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 19 January 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 35 56
Rank change year-on-year +7 +21 -7
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 124 111 99
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 6.24% 6.80% 4.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.79% 8.38% 4.78%
Number of salaries quoted 28 79 71
10th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £46,750
25th Percentile £85,000 £71,250 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -
75th Percentile - £83,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £95,000
South East median annual salary £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year +9.68% - -8.82%

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 1,825 1,325 2,073
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.89% 81.19% 94.27%
Number of salaries quoted 927 677 1,557
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,050 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £54,995
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.19% -4.36%
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%

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 19 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 19 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
Slough - 23 £90,000 - 22
Windsor -15 22 - -
Maidenhead - 22 £120,000 -
Reading +5 16 £85,000 +6.25% 11
Bracknell +14 6 £65,000 -10.34%
Wokingham -2 3 - - 4
Architect
South East

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 (47.58%) SAP
2 53 (42.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 52 (41.94%) Project Management
4 51 (41.13%) Source to Pay
5 49 (39.52%) Business Strategy
5 49 (39.52%) Risk Management
5 49 (39.52%) SAP MDG
6 37 (29.84%) Indirect Procurement
6 37 (29.84%) OpenText
6 37 (29.84%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 19 (15.32%) Roadmaps
8 18 (14.52%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (12.10%) Strategic Roadmap
10 14 (11.29%) Mentoring
10 14 (11.29%) Security Cleared
11 12 (9.68%) Architectural Design
11 12 (9.68%) Ariba
11 12 (9.68%) Data Science
11 12 (9.68%) GCP
11 12 (9.68%) Procure-to-Pay
12 11 (8.87%) DV Cleared
13 10 (8.06%) Network Management
14 9 (7.26%) Cost Optimisation
14 9 (7.26%) Netcool
15 8 (6.45%) AWS
15 8 (6.45%) Azure
15 8 (6.45%) Cloud Security
15 8 (6.45%) Data Integration
15 8 (6.45%) Java
15 8 (6.45%) Kubernetes

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 7 (5.65%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 53 (42.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 49 (39.52%) SAP MDG
3 37 (29.84%) OpenText VIM for SAP
Cloud Services
1 12 (9.68%) GCP
2 8 (6.45%) AWS
2 8 (6.45%) Azure
3 5 (4.03%) SaaS
4 1 (0.81%) GitHub
4 1 (0.81%) IaaS
4 1 (0.81%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.65%) Firewall
2 2 (1.61%) Broadband
3 1 (0.81%) 5G
3 1 (0.81%) DNS
3 1 (0.81%) MIMO
3 1 (0.81%) NGN
3 1 (0.81%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.81%) S/MIME
3 1 (0.81%) VPN
3 1 (0.81%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.84%) BigQuery
1 6 (4.84%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.61%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Git
1 1 (0.81%) Jenkins
General
1 65 (52.42%) Social Skills
2 55 (44.35%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (12.10%) Marketing
4 12 (9.68%) Law
5 11 (8.87%) Finance
6 7 (5.65%) Manufacturing
7 5 (4.03%) Games
8 3 (2.42%) Banking
8 3 (2.42%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.81%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.81%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.61%) Node.js
1 2 (1.61%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.45%) Cloud Native
2 5 (4.03%) PKI
3 1 (0.81%) Algorithms
3 1 (0.81%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.45%) Windows
2 7 (5.65%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.42%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (41.94%) Project Management
2 51 (41.13%) Source to Pay
3 49 (39.52%) Business Strategy
3 49 (39.52%) Risk Management
4 37 (29.84%) Indirect Procurement
5 19 (15.32%) Roadmaps
6 18 (14.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (12.10%) Strategic Roadmap
8 14 (11.29%) Mentoring
9 12 (9.68%) Architectural Design
9 12 (9.68%) Data Science
9 12 (9.68%) Procure-to-Pay
10 10 (8.06%) Network Management
11 9 (7.26%) Cost Optimisation
12 8 (6.45%) Cloud Security
12 8 (6.45%) Data Integration
12 8 (6.45%) Network Design
12 8 (6.45%) Problem-Solving
13 7 (5.65%) Data Modelling
13 7 (5.65%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.45%) Java
1 8 (6.45%) Python
2 6 (4.84%) Go
3 2 (1.61%) ABAP
4 1 (0.81%) Bash
4 1 (0.81%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (11.29%) Security Cleared
2 11 (8.87%) DV Cleared
3 2 (1.61%) CISM
3 2 (1.61%) CISSP
3 2 (1.61%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (0.81%) CCSP
4 1 (0.81%) CEH
4 1 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.81%) GIAC
4 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.84%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.61%) NIST
3 1 (0.81%) GDPR
3 1 (0.81%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.81%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.81%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.81%) QA
3 1 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (6.45%) VMware NSX
2 3 (2.42%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.61%) Docker
4 1 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.81%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (7.26%) Netcool
2 8 (6.45%) Kubernetes
3 7 (5.65%) vRealize
4 2 (1.61%) Ansible
5 1 (0.81%) Argo
5 1 (0.81%) Netcool/OMNIbus
5 1 (0.81%) Terraform
5 1 (0.81%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 59 (47.58%) SAP
2 37 (29.84%) OpenText
3 12 (9.68%) Ariba
4 8 (6.45%) VMware
5 6 (4.84%) Google
6 2 (1.61%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.61%) Workday
7 1 (0.81%) Blue Prism
7 1 (0.81%) Cisco
7 1 (0.81%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.81%) IBM
7 1 (0.81%) Juniper
7 1 (0.81%) Microsoft
7 1 (0.81%) Pega
7 1 (0.81%) Pure Storage
7 1 (0.81%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.81%) Thales
7 1 (0.81%) UiPath