Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Solution Architect
South East > Berkshire

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Berkshire is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 80 81
Rank change year-on-year +25 +1 -61
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 46 31 40
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 3.68% 1.91% 2.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.07% 2.10% 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 14 29
10th Percentile £460 £319 £605
25th Percentile £504 £525 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £675
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% -12.96% +3.85%
75th Percentile £625 £781 £700
90th Percentile £678 £800 £853
South East median daily rate £600 £625 £648
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.47% -0.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,131 1,473 1,653
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 90.81% 94.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 746 796 1,032
10th Percentile £296 £315 £221
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £538 £501
Median % change year-on-year -5.58% +7.34% +0.15%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £623
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £513
% change year-on-year -1.57% -0.88% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 60 69
10th Percentile £14.75 £29.97 £18.95
25th Percentile £16.48 £53.86 £48.40
Median hourly rate £28.50 £61.28 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year -53.49% -0.83% +23.58%
75th Percentile £64.38 £66.25 £72.33
90th Percentile £77.00 £100.00 £76.28
South East median hourly rate £20.73 £57.79 £51.90
% change year-on-year -64.13% +11.35% +62.64%

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 22 October 2025.

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 22 October 2025. 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 +31 22 £550 -26.67% 11
Wokingham - 12 £650 - 4
Bracknell - 5 £466 - 1
Windsor -6 2 £575 +4.55% 1
Slough - 1 - - 19
Solutions Architect
South East

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

For the 6 months to 22 October 2025, 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 21 (45.65%) Azure
2 14 (30.43%) Salesforce
3 12 (26.09%) AI
4 10 (21.74%) Agile
4 10 (21.74%) Roadmaps
5 8 (17.39%) Microsoft
5 8 (17.39%) OpenAI
6 7 (15.22%) AWS
6 7 (15.22%) Data Visualisation
6 7 (15.22%) Visualisation
7 6 (13.04%) Architectural Design
7 6 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (13.04%) Migration
7 6 (13.04%) Sentiment Analysis
7 6 (13.04%) Use Case
8 5 (10.87%) Dashboard Development
8 5 (10.87%) Decision-Making
8 5 (10.87%) Enterprise Architecture
8 5 (10.87%) Generative AI
8 5 (10.87%) Kalman Filter
8 5 (10.87%) Scrum
8 5 (10.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (10.87%) TOGAF
8 5 (10.87%) Virgin Media
9 4 (8.70%) Architecture Roadmap
9 4 (8.70%) Data Analysis
9 4 (8.70%) Data Integration
9 4 (8.70%) Data Migration
9 4 (8.70%) Data Modelling
9 4 (8.70%) GCP

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 3 (6.52%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.17%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (6.52%) SAP PM
2 2 (4.35%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (4.35%) SAP HR
3 1 (2.17%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (2.17%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 21 (45.65%) Azure
2 7 (15.22%) AWS
3 4 (8.70%) GCP
3 4 (8.70%) Serverless
4 3 (6.52%) Azure Functions
4 3 (6.52%) Azure Logic Apps
4 3 (6.52%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (6.52%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.52%) Snowflake
5 2 (4.35%) Azure API Management
5 2 (4.35%) Azure Event Grid
5 2 (4.35%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (4.35%) Azure Storage
5 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (4.35%) PaaS
5 2 (4.35%) Power Platform
5 2 (4.35%) SaaS
5 2 (4.35%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (2.17%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.52%) DWDM
2 2 (4.35%) IPsec
2 2 (4.35%) SDH
2 2 (4.35%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.17%) Network Security
3 1 (2.17%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.52%) Big Data
1 3 (6.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (4.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (8.70%) JIRA
2 2 (4.35%) Postman
2 2 (4.35%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (4.35%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (2.17%) Bitbucket
3 1 (2.17%) Git
General
1 13 (28.26%) Social Skills
2 7 (15.22%) Retail
2 7 (15.22%) Telecoms
3 5 (10.87%) Public Sector
4 4 (8.70%) Legal
5 3 (6.52%) Finance
5 3 (6.52%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.35%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.17%) Back Office
7 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.52%) Kafka
1 3 (6.52%) Lightning Web Components
1 3 (6.52%) Visualforce
2 2 (4.35%) .NET
2 2 (4.35%) .NET Core
2 2 (4.35%) RESTful
2 2 (4.35%) SAP PI
2 2 (4.35%) SOAP
2 2 (4.35%) Swagger
2 2 (4.35%) WSDL
2 2 (4.35%) XSLT
3 1 (2.17%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.17%) Middleware
3 1 (2.17%) OpenAPI
3 1 (2.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) Onboarding
2 3 (6.52%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.35%) Operational Technology
3 2 (4.35%) SCADA
4 1 (2.17%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.17%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.17%) EPoS
4 1 (2.17%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.17%) IoT
4 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.17%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (26.09%) AI
2 10 (21.74%) Agile
2 10 (21.74%) Roadmaps
3 7 (15.22%) Data Visualisation
3 7 (15.22%) Visualisation
4 6 (13.04%) Architectural Design
4 6 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (13.04%) Migration
4 6 (13.04%) Sentiment Analysis
4 6 (13.04%) Use Case
5 5 (10.87%) Dashboard Development
5 5 (10.87%) Decision-Making
5 5 (10.87%) Enterprise Architecture
5 5 (10.87%) Generative AI
5 5 (10.87%) Kalman Filter
5 5 (10.87%) Scrum
5 5 (10.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (10.87%) TOGAF
6 4 (8.70%) Data Integration
6 4 (8.70%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.52%) Apex Code
1 3 (6.52%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.35%) C#
3 1 (2.17%) Java
3 1 (2.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.17%) Azure Certification
2 1 (2.17%) Degree
2 1 (2.17%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.17%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.17%) PMO
1 1 (2.17%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (6.52%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.17%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.17%) VMware NSX
2 1 (2.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (2.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 14 (30.43%) Salesforce
2 8 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 8 (17.39%) OpenAI
3 5 (10.87%) Virgin Media
4 3 (6.52%) SAP
5 2 (4.35%) Cisco
5 2 (4.35%) Databricks
5 2 (4.35%) F5
5 2 (4.35%) IBM
5 2 (4.35%) Juniper
5 2 (4.35%) Nokia
5 2 (4.35%) Palo Alto
5 2 (4.35%) ServiceNow
5 2 (4.35%) Workday
6 1 (2.17%) Oracle
6 1 (2.17%) Palantir
6 1 (2.17%) VMware