Payments Architect Contracts in Chester

Payments Architect
Cheshire > Chester

The median Payments Architect daily rate in Chester is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 13 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Payments Architect 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester 2.94% 1.85% -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.17% 2.08% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £675 £750 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £751 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.73% - -
75th Percentile £725 £751 -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £574 £751 -
% change year-on-year -23.58% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Chester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Chester. 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 Chester with a recognized job title 63 48 83
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 88.89% 97.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 28 47
10th Percentile £325 £199 £270
25th Percentile £385 £244 £299
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £506 £400
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% +26.56% -5.88%
75th Percentile £706 £678 £525
90th Percentile £738 £738 £665
Cheshire median daily rate £456 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 10
10th Percentile £19.00 £36.54 £23.15
25th Percentile £31.10 £41.25 £29.10
Median hourly rate £50.00 £42.50 £30.65
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +38.67% +82.15%
75th Percentile £86.00 £47.50 £35.00
90th Percentile - - £35.50
Cheshire median hourly rate £47.50 £20.11 £29.26
% change year-on-year +136.20% -31.27% +19.43%

Payments Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Job vacancy trend for Payments Architect in Chester

Payments Architect Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Chester region featuring Payments Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (50.00%) Middleware
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Corporate Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC

Payments Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Corporate Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree