Infrastructure Architect Contracts in Reading

Infrastructure Architect
Berkshire > Reading

The median Infrastructure Architect daily rate in Reading is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 87 73
Rank change year-on-year +29 -14 -3
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 2 4 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.34% 0.34% 1.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.36% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 9
10th Percentile - - £528
25th Percentile £613 - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £675
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -11.11% +8.00%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £700
90th Percentile - £666 £715
Berkshire median daily rate £575 £625 £675
% change year-on-year -8.00% -7.41% +8.00%

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 563 1,112 996
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 93.29% 95.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 632 664
10th Percentile £325 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% -3.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £651
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 51 24
10th Percentile - £35.00 £26.45
25th Percentile - £52.90 £51.48
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -5.23% +150.00%
75th Percentile £71.80 £74.66 £74.20
90th Percentile £75.03 £87.46 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.37 £59.50 £56.89
% change year-on-year +6.51% +4.60% +170.88%

Infrastructure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Architect in Reading

Infrastructure Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Architect in Reading

Infrastructure Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Architect in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Storage Management
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (50.00%) RBAC
2 1 (50.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) NGFW
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (50.00%) Network Load Balancing

Infrastructure 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) NGFW
1 1 (50.00%) SSL
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) SAML
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Network Load Balancing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) RBAC
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) MCSE
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) VMware