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 20 February 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 11 21
Rank change year-on-year +5 +10 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 71 33 35
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 16.99% 15.71% 7.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.02% 16.26% 7.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 25 31
10th Percentile £462 £560 £556
25th Percentile £513 £579 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £620 £640
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -3.13% +9.40%
75th Percentile £640 £675 £750
90th Percentile £700 £743 -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £600 £618 £619
% change year-on-year -2.83% -0.20% +5.77%

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 394 203 476
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.26% 96.67% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 151 362
10th Percentile £275 £250 £275
25th Percentile £400 £367 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £465 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £589 £600
90th Percentile £640 £650 £736
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 4 32
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.65 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.13 £17.91
Median hourly rate £29.61 £18.85 £22.51
Median % change year-on-year +57.08% -16.26% +18.47%
75th Percentile £36.00 £32.88 £27.75
90th Percentile £39.63 £55.15 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £22.21 £19.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +16.88% -13.64% +29.41%

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 20 February 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 20 February 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 27 (38.03%) Security Cleared
2 21 (29.58%) SC Cleared
3 15 (21.13%) Migration
4 14 (19.72%) Azure
5 12 (16.90%) AWS
6 11 (15.49%) Microsoft
7 10 (14.08%) DV Cleared
7 10 (14.08%) TOGAF
8 9 (12.68%) Agile
8 9 (12.68%) Technology Strategy
9 8 (11.27%) Active Directory
9 8 (11.27%) ITIL
9 8 (11.27%) Salesforce
9 8 (11.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 7 (9.86%) CRM
10 7 (9.86%) Microservices
10 7 (9.86%) NCSC
10 7 (9.86%) Roadmaps
10 7 (9.86%) VMware
11 6 (8.45%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (8.45%) Enterprise Architecture
11 6 (8.45%) Infrastructure as Code
11 6 (8.45%) IT Strategy
11 6 (8.45%) NIST
11 6 (8.45%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 6 (8.45%) Virtual Desktop
12 5 (7.04%) .NET
12 5 (7.04%) Design Patterns
12 5 (7.04%) DevOps
12 5 (7.04%) Entra ID

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 (5.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 14 (19.72%) Azure
2 12 (16.90%) AWS
3 5 (7.04%) Entra ID
3 5 (7.04%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.82%) GCP
4 2 (2.82%) SaaS
4 2 (2.82%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 2 (2.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 1 (1.41%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.41%) IaaS
5 1 (1.41%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.04%) Firewall
1 5 (7.04%) VPN
2 3 (4.23%) BGP
2 3 (4.23%) MPLS
2 3 (4.23%) OSPF
2 3 (4.23%) SD-WAN
2 3 (4.23%) WAN
2 3 (4.23%) Wireless
3 2 (2.82%) EIGRP
4 1 (1.41%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (1.41%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (1.41%) IPsec
4 1 (1.41%) IPv6
4 1 (1.41%) Multicast
4 1 (1.41%) SNMP
4 1 (1.41%) VoIP
4 1 (1.41%) VSAN
4 1 (1.41%) VXLAN
4 1 (1.41%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.63%) Azure SQL Database
1 4 (5.63%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.82%) Metadata
3 1 (1.41%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (12.68%) Public Sector
2 8 (11.27%) Marketing
2 8 (11.27%) Social Skills
3 7 (9.86%) Finance
4 4 (5.63%) Banking
5 3 (4.23%) Billing
6 2 (2.82%) Law
6 2 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.82%) Retail
7 1 (1.41%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.41%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.04%) .NET
2 2 (2.82%) REST
3 1 (1.41%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.41%) Middleware
3 1 (1.41%) OAuth
3 1 (1.41%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.41%) OpenID
3 1 (1.41%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.04%) Public Cloud
2 2 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (2.82%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (1.41%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.41%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (1.41%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.41%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.41%) PKI
3 1 (1.41%) Private Cloud
3 1 (1.41%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.41%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.41%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.23%) Linux
2 1 (1.41%) VMS
2 1 (1.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (21.13%) Migration
2 10 (14.08%) TOGAF
3 9 (12.68%) Agile
3 9 (12.68%) Technology Strategy
4 8 (11.27%) ITIL
4 8 (11.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (9.86%) CRM
5 7 (9.86%) Microservices
5 7 (9.86%) Roadmaps
6 6 (8.45%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (8.45%) Enterprise Architecture
6 6 (8.45%) Infrastructure as Code
6 6 (8.45%) IT Strategy
7 5 (7.04%) Design Patterns
7 5 (7.04%) DevOps
7 5 (7.04%) Incident Response
7 5 (7.04%) Network Architecture
7 5 (7.04%) Order Management
7 5 (7.04%) Zero Trust
8 4 (5.63%) Customer-Centricity
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.63%) SQL
2 2 (2.82%) Bicep
2 2 (2.82%) Python
3 1 (1.41%) C#
3 1 (1.41%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.41%) PHP
Qualifications
1 27 (38.03%) Security Cleared
2 21 (29.58%) SC Cleared
3 10 (14.08%) DV Cleared
4 4 (5.63%) CCNP
4 4 (5.63%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (4.23%) MCSE
6 2 (2.82%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.41%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.41%) CCDA
7 1 (1.41%) CCDP
7 1 (1.41%) CCIE
7 1 (1.41%) CCIP
7 1 (1.41%) CCNA
7 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (1.41%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.86%) NCSC
2 6 (8.45%) NIST
3 3 (4.23%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.82%) ISO 20022
4 2 (2.82%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.82%) SEPA
5 1 (1.41%) COBIT
5 1 (1.41%) GDPR
5 1 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (11.27%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.45%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (5.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.41%) Docker
4 1 (1.41%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (4.23%) Terraform
2 1 (1.41%) Ansible
2 1 (1.41%) CASB
2 1 (1.41%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (1.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (15.49%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.27%) Salesforce
3 7 (9.86%) VMware
4 6 (8.45%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 4 (5.63%) Cisco
6 3 (4.23%) Citrix
6 3 (4.23%) Zscaler
7 2 (2.82%) Darktrace
7 2 (2.82%) Oracle
7 2 (2.82%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.41%) Arista
8 1 (1.41%) Aruba
8 1 (1.41%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.41%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.41%) HP
8 1 (1.41%) Juniper
8 1 (1.41%) Meraki
8 1 (1.41%) MuleSoft
8 1 (1.41%) SolarWinds