Architect Job Trends in Berkshire

Architect
South East > Berkshire

The median Architect salary in Berkshire is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 October 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 32 77
Rank change year-on-year -1 +45 -21
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 140 148 69
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 7.51% 6.78% 3.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.05% 7.08% 3.90%
Number of salaries quoted 31 83 47
10th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £63,875 £71,250 £70,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £77,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% -8.82% +21.43%
75th Percentile £84,375 £83,750 £90,625
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £100,000
South East median annual salary £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year - -8.82% +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 1,739 2,089 1,767
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 95.69% 93.20%
Number of salaries quoted 777 1,116 1,178
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,982 £45,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £54,763
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +9.56% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

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 28 October 2025.

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 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Windsor -8 31 - - 1
Maidenhead -9 31 - -
Slough - 29 - - 72
Reading -7 27 £85,000 +6.25% 15
Bracknell +23 11 £65,000 -10.34% 1
Ascot +3 7 £82,500 -
Wokingham 0 1 - - 4
Architect
South East

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

For the 6 months to 28 October 2025, 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 (42.14%) Risk Management
2 56 (40.00%) SAP
3 55 (39.29%) Mentoring
4 52 (37.14%) Project Management
4 52 (37.14%) SAP S/4HANA
5 51 (36.43%) Source to Pay
6 49 (35.00%) Business Strategy
6 49 (35.00%) SAP MDG
7 45 (32.14%) Azure
7 45 (32.14%) Roadmaps
8 42 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 42 (30.00%) GCP
8 42 (30.00%) Strategic Roadmap
9 39 (27.86%) Architectural Design
9 39 (27.86%) Data Science
10 37 (26.43%) Indirect Procurement
10 37 (26.43%) OpenText
10 37 (26.43%) OpenText VIM for SAP
11 29 (20.71%) Performance Optimisation
12 28 (20.00%) Data Governance
13 25 (17.86%) AWS
14 24 (17.14%) Cost Optimisation
15 23 (16.43%) Kubernetes
16 22 (15.71%) Cloud Security
16 22 (15.71%) Java
16 22 (15.71%) Python
17 21 (15.00%) AI
17 21 (15.00%) Analytics
17 21 (15.00%) Cost Management
17 21 (15.00%) Data Integration

