Architect Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Architect
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Architect daily rate in Milton Keynes is £576, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 18 16
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 65 25 39
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 10.80% 9.58% 13.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.13% 10.04% 13.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 16 28
10th Percentile £431 £466 £450
25th Percentile £481 £594 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £576 £688 £516
Median % change year-on-year -16.22% +33.17% -13.96%
75th Percentile £615 £725 £560
90th Percentile £769 £735 £675
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £577 £688 £516
% change year-on-year -16.07% +33.17% -13.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66.75 - -
Median hourly rate £68.50 - -
75th Percentile £70.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £68.50 - -

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 584 249 284
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.01% 95.40% 94.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 424 168 206
10th Percentile £363 £231 £250
25th Percentile £453 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £448 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.32% -0.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £598 £550 £538
90th Percentile £638 £643 £625
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £448 £450
% change year-on-year +17.32% -0.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 14 9
10th Percentile £15.05 £14.71 £14.58
25th Percentile £17.50 £15.81 £18.50
Median hourly rate £38.68 £23.81 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.47% +5.80% +65.81%
75th Percentile £67.38 £29.61 £36.00
90th Percentile £74.88 - £37.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £22.50 £17.94 £19.35
% change year-on-year +25.45% -7.31% +17.99%

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 16 October 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 16 October 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 24 (36.92%) Security Cleared
2 22 (33.85%) Azure
3 16 (24.62%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 13 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 11 (16.92%) DV Cleared
6 10 (15.38%) AWS
6 10 (15.38%) Data Architecture
6 10 (15.38%) Enterprise Architecture
6 10 (15.38%) Roadmaps
6 10 (15.38%) ServiceNow
7 9 (13.85%) Agile
7 9 (13.85%) ITIL
8 8 (12.31%) .NET
8 8 (12.31%) TOGAF
9 7 (10.77%) Cloud Security
9 7 (10.77%) VMware
9 7 (10.77%) VMware NSX
10 6 (9.23%) Active Directory
10 6 (9.23%) Cisco
10 6 (9.23%) Middleware
10 6 (9.23%) NCSC
10 6 (9.23%) Security Architecture
10 6 (9.23%) Technical Leadership
10 6 (9.23%) Translating Business Requirements
11 5 (7.69%) ArchiMate
11 5 (7.69%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (7.69%) BGP
11 5 (7.69%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (7.69%) Cisco Nexus

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 (1.54%) CMS
1 1 (1.54%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 22 (33.85%) Azure
2 10 (15.38%) AWS
3 4 (6.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (3.08%) GCP
5 1 (1.54%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.54%) Azure Databricks
5 1 (1.54%) Azure Functions
5 1 (1.54%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.54%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.54%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.54%) GitHub
5 1 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.54%) PaaS
5 1 (1.54%) SaaS
5 1 (1.54%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.69%) BGP
1 5 (7.69%) Cisco Firepower
1 5 (7.69%) Cisco Nexus
1 5 (7.69%) Firewall
1 5 (7.69%) LAN
1 5 (7.69%) SD-WAN
1 5 (7.69%) VPN
1 5 (7.69%) WAN
2 4 (6.15%) BIG-IP
2 4 (6.15%) Cisco ASA
2 4 (6.15%) DNS
2 4 (6.15%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 4 (6.15%) IPsec
2 4 (6.15%) MPLS
2 4 (6.15%) OSPF
2 4 (6.15%) TCP/IP
2 4 (6.15%) VLAN
3 3 (4.62%) NGFW
4 2 (3.08%) ICMP
4 2 (3.08%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.69%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.54%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.54%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (16.92%) Public Sector
2 10 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 4 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (6.15%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (4.62%) Finance
4 3 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (4.62%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.08%) Banking
6 1 (1.54%) Military
6 1 (1.54%) Retail
6 1 (1.54%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.31%) .NET
2 6 (9.23%) Middleware
3 4 (6.15%) Terraform
4 3 (4.62%) REST
4 3 (4.62%) SOAP
5 1 (1.54%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.54%) ARM Templates
5 1 (1.54%) PySpark
5 1 (1.54%) RESTful
5 1 (1.54%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.77%) Cloud Native
2 6 (9.23%) Private Cloud
3 5 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 5 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (6.15%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.62%) CMDB
5 3 (4.62%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (4.62%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.54%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.54%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.54%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (24.62%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (15.38%) Data Architecture
2 10 (15.38%) Enterprise Architecture
2 10 (15.38%) Roadmaps
3 9 (13.85%) Agile
3 9 (13.85%) ITIL
4 8 (12.31%) TOGAF
5 7 (10.77%) Cloud Security
6 6 (9.23%) Security Architecture
6 6 (9.23%) Technical Leadership
6 6 (9.23%) Translating Business Requirements
7 5 (7.69%) ArchiMate
7 5 (7.69%) Microservices
7 5 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (7.69%) Technology Roadmap
7 5 (7.69%) Zero Trust
8 4 (6.15%) API Integration
8 4 (6.15%) Architecture Governance
8 4 (6.15%) Event-Driven
8 4 (6.15%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.69%) SQL
2 3 (4.62%) JavaScript
2 3 (4.62%) Python
3 1 (1.54%) Bash
3 1 (1.54%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (36.92%) Security Cleared
2 13 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 11 (16.92%) DV Cleared
4 4 (6.15%) CCNP
4 4 (6.15%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (6.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 3 (4.62%) Degree
6 2 (3.08%) CCIE
7 1 (1.54%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.54%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.54%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.23%) NCSC
2 3 (4.62%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.62%) QA
3 1 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.54%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (10.77%) VMware NSX
2 6 (9.23%) Active Directory
3 5 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (4.62%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (4.62%) Ansible
Vendors
1 13 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (15.38%) ServiceNow
3 7 (10.77%) VMware
4 6 (9.23%) Cisco
5 5 (7.69%) Palo Alto
6 4 (6.15%) F5
6 4 (6.15%) SolarWinds
7 2 (3.08%) Google
8 1 (1.54%) Databricks