Architect Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Architect
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Architect daily rate in Milton Keynes is £640, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
5 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 6 12
Rank change year-on-year -9 +6 +20
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 34 60 55
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 10.63% 20.83% 10.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.15% 21.58% 11.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 43 48
10th Percentile £395 £490 £550
25th Percentile £462 £506 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 £575 £651
Median % change year-on-year +11.30% -11.71% +11.80%
75th Percentile £678 £634 £718
90th Percentile £732 £735 £750
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £640 £570 £651
% change year-on-year +12.28% -12.48% +10.62%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 305 278 496
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.31% 96.53% 95.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 200 384
10th Percentile £220 £250 £275
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £550 £560 £600
90th Percentile £636 £651 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 8 14
10th Percentile £14.97 £14.25 £13.16
25th Percentile £18.00 £17.68 £13.27
Median hourly rate £29.61 £21.25 £20.25
Median % change year-on-year +39.34% +4.94% +19.12%
75th Percentile - £36.19 £23.97
90th Percentile £36.00 £37.12 £28.20
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £24.54 £18.70 £20.25
% change year-on-year +31.22% -7.65% +26.56%

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 5 December 2025.

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 5 December 2025, 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 10 (29.41%) ITIL
2 9 (26.47%) Security Cleared
3 6 (17.65%) Azure
3 6 (17.65%) Roadmaps
3 6 (17.65%) Salesforce
4 5 (14.71%) .NET
4 5 (14.71%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 5 (14.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (14.71%) TOGAF
5 4 (11.76%) Active Directory
5 4 (11.76%) Agile
5 4 (11.76%) AWS
5 4 (11.76%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (11.76%) Customer-Centricity
5 4 (11.76%) Microsoft
5 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (11.76%) MODAF
5 4 (11.76%) SQL
5 4 (11.76%) SQL Server
5 4 (11.76%) Technology Strategy
5 4 (11.76%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (8.82%) CI/CD
6 3 (8.82%) CRM
6 3 (8.82%) DevOps
6 3 (8.82%) DV Cleared
6 3 (8.82%) IT Strategy
6 3 (8.82%) Order Management
6 3 (8.82%) SC Cleared
6 3 (8.82%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (8.82%) UML

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 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (17.65%) Azure
2 4 (11.76%) AWS
3 1 (2.94%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (2.94%) Amazon ECS
3 1 (2.94%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (2.94%) Amazon S3
3 1 (2.94%) Amazon SQS
3 1 (2.94%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (2.94%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.94%) GCP
3 1 (2.94%) SaaS
3 1 (2.94%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 1 (2.94%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 1 (2.94%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.76%) Azure SQL Database
1 4 (11.76%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.94%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (2.94%) Oracle Database
General
1 8 (23.53%) Marketing
2 7 (20.59%) Social Skills
3 5 (14.71%) Finance
4 4 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 3 (8.82%) Billing
5 3 (8.82%) Retail
6 2 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Banking
7 1 (2.94%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.94%) General Ledger
7 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (14.71%) .NET
2 1 (2.94%) Middleware
2 1 (2.94%) REST
2 1 (2.94%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.94%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.94%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.94%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.94%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.94%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (29.41%) ITIL
2 6 (17.65%) Roadmaps
3 5 (14.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (14.71%) TOGAF
4 4 (11.76%) Agile
4 4 (11.76%) Customer-Centricity
4 4 (11.76%) MODAF
4 4 (11.76%) Technology Strategy
5 3 (8.82%) CI/CD
5 3 (8.82%) CRM
5 3 (8.82%) DevOps
5 3 (8.82%) IT Strategy
5 3 (8.82%) Order Management
5 3 (8.82%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (8.82%) UML
6 2 (5.88%) E-Commerce
6 2 (5.88%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (5.88%) ETL
6 2 (5.88%) Migration
6 2 (5.88%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.76%) SQL
2 1 (2.94%) C#
2 1 (2.94%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.94%) PHP
2 1 (2.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (26.47%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.82%) DV Cleared
2 3 (8.82%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) COBIT
1 2 (5.88%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.94%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (11.76%) Active Directory
1 4 (11.76%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (5.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Salesforce
2 5 (14.71%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 4 (11.76%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.88%) Oracle
4 2 (5.88%) Sitecore
5 1 (2.94%) JDA
5 1 (2.94%) SAP
15 Architect jobs in Milton Keynes