Technical Architecture Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Technical Architecture
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 101 129
Rank change year-on-year -1 +28 +34
Contract jobs citing Technical Architecture 14 23 8
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.81% 1.07% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 1.23% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 3
10th Percentile £457 £505 £680
25th Percentile £463 £513 £688
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £700
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -22.86% +12.00%
75th Percentile £550 £625 -
90th Percentile £607 £655 -
South East median daily rate £500 £625 £678
% change year-on-year -20.00% -7.82% +8.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 0
Median hourly rate - £59.95 -
South East median hourly rate - £59.95 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Technical 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 1,566 1,865 2,395
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 90.26% 86.70% 90.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 975 1,063 1,603
10th Percentile £268 £300 £248
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £510
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% - +2.00%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 71 97
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.50 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.91 £27.00 £24.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £51.06
Median % change year-on-year -56.26% +12.62% +161.82%
75th Percentile £42.67 £62.85 £67.25
90th Percentile £74.70 £74.87 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £58.30 £52.50
% change year-on-year -64.48% +11.05% +48.05%

Technical Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Technical Architecture job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Technical Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Technical Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Architecture in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Architecture in the Thames Valley

Technical Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Technical 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 Technical Architecture within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 20 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 +9 14 £500 -6.10% 7
Technical Architecture
South East

Technical Architecture
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 4 (28.57%) Camunda
2 1 (7.14%) CMS
2 1 (7.14%) Drupal
2 1 (7.14%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) SAP MDG
1 2 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (14.29%) AWS
3 2 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 2 (14.29%) SaaS
4 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (7.14%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) DNS
1 2 (14.29%) Firewall
1 2 (14.29%) Internet
1 2 (14.29%) Intranet
1 2 (14.29%) IPv6
1 2 (14.29%) LAN
1 2 (14.29%) Network Security
1 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 2 (14.29%) VPN
1 2 (14.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) SAP HANA
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (28.57%) Retail
2 3 (21.43%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Billing
4 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Developer
2 3 (21.43%) Consultant
2 3 (21.43%) Dynamics 365 Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Architect
3 2 (14.29%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) SAP MDG Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Implementation Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Lead
4 1 (7.14%) Lead Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Security Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) AngularJS
1 4 (28.57%) React
1 4 (28.57%) REST
1 4 (28.57%) Web Services
2 3 (21.43%) .NET
3 2 (14.29%) BAPI
3 2 (14.29%) IDoc
3 2 (14.29%) SAP Basis
4 1 (7.14%) ATL
4 1 (7.14%) RESTful
4 1 (7.14%) Spring
4 1 (7.14%) Spring Boot
4 1 (7.14%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (14.29%) SCADA
2 1 (7.14%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Migration
2 5 (35.71%) ERP
2 5 (35.71%) Microservices
2 5 (35.71%) Technical Leadership
3 4 (28.57%) Agile
3 4 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (28.57%) Data Migration
3 4 (28.57%) DevOps
3 4 (28.57%) Process Management
3 4 (28.57%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (21.43%) Architectural Design
4 3 (21.43%) BPMN
4 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (14.29%) Business Process Mapping
5 2 (14.29%) Data Governance
5 2 (14.29%) Data Validation
5 2 (14.29%) Master Data Management
5 2 (14.29%) Network Design
5 2 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) SQL
1 3 (21.43%) X++
2 1 (7.14%) C#
2 1 (7.14%) Java
2 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) AWS Certification
1 1 (7.14%) CISM
1 1 (7.14%) CISSP
1 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
1 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) SAP