Architect Contracts in Berkshire

Architect
South East > Berkshire

The median Architect daily rate in Berkshire is £618 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 23 16
Rank change year-on-year +11 -7 -10
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 204 151 223
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 10.33% 8.32% 9.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.95% 8.78% 9.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 105 150
10th Percentile £400 £468 £489
25th Percentile £500 £544 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £618 £650 £614
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.91% +6.74%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £655
90th Percentile £720 £759 £700
South East median daily rate £650 £650 £615
% change year-on-year - +5.69% +9.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 2 1
10th Percentile £81.86 £55.83 -
25th Percentile £81.88 £59.31 -
Median hourly rate £87.46 £66.75 £80.40
Median % change year-on-year +31.03% -16.98% -
75th Percentile £87.50 £74.31 -
90th Percentile £87.53 £77.88 -
South East median hourly rate £87.46 £70.00 £59.00
% change year-on-year +24.94% +18.64% -14.15%

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 1,863 1,720 2,295
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.33% 94.82% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 986 1,102 1,476
10th Percentile £213 £325 £206
25th Percentile £376 £425 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £580
90th Percentile £688 £706 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 56 41
10th Percentile £18.80 £17.61 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.50 £22.66 £17.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £56.89 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% +170.88% -2.33%
75th Percentile £70.50 £73.69 £32.50
90th Percentile £86.19 £79.72 £68.25
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

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 27 April 2024.

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
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 27 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
Bracknell +15 77 £525 -10.64%
Reading -9 70 £600 -11.11% 14
Wokingham +7 9 £669 +20.22% 2
Newbury +4 7 £400 -38.46%
Slough +8 4 £573 +14.50% 3
Windsor - 3 £713 - 1
Thatcham - 1 £625 -
Architect
South East

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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.

1 115 (56.37%) Security Cleared
2 60 (29.41%) DV Cleared
3 47 (23.04%) Security Architecture
4 43 (21.08%) DevOps
5 42 (20.59%) Cybersecurity
6 41 (20.10%) Firewall
7 34 (16.67%) Public Sector
8 31 (15.20%) Intrusion Detection
9 30 (14.71%) Azure
10 27 (13.24%) WAN
11 26 (12.75%) Presales
12 24 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
13 23 (11.27%) LAN
14 21 (10.29%) Data Centre
15 17 (8.33%) AWS
15 17 (8.33%) Roadmaps
16 16 (7.84%) Telecoms
17 15 (7.35%) Degree
18 13 (6.37%) Social Skills
18 13 (6.37%) Problem-Solving
19 12 (5.88%) DHCP
19 12 (5.88%) DNS
20 11 (5.39%) SSL
20 11 (5.39%) Cisco
20 11 (5.39%) Linux
20 11 (5.39%) Migration
20 11 (5.39%) PKI
20 11 (5.39%) IT Strategy
20 11 (5.39%) Privileged Access Management
21 10 (4.90%) Technical Leadership

