Infrastructure Architect Contract Job Trends in Reading

Infrastructure Architect
Berkshire > Reading

The median Infrastructure Architect daily rate in Reading is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.18% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £584 - -
25th Percentile £588 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile £616 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £588 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -9.62% -7.14% +5.66%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,020 538 965
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.66% 90.88% 89.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 574 352 535
10th Percentile £400 £325 £324
25th Percentile £499 £443 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £525 £580
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -9.48% +7.01%
75th Percentile £650 £609 £650
90th Percentile £770 £650 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 158 20 30
10th Percentile £22.62 - £48.18
25th Percentile £41.25 £14.75 £56.56
Median hourly rate £80.55 £28.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +187.68% -54.55% -7.89%
75th Percentile £91.31 £57.50 £97.50
90th Percentile £104.15 £69.08 £100.00
Berkshire median hourly rate £74.30 £32.31 £61.60
% change year-on-year +129.96% -47.55% +2.67%

Infrastructure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Infrastructure Architect job vacancy trend in Reading

Infrastructure Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Architect job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Architect job vacancies in Reading

Infrastructure Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Architect job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Architect job vacancies in Reading

Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 7 October 2026, Infrastructure Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of 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%) Architecture Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (50.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) OCI
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (50.00%) VPN

Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 1 (50.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle