%) Red Hat