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 1 (0.49%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.49%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (0.98%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.49%) Maximo
2 1 (0.49%) Oracle AGIS
2 1 (0.49%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.49%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.49%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.49%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (0.49%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.49%) SAP MII
2 1 (0.49%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.49%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.49%) SAP PP
2 1 (0.49%) SAP QM
2 1 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 30 (14.71%) Azure
2 17 (8.33%) AWS
3 5 (2.45%) PaaS
4 4 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.47%) Azure Stack
5 3 (1.47%) IaaS
5 3 (1.47%) SaaS
6 2 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (0.98%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.98%) OCI
6 2 (0.98%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.49%) Azure API Management
7 1 (0.49%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.49%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (0.49%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.49%) GCP
7 1 (0.49%) Serverless
7 1 (0.49%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.49%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 41 (20.10%) Firewall
2 31 (15.20%) Intrusion Detection
3 27 (13.24%) WAN
4 23 (11.27%) LAN
5 12 (5.88%) DHCP
5 12 (5.88%) DNS
6 11 (5.39%) SSL
7 8 (3.92%) MPLS
8 6 (2.94%) VPN
9 5 (2.45%) BGP
9 5 (2.45%) Network Security
10 4 (1.96%) Internet
11 3 (1.47%) CATAPAN
11 3 (1.47%) IPv4
11 3 (1.47%) IPv6
11 3 (1.47%) OSPF
11 3 (1.47%) VLAN
12 2 (0.98%) Cisco Firepower
12 2 (0.98%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 2 (0.98%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.96%) Big Data
1 4 (1.96%) NoSQL
1 4 (1.96%) SQL Server
1 4 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (0.98%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.98%) Data Mining
3 2 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.98%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.98%) Power BI
4 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.49%) DTS
4 1 (0.49%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.49%) Redis
Development Applications
1 6 (2.94%) JIRA
2 4 (1.96%) Selenium
3 3 (1.47%) Cucumber
3 3 (1.47%) GitLab
3 3 (1.47%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.47%) REST Assured
3 3 (1.47%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.49%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.49%) Visual Studio
General
1 34 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 16 (7.84%) Telecoms
3 13 (6.37%) Social Skills
4 8 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (2.45%) Finance
5 5 (2.45%) Retail
6 3 (1.47%) Local Government
7 2 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.49%) French Language
8 1 (0.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.49%) Italian Language
8 1 (0.49%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.49%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.92%) Web Services
2 6 (2.94%) REST
3 4 (1.96%) ARM Templates
3 4 (1.96%) JSON
4 3 (1.47%) .NET
4 3 (1.47%) Java EE
4 3 (1.47%) OAuth
4 3 (1.47%) OpenID
5 2 (0.98%) SAML
6 1 (0.49%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.49%) JSON Schema
6 1 (0.49%) Playwright
6 1 (0.49%) RESTful
6 1 (0.49%) SOAP
6 1 (0.49%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.49%) WebSockets
6 1 (0.49%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.29%) Data Centre
2 11 (5.39%) PKI
3 10 (4.90%) Private Cloud
4 7 (3.43%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (1.96%) Cloud Native
6 2 (0.98%) CSOC
6 2 (0.98%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (0.98%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (0.98%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.49%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.49%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.49%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.49%) iPad
7 1 (0.49%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.49%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.49%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.49%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.49%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.49%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.39%) Linux
2 3 (1.47%) Windows
3 2 (0.98%) Oracle Linux
3 2 (0.98%) Solaris
3 2 (0.98%) VMS
4 1 (0.49%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (23.04%) Security Architecture
2 43 (21.08%) DevOps
3 42 (20.59%) Cybersecurity
4 26 (12.75%) Presales
5 24 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 17 (8.33%) Roadmaps
7 13 (6.37%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (5.39%) IT Strategy
8 11 (5.39%) Migration
8 11 (5.39%) Privileged Access Management
9 10 (4.90%) ITIL
9 10 (4.90%) Key Management
9 10 (4.90%) Network Architecture
9 10 (4.90%) Technical Leadership
10 8 (3.92%) Cryptography
10 8 (3.92%) Data Protection
10 8 (3.92%) Risk Management
11 7 (3.43%) Mentoring
12 6 (2.94%) Data Integration
12 6 (2.94%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.45%) SQL
2 3 (1.47%) C#
2 3 (1.47%) Java
3 2 (0.98%) ActionScript
3 2 (0.98%) Apex Code
4 1 (0.49%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.49%) Python
4 1 (0.49%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 115 (56.37%) Security Cleared
2 60 (29.41%) DV Cleared
3 15 (7.35%) Degree
4 7 (3.43%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.45%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.96%) CCNP
6 4 (1.96%) ISACA
7 3 (1.47%) CCDP
7 3 (1.47%) JNCIS
8 1 (0.49%) CCIE
8 1 (0.49%) CCNA
8 1 (0.49%) CISSP
8 1 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.49%) JNCIA
8 1 (0.49%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.45%) GDPR
1 5 (2.45%) QA
2 4 (1.96%) COBIT
2 4 (1.96%) NIST
3 1 (0.49%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.49%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.49%) NCSC
3 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (4.41%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.96%) Docker
3 3 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.98%) KVM
4 2 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (1.47%) Ansible
1 3 (1.47%) Docker Swarm
1 3 (1.47%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.47%) Podman
1 3 (1.47%) Terraform
2 2 (0.98%) Endace
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.49%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 11 (5.39%) Cisco
2 10 (4.90%) Microsoft
3 8 (3.92%) Juniper
4 7 (3.43%) Oracle
5 4 (1.96%) F5
5 4 (1.96%) SAP
6 3 (1.47%) Citrix
6 3 (1.47%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.47%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.47%) VMware
6 3 (1.47%) Workday
7 1 (0.49%) Ariba
7 1 (0.49%) Databricks
7 1 (0.49%) HP
7 1 (0.49%) IBM
7 1 (0.49%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.49%) NetApp
7 1 (0.49%) Nimble Storage
7 1 (0.49%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.49%) Sparx