Architect Job Trends in Berkshire

Architect
South East > Berkshire

The median Architect salary in Berkshire is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 37 63
Rank change year-on-year +9 +26 -13
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 143 117 82
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 7.16% 6.74% 4.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.77% 8.02% 4.52%
Number of salaries quoted 27 79 62
10th Percentile £65,000 £69,150 £45,175
25th Percentile £85,000 £71,250 £58,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -
75th Percentile - £83,750 £87,188
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £94,625
South East median annual salary £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +9.68% -3.13% -3.03%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,841 1,458 1,816
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 84.03% 93.95%
Number of salaries quoted 919 762 1,312
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £30,038
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.62% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £71,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £93,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.71% +6.67% -4.55%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Architect job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Architect
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Berkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Berkshire

Architect
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Architect in Berkshire

Architect
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Maidenhead - 32 £120,000 -
Windsor -9 31 - -
Slough - 29 - - 31
Reading -2 13 £85,000 +6.25% 8
Bracknell +13 6 £65,000 -10.34%
Wokingham -1 3 - - 5
Architect
South East

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Architect 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 permanent job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 59 (41.26%) SAP
2 53 (37.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 52 (36.36%) Project Management
4 51 (35.66%) Source to Pay
5 49 (34.27%) Business Strategy
5 49 (34.27%) Risk Management
5 49 (34.27%) SAP MDG
6 45 (31.47%) Continuous Improvement
7 44 (30.77%) Roadmaps
8 42 (29.37%) Strategic Roadmap
9 40 (27.97%) Mentoring
10 39 (27.27%) Architectural Design
10 39 (27.27%) Data Science
10 39 (27.27%) GCP
11 37 (25.87%) Indirect Procurement
11 37 (25.87%) OpenText
11 37 (25.87%) OpenText VIM for SAP
12 23 (16.08%) Cost Optimisation
13 22 (15.38%) Cloud Security
13 22 (15.38%) Java
13 22 (15.38%) Kubernetes
13 22 (15.38%) Python
14 21 (14.69%) AWS
14 21 (14.69%) Data Integration
15 20 (13.99%) Analytics
15 20 (13.99%) Azure
15 20 (13.99%) BigQuery
15 20 (13.99%) Cost Management
15 20 (13.99%) Data Modelling
15 20 (13.99%) Go

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 5 (3.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 53 (37.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 49 (34.27%) SAP MDG
3 37 (25.87%) OpenText VIM for SAP
Cloud Services
1 39 (27.27%) GCP
2 21 (14.69%) AWS
3 20 (13.99%) Azure
4 5 (3.50%) SaaS
5 1 (0.70%) GitHub
5 1 (0.70%) IaaS
5 1 (0.70%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.50%) Firewall
2 1 (0.70%) 5G
2 1 (0.70%) DNS
2 1 (0.70%) MIMO
2 1 (0.70%) NGN
2 1 (0.70%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.70%) S/MIME
2 1 (0.70%) VPN
2 1 (0.70%) WAN
2 1 (0.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (13.99%) BigQuery
2 19 (13.29%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.40%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Git
1 1 (0.70%) Jenkins
General
1 62 (43.36%) Social Skills
2 55 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (29.37%) Marketing
4 39 (27.27%) Law
5 7 (4.90%) Finance
5 7 (4.90%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.40%) Banking
6 2 (1.40%) Games
7 1 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.70%) Retail
7 1 (0.70%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.40%) Node.js
1 2 (1.40%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 22 (15.38%) Cloud Native
2 5 (3.50%) PKI
3 1 (0.70%) Algorithms
3 1 (0.70%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.20%) Windows
2 5 (3.50%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.10%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (36.36%) Project Management
2 51 (35.66%) Source to Pay
3 49 (34.27%) Business Strategy
3 49 (34.27%) Risk Management
4 45 (31.47%) Continuous Improvement
5 44 (30.77%) Roadmaps
6 42 (29.37%) Strategic Roadmap
7 40 (27.97%) Mentoring
8 39 (27.27%) Architectural Design
8 39 (27.27%) Data Science
9 37 (25.87%) Indirect Procurement
10 23 (16.08%) Cost Optimisation
11 22 (15.38%) Cloud Security
12 21 (14.69%) Data Integration
13 20 (13.99%) Analytics
13 20 (13.99%) Cost Management
13 20 (13.99%) Data Modelling
13 20 (13.99%) Performance Optimisation
14 19 (13.29%) Data Pipeline
14 19 (13.29%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 22 (15.38%) Java
1 22 (15.38%) Python
2 20 (13.99%) Go
3 2 (1.40%) ABAP
4 1 (0.70%) Bash
4 1 (0.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (8.39%) Security Cleared
2 8 (5.59%) DV Cleared
3 3 (2.10%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.70%) CEH
4 1 (0.70%) CISM
4 1 (0.70%) CISSP
4 1 (0.70%) GIAC
4 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (13.29%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.70%) GDPR
2 1 (0.70%) HIPAA
2 1 (0.70%) NIST
2 1 (0.70%) NIST 800
2 1 (0.70%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.70%) QA
2 1 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (4.20%) VMware NSX
2 2 (1.40%) Docker
2 2 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (15.38%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.90%) Netcool
3 5 (3.50%) vRealize
4 2 (1.40%) Ansible
5 1 (0.70%) Argo
5 1 (0.70%) Netcool/OMNIbus
5 1 (0.70%) Terraform
5 1 (0.70%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 59 (41.26%) SAP
2 37 (25.87%) OpenText
3 20 (13.99%) Google
4 12 (8.39%) Ariba
5 6 (4.20%) VMware
6 2 (1.40%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.40%) Workday
7 1 (0.70%) Blue Prism
7 1 (0.70%) Cisco
7 1 (0.70%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.70%) IBM
7 1 (0.70%) Juniper
7 1 (0.70%) Microsoft
7 1 (0.70%) Pega
7 1 (0.70%) Pure Storage
7 1 (0.70%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.70%) Thales
7 1 (0.70%) UiPath