Technical Architect Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Technical Architect
South East > Berkshire

The median Technical Architect daily rate in Berkshire is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 113 113
Rank change year-on-year +18 0 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 1 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.086% 0.12% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% 0.13% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - £631
25th Percentile - - £653
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £520 £675
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% -22.96% +22.73%
75th Percentile - - £684
90th Percentile - - £688
South East median daily rate £688 £525 £678
% change year-on-year +30.95% -22.57% +23.27%

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 1,071 1,549 1,709
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.62% 91.06% 94.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 683 826 1,081
10th Percentile £313 £313 £280
25th Percentile £406 £425 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £661 £695 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 79 63
10th Percentile £14.75 £41.40 £17.70
25th Percentile £16.66 £56.39 £45.42
Median hourly rate £32.18 £61.80 £56.89
Median % change year-on-year -47.92% +8.63% +118.79%
75th Percentile £68.75 £76.20 £72.33
90th Percentile £87.28 £97.50 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.43 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.20% +14.85% +111.01%

Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured Technical Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Architect in Berkshire

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

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

Technical Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

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

Technical 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 Technical Architect within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 14 September 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 +30 1 £550 - 1
Technical Architect
South East

Technical Architect Skill Set
Top 5 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 14 September 2025, Technical Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Technical Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Defence

Technical Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture