Architect Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Architect
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Architect daily rate in Milton Keynes is £630, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 August 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 16 14
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 83 21 36
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 10.67% 9.42% 11.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.95% 9.91% 12.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 13 26
10th Percentile £475 £518 £450
25th Percentile £481 £625 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £700 £513
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +36.59% -10.87%
75th Percentile £673 £725 £638
90th Percentile £769 £756 £738
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £633 £700 £513
% change year-on-year -9.64% +36.59% -12.39%

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 758 212 291
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.43% 95.07% 91.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 563 138 206
10th Percentile £363 £264 £250
25th Percentile £450 £361 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £429 £450
Median % change year-on-year +22.45% -4.72% -10.00%
75th Percentile £598 £550 £550
90th Percentile £638 £658 £632
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £438 £450
% change year-on-year +20.00% -2.78% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 11 9
10th Percentile £15.05 £14.54 £17.44
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.12 £18.50
Median hourly rate £18.32 £17.87 £22.58
Median % change year-on-year +2.52% -20.86% +68.89%
75th Percentile £39.63 £19.25 £36.00
90th Percentile £42.51 £53.75 £37.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.32 £15.71 £25.00
% change year-on-year +16.65% -37.18% +52.44%

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 6 August 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 6 August 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 32 (38.55%) Security Cleared
2 20 (24.10%) Azure
3 19 (22.89%) SC Cleared
4 18 (21.69%) AWS
4 18 (21.69%) DV Cleared
5 16 (19.28%) NCSC
6 15 (18.07%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (16.87%) VMware
8 13 (15.66%) Agile
8 13 (15.66%) Microsoft
8 13 (15.66%) TOGAF
9 12 (14.46%) Microservices
9 12 (14.46%) VMware NSX
10 11 (13.25%) Cisco
10 11 (13.25%) Enterprise Architecture
10 11 (13.25%) Palo Alto
11 10 (12.05%) Data Architecture
11 10 (12.05%) Firewall
11 10 (12.05%) Network Architecture
11 10 (12.05%) NIST
11 10 (12.05%) ServiceNow
12 9 (10.84%) CI/CD
12 9 (10.84%) Migration
12 9 (10.84%) Roadmaps
12 9 (10.84%) VPN
13 8 (9.64%) Cybersecurity
13 8 (9.64%) Infrastructure as Code
13 8 (9.64%) IT Strategy
13 8 (9.64%) Matrix Organization
13 8 (9.64%) Technology Strategy

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.20%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 20 (24.10%) Azure
2 18 (21.69%) AWS
3 6 (7.23%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (4.82%) GCP
4 4 (4.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (2.41%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.20%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.20%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.20%) GitHub
6 1 (1.20%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.20%) IaaS
6 1 (1.20%) PaaS
6 1 (1.20%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.05%) Firewall
2 9 (10.84%) VPN
3 8 (9.64%) WAN
4 7 (8.43%) LAN
4 7 (8.43%) SD-WAN
5 6 (7.23%) Cisco Nexus
5 6 (7.23%) MPLS
6 5 (6.02%) BGP
6 5 (6.02%) Cisco Firepower
6 5 (6.02%) IPsec
6 5 (6.02%) OSPF
6 5 (6.02%) VSAN
7 4 (4.82%) BIG-IP
7 4 (4.82%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (4.82%) DNS
7 4 (4.82%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 4 (4.82%) Network Security
7 4 (4.82%) TCP/IP
7 4 (4.82%) VLAN
7 4 (4.82%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.20%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 3 (3.61%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.20%) GitLab
General
1 15 (18.07%) Public Sector
2 12 (14.46%) Social Skills
3 8 (9.64%) Finance
4 7 (8.43%) Banking
5 3 (3.61%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (3.61%) Retail Banking
5 3 (3.61%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.41%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.23%) Middleware
2 3 (3.61%) .NET
2 3 (3.61%) REST
2 3 (3.61%) SOAP
3 2 (2.41%) RESTful
4 1 (1.20%) 802.1X
4 1 (1.20%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.05%) Hybrid Cloud
2 8 (9.64%) Public Cloud
3 7 (8.43%) Cloud Native
3 7 (8.43%) Data Centre
4 5 (6.02%) Onboarding
4 5 (6.02%) Private Cloud
5 4 (4.82%) CMDB
5 4 (4.82%) PKI
6 3 (3.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (3.61%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (3.61%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (2.41%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (1.20%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.43%) Linux
2 1 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.20%) VMS
2 1 (1.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (18.07%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (15.66%) Agile
2 13 (15.66%) TOGAF
3 12 (14.46%) Microservices
4 11 (13.25%) Enterprise Architecture
5 10 (12.05%) Data Architecture
5 10 (12.05%) Network Architecture
6 9 (10.84%) CI/CD
6 9 (10.84%) Migration
6 9 (10.84%) Roadmaps
7 8 (9.64%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (9.64%) Infrastructure as Code
7 8 (9.64%) IT Strategy
7 8 (9.64%) Matrix Organization
7 8 (9.64%) Technology Strategy
8 7 (8.43%) Architecture Governance
8 7 (8.43%) DevSecOps
8 7 (8.43%) Requirements Management
8 7 (8.43%) Zero Trust
9 6 (7.23%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.61%) JavaScript
1 3 (3.61%) Python
2 1 (1.20%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 32 (38.55%) Security Cleared
2 19 (22.89%) SC Cleared
3 18 (21.69%) DV Cleared
4 7 (8.43%) CCNP
4 7 (8.43%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (4.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (3.61%) CCIE
6 3 (3.61%) Degree
7 2 (2.41%) AWS Certification
7 2 (2.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (2.41%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.41%) MCSE
8 1 (1.20%) CCDA
8 1 (1.20%) CCIP
8 1 (1.20%) CCNA
8 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (1.20%) RHCE
8 1 (1.20%) RHCSA
8 1 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (19.28%) NCSC
2 10 (12.05%) NIST
3 7 (8.43%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (6.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (3.61%) Data Quality
5 3 (3.61%) ISO 20022
5 3 (3.61%) QA
6 2 (2.41%) SEPA
7 1 (1.20%) OpenSCAP
System Software
1 12 (14.46%) VMware NSX
2 7 (8.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.41%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.41%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.20%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (4.82%) Ansible
1 4 (4.82%) Terraform
2 1 (1.20%) CASB
2 1 (1.20%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (1.20%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.20%) Packer
2 1 (1.20%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 14 (16.87%) VMware
2 13 (15.66%) Microsoft
3 11 (13.25%) Cisco
3 11 (13.25%) Palo Alto
4 10 (12.05%) ServiceNow
5 5 (6.02%) F5
5 5 (6.02%) SolarWinds
6 2 (2.41%) Google
7 1 (1.20%) Arista
7 1 (1.20%) Aruba
7 1 (1.20%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.20%) Citrix
7 1 (1.20%) Darktrace
7 1 (1.20%) Databricks
7 1 (1.20%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.20%) HP
7 1 (1.20%) Juniper
7 1 (1.20%) Meraki
7 1 (1.20%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.20%) Zscaler