Software Architecture Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Software Architecture
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Software Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 82 95
Rank change year-on-year -42 +13 +19
Contract jobs citing Software Architecture 1 13 20
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.051% 1.09% 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.062% 1.17% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 10
10th Percentile - - £594
25th Percentile £563 £500 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £501 £650
Median % change year-on-year +14.89% -23.00% +6.12%
75th Percentile £588 £501 £688
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £505 £501 £650
% change year-on-year +0.90% -23.00% +13.04%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Software Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,617 1,107 1,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 82.75% 92.40% 85.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 990 681 794
10th Percentile £335 £350 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -7.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £638
90th Percentile £726 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% -0.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 40 78
10th Percentile £31.25 £14.75 £15.55
25th Percentile £71.00 £16.66 £41.25
Median hourly rate £83.50 £32.18 £60.83
Median % change year-on-year +159.48% -47.10% +6.94%
75th Percentile £88.00 £68.75 £70.39
90th Percentile £104.20 £87.64 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £21.41 £57.35
% change year-on-year +156.89% -62.67% +14.70%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Software Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Software Architecture job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Software Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Software Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Software Architecture

Software Architecture
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 Software Architecture within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 8 August 2026. 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 -33 1 £575 - 1
Software Architecture
South East

Software Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree