Architect Contracts in Berkshire

Architect
South East > Berkshire

The median Architect daily rate in Berkshire is £610 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 June 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
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 17 16
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 -8
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 189 174 218
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 9.81% 9.75% 9.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.51% 10.28% 9.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 123 153
10th Percentile £400 £500 £500
25th Percentile £500 £563 £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £663
90th Percentile £714 £775 £712
South East median daily rate £650 £650 £625
% change year-on-year - +4.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 5 1
10th Percentile - £60.67 -
25th Percentile £81.88 £71.42 -
Median hourly rate £87.46 £75.00 £80.40
Median % change year-on-year +16.61% -6.72% -
75th Percentile £87.53 £75.67 -
90th Percentile - £78.42 -
South East median hourly rate £87.46 £75.34 £59.00
% change year-on-year +16.09% +27.69% -15.11%

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 1,798 1,693 2,282
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.31% 94.90% 95.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 929 1,055 1,469
10th Percentile £243 £325 £213
25th Percentile £390 £417 £395
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 £701 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 59 37
10th Percentile £19.23 £17.42 £13.00
25th Percentile £42.00 £24.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £61.06 £64.68 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.59% +207.98% -2.33%
75th Percentile £76.12 £74.90 £34.89
90th Percentile £87.53 £79.40 £67.80
South East median hourly rate £48.20 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -3.60% +150.00% -20.00%

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 3 June 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Architect in Berkshire over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

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 3 June 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
Reading -16 81 £625 -3.85% 23
Bracknell +18 63 £500 -14.89%
Wokingham +2 7 £625 +13.64% 1
Newbury +5 5 £400 -38.46% 1
Windsor - 5 £613 -
Slough +8 4 £573 -8.40% 8
Architect
South East

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

For the 6 months to 3 June 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.

1 101 (53.44%) Security Cleared
2 52 (27.51%) DV Cleared
3 44 (23.28%) Security Architecture
4 42 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
4 42 (22.22%) DevOps
5 40 (21.16%) Firewall
6 32 (16.93%) Public Sector
7 31 (16.40%) Intrusion Detection
8 29 (15.34%) Azure
9 28 (14.81%) WAN
10 23 (12.17%) LAN
10 23 (12.17%) Stakeholder Management
11 18 (9.52%) Presales
12 17 (8.99%) Roadmaps
13 16 (8.47%) AWS
14 15 (7.94%) Telecoms
14 15 (7.94%) Data Centre
15 14 (7.41%) Social Skills
15 14 (7.41%) Degree
16 12 (6.35%) Migration
16 12 (6.35%) Problem-Solving
17 11 (5.82%) IT Strategy
17 11 (5.82%) Linux
17 11 (5.82%) SSL
17 11 (5.82%) Cisco
17 11 (5.82%) Analytical Skills
18 10 (5.29%) Network Architecture
18 10 (5.29%) Data Protection
18 10 (5.29%) SAP
18 10 (5.29%) ITIL

