Software Architecture Contracts in the Thames Valley

Software Architecture
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Software Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Architecture over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 145 -
Rank change year-on-year +40 - -
Contract jobs citing Software Architecture 27 5 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.02% 0.17% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 0.19% -
Number of daily rates quoted 15 4 0
10th Percentile £571 £435 -
25th Percentile £613 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% - -
75th Percentile £688 £594 -
90th Percentile £720 £628 -
South East median daily rate £650 £575 £588
% change year-on-year +13.04% -2.13% +17.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Software Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,268 2,599 3,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.88% 90.75% 89.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,245 1,764 2,187
10th Percentile £213 £317 £235
25th Percentile £375 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £485
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +4.12% +7.78%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £585
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £510 £504 £500
% change year-on-year +1.29% +0.70% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 70 89
10th Percentile £14.09 £16.25 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.86 £12.25
Median hourly rate £46.25 £52.30 £17.42
Median % change year-on-year -11.57% +200.23% -17.24%
75th Percentile £64.42 £72.69 £24.42
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £63.27
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.99
% change year-on-year -9.52% +138.80% -20.05%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Software Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Software Architecture in the Thames Valley

Software Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Architecture in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Software Architecture in the Thames Valley

Software Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Architecture in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Architecture in the Thames Valley

Software Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Architecture in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Software Architecture in the Thames Valley

Software Architecture
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Berkshire +17 27 £650 +13.04% 3
Software Architecture
South East

Software Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 14 (51.85%) Azure
2 13 (48.15%) AWS
Development Applications
1 26 (96.30%) Cucumber
1 26 (96.30%) Selenium
2 25 (92.59%) Jenkins
3 24 (88.89%) REST Assured
3 24 (88.89%) SonarQube
4 13 (48.15%) GitLab
4 13 (48.15%) JIRA
5 1 (3.70%) JMeter
5 1 (3.70%) Maven
General
1 26 (96.30%) Social Skills
2 25 (92.59%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (74.07%) Law
4 13 (48.15%) Police
Job Titles
1 17 (62.96%) Java Engineer
2 9 (33.33%) Senior
3 6 (22.22%) Java Software Engineer
3 6 (22.22%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 6 (22.22%) Software Engineer
4 5 (18.52%) Developer
4 5 (18.52%) Java Developer
4 5 (18.52%) Senior Java Engineer
4 5 (18.52%) Senior Java Software Engineer
4 5 (18.52%) Senior Software Engineer
5 4 (14.81%) Architect
5 4 (14.81%) SC Cleared Java Developer
6 3 (11.11%) Java Architect
6 3 (11.11%) Java Technical Architect
6 3 (11.11%) Senior Developer
6 3 (11.11%) Senior Java Developer
6 3 (11.11%) Technical Architect
7 2 (7.41%) DevOps Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) Performance Consultant
8 1 (3.70%) Senior Test Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (92.59%) Java EE
1 25 (92.59%) REST
2 12 (44.44%) ARM Templates
3 1 (3.70%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (96.30%) DevOps
1 26 (96.30%) Test Automation
2 25 (92.59%) Continuous Integration
2 25 (92.59%) Decision-Making
2 25 (92.59%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (92.59%) Technical Leadership
3 23 (85.19%) Software Engineering
4 13 (48.15%) Configuration Management
4 13 (48.15%) Infrastructure as Code
5 12 (44.44%) Containerisation
6 9 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 2 (7.41%) Agile
8 1 (3.70%) Event-Driven
8 1 (3.70%) Functional Testing
8 1 (3.70%) Microservices
8 1 (3.70%) Non-Functional Testing
8 1 (3.70%) Performance Engineering
8 1 (3.70%) Performance Testing
8 1 (3.70%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 26 (96.30%) Java
2 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (92.59%) SC Cleared
1 25 (92.59%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 12 (44.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (88.89%) Ansible
2 13 (48.15%) Terraform
3 12 (44.44%) Docker Swarm
3 12 (44.44%) Kubernetes
3 12 (44.44%) Podman