Architect Contracts in Reading

Architect
Berkshire > Reading

The median Architect daily rate in Reading is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 18 16
Rank change year-on-year -9 -2 -9
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 70 99 123
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 5.91% 9.57% 9.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.32% 10.01% 9.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 75 92
10th Percentile £433 £500 £498
25th Percentile £500 £550 £548
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £675 £615
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +9.76% +2.50%
75th Percentile £699 £725 £656
90th Percentile £721 £772 £676
Berkshire median daily rate £618 £650 £614
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.91% +6.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 0
10th Percentile £82.44 - -
25th Percentile - £53.50 -
Median hourly rate £87.46 £55.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +59.02% - -
75th Percentile £87.53 £56.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £87.46 £66.75 £80.40
% change year-on-year +31.03% -16.98% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,108 989 1,296
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.50% 95.65% 95.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 630 657 881
10th Percentile £213 £363 £176
25th Percentile £413 £455 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £622 £650 £595
90th Percentile £688 £721 £651
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -2.38% +7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 24 7
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.45 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £51.48 £17.63
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +150.00% -40.23%
75th Percentile £74.66 £74.20 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £60.00 £56.89 £21.00
% change year-on-year +5.48% +170.88% -2.33%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Reading

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Architect in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Architect in Reading

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Reading over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Reading

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Architect in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for Architect in Reading

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 Reading region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 36 (51.43%) Security Cleared
2 32 (45.71%) DV Cleared
3 30 (42.86%) Firewall
3 30 (42.86%) DevOps
4 25 (35.71%) Cybersecurity
5 24 (34.29%) Intrusion Detection
6 16 (22.86%) Security Architecture
6 16 (22.86%) Public Sector
7 12 (17.14%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (17.14%) Azure
8 8 (11.43%) ITIL
8 8 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (11.43%) Social Skills
8 8 (11.43%) Roadmaps
9 7 (10.00%) Data Centre
9 7 (10.00%) Risk Management
10 6 (8.57%) Decision-Making
11 5 (7.14%) Infrastructure as Code
11 5 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
11 5 (7.14%) Microsoft
11 5 (7.14%) SC Cleared
11 5 (7.14%) Retail
11 5 (7.14%) Project Planning
12 4 (5.71%) Continuous Integration
12 4 (5.71%) Network Security
12 4 (5.71%) REST
12 4 (5.71%) WAN
12 4 (5.71%) Oracle
12 4 (5.71%) Telecoms
12 4 (5.71%) Information Security

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.43%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (2.86%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.43%) Maximo
2 1 (1.43%) Oracle AGIS
2 1 (1.43%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (1.43%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (1.43%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.43%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.43%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (1.43%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.43%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (1.43%) SAP MII
2 1 (1.43%) SAP PM
2 1 (1.43%) SAP PP
2 1 (1.43%) SAP QM
2 1 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 12 (17.14%) Azure
2 3 (4.29%) AWS
3 2 (2.86%) OCI
3 2 (2.86%) PaaS
3 2 (2.86%) SaaS
4 1 (1.43%) Azure API Management
4 1 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.43%) Azure Functions
4 1 (1.43%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (1.43%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (1.43%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.43%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 30 (42.86%) Firewall
2 24 (34.29%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (5.71%) Network Security
3 4 (5.71%) WAN
4 3 (4.29%) LAN
5 2 (2.86%) MPLS
6 1 (1.43%) PBX
6 1 (1.43%) SDH
6 1 (1.43%) SSL
6 1 (1.43%) Unified Communications
6 1 (1.43%) VoIP
6 1 (1.43%) VPN
6 1 (1.43%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.86%) NoSQL
1 2 (2.86%) SQL Server
1 2 (2.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (4.29%) Cucumber
1 3 (4.29%) GitLab
1 3 (4.29%) Jenkins
1 3 (4.29%) JIRA
1 3 (4.29%) REST Assured
1 3 (4.29%) Selenium
1 3 (4.29%) SonarQube
2 1 (1.43%) Visual Studio
General
1 16 (22.86%) Public Sector
2 8 (11.43%) Social Skills
3 5 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (7.14%) Retail
4 4 (5.71%) Telecoms
5 3 (4.29%) Local Government
6 2 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.43%) Finance
7 1 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.43%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.71%) ARM Templates
1 4 (5.71%) REST
2 3 (4.29%) Java EE
2 3 (4.29%) OAuth
2 3 (4.29%) OpenID
3 2 (2.86%) JSON
3 2 (2.86%) SAML
4 1 (1.43%) .NET
4 1 (1.43%) JSON Schema
4 1 (1.43%) SOAP
4 1 (1.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.86%) CSOC
2 2 (2.86%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (2.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (1.43%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.43%) iPad
3 1 (1.43%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.43%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (42.86%) DevOps
2 25 (35.71%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (22.86%) Security Architecture
4 12 (17.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (11.43%) ITIL
5 8 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (11.43%) Roadmaps
6 7 (10.00%) Risk Management
7 6 (8.57%) Decision-Making
8 5 (7.14%) Infrastructure as Code
8 5 (7.14%) Project Planning
9 4 (5.71%) Application Security
9 4 (5.71%) Continuous Integration
9 4 (5.71%) Identity Access Management
9 4 (5.71%) Information Security
9 4 (5.71%) Technical Leadership
10 3 (4.29%) Capacity Management
10 3 (4.29%) Conflict Resolution
10 3 (4.29%) SIEM
10 3 (4.29%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.29%) Java
1 3 (4.29%) SQL
2 2 (2.86%) Apex Code
3 1 (1.43%) C#
3 1 (1.43%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 36 (51.43%) Security Cleared
2 32 (45.71%) DV Cleared
3 5 (7.14%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.29%) ISACA
5 2 (2.86%) Degree
6 1 (1.43%) CCIE
6 1 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.43%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.71%) GDPR
2 3 (4.29%) COBIT
2 3 (4.29%) NIST
3 1 (1.43%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.43%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (4.29%) Docker
2 1 (1.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (4.29%) Ansible
1 3 (4.29%) Docker Swarm
1 3 (4.29%) Kubernetes
1 3 (4.29%) Podman
1 3 (4.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.71%) Oracle
3 3 (4.29%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.86%) Cisco
4 2 (2.86%) Juniper
4 2 (2.86%) SAP
4 2 (2.86%) Workday
5 1 (1.43%) IBM
5 1 (1.43%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.43%) Sparx