Applications Architect Contracts in Berkshire

Application Architect
South East > Berkshire

The median Application Architect daily rate in Berkshire is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 123 -
Rank change year-on-year +34 - -
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Architect 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.34% 0.050% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.054% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
South East median daily rate £450 £500 £580
% change year-on-year -10.00% -13.79% -0.85%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,085 1,866 1,720
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.05% 95.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 655 992 1,104
10th Percentile £311 £213 £325
25th Percentile £413 £381 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.09%
75th Percentile £625 £608 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 116 56
10th Percentile £27.46 £18.75 £17.61
25th Percentile £50.06 £41.44 £22.66
Median hourly rate £63.37 £59.50 £56.89
Median % change year-on-year +6.51% +4.60% +170.88%
75th Percentile £76.77 £70.42 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £86.32 £79.72
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Applications Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Architect in Berkshire

Applications Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Applications Architect in Berkshire

Applications Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Applications Architect in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Applications Architect in Berkshire

Applications 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 Applications Architect within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Wokingham - 2 £450 - 1
Reading +31 1 - - 1
Applications Architect
South East

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Applications 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 Applications Architect in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Apache Axis
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
2 3 (75.00%) C#
2 3 (75.00%) Java
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Python
3 2 (50.00%) SOA
3 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (50.00%) CISSP
3 2 (50.00%) SQL
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) Ruby
3 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (50.00%) Microservices
3 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
3 2 (50.00%) Design Patterns
3 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (25.00%) Application Security
4 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Azure

Applications 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 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Stack
1 1 (25.00%) Tricentis Tosca
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) Apache Axis
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
1 2 (50.00%) Design Patterns
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) Microservices
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) SOA
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) Application Security
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C#
1 3 (75.00%) Java
1 3 (75.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (50.00%) Ruby
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) CISSP
3 2 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Single Sign-On