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 (0.53%) Apache
1 1 (0.53%) Apache Spark
1 1 (0.53%) Oracle Coherence
1 1 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (0.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.53%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 9 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.12%) SAP EWM
3 3 (1.59%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.59%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.53%) Maximo
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle AGIS
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.53%) SAP MII
4 1 (0.53%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.53%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.53%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.53%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 29 (15.34%) Azure
2 16 (8.47%) AWS
3 6 (3.17%) PaaS
4 5 (2.65%) IaaS
4 5 (2.65%) SaaS
5 3 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (1.59%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.06%) Azure Stack
6 2 (1.06%) OCI
7 1 (0.53%) Azure API Management
7 1 (0.53%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.53%) Azure Machine Learning
7 1 (0.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.53%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.53%) GCP
7 1 (0.53%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.53%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.53%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 40 (21.16%) Firewall
2 31 (16.40%) Intrusion Detection
3 28 (14.81%) WAN
4 23 (12.17%) LAN
5 11 (5.82%) SSL
6 9 (4.76%) MPLS
7 7 (3.70%) Network Security
8 6 (3.17%) DHCP
8 6 (3.17%) DNS
9 5 (2.65%) Internet
10 4 (2.12%) VPN
11 3 (1.59%) BGP
11 3 (1.59%) SD-WAN
12 2 (1.06%) Cisco Firepower
12 2 (1.06%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 2 (1.06%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 2 (1.06%) NetScaler
12 2 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
13 1 (0.53%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.12%) Big Data
2 3 (1.59%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.06%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.06%) Power BI
4 1 (0.53%) DTS
4 1 (0.53%) HDInsight
4 1 (0.53%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (2.65%) JIRA
2 4 (2.12%) Selenium
3 3 (1.59%) Cucumber
3 3 (1.59%) GitLab
3 3 (1.59%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.59%) REST Assured
3 3 (1.59%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.53%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.53%) Git
General
1 32 (16.93%) Public Sector
2 15 (7.94%) Telecoms
3 14 (7.41%) Social Skills
4 11 (5.82%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (2.65%) Finance
6 3 (1.59%) Billing
6 3 (1.59%) Local Government
6 3 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (1.59%) Retail
7 1 (0.53%) French Language
7 1 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.53%) Italian Language
7 1 (0.53%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.53%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.23%) Web Services
2 3 (1.59%) ARM Templates
2 3 (1.59%) Java EE
2 3 (1.59%) JSON
2 3 (1.59%) REST
3 2 (1.06%) OAuth
3 2 (1.06%) OpenID
3 2 (1.06%) SAML
3 2 (1.06%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.53%) Google JAX
4 1 (0.53%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.53%) J2EE
4 1 (0.53%) JSON Schema
4 1 (0.53%) Kafka
4 1 (0.53%) Playwright
4 1 (0.53%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.53%) RESTful
4 1 (0.53%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.94%) Data Centre
2 9 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
2 9 (4.76%) PKI
3 6 (3.17%) Private Cloud
4 3 (1.59%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.06%) CSOC
5 2 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (1.06%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (1.06%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.53%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.53%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.53%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.53%) IoT
6 1 (0.53%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.53%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.53%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.53%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.82%) Linux
2 3 (1.59%) Windows
3 2 (1.06%) Oracle Linux
3 2 (1.06%) Solaris
3 2 (1.06%) VMS
4 1 (0.53%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (23.28%) Security Architecture
2 42 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
2 42 (22.22%) DevOps
3 23 (12.17%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (9.52%) Presales
5 17 (8.99%) Roadmaps
6 12 (6.35%) Migration
6 12 (6.35%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (5.82%) IT Strategy
8 10 (5.29%) Data Protection
8 10 (5.29%) ITIL
8 10 (5.29%) Network Architecture
9 8 (4.23%) Cryptography
9 8 (4.23%) Key Management
9 8 (4.23%) Risk Management
10 7 (3.70%) Mentoring
10 7 (3.70%) Technical Leadership
11 6 (3.17%) Decision-Making
11 6 (3.17%) Enterprise Architecture
11 6 (3.17%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.12%) Java
2 3 (1.59%) Python
3 2 (1.06%) ActionScript
3 2 (1.06%) Apex Code
3 2 (1.06%) C
3 2 (1.06%) C++
4 1 (0.53%) R
4 1 (0.53%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 101 (53.44%) Security Cleared
2 52 (27.51%) DV Cleared
3 14 (7.41%) Degree
4 7 (3.70%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.12%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.12%) ISACA
6 2 (1.06%) CCIE
6 2 (1.06%) CCNP
6 2 (1.06%) CISSP
7 1 (0.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.53%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.53%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.53%) CCNA
7 1 (0.53%) CCSP
7 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.53%) JNCIA
7 1 (0.53%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.17%) GDPR
2 5 (2.65%) COBIT
2 5 (2.65%) NIST
2 5 (2.65%) QA
3 2 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.53%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.53%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.53%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (4.76%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.59%) Docker
4 2 (1.06%) KVM
4 2 (1.06%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (2.12%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.59%) Ansible
2 3 (1.59%) Docker Swarm
2 3 (1.59%) Podman
2 3 (1.59%) Terraform
3 2 (1.06%) Endace
4 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.53%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (5.82%) Cisco
2 10 (5.29%) SAP
3 8 (4.23%) Microsoft
3 8 (4.23%) Oracle
4 6 (3.17%) Juniper
5 4 (2.12%) F5
5 4 (2.12%) VMware
6 3 (1.59%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.06%) Databricks
7 2 (1.06%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.06%) Workday
8 1 (0.53%) Ariba
8 1 (0.53%) HP
8 1 (0.53%) IBM
8 1 (0.53%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.53%) NetApp
8 1 (0.53%) Nimble Storage
8 1 (0.53%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.53%) Sparx
8 1 (0.53%) Veritas