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 9 (6.43%) CMS
2 1 (0.71%) SharePoint Server
Business Applications
1 52 (37.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 49 (35.00%) SAP MDG
3 37 (26.43%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (1.43%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (1.43%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (1.43%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (1.43%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.43%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 45 (32.14%) Azure
2 42 (30.00%) GCP
3 25 (17.86%) AWS
4 12 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (8.57%) SaaS
5 11 (7.86%) PaaS
6 10 (7.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 10 (7.14%) Azure Service Bus
7 9 (6.43%) iPaaS
7 9 (6.43%) SonarCloud
8 3 (2.14%) IaaS
9 2 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.43%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.71%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.71%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.71%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.71%) OCI
10 1 (0.71%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.71%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.86%) WAN
2 3 (2.14%) VPN
3 2 (1.43%) DNS
3 2 (1.43%) Junos
3 2 (1.43%) LAN
3 2 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.71%) 5G
4 1 (0.71%) Firewall
4 1 (0.71%) MIMO
4 1 (0.71%) NAS
4 1 (0.71%) NGN
4 1 (0.71%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.71%) SAN
4 1 (0.71%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.71%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (14.29%) BigQuery
2 19 (13.57%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (6.43%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.43%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.43%) Power BI
5 1 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.71%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.71%) MySQL
5 1 (0.71%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.71%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (7.86%) Git
2 9 (6.43%) MSBuild
2 9 (6.43%) Octopus Deploy
2 9 (6.43%) Team Foundation Server
2 9 (6.43%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.43%) JIRA
4 1 (0.71%) Jenkins
General
1 66 (47.14%) Analytical Skills
1 66 (47.14%) Social Skills
2 48 (34.29%) Marketing
3 39 (27.86%) Law
4 16 (11.43%) Finance
5 10 (7.14%) Retail
6 9 (6.43%) Legal
6 9 (6.43%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (6.43%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.14%) Banking
8 1 (0.71%) Advertising
8 1 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.71%) French Language
8 1 (0.71%) Games
8 1 (0.71%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.71%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.43%) .NET
1 9 (6.43%) ASP.NET
1 9 (6.43%) Bootstrap
1 9 (6.43%) CSS
1 9 (6.43%) gRPC
1 9 (6.43%) HTML
1 9 (6.43%) JSON
1 9 (6.43%) REST
1 9 (6.43%) XML
2 2 (1.43%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.71%) Kafka
3 1 (0.71%) Middleware
3 1 (0.71%) Node.js
3 1 (0.71%) SAP Basis
3 1 (0.71%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.71%) SAP XI
3 1 (0.71%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 23 (16.43%) Cloud Native
2 9 (6.43%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (2.14%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.71%) Clustering
5 1 (0.71%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.71%) NHS
5 1 (0.71%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.71%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.14%) Linux
2 1 (0.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (42.14%) Risk Management
2 55 (39.29%) Mentoring
3 52 (37.14%) Project Management
4 51 (36.43%) Source to Pay
5 49 (35.00%) Business Strategy
6 45 (32.14%) Roadmaps
7 42 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 42 (30.00%) Strategic Roadmap
8 39 (27.86%) Architectural Design
8 39 (27.86%) Data Science
9 37 (26.43%) Indirect Procurement
10 29 (20.71%) Performance Optimisation
11 28 (20.00%) Data Governance
12 24 (17.14%) Cost Optimisation
13 22 (15.71%) Cloud Security
14 21 (15.00%) AI
14 21 (15.00%) Analytics
14 21 (15.00%) Cost Management
14 21 (15.00%) Data Integration
15 20 (14.29%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 22 (15.71%) Java
1 22 (15.71%) Python
2 20 (14.29%) Go
3 12 (8.57%) SQL
4 10 (7.14%) JavaScript
5 9 (6.43%) C#
6 2 (1.43%) Apex Code
6 2 (1.43%) SOQL
7 1 (0.71%) ABAP
7 1 (0.71%) Bash
7 1 (0.71%) Bicep
7 1 (0.71%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (10.71%) Security Cleared
2 11 (7.86%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.14%) Degree
3 3 (2.14%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.43%) CCNA
4 2 (1.43%) CCNP
4 2 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.43%) JNCIA
4 2 (1.43%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (0.71%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.71%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.71%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (13.57%) Data Quality
2 12 (8.57%) GDPR
3 4 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.14%) HIPAA
4 3 (2.14%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.71%) NCSC
5 1 (0.71%) QA
System Software
1 12 (8.57%) Docker
2 2 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.71%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (16.43%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.14%) Ansible
3 2 (1.43%) Terraform
4 1 (0.71%) Argo
4 1 (0.71%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.71%) Grafana
4 1 (0.71%) Netcool
4 1 (0.71%) Netcool/OMNIbus
4 1 (0.71%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.71%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 56 (40.00%) SAP
2 37 (26.43%) OpenText
3 20 (14.29%) Google
4 12 (8.57%) Ariba
5 5 (3.57%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.14%) Cisco
6 3 (2.14%) Juniper
7 2 (1.43%) Databricks
7 2 (1.43%) Microsoft
7 2 (1.43%) Oracle
7 2 (1.43%) VMware
8 1 (0.71%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.71%) Computacenter
8 1 (0.71%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.71%) IBM
8 1 (0.71%) Meraki
8 1 (0.71%) Pega
8 1 (0.71%) Pure Storage
8 1 (0.71%) UiPath
8 1 (0.71%) Workday