Architect Contracts in Berkshire

Architect
South East > Berkshire

The median Architect daily rate in Berkshire is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 July 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 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 14 16
Rank change year-on-year +6 +2 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 157 196 179
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 13.66% 9.99% 9.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.87% 10.72% 10.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 74 126
10th Percentile £450 £452 £469
25th Percentile £538 £521 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £605 £628
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% -3.59% +0.40%
75th Percentile £700 £684 £698
90th Percentile £738 £725 £775
South East median daily rate £600 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 22 6
10th Percentile £73.50 - £62.46
25th Percentile £75.00 £81.88 £72.31
Median hourly rate £79.50 £87.46 £75.34
Median % change year-on-year -9.10% +16.09% -
75th Percentile £84.50 £87.53 £75.67
90th Percentile £86.30 £89.75 £77.96
South East median hourly rate £82.00 £87.46 £75.00
% change year-on-year -6.24% +16.61% +7.91%

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 1,056 1,829 1,736
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.91% 93.27% 94.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 652 929 1,079
10th Percentile £313 £273 £325
25th Percentile £411 £413 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £625
90th Percentile £686 £688 £706
South East median daily rate £500 £507 £500
% change year-on-year -1.28% +1.30% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 129 56
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.95 £17.31
25th Percentile £30.25 £42.00 £22.66
Median hourly rate £61.50 £60.60 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year +1.48% +4.81% +175.32%
75th Percentile £77.19 £76.99 £74.06
90th Percentile £88.87 £87.53 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £30.00 £48.70 £50.00
% change year-on-year -38.40% -2.60% +138.10%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Berkshire

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Architect in Berkshire

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Berkshire

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Architect in Berkshire

Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Architect in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Architect in Berkshire

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 Architect within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 July 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
Reading +10 73 £650 - 110
Wokingham +5 23 £550 -8.33% 7
Windsor -1 13 £575 -6.12%
Bracknell -12 10 £600 +20.00% 19
Slough -5 3 - - 203
Architect
South East

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

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

1 58 (36.94%) Security Cleared
2 45 (28.66%) Social Skills
3 43 (27.39%) Agile
4 40 (25.48%) Telecoms
4 40 (25.48%) DV Cleared
5 37 (23.57%) Azure
6 35 (22.29%) Roadmaps
7 30 (19.11%) Migration
7 30 (19.11%) Active Directory
8 29 (18.47%) Public Sector
9 27 (17.20%) Business Intelligence
9 27 (17.20%) Windows
9 27 (17.20%) Finance
10 26 (16.56%) SAP
10 26 (16.56%) PowerShell
11 24 (15.29%) Test Automation
11 24 (15.29%) Identity Access Management
12 21 (13.38%) Digital Marketing
12 21 (13.38%) Marketing
12 21 (13.38%) Manufacturing
12 21 (13.38%) Electronics
12 21 (13.38%) Programme Management
13 20 (12.74%) Stakeholder Management
13 20 (12.74%) Artificial Intelligence
13 20 (12.74%) AWS
13 20 (12.74%) Problem-Solving
14 18 (11.46%) Enterprise Architecture
14 18 (11.46%) SC Cleared
15 17 (10.83%) Microsoft
16 16 (10.19%) Decision-Making

