Payments Architect Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Payments Architect
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Payments Architect daily rate in Buckinghamshire is £710, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Payments Architect 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.46% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £702 - -
25th Percentile £705 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £710 - -
75th Percentile £715 - -
90th Percentile £718 - -
South East median daily rate £710 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Buckinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 839 266 419
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.33% 93.33% 93.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 602 149 279
10th Percentile £358 £212 £225
25th Percentile £436 £350 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £435 £474
Median % change year-on-year +20.69% -8.18% -3.32%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £550
90th Percentile £640 £636 £638
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 40 38
10th Percentile £14.74 - £15.66
25th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £16.49
Median hourly rate £18.32 £15.25 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.13% -32.22% +37.20%
75th Percentile £39.63 £24.66 £28.75
90th Percentile - £67.75 £40.35
South East median hourly rate £52.43 £28.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +87.23% -44.00% -

Payments Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Payments Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Payments Architect job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Payments Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Payments Architect job vacancies in Buckinghamshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Payments Architect job vacancies in Buckinghamshire

Payments Architect
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Payments Architect within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 10 July 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Milton Keynes - 4 £710 - 1
Payments Architect
South East

Payments Architect Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 10 July 2026, Payments Architect contract 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 contract job ads across the Buckinghamshire region featuring Payments Architect in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) ISO 20022
1 3 (75.00%) SEPA
2 2 (50.00%) API Integration
2 2 (50.00%) ArchiMate
2 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Microservices
2 2 (50.00%) Model Validation
2 2 (50.00%) Order Management
2 2 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
2 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Architecture Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Avolution ABACUS
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Domain-Driven Design
3 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven
3 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) Interaction Design
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) RESTful
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Payments Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Banking
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) API Integration
1 2 (50.00%) ArchiMate
1 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (50.00%) Microservices
1 2 (50.00%) Model Validation
1 2 (50.00%) Order Management
1 2 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
1 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Architecture Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Domain-Driven Design
2 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven
2 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (25.00%) Interaction Design
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO 20022
1 3 (75.00%) SEPA