Architecture Roadmap Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Architecture Roadmaps
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Architecture Roadmap skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 107 -
Rank change year-on-year -18 - -
Contract jobs citing Architecture Roadmap 4 11 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.19% 0.56% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.62% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 11 0
10th Percentile £563 £575 -
25th Percentile £563 £584 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £579 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.54% - -
75th Percentile £596 £675 -
90th Percentile £598 - -
South East median daily rate £583 £600 £659
% change year-on-year -2.92% -8.92% +14.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Architecture Roadmap falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,833 1,766 2,257
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.37% 89.33% 91.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,202 1,040 1,463
10th Percentile £263 £265 £213
25th Percentile £400 £409 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £613
90th Percentile £650 £676 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.44% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 51 101
10th Percentile £15.29 £19.30 £19.25
25th Percentile £17.88 £30.50 £25.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.68% +13.49% +138.10%
75th Percentile £58.00 £63.00 £64.50
90th Percentile £89.63 £67.00 £72.33
South East median hourly rate £22.27 £47.51 £54.39
% change year-on-year -53.14% -12.64% +45.03%

Architecture Roadmap
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Architecture Roadmap relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Architecture Roadmap job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Architecture Roadmap
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Architecture Roadmap.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Architecture Roadmap

Architecture Roadmap
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Architecture Roadmap.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Architecture Roadmap

Architecture Roadmap
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 Architecture Roadmap within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 20 December 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 -2 4 £579 -15.05% 2
Architecture Roadmap
South East

Architecture Roadmap
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
3 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (25.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (50.00%) Retail
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Dynamics 365 Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Data Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Data Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Data Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Master Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle