Lead Architect Contracts in Berkshire

Lead Architect
South East > Berkshire

The median Lead Architect daily rate in Berkshire is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 108 125
Rank change year-on-year -2 +17 -32
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Architect 8 9 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.41% 0.50% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.53% 0.087%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 1
10th Percentile £388 - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £575 £575 -
90th Percentile £613 £665 -
South East median daily rate £688 £675 £600
% change year-on-year +1.85% +12.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
South East median hourly rate - £55.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,830 1,703 2,286
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 94.93% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 985 1,097 1,470
10th Percentile £213 £325 £206
25th Percentile £381 £419 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +6.06% +10.00%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £706 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 55 41
10th Percentile £18.65 £17.90 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.31 £23.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £58.65 £56.89 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.10% +170.88% -0.24%
75th Percentile £70.39 £73.80 £32.50
90th Percentile £86.59 £79.83 £68.25
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

Lead Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured Lead Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Lead Architect in Berkshire

Lead Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead Architect in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Lead Architect in Berkshire

Lead Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Architect in Berkshire over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead Architect in Berkshire

Lead Architect
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Architect within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bracknell -2 6 £625 -
Reading -18 1 - -
Slough - 1 £375 -
Lead Architect
South East

Lead Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Lead Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Lead Architect in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Presales
2 3 (37.50%) IT Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) LAN
3 2 (25.00%) WAN
3 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) Python
4 1 (12.50%) GraphQL
4 1 (12.50%) Cypress.io
4 1 (12.50%) Security Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) MuleSoft
4 1 (12.50%) Tricentis Tosca
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (12.50%) Playwright
4 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
4 1 (12.50%) CATAPAN
4 1 (12.50%) Low-Code
4 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 1 (12.50%) VPN
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco
4 1 (12.50%) IPv4
4 1 (12.50%) IPv6
4 1 (12.50%) CCNP
4 1 (12.50%) CCDP
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (12.50%) Juniper
4 1 (12.50%) OSPF
4 1 (12.50%) BGP
4 1 (12.50%) JNCIS
4 1 (12.50%) VLAN

Lead Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) LAN
1 2 (25.00%) WAN
2 1 (12.50%) BGP
2 1 (12.50%) CATAPAN
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) IPv4
2 1 (12.50%) IPv6
2 1 (12.50%) OSPF
2 1 (12.50%) VLAN
2 1 (12.50%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Cypress.io
1 1 (12.50%) Selenium
General
1 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) GraphQL
1 1 (12.50%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) IT Strategy
1 3 (37.50%) Presales
2 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
2 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
2 1 (12.50%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) CCDP
3 1 (12.50%) CCNP
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (12.50%) JNCIS
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco
1 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
1 1 (12.50%) Juniper
1 1 (12.50%) MuleSoft