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.55%) Camunda
2 3 (1.91%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.91%) ArcGIS
2 3 (1.91%) Oracle Spatial
2 3 (1.91%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.91%) Smallworld
3 2 (1.27%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.64%) Documentum
Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.64%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.64%) SAP MDG-S
Cloud Services
1 37 (23.57%) Azure
2 20 (12.74%) AWS
3 13 (8.28%) SaaS
4 9 (5.73%) GCP
5 7 (4.46%) Entra ID
6 5 (3.18%) Microsoft Copilot
6 5 (3.18%) PaaS
6 5 (3.18%) Serverless
6 5 (3.18%) Snowflake
7 4 (2.55%) IaaS
7 4 (2.55%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.55%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.91%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (1.91%) Tricentis Tosca
9 2 (1.27%) Azure AKS
9 2 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.27%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (1.27%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.27%) Azure Stack
9 2 (1.27%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (8.92%) Firewall
2 8 (5.10%) SD-WAN
3 7 (4.46%) VoIP
4 5 (3.18%) Network Security
4 5 (3.18%) WAN
5 4 (2.55%) BGP
5 4 (2.55%) HTTP
5 4 (2.55%) MPLS
6 3 (1.91%) 4G
6 3 (1.91%) 5G
6 3 (1.91%) DOCSIS
6 3 (1.91%) GPON
6 3 (1.91%) LTE
6 3 (1.91%) Radio Access Network
6 3 (1.91%) Unified Communications
6 3 (1.91%) VPN
6 3 (1.91%) xDSL
7 2 (1.27%) Converged Networks
7 2 (1.27%) PBX
7 2 (1.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.82%) Big Data
2 4 (2.55%) GIS
3 3 (1.91%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.91%) Spatial Data
4 2 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.27%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.27%) Oracle Database 12c
4 2 (1.27%) Power BI
4 2 (1.27%) Tableau
5 1 (0.64%) Cloudera CDH
5 1 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (0.64%) ERwin
General
1 45 (28.66%) Social Skills
2 40 (25.48%) Telecoms
3 29 (18.47%) Public Sector
4 27 (17.20%) Finance
5 21 (13.38%) Electronics
5 21 (13.38%) Manufacturing
5 21 (13.38%) Marketing
6 7 (4.46%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.18%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.55%) Back Office
8 4 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.55%) Retail
9 3 (1.91%) Legal
10 2 (1.27%) Billing
10 2 (1.27%) Local Government
11 1 (0.64%) Banking
11 1 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.46%) Middleware
2 5 (3.18%) REST
2 5 (3.18%) Web Services
3 4 (2.55%) Ajax
3 4 (2.55%) CSS
3 4 (2.55%) HTML
3 4 (2.55%) Kafka
3 4 (2.55%) SAML
3 4 (2.55%) SOAP
3 4 (2.55%) XML
4 3 (1.91%) Apache Axis
4 3 (1.91%) OAuth
4 3 (1.91%) OpenID
4 3 (1.91%) PostGIS
5 2 (1.27%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (0.64%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.64%) MACH
6 1 (0.64%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.64%) SPML
6 1 (0.64%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.37%) Hybrid Cloud
2 9 (5.73%) Cloud Native
2 9 (5.73%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (4.46%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.18%) CMDB
4 5 (3.18%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.18%) TM Forum
5 4 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.55%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.91%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.27%) EPoS
7 2 (1.27%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.27%) PKI
7 2 (1.27%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.27%) SCADA
7 2 (1.27%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.64%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.64%) CESG
8 1 (0.64%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.64%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 27 (17.20%) Windows
2 4 (2.55%) Linux
3 3 (1.91%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.27%) VMS
4 2 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (27.39%) Agile
2 35 (22.29%) Roadmaps
3 30 (19.11%) Migration
4 27 (17.20%) Business Intelligence
5 24 (15.29%) Identity Access Management
5 24 (15.29%) Test Automation
6 21 (13.38%) Digital Marketing
6 21 (13.38%) Programme Management
7 20 (12.74%) Artificial Intelligence
7 20 (12.74%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (12.74%) Stakeholder Management
8 18 (11.46%) Enterprise Architecture
9 16 (10.19%) Decision-Making
10 14 (8.92%) ITIL
11 12 (7.64%) Machine Learning
12 11 (7.01%) Architectural Patterns
12 11 (7.01%) Cybersecurity
12 11 (7.01%) Risk Management
12 11 (7.01%) TOGAF
13 10 (6.37%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 26 (16.56%) PowerShell
2 7 (4.46%) SQL
3 6 (3.82%) C#
3 6 (3.82%) Python
4 5 (3.18%) Java
5 3 (1.91%) Bash
5 3 (1.91%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.91%) Magik
6 2 (1.27%) Apex Code
6 2 (1.27%) Ruby
7 1 (0.64%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 58 (36.94%) Security Cleared
2 40 (25.48%) DV Cleared
3 18 (11.46%) SC Cleared
4 8 (5.10%) CISSP
5 7 (4.46%) Degree
6 6 (3.82%) CCNP
6 6 (3.82%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (3.18%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.91%) CEH
8 3 (1.91%) CISM
8 3 (1.91%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.91%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (1.27%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.64%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.64%) CCSK
10 1 (0.64%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.18%) GDPR
2 5 (3.18%) NIST
3 3 (1.91%) NCSC
4 2 (1.27%) OASIS TOSCA
5 1 (0.64%) COBIT
5 1 (0.64%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.64%) GRC
5 1 (0.64%) HIPAA
System Software
1 30 (19.11%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.27%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.27%) vSphere
4 1 (0.64%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.64%) NFS
4 1 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.64%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (3.18%) Kubernetes
1 5 (3.18%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.27%) Amdocs OSS
2 2 (1.27%) Ansible
2 2 (1.27%) Data Guard
2 2 (1.27%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (1.27%) Terraform
3 1 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.64%) CASB
Vendors
1 26 (16.56%) SAP
2 17 (10.83%) Microsoft
3 13 (8.28%) Cisco
4 9 (5.73%) Oracle
4 9 (5.73%) ServiceNow
4 9 (5.73%) VMware
5 7 (4.46%) Salesforce
6 6 (3.82%) OpenAI
7 4 (2.55%) CyberArk
8 3 (1.91%) ESRI
8 3 (1.91%) Google
8 3 (1.91%) Splunk
9 2 (1.27%) Amdocs
9 2 (1.27%) Ericsson
9 2 (1.27%) Huawei
9 2 (1.27%) Meraki
9 2 (1.27%) NetCracker
9 2 (1.27%) Nokia
9 2 (1.27%) Qualys
9 2 (1.27%) Red Hat