Product Architect Contract Job Trends in Reading

Product Architect
Berkshire > Reading

The median Product Architect daily rate in Reading is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025.

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

 6 months to
1 Oct 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Product Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.17% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £350 - -

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 546 969 1,028
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.85% 88.82% 93.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 353 532 695
10th Percentile £325 £341 £267
25th Percentile £425 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £580 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +5.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £638
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 32 15
10th Percentile - £48.26 £49.90
25th Percentile £14.75 £57.19 £60.25
Median hourly rate £24.13 £62.38 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.32% -5.49% +24.53%
75th Percentile £53.13 £97.50 £74.40
90th Percentile £68.75 £100.00 £75.15
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.05 £61.60 £56.89
% change year-on-year -47.97% +8.29% +16.69%

Product Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Architect in Reading

Product Architect Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 1 October 2025, Product 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 Product Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer

Product Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills and 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
10 Product Architect jobs Nationwide