Senior Architect Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Senior Architect
South East > Thames Valley

The median Senior Architect daily rate in the Thames Valley is £688, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 104 110
Rank change year-on-year -12 +6 +50
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Architect 4 16 35
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.23% 0.74% 1.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.81% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 25
10th Percentile £631 £526 £476
25th Percentile £641 £560 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £691 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.54% +15.21% -6.25%
75th Percentile £741 £738 £700
90th Percentile £754 £739 £713
South East median daily rate £550 £725 £600
% change year-on-year -24.14% +20.83% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £72.01
25th Percentile - - £72.89
Median hourly rate - - £78.74
75th Percentile - - £84.36
90th Percentile - - £85.11
South East median hourly rate - - £78.74

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 1,547 1,982 2,574
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.73% 91.46% 94.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 982 1,122 1,730
10th Percentile £251 £256 £232
25th Percentile £380 £403 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £506
Median % change year-on-year -0.15% -0.94% +1.10%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £623
90th Percentile £653 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £510
% change year-on-year -0.99% -0.98% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 93 92
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.71 £26.00 £21.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £58.30 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.86% +16.60% +166.67%
75th Percentile £55.00 £66.00 £66.77
90th Percentile £87.50 £93.00 £75.63
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.49 £52.00
% change year-on-year -57.00% +12.48% +109.76%

Senior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Senior Architect job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Senior Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Architect job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Architect job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Senior Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Architect job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Architect job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Senior 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 Senior Architect within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 October 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 +12 4 £688 -5.17% 2
Senior Architect
South East

Senior Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 4 October 2025, Senior 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 Thames Valley region featuring Senior Architect in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (25.00%) SAP MDG
2 1 (25.00%) SAP MDG-S
2 1 (25.00%) Personalization
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (25.00%) Architecture Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) MACH
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Information Assurance
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Information Management
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Certification

Senior Architect Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP MDG
1 1 (25.00%) SAP MDG-S
1 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) MACH
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Architecture Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) EAM
2 1 (25.00%) Information Assurance
2 1 (25.00%) Information Management
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (25.00%) Personalization
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP