Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Solution Architect
South East > Berkshire

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Berkshire is £638, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 51 79
Rank change year-on-year +17 +28 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 108 48 31
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 5.90% 3.87% 1.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.38% 4.28% 2.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 29 14
10th Percentile £496 £462 £319
25th Percentile £525 £506 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year +15.91% -6.38% -9.62%
75th Percentile £738 £625 £781
90th Percentile - £678 £800
South East median daily rate £638 £600 £625
% change year-on-year +6.25% -4.00% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £93.95 - -
25th Percentile £98.00 - -
Median hourly rate £110.75 - -
75th Percentile £116.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £110.75 - £92.19
% change year-on-year - - +22.91%

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 1,692 1,121 1,485
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 90.40% 90.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 984 734 798
10th Percentile £350 £300 £313
25th Percentile £450 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -7.41% +5.62%
75th Percentile £630 £600 £638
90th Percentile £738 £653 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £505
% change year-on-year +5.00% -0.99% -0.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 210 44 64
10th Percentile £17.21 £14.75 £28.37
25th Percentile £30.00 £17.04 £53.86
Median hourly rate £76.25 £31.21 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +144.31% -49.25% -1.44%
75th Percentile £91.31 £65.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £104.00 £85.08 £99.25
South East median hourly rate £48.46 £23.50 £58.49
% change year-on-year +106.19% -59.82% +11.41%

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 15 October 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Solutions Architect in Berkshire over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Solutions Architect 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 15 October 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 +9 67 £625 +13.64% 7
Wokingham -6 9 £513 -21.15%
Maidenhead - 5 £500 -
Windsor -1 2 £550 -4.35% 1
Bracknell -2 2 £625 +34.12%
Solutions Architect
South East

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

For the 6 months to 15 October 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 30 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 28 (25.93%) Azure
2 28 (25.93%) SC Cleared
2 28 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 21 (19.44%) Architecture Governance
4 19 (17.59%) ERP
5 18 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 16 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
6 16 (14.81%) Roadmaps
7 15 (13.89%) Migration
8 13 (12.04%) Enterprise Architecture
8 13 (12.04%) Technical Leadership
9 11 (10.19%) AWS
9 11 (10.19%) GCP
9 11 (10.19%) Integration Patterns
9 11 (10.19%) Oracle
9 11 (10.19%) SAP
10 10 (9.26%) Zero Trust
11 9 (8.33%) Analytics
11 9 (8.33%) Azure Certification
11 9 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 9 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
12 8 (7.41%) Data Protection
12 8 (7.41%) Decision-Making
12 8 (7.41%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 8 (7.41%) Event-Driven
12 8 (7.41%) Project Delivery
12 8 (7.41%) SaaS
13 7 (6.48%) Cisco
13 7 (6.48%) Data Governance

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 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.93%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 7 (6.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (5.56%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.85%) Cognos Controller
3 2 (1.85%) SAP MDG
3 2 (1.85%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.93%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.93%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.93%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 28 (25.93%) Azure
2 11 (10.19%) AWS
2 11 (10.19%) GCP
3 8 (7.41%) SaaS
4 7 (6.48%) OCI
5 3 (2.78%) IaaS
5 3 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.78%) PaaS
6 2 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.93%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (0.93%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.93%) Salsify
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.48%) VoIP
2 6 (5.56%) Unified Communications
3 5 (4.63%) SD-WAN
3 5 (4.63%) WAN
4 4 (3.70%) Firewall
4 4 (3.70%) Internet
4 4 (3.70%) Radio Access Network
5 3 (2.78%) DNS
5 3 (2.78%) VPN
6 2 (1.85%) 4G
6 2 (1.85%) 5G
6 2 (1.85%) Broadband
6 2 (1.85%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (1.85%) LAN
6 2 (1.85%) Network Security
6 2 (1.85%) PBX
6 2 (1.85%) SMS
6 2 (1.85%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.85%) VoLTE
6 2 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.93%) SAP BW
General
1 27 (25.00%) Retail
2 23 (21.30%) Social Skills
3 10 (9.26%) Finance
4 9 (8.33%) Telecoms
5 7 (6.48%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.63%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.78%) Billing
8 2 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.93%) Automotive
9 1 (0.93%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.93%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.56%) MACH
2 4 (3.70%) 802.1X
2 4 (3.70%) LDAP
2 4 (3.70%) Middleware
3 3 (2.78%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.96%) Operational Technology
2 8 (7.41%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (4.63%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (3.70%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.78%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.78%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.85%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.85%) IoT
6 2 (1.85%) SCADA
7 1 (0.93%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.93%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.93%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.93%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.93%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.93%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.85%) Linux
1 2 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
2 21 (19.44%) Architecture Governance
3 19 (17.59%) ERP
4 16 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (14.81%) Roadmaps
5 15 (13.89%) Migration
6 13 (12.04%) Enterprise Architecture
6 13 (12.04%) Technical Leadership
7 11 (10.19%) Integration Patterns
8 10 (9.26%) Zero Trust
9 9 (8.33%) Analytics
9 9 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 9 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
10 8 (7.41%) Data Protection
10 8 (7.41%) Decision-Making
10 8 (7.41%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 8 (7.41%) Event-Driven
10 8 (7.41%) Project Delivery
11 7 (6.48%) Data Governance
11 7 (6.48%) IT Strategy
Qualifications
1 30 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 28 (25.93%) SC Cleared
3 9 (8.33%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.85%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.85%) Degree
4 2 (1.85%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.93%) CISSP
5 1 (0.93%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (0.93%) NVQ Level 4
5 1 (0.93%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (0.93%) Data Quality
1 1 (0.93%) GAAP
1 1 (0.93%) GDPR
1 1 (0.93%) IFRS
1 1 (0.93%) NCSC
1 1 (0.93%) NIST
1 1 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (3.70%) Active Directory
1 4 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.85%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.70%) Cisco CUCM
1 4 (3.70%) FortiGate
2 2 (1.85%) Grafana
2 2 (1.85%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.85%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.93%) CASB
3 1 (0.93%) Rancher
3 1 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 11 (10.19%) Oracle
2 11 (10.19%) SAP
3 7 (6.48%) Cisco
4 6 (5.56%) Salesforce
5 5 (4.63%) Google
5 5 (4.63%) VMware
6 4 (3.70%) CyberArk
6 4 (3.70%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.78%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.78%) Workday
8 2 (1.85%) Ariba
8 2 (1.85%) Cognos
8 2 (1.85%) IBM
9 1 (0.93%) BMC
9 1 (0.93%) Databricks
9 1 (0.93%) F5
9 1 (0.93%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.93%) Informatica
9 1 (0.93%) Remedy