Computer Architecture Contracts in the Thames Valley

Computer Architecture
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Computer Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Computer Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 - 148
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Computer Architecture 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.066% - 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.071% - 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £800
South East median daily rate - - £800
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £14.30 - -
South East median hourly rate £14.30 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Computer Architecture 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 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Computer Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Computer Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Architecture in the Thames Valley

Computer Architecture
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 Computer Architecture 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 - 1 - - 2
Computer Architecture
South East

Computer Architecture
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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Trainee
1 1 (100.00%) Trainee Technician
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft