Architect Contracts in Reading

Architect
Berkshire > Reading

The median Architect daily rate in Reading is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 May 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 28 14
Rank change year-on-year +19 -14 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 74 78 111
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 13.58% 6.59% 10.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.51% 7.12% 11.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 27 87
10th Percentile £510 £443 £500
25th Percentile £600 £538 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £700 £699 £700
90th Percentile £825 £719 £769
Berkshire median daily rate £600 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 1
10th Percentile - £83.00 -
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 £79.50 £87.46 £66.75
% change year-on-year -9.10% +31.03% -16.98%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 510 1,095 981
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.58% 92.56% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 618 650
10th Percentile £333 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £414 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £501 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.34% -2.38% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 54 23
10th Percentile £54.38 £37.10 £45.50
25th Percentile £67.19 £52.90 £58.32
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -6.67% +135.71%
75th Percentile - £85.34 £75.27
90th Percentile £73.60 £87.53 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.75 £60.60 £58.75
% change year-on-year +5.19% +3.15% +179.76%

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 29 May 2025.

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 29 May 2025, 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 41 (55.41%) Security Cleared
2 34 (45.95%) DV Cleared
3 30 (40.54%) SAP
4 29 (39.19%) Telecoms
5 27 (36.49%) Agile
6 26 (35.14%) Public Sector
7 25 (33.78%) Business Intelligence
7 25 (33.78%) Active Directory
8 24 (32.43%) Finance
9 23 (31.08%) Windows
9 23 (31.08%) Identity Access Management
10 22 (29.73%) Electronics
10 22 (29.73%) Manufacturing
10 22 (29.73%) Programme Management
10 22 (29.73%) Test Automation
10 22 (29.73%) PowerShell
10 22 (29.73%) Marketing
10 22 (29.73%) Digital Marketing
11 14 (18.92%) Social Skills
12 11 (14.86%) Roadmaps
13 10 (13.51%) Azure
14 9 (12.16%) SC Cleared
15 7 (9.46%) Artificial Intelligence
15 7 (9.46%) Decision-Making
15 7 (9.46%) SAP S/4HANA
16 6 (8.11%) Problem-Solving
16 6 (8.11%) Microsoft
17 5 (6.76%) ITIL
17 5 (6.76%) Migration
17 5 (6.76%) Stakeholder Management

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.05%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.35%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.35%) ArcGIS
2 1 (1.35%) Documentum
2 1 (1.35%) Oracle Spatial
2 1 (1.35%) Smallworld
Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (9.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.35%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 10 (13.51%) Azure
2 5 (6.76%) AWS
3 3 (4.05%) GCP
3 3 (4.05%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.70%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.70%) SaaS
4 2 (2.70%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.35%) IaaS
5 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.35%) PaaS
5 1 (1.35%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.35%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.35%) 4G
1 1 (1.35%) 5G
1 1 (1.35%) Converged Networks
1 1 (1.35%) DOCSIS
1 1 (1.35%) Firewall
1 1 (1.35%) GPON
1 1 (1.35%) LTE
1 1 (1.35%) MPLS
1 1 (1.35%) Network Security
1 1 (1.35%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (1.35%) Unified Communications
1 1 (1.35%) VoIP
1 1 (1.35%) VPN
1 1 (1.35%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.05%) BusinessObjects
1 3 (4.05%) SAP BW
2 2 (2.70%) Big Data
2 2 (2.70%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (1.35%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.35%) GIS
3 1 (1.35%) Power BI
3 1 (1.35%) Spatial Data
3 1 (1.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.35%) ERwin
General
1 29 (39.19%) Telecoms
2 26 (35.14%) Public Sector
3 24 (32.43%) Finance
4 22 (29.73%) Electronics
4 22 (29.73%) Manufacturing
4 22 (29.73%) Marketing
5 14 (18.92%) Social Skills
6 3 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.05%) Retail
7 2 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.70%) Legal
8 1 (1.35%) Back Office
8 1 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.05%) Middleware
2 2 (2.70%) Kafka
3 1 (1.35%) Apache Axis
3 1 (1.35%) OAuth
3 1 (1.35%) OpenID
3 1 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.35%) PostGIS
3 1 (1.35%) SAML
3 1 (1.35%) SPML
3 1 (1.35%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.70%) CMDB
1 2 (2.70%) Data Centre
1 2 (2.70%) EPoS
1 2 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (2.70%) Management Information System
1 2 (2.70%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.35%) Cloud Native
2 1 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.35%) Data Structures
2 1 (1.35%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.35%) Tandem
2 1 (1.35%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 23 (31.08%) Windows
2 2 (2.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (36.49%) Agile
2 25 (33.78%) Business Intelligence
3 23 (31.08%) Identity Access Management
4 22 (29.73%) Digital Marketing
4 22 (29.73%) Programme Management
4 22 (29.73%) Test Automation
5 11 (14.86%) Roadmaps
6 7 (9.46%) Artificial Intelligence
6 7 (9.46%) Decision-Making
7 6 (8.11%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (6.76%) Enterprise Architecture
8 5 (6.76%) ITIL
8 5 (6.76%) Migration
8 5 (6.76%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (6.76%) TOGAF
9 4 (5.41%) Cloud Security
9 4 (5.41%) Machine Learning
9 4 (5.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (5.41%) Thought Leadership
9 4 (5.41%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 22 (29.73%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.05%) ABAP
3 1 (1.35%) C#
3 1 (1.35%) Java
3 1 (1.35%) Magik
3 1 (1.35%) Python
3 1 (1.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (55.41%) Security Cleared
2 34 (45.95%) DV Cleared
3 9 (12.16%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.70%) Degree
4 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.35%) CISSP
5 1 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.35%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.35%) MCSE
5 1 (1.35%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.05%) NIST
2 1 (1.35%) COBIT
2 1 (1.35%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.35%) GDPR
2 1 (1.35%) GRC
2 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 25 (33.78%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (4.05%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 30 (40.54%) SAP
2 6 (8.11%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.05%) CyberArk
3 3 (4.05%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.70%) OpenAI
4 2 (2.70%) Oracle
4 2 (2.70%) Qualys
4 2 (2.70%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.35%) BT
5 1 (1.35%) Databricks
5 1 (1.35%) DocuSign
5 1 (1.35%) ESRI
5 1 (1.35%) Google
5 1 (1.35%) Hyland
5 1 (1.35%) Openreach
5 1 (1.35%) OpenText
5 1 (1.35%) Splunk
5 1 (1.35%) Virgin Media
5 1 (1.35%) VMware