Architect Contracts in Berkshire

Architect
South East > Berkshire

The median Architect daily rate in Berkshire is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 20 13
Rank change year-on-year +5 -7 -6
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 187 160 217
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 9.80% 9.20% 9.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.50% 9.70% 9.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 116 152
10th Percentile £400 £500 £498
25th Percentile £500 £559 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £656
90th Percentile £714 £783 £708
South East median daily rate £650 £650 £625
% change year-on-year - +4.00% +9.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 2 1
10th Percentile £81.86 £55.83 -
25th Percentile £81.88 £59.31 -
Median hourly rate £87.46 £66.75 £80.40
Median % change year-on-year +31.03% -16.98% -
75th Percentile £87.50 £74.31 -
90th Percentile £87.53 £77.88 -
South East median hourly rate £87.46 £70.00 £59.00
% change year-on-year +24.94% +18.64% -19.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,781 1,650 2,262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.34% 94.88% 95.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 951 1,051 1,466
10th Percentile £234 £325 £220
25th Percentile £383 £425 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +6.06% +8.73%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £702 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 55 36
10th Percentile £18.55 £17.90 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.25 £23.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £58.30 £56.89 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year +2.49% +195.51% -8.55%
75th Percentile £70.73 £73.80 £33.13
90th Percentile £86.86 £79.83 £74.32
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.70 £20.00
% change year-on-year -2.46% +143.49% -20.00%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Berkshire

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Architect in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Architect in Berkshire

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Berkshire over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Berkshire

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Architect in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Architect in Berkshire

Architect
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 21 May 2024. 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
Reading -14 74 £613 -5.81% 22
Bracknell +16 65 £500 -14.89%
Wokingham +3 9 £650 +18.18% 2
Newbury +6 6 £400 -38.46%
Slough +10 4 £573 -8.40% 5
Windsor - 3 £713 - 1
Thatcham - 1 £625 -
Architect
South East

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 21 May 2024, Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 103 (55.08%) Security Cleared
2 53 (28.34%) DV Cleared
3 44 (23.53%) DevOps
4 43 (22.99%) Security Architecture
5 42 (22.46%) Cybersecurity
6 40 (21.39%) Firewall
7 32 (17.11%) Public Sector
8 31 (16.58%) Intrusion Detection
9 30 (16.04%) Azure
10 28 (14.97%) WAN
11 24 (12.83%) LAN
11 24 (12.83%) Stakeholder Management
12 20 (10.70%) Presales
13 18 (9.63%) Data Centre
13 18 (9.63%) Roadmaps
14 15 (8.02%) Telecoms
14 15 (8.02%) AWS
14 15 (8.02%) Degree
15 13 (6.95%) Social Skills
15 13 (6.95%) Problem-Solving
16 11 (5.88%) SSL
16 11 (5.88%) Linux
16 11 (5.88%) IT Strategy
17 10 (5.35%) ITIL
17 10 (5.35%) Cisco
17 10 (5.35%) Migration
17 10 (5.35%) Data Protection
18 9 (4.81%) Network Architecture
18 9 (4.81%) MPLS
18 9 (4.81%) Microsoft

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (0.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.53%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 3 (1.60%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.53%) Maximo
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle AGIS
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.53%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.53%) SAP MII
3 1 (0.53%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.53%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.53%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.53%) SAP QM
3 1 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 30 (16.04%) Azure
2 15 (8.02%) AWS
3 7 (3.74%) PaaS
4 6 (3.21%) SaaS
5 5 (2.67%) IaaS
6 4 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.60%) Azure Stack
7 3 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.60%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.07%) Azure API Management
8 2 (1.07%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.07%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.07%) OCI
9 1 (0.53%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.53%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.53%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.53%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.53%) Serverless
9 1 (0.53%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.53%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 40 (21.39%) Firewall
2 31 (16.58%) Intrusion Detection
3 28 (14.97%) WAN
4 24 (12.83%) LAN
5 11 (5.88%) SSL
6 9 (4.81%) MPLS
7 8 (4.28%) DHCP
7 8 (4.28%) DNS
8 6 (3.21%) Network Security
9 5 (2.67%) Internet
10 4 (2.14%) VPN
11 3 (1.60%) BGP
12 2 (1.07%) Cisco Firepower
12 2 (1.07%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 2 (1.07%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 2 (1.07%) NetScaler
12 2 (1.07%) SD-WAN
12 2 (1.07%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (0.53%) Junos
13 1 (0.53%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.14%) Big Data
2 2 (1.07%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.07%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.07%) Oracle Database
2 2 (1.07%) Power BI
3 1 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.53%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.53%) DTS
3 1 (0.53%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (3.21%) JIRA
2 4 (2.14%) Selenium
3 3 (1.60%) Cucumber
3 3 (1.60%) GitLab
3 3 (1.60%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.60%) REST Assured
3 3 (1.60%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.53%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.53%) Git
4 1 (0.53%) Visual Studio
General
1 32 (17.11%) Public Sector
2 15 (8.02%) Telecoms
3 13 (6.95%) Social Skills
4 8 (4.28%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (2.67%) Retail
6 4 (2.14%) Finance
7 3 (1.60%) Local Government
7 3 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.53%) French Language
8 1 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.53%) Italian Language
8 1 (0.53%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.53%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.28%) Web Services
2 4 (2.14%) ARM Templates
2 4 (2.14%) JSON
2 4 (2.14%) REST
3 3 (1.60%) Java EE
3 3 (1.60%) OAuth
3 3 (1.60%) OpenID
4 2 (1.07%) SAML
4 2 (1.07%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.53%) .NET
5 1 (0.53%) Google JAX
5 1 (0.53%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.53%) J2EE
5 1 (0.53%) JSON Schema
5 1 (0.53%) Playwright
5 1 (0.53%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.53%) RESTful
5 1 (0.53%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.53%) SOAP
5 1 (0.53%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.63%) Data Centre
2 8 (4.28%) Data Protection Act
2 8 (4.28%) PKI
2 8 (4.28%) Private Cloud
3 4 (2.14%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.07%) CSOC
4 2 (1.07%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (1.07%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (1.07%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.53%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.53%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.53%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.53%) iPad
5 1 (0.53%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.53%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.53%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.53%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.88%) Linux
2 3 (1.60%) Windows
3 2 (1.07%) Oracle Linux
3 2 (1.07%) Solaris
3 2 (1.07%) VMS
4 1 (0.53%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (23.53%) DevOps
2 43 (22.99%) Security Architecture
3 42 (22.46%) Cybersecurity
4 24 (12.83%) Stakeholder Management
5 20 (10.70%) Presales
6 18 (9.63%) Roadmaps
7 13 (6.95%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (5.88%) IT Strategy
9 10 (5.35%) Data Protection
9 10 (5.35%) ITIL
9 10 (5.35%) Migration
10 9 (4.81%) Network Architecture
10 9 (4.81%) Technical Leadership
11 8 (4.28%) Cryptography
11 8 (4.28%) Key Management
11 8 (4.28%) Privileged Access Management
11 8 (4.28%) Risk Management
12 7 (3.74%) Mentoring
13 6 (3.21%) Data Integration
13 6 (3.21%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.14%) Java
2 2 (1.07%) ActionScript
2 2 (1.07%) Apex Code
2 2 (1.07%) Python
2 2 (1.07%) SQL
3 1 (0.53%) C
3 1 (0.53%) C#
3 1 (0.53%) C++
3 1 (0.53%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.53%) R
3 1 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 103 (55.08%) Security Cleared
2 53 (28.34%) DV Cleared
3 15 (8.02%) Degree
4 7 (3.74%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.14%) ISACA
6 3 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.07%) CCIE
7 2 (1.07%) CCNP
8 1 (0.53%) CCNA
8 1 (0.53%) CISSP
8 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.53%) JNCIA
8 1 (0.53%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.21%) GDPR
2 5 (2.67%) NIST
2 5 (2.67%) QA
3 4 (2.14%) COBIT
4 1 (0.53%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.53%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.53%) NCSC
4 1 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (4.81%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.60%) Docker
4 2 (1.07%) KVM
4 2 (1.07%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (2.14%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.60%) Ansible
2 3 (1.60%) Docker Swarm
2 3 (1.60%) Podman
2 3 (1.60%) Terraform
3 2 (1.07%) Endace
4 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.53%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (5.35%) Cisco
2 9 (4.81%) Microsoft
3 8 (4.28%) Oracle
4 6 (3.21%) Juniper
5 4 (2.14%) F5
5 4 (2.14%) SAP
5 4 (2.14%) VMware
6 3 (1.60%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.60%) Workday
7 2 (1.07%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.53%) Ariba
8 1 (0.53%) Citrix
8 1 (0.53%) Databricks
8 1 (0.53%) HP
8 1 (0.53%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.53%) NetApp
8 1 (0.53%) Nimble Storage
8 1 (0.53%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.53%) Sparx
8 1 (0.53%) Veritas