Technical Architecture Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Technical Architecture
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Technical Architecture skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 86 117
Rank change year-on-year +7 +31 +1
Contract jobs citing Technical Architecture 13 20 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.12% 1.21% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 1.39% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 1
10th Percentile £452 £504 -
25th Percentile £454 £509 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £533 £675
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% -21.11% +8.00%
75th Percentile £550 £574 -
90th Percentile £607 £635 -
South East median daily rate £550 £538 £678
% change year-on-year +2.33% -20.72% +17.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 0
Median hourly rate - £61.60 -
South East median hourly rate - £61.60 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Technical Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,059 1,439 1,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 90.90% 87.21% 89.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 657 749 1,002
10th Percentile £325 £325 £280
25th Percentile £413 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £511 £520
% change year-on-year -2.07% -1.81% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 68 61
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.35 £18.50
25th Percentile £17.30 £42.79 £48.40
Median hourly rate £32.31 £61.28 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.27% +2.13% +23.08%
75th Percentile £58.00 £68.05 £72.33
90th Percentile £87.25 £79.72 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £21.39 £57.35 £53.94
% change year-on-year -62.70% +6.33% +69.02%

Technical Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Technical Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Architecture in Berkshire

Technical Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Technical Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Technical Architecture

Technical Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Architecture in Berkshire over the 6 months to 23 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Architecture in Berkshire

Technical Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Technical Architecture.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Technical Architecture

Technical Architecture
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 Architecture within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 23 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
Bracknell - 4 - -
Reading +9 3 £550 +3.29% 3
Windsor - 2 £454 -
Wokingham - 2 - -
Technical Architecture
South East

Technical Architecture
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (30.77%) Camunda
2 1 (7.69%) CMS
2 1 (7.69%) Drupal
2 1 (7.69%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Azure
2 4 (30.77%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (23.08%) Power Platform
4 2 (15.38%) AWS
4 2 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (15.38%) SaaS
5 1 (7.69%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) DNS
1 2 (15.38%) Firewall
1 2 (15.38%) Internet
1 2 (15.38%) Intranet
1 2 (15.38%) IPv6
1 2 (15.38%) LAN
1 2 (15.38%) Network Security
1 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
1 2 (15.38%) VPN
1 2 (15.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
1 4 (30.77%) Retail
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Billing
2 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Dynamics 365 Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Implementation Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Security Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) .NET
1 4 (30.77%) AngularJS
1 4 (30.77%) React
1 4 (30.77%) REST
2 3 (23.08%) Web Services
3 1 (7.69%) ATL
3 1 (7.69%) RESTful
3 1 (7.69%) Spring
3 1 (7.69%) Spring Boot
3 1 (7.69%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (15.38%) SCADA
2 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) DevOps
1 5 (38.46%) Microservices
1 5 (38.46%) Technical Leadership
2 4 (30.77%) Agile
2 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (30.77%) ERP
2 4 (30.77%) Migration
2 4 (30.77%) Process Management
2 4 (30.77%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (23.08%) BPMN
3 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Management
4 2 (15.38%) Business Process Mapping
4 2 (15.38%) Data Management
4 2 (15.38%) Data Migration
4 2 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (15.38%) Network Design
4 2 (15.38%) Network Segmentation
4 2 (15.38%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) SQL
1 4 (30.77%) X++
2 1 (7.69%) C#
2 1 (7.69%) Java
2 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) AWS Certification
1 1 (7.69%) CISM
1 1 (7.69%) CISSP
1 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft