Architect Contracts in Reading

Architect
Berkshire > Reading

The median Architect daily rate in Reading is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 June 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
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 12 15
Rank change year-on-year -16 +3 -9
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 81 121 119
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 6.85% 11.55% 8.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.42% 12.10% 8.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 93 84
10th Percentile £409 £500 £503
25th Percentile £500 £575 £562
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £699 £700 £650
90th Percentile £718 £761 £684
Berkshire median daily rate £610 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -6.15% +4.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 2 0
10th Percentile £83.56 £55.65 -
25th Percentile £87.46 £58.88 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +34.61% - -
75th Percentile £87.53 £70.38 -
90th Percentile £94.51 £73.15 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £87.46 £75.00 £80.40
% change year-on-year +16.61% -6.72% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,092 1,000 1,327
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 95.42% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 598 652 881
10th Percentile £213 £363 £176
25th Percentile £413 £460 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £492
Median % change year-on-year - +11.90% +3.47%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £592
90th Percentile £688 £721 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £495
% change year-on-year -2.38% +6.06% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 23 8
10th Percentile £42.00 £45.50 £12.73
25th Percentile £55.75 £58.32 £19.44
Median hourly rate £61.60 £66.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +135.71% -13.85%
75th Percentile £87.46 £75.38 £33.10
90th Percentile £100.00 £79.19 £34.92
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.06 £64.68 £21.00
% change year-on-year -5.59% +207.98% -2.33%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Reading

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Architect in Reading

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Reading over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Reading

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Architect in Reading

Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in Reading

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Architect in Reading over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Architect in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 3 June 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 Reading region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 39 (48.15%) Security Cleared
2 34 (41.98%) DV Cleared
3 32 (39.51%) Firewall
4 31 (38.27%) DevOps
5 26 (32.10%) Cybersecurity
6 24 (29.63%) Intrusion Detection
7 18 (22.22%) Security Architecture
8 17 (20.99%) Public Sector
9 13 (16.05%) Stakeholder Management
10 12 (14.81%) Azure
11 10 (12.35%) Social Skills
12 9 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
13 8 (9.88%) ITIL
13 8 (9.88%) Roadmaps
14 7 (8.64%) WAN
14 7 (8.64%) Risk Management
15 6 (7.41%) Oracle
15 6 (7.41%) SAP
15 6 (7.41%) SC Cleared
15 6 (7.41%) Network Security
15 6 (7.41%) Decision-Making
15 6 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
15 6 (7.41%) Data Centre
16 5 (6.17%) GDPR
16 5 (6.17%) SAP S/4HANA
16 5 (6.17%) Identity Access Management
16 5 (6.17%) Project Planning
16 5 (6.17%) LAN
16 5 (6.17%) Cisco
16 5 (6.17%) Telecoms

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 (1.23%) Oracle Coherence
1 1 (1.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (1.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.23%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 5 (6.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (4.94%) SAP EWM
3 3 (3.70%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (1.23%) Maximo
4 1 (1.23%) Oracle AGIS
4 1 (1.23%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (1.23%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (1.23%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (1.23%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (1.23%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (1.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (1.23%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (1.23%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (1.23%) SAP MII
4 1 (1.23%) SAP PM
4 1 (1.23%) SAP PP
4 1 (1.23%) SAP QM
4 1 (1.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 12 (14.81%) Azure
2 4 (4.94%) AWS
3 3 (3.70%) SaaS
4 2 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.47%) OCI
4 2 (2.47%) PaaS
5 1 (1.23%) IaaS
5 1 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 32 (39.51%) Firewall
2 24 (29.63%) Intrusion Detection
3 7 (8.64%) WAN
4 6 (7.41%) Network Security
5 5 (6.17%) LAN
6 3 (3.70%) MPLS
7 2 (2.47%) SD-WAN
7 2 (2.47%) VPN
8 1 (1.23%) 4G
8 1 (1.23%) 5G
8 1 (1.23%) BGP
8 1 (1.23%) EIGRP
8 1 (1.23%) Internet
8 1 (1.23%) OSPF
8 1 (1.23%) PBX
8 1 (1.23%) SDH
8 1 (1.23%) SSL
8 1 (1.23%) Unified Communications
8 1 (1.23%) VoIP
8 1 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.23%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.70%) Cucumber
1 3 (3.70%) GitLab
1 3 (3.70%) Jenkins
1 3 (3.70%) JIRA
1 3 (3.70%) REST Assured
1 3 (3.70%) Selenium
1 3 (3.70%) SonarQube
2 1 (1.23%) Git
General
1 17 (20.99%) Public Sector
2 10 (12.35%) Social Skills
3 6 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.17%) Telecoms
5 3 (3.70%) Local Government
5 3 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (3.70%) Retail
6 2 (2.47%) Finance
7 1 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.23%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.70%) ARM Templates
1 3 (3.70%) Java EE
1 3 (3.70%) REST
2 2 (2.47%) OAuth
2 2 (2.47%) OpenID
2 2 (2.47%) SAML
3 1 (1.23%) Google JAX
3 1 (1.23%) J2EE
3 1 (1.23%) JSON
3 1 (1.23%) JSON Schema
3 1 (1.23%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.23%) scikit-learn
3 1 (1.23%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.41%) Data Centre
2 3 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.47%) CSOC
3 2 (2.47%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (2.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (1.23%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.23%) IoT
4 1 (1.23%) iPad
4 1 (1.23%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.23%) PKI
4 1 (1.23%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.23%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (38.27%) DevOps
2 26 (32.10%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (22.22%) Security Architecture
4 13 (16.05%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (9.88%) ITIL
6 8 (9.88%) Roadmaps
7 7 (8.64%) Risk Management
8 6 (7.41%) Decision-Making
9 5 (6.17%) Identity Access Management
9 5 (6.17%) Project Planning
10 4 (4.94%) Application Security
10 4 (4.94%) Continuous Integration
10 4 (4.94%) Data Protection
10 4 (4.94%) Enterprise Architecture
10 4 (4.94%) Information Security
10 4 (4.94%) Infrastructure as Code
10 4 (4.94%) Software Architecture
10 4 (4.94%) Threat Modelling
11 3 (3.70%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.94%) Java
2 2 (2.47%) Apex Code
2 2 (2.47%) C
2 2 (2.47%) C++
2 2 (2.47%) Python
3 1 (1.23%) R
3 1 (1.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (48.15%) Security Cleared
2 34 (41.98%) DV Cleared
3 6 (7.41%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (3.70%) ISACA
5 2 (2.47%) CCIE
5 2 (2.47%) Degree
6 1 (1.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (1.23%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.23%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.23%) CCNP
6 1 (1.23%) CCSP
6 1 (1.23%) CISSP
6 1 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.23%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.17%) GDPR
2 4 (4.94%) COBIT
2 4 (4.94%) NIST
3 2 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.23%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (3.70%) Docker
2 1 (1.23%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.94%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.70%) Ansible
2 3 (3.70%) Docker Swarm
2 3 (3.70%) Podman
2 3 (3.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (7.41%) Oracle
1 6 (7.41%) SAP
2 5 (6.17%) Cisco
3 3 (3.70%) Juniper
3 3 (3.70%) Microsoft
3 3 (3.70%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.47%) Palo Alto
4 2 (2.47%) Workday
5 1 (1.23%) Aruba
5 1 (1.23%) IBM
5 1 (1.23%) Meraki
5 1 (1.23%) Sparx
5 1 (1.23%) VMware