Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Solution Architect
South East > Berkshire

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Berkshire is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 55 77
Rank change year-on-year +9 +22 -22
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 77 39 47
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 4.25% 3.35% 2.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.71% 3.64% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 22 31
10th Percentile £500 £501 £400
25th Percentile £506 £566 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.54%
75th Percentile £738 £700 £663
90th Percentile £775 £821 £688
South East median daily rate £625 £630 £625
% change year-on-year -0.79% +0.80% -0.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £101.83 - -
25th Percentile £104.19 - -
Median hourly rate £110.75 - -
75th Percentile £114.69 - -
90th Percentile £115.48 - -
South East median hourly rate £105.50 - £92.37
% change year-on-year - - +17.67%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,636 1,072 1,783
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 92.10% 93.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,050 664 952
10th Percentile £303 £301 £226
25th Percentile £401 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £608
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £518 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 26 112
10th Percentile £25.91 £27.46 £18.55
25th Percentile £56.63 £43.88 £41.25
Median hourly rate £83.00 £63.37 £59.15
Median % change year-on-year +30.97% +7.14% +3.98%
75th Percentile £88.00 £76.77 £70.73
90th Percentile £105.65 £88.19 £86.86
South East median hourly rate £52.43 £32.05 £47.50
% change year-on-year +63.57% -32.53% -2.46%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Solutions Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Berkshire

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Berkshire over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in Berkshire

Solutions Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Berkshire

Solutions 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 Solutions Architect within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 21 May 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 -1 39 £625 -10.71% 10
Wokingham -11 21 £513 -18.00%
Bracknell -2 2 £625 +4.17%
Solutions Architect
South East

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 21 May 2026, Solutions Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 17 (22.08%) Azure
2 15 (19.48%) ERP
3 14 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (16.88%) Enterprise Architecture
5 12 (15.58%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (14.29%) Integration Patterns
6 11 (14.29%) Microsoft
7 10 (12.99%) DevOps
7 10 (12.99%) Roadmaps
8 9 (11.69%) SaaS
9 8 (10.39%) Architecture Governance
9 8 (10.39%) Zero Trust
10 7 (9.09%) AWS
10 7 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (9.09%) Oracle
10 7 (9.09%) Salesforce
10 7 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
11 6 (7.79%) Architectural Design
11 6 (7.79%) CI/CD
11 6 (7.79%) Containerisation
11 6 (7.79%) Decision-Making
11 6 (7.79%) Project Delivery
11 6 (7.79%) SAP
11 6 (7.79%) Security Cleared
11 6 (7.79%) TOGAF
12 5 (6.49%) Active Directory
12 5 (6.49%) Ansible
12 5 (6.49%) Cyber Resilience
12 5 (6.49%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 5 (6.49%) Entra ID

Solutions Architect Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.30%) ArcGIS
Business Applications
1 4 (5.19%) Workday HCM
2 3 (3.90%) Oracle Retail
3 2 (2.60%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (2.60%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.30%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (1.30%) SAP ERP
4 1 (1.30%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 17 (22.08%) Azure
2 9 (11.69%) SaaS
3 7 (9.09%) AWS
4 5 (6.49%) Entra ID
4 5 (6.49%) GCP
4 5 (6.49%) OpenShift
5 4 (5.19%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.30%) IaaS
7 1 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.30%) PaaS
7 1 (1.30%) Salsify
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.49%) SD-WAN
2 4 (5.19%) IPsec
2 4 (5.19%) MQTT
2 4 (5.19%) RFID
3 3 (3.90%) Network Security
4 2 (2.60%) MPLS
4 2 (2.60%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (1.30%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (1.30%) DMVPN
5 1 (1.30%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 1 (1.30%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 1 (1.30%) Firewall
5 1 (1.30%) LAN
5 1 (1.30%) TETRA
5 1 (1.30%) VoIP
5 1 (1.30%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.30%) GIS
Development Applications
1 5 (6.49%) Git
1 5 (6.49%) Jenkins
General
1 21 (27.27%) Retail
2 8 (10.39%) Finance
3 7 (9.09%) Social Skills
4 5 (6.49%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.60%) Aerospace
5 2 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.60%) Police
6 1 (1.30%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.30%) Automotive
6 1 (1.30%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.49%) Middleware
2 4 (5.19%) ADO
3 3 (3.90%) MACH
4 1 (1.30%) CSS
4 1 (1.30%) CSS3
4 1 (1.30%) HTML
4 1 (1.30%) HTML5
4 1 (1.30%) OAuth
4 1 (1.30%) REST
4 1 (1.30%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.58%) Operational Technology
2 6 (7.79%) Cloud Native
3 3 (3.90%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (3.90%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.60%) EPoS
4 2 (2.60%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.60%) SCADA
5 1 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.30%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.30%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.30%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.30%) Taxonomies
5 1 (1.30%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.49%) Linux
2 4 (5.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (19.48%) ERP
2 14 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (16.88%) Enterprise Architecture
4 12 (15.58%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (14.29%) Integration Patterns
6 10 (12.99%) DevOps
6 10 (12.99%) Roadmaps
7 8 (10.39%) Architecture Governance
7 8 (10.39%) Zero Trust
8 7 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
9 6 (7.79%) Architectural Design
9 6 (7.79%) CI/CD
9 6 (7.79%) Containerisation
9 6 (7.79%) Decision-Making
9 6 (7.79%) Project Delivery
9 6 (7.79%) TOGAF
10 5 (6.49%) Cyber Resilience
10 5 (6.49%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 5 (6.49%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.30%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.30%) Python
1 1 (1.30%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (7.79%) Security Cleared
2 5 (6.49%) RHCE
3 4 (5.19%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.90%) Azure Certification
4 3 (3.90%) Degree
5 1 (1.30%) CISSP
5 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.19%) NCSC
1 4 (5.19%) NIST
1 4 (5.19%) NIST 800
2 1 (1.30%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (6.49%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.19%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.30%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (6.49%) Ansible
1 5 (6.49%) Kubernetes
1 5 (6.49%) Terraform
2 2 (2.60%) MOM
3 1 (1.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.30%) Netcool
3 1 (1.30%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 11 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.09%) Oracle
2 7 (9.09%) Salesforce
3 6 (7.79%) SAP
4 5 (6.49%) Red Hat
5 4 (5.19%) BiZZdesign
5 4 (5.19%) Workday
6 2 (2.60%) Cisco
6 2 (2.60%) Remedy
7 1 (1.30%) Avaya
7 1 (1.30%) BMC
7 1 (1.30%) ESRI
7 1 (1.30%) F5
7 1 (1.30%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.30%) IBM
7 1 (1.30%) Informatica
7 1 (1.30%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.30%) Tenable
7 1 (1.30%) VMware