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 16 October 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 50 79
Rank change year-on-year +17 +29 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 109 48 32
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 5.94% 3.87% 1.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.43% 4.27% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 29 14
10th Percentile £500 £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 £640 £600 £625
% change year-on-year +6.67% -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 1,695 1,123 1,486
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 90.49% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 986 735 803
10th Percentile £350 £300 £313
25th Percentile £450 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £508 £540
Median % change year-on-year +8.37% -6.02% +5.62%
75th Percentile £636 £600 £638
90th Percentile £738 £652 £692
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £505
% change year-on-year +5.00% -0.99% -0.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 45 64
10th Percentile £17.25 £14.75 £28.37
25th Percentile £30.00 £17.30 £53.86
Median hourly rate £77.00 £30.11 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +155.73% -51.04% -1.44%
75th Percentile £91.31 £65.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £104.00 £84.35 £99.25
South East median hourly rate £48.72 £23.00 £58.43
% change year-on-year +111.87% -60.65% +11.30%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 +11 68 £631 +14.77% 23
Wokingham -6 9 £513 -21.15%
Maidenhead - 5 £500 -
Windsor -1 2 £550 -4.35% 1
Bracknell -2 2 £625 +34.12% 6
Solutions Architect
South East

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 (27.52%) Security Cleared
2 28 (25.69%) Azure
2 28 (25.69%) SC Cleared
2 28 (25.69%) Stakeholder Management
3 22 (20.18%) Architecture Governance
4 19 (17.43%) ERP
5 18 (16.51%) Microsoft
6 17 (15.60%) Roadmaps
7 16 (14.68%) Cybersecurity
8 15 (13.76%) Migration
9 13 (11.93%) Enterprise Architecture
9 13 (11.93%) Technical Leadership
10 11 (10.09%) AWS
10 11 (10.09%) GCP
10 11 (10.09%) Integration Patterns
10 11 (10.09%) Oracle
10 11 (10.09%) SAP
11 10 (9.17%) Zero Trust
12 9 (8.26%) Analytics
12 9 (8.26%) Azure Certification
12 9 (8.26%) Event-Driven
12 9 (8.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 9 (8.26%) Vulnerability Management
13 8 (7.34%) Data Protection
13 8 (7.34%) Decision-Making
13 8 (7.34%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 8 (7.34%) Project Delivery
13 8 (7.34%) SaaS
14 7 (6.42%) Cisco
14 7 (6.42%) 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 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.92%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 7 (6.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (5.50%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.83%) Cognos Controller
3 2 (1.83%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (1.83%) SAP MDG
3 2 (1.83%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.92%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.92%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.92%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.92%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 28 (25.69%) Azure
2 11 (10.09%) AWS
2 11 (10.09%) GCP
3 8 (7.34%) SaaS
4 7 (6.42%) OCI
5 3 (2.75%) IaaS
5 3 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.75%) PaaS
6 2 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.92%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (0.92%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.92%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (0.92%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.92%) Salsify
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.42%) VoIP
2 6 (5.50%) Unified Communications
3 5 (4.59%) SD-WAN
3 5 (4.59%) WAN
4 4 (3.67%) Firewall
4 4 (3.67%) Internet
4 4 (3.67%) Radio Access Network
5 3 (2.75%) DNS
5 3 (2.75%) VPN
6 2 (1.83%) 4G
6 2 (1.83%) BGP
6 2 (1.83%) Broadband
6 2 (1.83%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (1.83%) LAN
6 2 (1.83%) Network Security
6 2 (1.83%) PBX
6 2 (1.83%) SMS
6 2 (1.83%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.83%) VoLTE
6 2 (1.83%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.92%) SAP BW
General
1 28 (25.69%) Retail
2 24 (22.02%) Social Skills
3 10 (9.17%) Finance
4 9 (8.26%) Telecoms
5 7 (6.42%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.59%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.75%) Billing
8 2 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.92%) Automotive
9 1 (0.92%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.92%) Legal
9 1 (0.92%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.50%) MACH
2 4 (3.67%) 802.1X
2 4 (3.67%) LDAP
2 4 (3.67%) Middleware
3 3 (2.75%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.84%) Operational Technology
2 8 (7.34%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (4.59%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (3.67%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.75%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.75%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.75%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.83%) IoT
6 2 (1.83%) SCADA
7 1 (0.92%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.92%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.92%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.92%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.92%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.92%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.83%) Linux
1 2 (1.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (25.69%) Stakeholder Management
2 22 (20.18%) Architecture Governance
3 19 (17.43%) ERP
4 17 (15.60%) Roadmaps
5 16 (14.68%) Cybersecurity
6 15 (13.76%) Migration
7 13 (11.93%) Enterprise Architecture
7 13 (11.93%) Technical Leadership
8 11 (10.09%) Integration Patterns
9 10 (9.17%) Zero Trust
10 9 (8.26%) Analytics
10 9 (8.26%) Event-Driven
10 9 (8.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 9 (8.26%) Vulnerability Management
11 8 (7.34%) Data Protection
11 8 (7.34%) Decision-Making
11 8 (7.34%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 8 (7.34%) Project Delivery
12 7 (6.42%) Data Governance
12 7 (6.42%) IT Strategy
Qualifications
1 30 (27.52%) Security Cleared
2 28 (25.69%) SC Cleared
3 9 (8.26%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.83%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.83%) Degree
4 2 (1.83%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.92%) CISSP
5 1 (0.92%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (0.92%) NVQ Level 4
5 1 (0.92%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (0.92%) Data Quality
1 1 (0.92%) GAAP
1 1 (0.92%) GDPR
1 1 (0.92%) IFRS
1 1 (0.92%) NCSC
1 1 (0.92%) NIST
1 1 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (3.67%) Active Directory
1 4 (3.67%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.83%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.67%) Cisco CUCM
1 4 (3.67%) FortiGate
2 2 (1.83%) Grafana
2 2 (1.83%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.83%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.92%) CASB
3 1 (0.92%) Rancher
3 1 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (16.51%) Microsoft
2 11 (10.09%) Oracle
2 11 (10.09%) SAP
3 7 (6.42%) Cisco
3 7 (6.42%) Salesforce
4 5 (4.59%) Google
4 5 (4.59%) VMware
5 4 (3.67%) CyberArk
5 4 (3.67%) Red Hat
6 3 (2.75%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.75%) Workday
7 2 (1.83%) Ariba
7 2 (1.83%) Cognos
7 2 (1.83%) Databricks
7 2 (1.83%) IBM
8 1 (0.92%) BMC
8 1 (0.92%) F5
8 1 (0.92%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.92%) Informatica
8 1 (0.92%) Remedy