Senior Architect Contracts in the Thames Valley

Senior Architect
South East > Thames Valley

The median Senior Architect daily rate in the Thames Valley is £613 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 154 152
Rank change year-on-year +40 -2 -29
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Architect 27 2 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.99% 0.068% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 0.072% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 13
10th Percentile £561 - £492
25th Percentile £595 £643 £532
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £645 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.04% +7.50% +13.21%
75th Percentile £625 £648 £656
90th Percentile £643 - £814
South East median daily rate £613 £698 £600
% change year-on-year -12.25% +16.33% +9.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,538 2,767 3,351
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 94.05% 95.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,453 1,914 2,284
10th Percentile £207 £311 £190
25th Percentile £369 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 78 101
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.25 £12.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £46.70 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +166.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £63.09 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £84.48 £79.19 £57.38
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.24 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.53% +129.71% -12.50%

Senior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Senior Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Architect in the Thames Valley

Senior Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Architect in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Senior Architect in the Thames Valley

Senior Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Architect in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Senior Architect in the Thames Valley

Senior Architect
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Architect within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Berkshire - 21 £573 - 2
Buckinghamshire +38 6 £613 -5.04% 1
Senior Architect
South East

Senior Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Senior 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 Thames Valley region featuring Senior Architect in the job title.

1 19 (70.37%) Security Cleared
2 15 (55.56%) Security Architecture
3 9 (33.33%) Presales
4 6 (22.22%) SC Cleared
4 6 (22.22%) VMware
4 6 (22.22%) NCSC
4 6 (22.22%) NIST
4 6 (22.22%) Public Sector
5 5 (18.52%) Azure
5 5 (18.52%) DevOps
6 4 (14.81%) DV Cleared
6 4 (14.81%) Enterprise Architecture
7 3 (11.11%) Technology Strategy
7 3 (11.11%) JSON
7 3 (11.11%) TOGAF
7 3 (11.11%) Agile
7 3 (11.11%) MCSE
7 3 (11.11%) CCNP
7 3 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (11.11%) AWS
7 3 (11.11%) Public Cloud
7 3 (11.11%) IT Strategy
8 2 (7.41%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (7.41%) Data Centre
8 2 (7.41%) F5
8 2 (7.41%) NetScaler
8 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (7.41%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (7.41%) F5 BIG-IP GTM

Senior Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (18.52%) Azure
2 3 (11.11%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.41%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 2 (7.41%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 2 (7.41%) Firewall
1 2 (7.41%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (7.41%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.70%) NoSQL
General
1 6 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.70%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) JSON
2 1 (3.70%) JSON Schema
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Public Cloud
2 2 (7.41%) Data Centre
2 2 (7.41%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.70%) Data Fabric
3 1 (3.70%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (55.56%) Security Architecture
2 9 (33.33%) Presales
3 5 (18.52%) DevOps
4 4 (14.81%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (11.11%) Agile
5 3 (11.11%) IT Strategy
5 3 (11.11%) Technology Strategy
5 3 (11.11%) TOGAF
6 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (7.41%) Data Modelling
6 2 (7.41%) Migration
6 2 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (3.70%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (3.70%) Continuous Integration
7 1 (3.70%) Data Architecture
7 1 (3.70%) Data Mapping
7 1 (3.70%) Data Strategy
7 1 (3.70%) ITIL
7 1 (3.70%) Use Case
7 1 (3.70%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) ActionScript
2 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (70.37%) Security Cleared
2 6 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 4 (14.81%) DV Cleared
4 3 (11.11%) CCNP
4 3 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (11.11%) MCSE
4 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (22.22%) NCSC
1 6 (22.22%) NIST
2 1 (3.70%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) VMware
2 2 (7.41%) F5
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft