Payments Architect Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Payments Architect
North West > Cheshire

The median Payments Architect daily rate in Cheshire is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 50 -
Rank change year-on-year -22 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Payments Architect 8 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.22% 0.58% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% 0.63% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £466 £399 -
25th Percentile £495 £457 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £559 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.51% - -
75th Percentile - £657 -
90th Percentile £522 £713 -
North West median daily rate £500 £559 -
% change year-on-year -10.51% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 592 480 327
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.11% 93.20% 86.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 448 283 201
10th Percentile £272 £323 £225
25th Percentile £358 £384 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £465 £489
Median % change year-on-year -4.84% -4.91% +8.67%
75th Percentile £537 £575 £586
90th Percentile £688 £640 £625
North West median daily rate £450 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +2.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 22 27
10th Percentile £12.82 £13.49 £14.60
25th Percentile £15.50 £15.36 £21.04
Median hourly rate £29.75 £35.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +6.06% +42.83%
75th Percentile £36.86 £43.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £47.13 £44.00
North West median hourly rate £24.88 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.75% +5.71% +46.17%

Payments Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Payments Architect in Cheshire

Payments Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

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

Payments Architect
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 17 September 2025. 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
Knutsford -14 5 £500 +36.24%
Chester -8 1 - - 3
Payments Architect
North West

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

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, Payments 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 Cheshire region featuring Payments Architect in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Banking
2 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 5 (62.50%) TOGAF
3 4 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (50.00%) Requirements Management
3 4 (50.00%) Migration
3 4 (50.00%) Architectural Design
3 4 (50.00%) Business Strategy
4 3 (37.50%) Corporate Banking
4 3 (37.50%) Domain-Driven Design
4 3 (37.50%) AWS
4 3 (37.50%) Integration Patterns
4 3 (37.50%) Cloud Native
5 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
6 1 (12.50%) Web Services
6 1 (12.50%) ATM
6 1 (12.50%) Biometrics
6 1 (12.50%) ISO 8583
6 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (12.50%) PACS
6 1 (12.50%) Technology Strategy
6 1 (12.50%) IT Strategy
6 1 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
6 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (12.50%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (12.50%) Critical Thinking
6 1 (12.50%) Architecture Roadmap
6 1 (12.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network

Payments Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 3 (37.50%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) ATM
General
1 8 (100.00%) Banking
2 5 (62.50%) Finance
3 3 (37.50%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) REST
1 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Cloud Native
2 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
3 1 (12.50%) PACS
3 1 (12.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) TOGAF
2 4 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 4 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 4 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (50.00%) Migration
2 4 (50.00%) Requirements Management
3 3 (37.50%) Domain-Driven Design
3 3 (37.50%) Integration Patterns
4 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (12.50%) Biometrics
5 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) Fintech
5 1 (12.50%) IT Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) Low Latency
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (12.50%) Software Delivery
5 1 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (12.50%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) ISO 20022
1 1 (12.50%) ISO 8583
1 1 (12.50%) SEPA