Architect Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Architect
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Architect daily rate in Milton Keynes is £623, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 15 18
Rank change year-on-year +8 +3 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 97 18 25
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 12.71% 10.17% 7.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.09% 10.84% 7.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 13 19
10th Percentile £481 £508 £482
25th Percentile £531 £563 £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £623 £700 £625
Median % change year-on-year -11.07% +12.00% +9.17%
75th Percentile £669 £725 £738
90th Percentile £759 £735 £750
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £630 £700 £613
% change year-on-year -10.00% +14.29% +6.06%

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 741 166 333
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.12% 93.79% 93.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 547 113 244
10th Percentile £363 £213 £255
25th Percentile £456 £329 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -10.53% -1.16%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £560
90th Percentile £638 £649 £645
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +16.67% -5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 9 24
10th Percentile £15.05 £14.23 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.12 £17.64
Median hourly rate £17.91 £15.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.55% -31.11% +65.81%
75th Percentile £39.63 £20.50 £25.82
90th Percentile - £57.00 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.32 £15.25 £22.51
% change year-on-year +20.13% -32.25% +32.80%

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 25 June 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 25 June 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 41 (42.27%) Security Cleared
2 27 (27.84%) SC Cleared
3 22 (22.68%) AWS
3 22 (22.68%) DV Cleared
4 20 (20.62%) Azure
5 19 (19.59%) NCSC
6 18 (18.56%) TOGAF
6 18 (18.56%) VMware
7 17 (17.53%) Microsoft
8 15 (15.46%) Agile
8 15 (15.46%) Enterprise Architecture
8 15 (15.46%) Migration
9 13 (13.40%) Cybersecurity
9 13 (13.40%) Microservices
9 13 (13.40%) NIST
10 12 (12.37%) Infrastructure as Code
10 12 (12.37%) Network Architecture
10 12 (12.37%) Technology Strategy
10 12 (12.37%) VMware NSX
11 11 (11.34%) Cisco
11 11 (11.34%) Palo Alto
11 11 (11.34%) Roadmaps
12 10 (10.31%) CCNP
12 10 (10.31%) CI/CD
12 10 (10.31%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (10.31%) Firewall
12 10 (10.31%) IT Strategy
12 10 (10.31%) ServiceNow
13 9 (9.28%) Matrix Organization
13 9 (9.28%) Stakeholder Management

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 (1.03%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (2.06%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 22 (22.68%) AWS
2 20 (20.62%) Azure
3 8 (8.25%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (4.12%) Entra ID
4 4 (4.12%) GCP
4 4 (4.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (1.03%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.03%) GitHub
5 1 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.03%) IaaS
5 1 (1.03%) PaaS
5 1 (1.03%) SaaS
5 1 (1.03%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (1.03%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (10.31%) Firewall
2 9 (9.28%) VPN
3 8 (8.25%) WAN
4 7 (7.22%) LAN
4 7 (7.22%) SD-WAN
5 6 (6.19%) Cisco Nexus
5 6 (6.19%) MPLS
6 5 (5.15%) BGP
6 5 (5.15%) Cisco Firepower
6 5 (5.15%) IPsec
6 5 (5.15%) OSPF
6 5 (5.15%) VSAN
7 4 (4.12%) BIG-IP
7 4 (4.12%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (4.12%) DNS
7 4 (4.12%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 4 (4.12%) Network Security
7 4 (4.12%) TCP/IP
7 4 (4.12%) VLAN
7 4 (4.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.06%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (3.09%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.03%) GitLab
General
1 19 (19.59%) Public Sector
2 9 (9.28%) Banking
2 9 (9.28%) Finance
2 9 (9.28%) Social Skills
3 3 (3.09%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (3.09%) Retail Banking
3 3 (3.09%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (2.06%) Law
4 2 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (2.06%) Retail
5 1 (1.03%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.12%) REST
2 3 (3.09%) Middleware
2 3 (3.09%) SOAP
3 2 (2.06%) RESTful
4 1 (1.03%) 802.1X
4 1 (1.03%) OAuth
4 1 (1.03%) OAuth2
4 1 (1.03%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.31%) Hybrid Cloud
1 10 (10.31%) Public Cloud
2 7 (7.22%) Data Centre
3 6 (6.19%) Private Cloud
4 5 (5.15%) Cloud Native
5 4 (4.12%) CMDB
5 4 (4.12%) PKI
6 3 (3.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (3.09%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (3.09%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 2 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (2.06%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.03%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.22%) Linux
2 1 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.03%) VMS
2 1 (1.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (18.56%) TOGAF
2 15 (15.46%) Agile
2 15 (15.46%) Enterprise Architecture
2 15 (15.46%) Migration
3 13 (13.40%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (13.40%) Microservices
4 12 (12.37%) Infrastructure as Code
4 12 (12.37%) Network Architecture
4 12 (12.37%) Technology Strategy
5 11 (11.34%) Roadmaps
6 10 (10.31%) CI/CD
6 10 (10.31%) IT Strategy
7 9 (9.28%) Matrix Organization
7 9 (9.28%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (8.25%) Cloud Security
8 8 (8.25%) Data Architecture
8 8 (8.25%) DevSecOps
8 8 (8.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (8.25%) Zero Trust
9 7 (7.22%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.09%) JavaScript
1 3 (3.09%) Python
2 2 (2.06%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 41 (42.27%) Security Cleared
2 27 (27.84%) SC Cleared
3 22 (22.68%) DV Cleared
4 10 (10.31%) CCNP
4 10 (10.31%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (7.22%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (5.15%) MCSE
7 4 (4.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (3.09%) Azure Certification
8 3 (3.09%) CCIE
8 3 (3.09%) Degree
9 2 (2.06%) AWS Certification
9 2 (2.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (1.03%) CCIP
10 1 (1.03%) CCNA
10 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (1.03%) RHCA
10 1 (1.03%) RHCE
10 1 (1.03%) RHCSA
10 1 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (19.59%) NCSC
2 13 (13.40%) NIST
3 7 (7.22%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (5.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (4.12%) ISO 20022
6 3 (3.09%) QA
6 3 (3.09%) SEPA
7 1 (1.03%) OpenSCAP
System Software
1 12 (12.37%) VMware NSX
2 8 (8.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.12%) Active Directory
4 2 (2.06%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (2.06%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.03%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (5.15%) Terraform
2 4 (4.12%) Ansible
3 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.03%) CASB
4 1 (1.03%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.03%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.03%) Packer
4 1 (1.03%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 18 (18.56%) VMware
2 17 (17.53%) Microsoft
3 11 (11.34%) Cisco
3 11 (11.34%) Palo Alto
4 10 (10.31%) ServiceNow
5 5 (5.15%) F5
5 5 (5.15%) SolarWinds
6 3 (3.09%) Citrix
6 3 (3.09%) Darktrace
7 2 (2.06%) Google
8 1 (1.03%) Arista
8 1 (1.03%) Aruba
8 1 (1.03%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.03%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.03%) HP
8 1 (1.03%) Juniper
8 1 (1.03%) Meraki
8 1 (1.03%) MuleSoft
8 1 (1.03%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.03%) Salesforce