Infrastructure Architect Contracts in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure Architect
South East > Thames Valley

The median Infrastructure Architect daily rate in the Thames Valley is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 116 128
Rank change year-on-year -1 +12 -9
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 23 30 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.85% 1.02% 1.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.91% 1.09% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 19 34
10th Percentile £556 £484 £513
25th Percentile £600 £506 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £570 £625
Median % change year-on-year +9.65% -8.80% +28.21%
75th Percentile £647 £688 £653
90th Percentile £677 £703 £673
South East median daily rate £675 £650 £625
% change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% +12.87%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,527 2,756 3,329
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 94.09% 95.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,441 1,906 2,270
10th Percentile £206 £313 £189
25th Percentile £369 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 77 101
10th Percentile £15.85 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.00 £12.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £45.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - +157.14% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.90 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £84.40 £79.19 £57.38
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.24 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.53% +129.71% -12.50%

Infrastructure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Architect in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Architect in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Architect in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Architect in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Architect in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure Architect within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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 -11 18 £625 -7.41% 2
Buckinghamshire +17 5 £563 +7.14% 1
Infrastructure Architect
South East

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure Architect in the job title.

1 18 (78.26%) Security Cleared
2 17 (73.91%) DV Cleared
3 12 (52.17%) Data Centre
4 9 (39.13%) Privileged Access Management
5 8 (34.78%) DHCP
5 8 (34.78%) DNS
5 8 (34.78%) Private Cloud
6 7 (30.43%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (21.74%) VMware
7 5 (21.74%) Public Sector
8 3 (13.04%) Local Government
8 3 (13.04%) Azure
8 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
9 2 (8.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (8.70%) SIEM
9 2 (8.70%) PKI
9 2 (8.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (8.70%) Load Balancing
9 2 (8.70%) SQL Server
9 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
9 2 (8.70%) SAN
9 2 (8.70%) Red Hat
9 2 (8.70%) Azure Stack
10 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (4.35%) Key Management
10 1 (4.35%) Technology Strategy
10 1 (4.35%) Citrix
10 1 (4.35%) SQL
10 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
10 1 (4.35%) Clustering

Infrastructure 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Azure
2 2 (8.70%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 8 (34.78%) DHCP
1 8 (34.78%) DNS
2 2 (8.70%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) SQL Server
1 2 (8.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (8.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 5 (21.74%) Public Sector
2 3 (13.04%) Local Government
3 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 12 (52.17%) Data Centre
2 8 (34.78%) Private Cloud
3 2 (8.70%) PKI
4 1 (4.35%) Clustering
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Privileged Access Management
2 7 (30.43%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (8.70%) Load Balancing
3 2 (8.70%) SIEM
4 1 (4.35%) Agile
4 1 (4.35%) High Availability
4 1 (4.35%) IT Strategy
4 1 (4.35%) Key Management
4 1 (4.35%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (4.35%) Presales
4 1 (4.35%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (78.26%) Security Cleared
2 17 (73.91%) DV Cleared
3 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) VMware
2 2 (8.70%) Red Hat
3 1 (4.35%) Citrix
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.35%) Veeam