Architect Contracts in the Thames Valley

Architect
South East > Thames Valley

The median Architect daily rate in the Thames Valley 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 11 16 27
Rank change year-on-year +5 +11 -9
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 202 245 217
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.37% 9.12% 7.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.38% 9.78% 7.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 109 151
10th Percentile £480 £413 £481
25th Percentile £550 £525 £539
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.17%
75th Percentile £700 £675 £700
90th Percentile £743 £740 £750
South East median daily rate £625 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 19 2
10th Percentile £73.50 £81.86 £55.83
25th Percentile £75.00 £81.88 £59.31
Median hourly rate £79.50 £87.46 £66.75
Median % change year-on-year -9.10% +31.03% -16.98%
75th Percentile £84.50 £87.50 £74.31
90th Percentile £86.30 £87.53 £77.88
South East median hourly rate £82.00 £87.46 £70.00
% change year-on-year -6.24% +24.94% +18.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,405 2,505 2,767
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.98% 93.26% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 864 1,430 1,916
10th Percentile £300 £206 £313
25th Percentile £409 £370 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 189 76
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.78 £17.31
25th Percentile £16.94 £19.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £45.65 £45.00 £46.70
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% -3.64% +166.86%
75th Percentile £65.62 £62.50 £66.21
90th Percentile £77.47 £84.57 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the Thames Valley

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Architect in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Architect in the Thames Valley

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in the Thames Valley

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Architect in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Architect in the Thames Valley

Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Architect in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Architect in the Thames Valley

Architect
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +4 158 £625 +1.21% 106
Buckinghamshire +16 39 £608 -2.80% 66
Oxfordshire +2 5 £625 +11.11% 46
Architect
South East

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 1 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 Thames Valley region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 78 (38.61%) Security Cleared
2 56 (27.72%) Social Skills
3 54 (26.73%) Azure
4 48 (23.76%) Agile
5 45 (22.28%) Telecoms
5 45 (22.28%) Roadmaps
6 43 (21.29%) AWS
7 41 (20.30%) DV Cleared
8 40 (19.80%) SC Cleared
9 36 (17.82%) Public Sector
10 33 (16.34%) VMware
10 33 (16.34%) Active Directory
11 32 (15.84%) SAP
11 32 (15.84%) Finance
11 32 (15.84%) TOGAF
12 31 (15.35%) Windows
13 30 (14.85%) Microsoft
14 29 (14.36%) Business Intelligence
15 28 (13.86%) ITIL
16 27 (13.37%) Migration
16 27 (13.37%) PowerShell
17 26 (12.87%) VMware Infrastructure
17 26 (12.87%) SaaS
17 26 (12.87%) Microservices
18 25 (12.38%) Identity Access Management
18 25 (12.38%) Stakeholder Management
18 25 (12.38%) CI/CD
19 24 (11.88%) Test Automation
20 23 (11.39%) Enterprise Architecture
20 23 (11.39%) NIST

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 6 (2.97%) Confluence
2 4 (1.98%) Camunda
2 4 (1.98%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.99%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.99%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.50%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.50%) Documentum
4 1 (0.50%) SAS
4 1 (0.50%) Smallworld
Applications
1 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (3.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (1.98%) Oracle Retail
4 2 (0.99%) Avolution ABACUS
4 2 (0.99%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.50%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 54 (26.73%) Azure
2 43 (21.29%) AWS
3 26 (12.87%) SaaS
4 18 (8.91%) PaaS
5 12 (5.94%) IaaS
6 11 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (4.95%) Entra ID
8 9 (4.46%) GCP
9 6 (2.97%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.98%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (1.98%) Serverless
11 3 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.49%) OpenShift
11 3 (1.49%) Tricentis Tosca
12 2 (0.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 2 (0.99%) AWS Data Pipeline
12 2 (0.99%) AWS Fargate
12 2 (0.99%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (0.99%) Azure Stack
12 2 (0.99%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.93%) SD-WAN
2 12 (5.94%) VSAN
3 10 (4.95%) WAN
4 9 (4.46%) BGP
4 9 (4.46%) TCP/IP
5 8 (3.96%) Firewall
5 8 (3.96%) Network Security
5 8 (3.96%) NGFW
5 8 (3.96%) VPN
6 6 (2.97%) HTTP
6 6 (2.97%) MPLS
7 5 (2.48%) Cisco Nexus
7 5 (2.48%) DNS
7 5 (2.48%) OSPF
8 4 (1.98%) VLAN
8 4 (1.98%) VoIP
9 3 (1.49%) 3GPP
9 3 (1.49%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (1.49%) SSL
9 3 (1.49%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.96%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (2.97%) Big Data
3 4 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (1.49%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (1.49%) Power BI
4 3 (1.49%) SAP BW
5 2 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.99%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.99%) GIS
5 2 (0.99%) MySQL
5 2 (0.99%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.99%) Oracle Database 12c
5 2 (0.99%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.99%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.99%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (0.99%) Tableau
6 1 (0.50%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.50%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 6 (2.97%) ERwin
2 5 (2.48%) PowerDesigner
3 2 (0.99%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.99%) JIRA
3 2 (0.99%) Terragrunt
General
1 56 (27.72%) Social Skills
2 45 (22.28%) Telecoms
3 36 (17.82%) Public Sector
4 32 (15.84%) Finance
5 22 (10.89%) Electronics
5 22 (10.89%) Manufacturing
5 22 (10.89%) Marketing
6 13 (6.44%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (4.46%) Retail
8 7 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.49%) Back Office
10 3 (1.49%) Billing
10 3 (1.49%) Legal
11 2 (0.99%) Automotive
11 2 (0.99%) Banking
11 2 (0.99%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.99%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.50%) Law
12 1 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.47%) REST
1 7 (3.47%) SAML
2 6 (2.97%) Kafka
2 6 (2.97%) XML
3 4 (1.98%) Ajax
3 4 (1.98%) CSS
3 4 (1.98%) HTML
3 4 (1.98%) SOAP
3 4 (1.98%) Web Services
4 3 (1.49%) AngularJS
4 3 (1.49%) Apache Axis
4 3 (1.49%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (1.49%) Middleware
4 3 (1.49%) OAuth
4 3 (1.49%) OpenID
5 2 (0.99%) Keycloak
5 2 (0.99%) OpenJDK
5 2 (0.99%) PostGIS
5 2 (0.99%) RESTful
5 2 (0.99%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.40%) Hybrid Cloud
2 13 (6.44%) PKI
3 11 (5.45%) Public Cloud
4 9 (4.46%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (3.96%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.97%) CMDB
6 6 (2.97%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.48%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.48%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.48%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.98%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.49%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.49%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.99%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (0.99%) Infotainment
10 2 (0.99%) Reference Data
10 2 (0.99%) SCADA
10 2 (0.99%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 31 (15.35%) Windows
2 8 (3.96%) Linux
3 6 (2.97%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.49%) Unix
5 2 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.99%) VMS
5 2 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (23.76%) Agile
2 45 (22.28%) Roadmaps
3 32 (15.84%) TOGAF
4 29 (14.36%) Business Intelligence
5 28 (13.86%) ITIL
6 27 (13.37%) Migration
7 26 (12.87%) Microservices
8 25 (12.38%) CI/CD
8 25 (12.38%) Identity Access Management
8 25 (12.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 24 (11.88%) Test Automation
10 23 (11.39%) Enterprise Architecture
11 22 (10.89%) Digital Marketing
11 22 (10.89%) Programme Management
12 20 (9.90%) DevSecOps
12 20 (9.90%) IT Strategy
13 19 (9.41%) Problem-Solving
14 17 (8.42%) Decision-Making
15 15 (7.43%) Continuous Integration
15 15 (7.43%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 27 (13.37%) PowerShell
2 10 (4.95%) SQL
3 9 (4.46%) Python
4 8 (3.96%) Java
5 7 (3.47%) C#
6 4 (1.98%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.49%) ABAP
7 3 (1.49%) Apex Code
7 3 (1.49%) Bash
8 2 (0.99%) Ruby
9 1 (0.50%) Magik
9 1 (0.50%) Perl
9 1 (0.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 78 (38.61%) Security Cleared
2 41 (20.30%) DV Cleared
3 40 (19.80%) SC Cleared
4 17 (8.42%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (7.92%) MCSE
6 13 (6.44%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (5.94%) CCNP
8 11 (5.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 10 (4.95%) CISSP
10 7 (3.47%) Degree
11 5 (2.48%) CISM
12 3 (1.49%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (1.49%) Azure Certification
12 3 (1.49%) CCNA
12 3 (1.49%) CEH
12 3 (1.49%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (1.49%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.99%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (11.39%) NIST
2 20 (9.90%) NCSC
3 14 (6.93%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (3.96%) Data Quality
4 8 (3.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (3.47%) GDPR
6 2 (0.99%) COBIT
6 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.50%) GRC
7 1 (0.50%) HIPAA
System Software
1 33 (16.34%) Active Directory
2 26 (12.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (7.43%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.99%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.50%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.50%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.50%) NFS
6 1 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (2.48%) Kubernetes
1 5 (2.48%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (1.98%) Terraform
3 3 (1.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.99%) Data Guard
4 2 (0.99%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.50%) CASB
5 1 (0.50%) vRealize
5 1 (0.50%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 33 (16.34%) VMware
2 32 (15.84%) SAP
3 30 (14.85%) Microsoft
4 22 (10.89%) Cisco
5 14 (6.93%) Palo Alto
6 10 (4.95%) Salesforce
7 9 (4.46%) Oracle
7 9 (4.46%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.97%) Sparx
9 5 (2.48%) Google
9 5 (2.48%) OpenAI
10 3 (1.49%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.99%) IBM
11 2 (0.99%) Meraki
11 2 (0.99%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.99%) Splunk
12 1 (0.50%) Dell
12 1 (0.50%) Forcepoint
12 1 (0.50%) HP
12 1 (0.50%) Juniper