Private Cloud Contract Job Trends in Reading

Private Cloud
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Private Cloud in contract job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Private Cloud over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 - 86
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs citing Private Cloud 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.46% - 0.092%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.44% - 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £566 - -
25th Percentile £570 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 - £625
75th Percentile £610 - £638
90th Percentile £615 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £575 £700 £675
% change year-on-year -17.86% +3.70% +8.00%

All Generic Skills
Reading

Private Cloud falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 208 344 327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 32.10% 31.91% 29.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 171 226
10th Percentile £343 £315 £210
25th Percentile £424 £415 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £571 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.98% +14.10% -2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £615
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £543 £500
% change year-on-year -7.83% +8.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 4
10th Percentile £35.86 £35.98 £62.21
25th Percentile £51.88 £52.81 £62.91
Median hourly rate £58.00 £59.05 £64.31
Median % change year-on-year -1.78% -8.18% +16.93%
75th Percentile - £63.22 £66.77
90th Percentile £64.90 £71.24 £67.36
Berkshire median hourly rate £56.50 £57.50 £62.13
% change year-on-year -1.74% -7.44% +6.65%

Private Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Private Cloud job vacancy trend in Reading

Private Cloud
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Private Cloud.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Private Cloud

Private Cloud
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP CO
1 1 (33.33%) SAP FI
1 1 (33.33%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) Radio Access Network
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) IP Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Network Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Platform Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) SAP CO Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) SAP PS Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) OAuth
1 1 (33.33%) OAuth2
1 1 (33.33%) OpenID
1 1 (33.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Centre Accounting
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Network Design
2 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) RBAC
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Server Management
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Work Breakdown Structure
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCIE
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Ariba
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) SAP
1 1 (33.33%) VMware