Architect Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Architect
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Architect daily rate in Milton Keynes is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 March 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 7 20
Rank change year-on-year 0 +13 +3
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 92 34 32
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 15.26% 17.44% 6.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.97% 18.09% 7.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 27 29
10th Percentile £462 £540 £555
25th Percentile £523 £573 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £620 £643
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -3.59% +12.82%
75th Percentile £640 £720 £750
90th Percentile £695 £743 -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £600 £618 £625
% change year-on-year -2.83% -1.20% +9.17%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 576 188 434
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.52% 96.41% 93.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 408 140 328
10th Percentile £335 £262 £225
25th Percentile £413 £398 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £522 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% - +0.53%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £590
90th Percentile £638 £651 £691
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £520 £503 £485
% change year-on-year +3.48% +3.61% +2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 5 30
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.30 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.25 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.24 £19.00 £22.90
Median % change year-on-year +32.84% -17.02% +97.73%
75th Percentile £36.00 £53.75 £29.25
90th Percentile £39.63 £63.50 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.83 £19.00 £23.88
% change year-on-year -0.89% -20.42% +81.42%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Architect job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 24 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Milton Keynes

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 24 March 2026, 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 38 (41.30%) Security Cleared
2 29 (31.52%) SC Cleared
3 17 (18.48%) Azure
3 17 (18.48%) Migration
4 16 (17.39%) AWS
5 15 (16.30%) DV Cleared
5 15 (16.30%) Microsoft
6 12 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
6 12 (13.04%) Technology Strategy
7 11 (11.96%) NCSC
7 11 (11.96%) TOGAF
8 10 (10.87%) Agile
8 10 (10.87%) NIST
8 10 (10.87%) VMware
9 9 (9.78%) IT Strategy
9 9 (9.78%) Microservices
9 9 (9.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 8 (8.70%) Active Directory
10 8 (8.70%) Cisco
10 8 (8.70%) Infrastructure as Code
10 8 (8.70%) ITIL
10 8 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (8.70%) Network Architecture
10 8 (8.70%) Roadmaps
10 8 (8.70%) Salesforce
11 7 (7.61%) CRM
11 7 (7.61%) Enterprise Architecture
11 7 (7.61%) Firewall
12 6 (6.52%) CI/CD
12 6 (6.52%) Cyber Essentials

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Applications
1 4 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.09%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 17 (18.48%) Azure
2 16 (17.39%) AWS
3 8 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (5.43%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.17%) GCP
5 2 (2.17%) SaaS
5 2 (2.17%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 2 (2.17%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (1.09%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (1.09%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (1.09%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.09%) IaaS
6 1 (1.09%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.61%) Firewall
2 6 (6.52%) VPN
3 5 (5.43%) WAN
4 4 (4.35%) MPLS
4 4 (4.35%) SD-WAN
4 4 (4.35%) VSAN
4 4 (4.35%) Wireless
5 3 (3.26%) BGP
5 3 (3.26%) OSPF
6 2 (2.17%) EIGRP
6 2 (2.17%) LAN
6 2 (2.17%) Network Security
7 1 (1.09%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (1.09%) IPsec
7 1 (1.09%) IPv6
7 1 (1.09%) Multicast
7 1 (1.09%) SNMP
7 1 (1.09%) VoIP
7 1 (1.09%) VXLAN
7 1 (1.09%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.35%) Azure SQL Database
1 4 (4.35%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.17%) Metadata
3 1 (1.09%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.09%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 13 (14.13%) Public Sector
2 9 (9.78%) Finance
3 8 (8.70%) Marketing
3 8 (8.70%) Social Skills
4 6 (6.52%) Banking
5 3 (3.26%) Billing
6 2 (2.17%) Law
6 2 (2.17%) Retail Banking
7 1 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.09%) Retail
7 1 (1.09%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.43%) .NET
2 1 (1.09%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.09%) OAuth
2 1 (1.09%) OAuth2
2 1 (1.09%) OpenID
2 1 (1.09%) REST
2 1 (1.09%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.70%) Public Cloud
2 5 (5.43%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (4.35%) PKI
4 3 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (3.26%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (2.17%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (1.09%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.09%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.09%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.09%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.52%) Linux
2 1 (1.09%) VMS
2 1 (1.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (18.48%) Migration
2 12 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (13.04%) Technology Strategy
3 11 (11.96%) TOGAF
4 10 (10.87%) Agile
5 9 (9.78%) IT Strategy
5 9 (9.78%) Microservices
5 9 (9.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 8 (8.70%) Infrastructure as Code
6 8 (8.70%) ITIL
6 8 (8.70%) Network Architecture
6 8 (8.70%) Roadmaps
7 7 (7.61%) CRM
7 7 (7.61%) Enterprise Architecture
8 6 (6.52%) CI/CD
8 6 (6.52%) DevSecOps
8 6 (6.52%) Matrix Organization
8 6 (6.52%) Requirements Management
9 5 (5.43%) Order Management
9 5 (5.43%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.35%) SQL
2 2 (2.17%) Bicep
2 2 (2.17%) Python
3 1 (1.09%) C#
3 1 (1.09%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.09%) PHP
Qualifications
1 38 (41.30%) Security Cleared
2 29 (31.52%) SC Cleared
3 15 (16.30%) DV Cleared
4 4 (4.35%) CCNP
4 4 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.26%) MCSE
6 2 (2.17%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.09%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.09%) CCDA
7 1 (1.09%) CCDP
7 1 (1.09%) CCIE
7 1 (1.09%) CCIP
7 1 (1.09%) CCNA
7 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (1.09%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (11.96%) NCSC
2 10 (10.87%) NIST
3 6 (6.52%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (5.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (2.17%) ISO 20022
5 2 (2.17%) SEPA
6 1 (1.09%) COBIT
6 1 (1.09%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (8.70%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.52%) Virtual Desktop
2 6 (6.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.35%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.09%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (3.26%) Terraform
2 1 (1.09%) Ansible
2 1 (1.09%) CASB
2 1 (1.09%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (1.09%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 15 (16.30%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.87%) VMware
3 8 (8.70%) Cisco
3 8 (8.70%) Salesforce
4 6 (6.52%) Palo Alto
4 6 (6.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 3 (3.26%) Citrix
5 3 (3.26%) Darktrace
5 3 (3.26%) Zscaler
6 2 (2.17%) Oracle
7 1 (1.09%) Arista
7 1 (1.09%) Aruba
7 1 (1.09%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.09%) F5
7 1 (1.09%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.09%) HP
7 1 (1.09%) Juniper
7 1 (1.09%) Meraki
7 1 (1.09%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.09%) SolarWinds