Architect Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Architect
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Architect daily rate in Milton Keynes is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 7 15
Rank change year-on-year +2 +8 +11
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 64 42 44
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 15.80% 20.00% 8.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.75% 20.39% 8.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 31 41
10th Percentile £448 £513 £550
25th Percentile £478 £561 £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £585
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +2.56% -0.21%
75th Percentile £640 £675 £743
90th Percentile £668 £743 £750
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £575 £608 £600
% change year-on-year -5.35% +1.25% -

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 382 206 491
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.32% 98.10% 95.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 155 383
10th Percentile £231 £250 £275
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +6.21%
75th Percentile £570 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £654 £725
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £489 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.25% - +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 2 29
10th Percentile £15.25 £12.67 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £13.68 £17.64
Median hourly rate £29.61 £15.35 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year +92.90% -33.88% +22.18%
75th Percentile £36.00 £17.03 £30.00
90th Percentile £36.73 £18.03 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.08 £18.70 £22.00
% change year-on-year +34.09% -15.00% +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 31 January 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 31 January 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 22 (34.38%) Security Cleared
2 16 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 13 (20.31%) Migration
4 10 (15.63%) Azure
5 9 (14.06%) AWS
5 9 (14.06%) DV Cleared
5 9 (14.06%) ITIL
6 8 (12.50%) Agile
6 8 (12.50%) Microsoft
6 8 (12.50%) Salesforce
6 8 (12.50%) Technology Strategy
7 7 (10.94%) CRM
7 7 (10.94%) Roadmaps
7 7 (10.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (10.94%) TOGAF
8 6 (9.38%) Active Directory
8 6 (9.38%) Enterprise Architecture
8 6 (9.38%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 5 (7.81%) .NET
9 5 (7.81%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (7.81%) IT Strategy
9 5 (7.81%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (6.25%) Customer Experience
10 4 (6.25%) Design Patterns
10 4 (6.25%) DevOps
10 4 (6.25%) Impact Assessments
10 4 (6.25%) Integration Patterns
10 4 (6.25%) Microservices
10 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Office

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 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 10 (15.63%) Azure
2 9 (14.06%) AWS
3 3 (4.69%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.13%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 2 (3.13%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 1 (1.56%) GCP
5 1 (1.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.13%) BGP
1 2 (3.13%) EIGRP
1 2 (3.13%) Firewall
1 2 (3.13%) MPLS
1 2 (3.13%) OSPF
1 2 (3.13%) SD-WAN
1 2 (3.13%) VPN
1 2 (3.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
1 4 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.13%) Metadata
3 1 (1.56%) Oracle Database
General
1 8 (12.50%) Marketing
2 7 (10.94%) Public Sector
3 6 (9.38%) Finance
3 6 (9.38%) Social Skills
4 3 (4.69%) Banking
4 3 (4.69%) Billing
5 2 (3.13%) Law
5 2 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.13%) Retail
6 1 (1.56%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.56%) General Ledger
6 1 (1.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.81%) .NET
2 2 (3.13%) REST
3 1 (1.56%) Middleware
3 1 (1.56%) OAuth
3 1 (1.56%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.56%) OpenID
3 1 (1.56%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.13%) Public Cloud
2 1 (1.56%) Cloud Native
2 1 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.56%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.56%) Private Cloud
2 1 (1.56%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (1.56%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (20.31%) Migration
2 9 (14.06%) ITIL
3 8 (12.50%) Agile
3 8 (12.50%) Technology Strategy
4 7 (10.94%) CRM
4 7 (10.94%) Roadmaps
4 7 (10.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (10.94%) TOGAF
5 6 (9.38%) Enterprise Architecture
6 5 (7.81%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (7.81%) IT Strategy
7 4 (6.25%) Customer Experience
7 4 (6.25%) Design Patterns
7 4 (6.25%) DevOps
7 4 (6.25%) Impact Assessments
7 4 (6.25%) Integration Patterns
7 4 (6.25%) Microservices
7 4 (6.25%) Order Management
7 4 (6.25%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (4.69%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.25%) SQL
2 1 (1.56%) Bicep
2 1 (1.56%) C#
2 1 (1.56%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.56%) PHP
2 1 (1.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (34.38%) Security Cleared
2 16 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 9 (14.06%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.13%) CCNP
4 2 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.13%) MCSE
4 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.56%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.13%) COBIT
1 2 (3.13%) NCSC
1 2 (3.13%) NIST
1 2 (3.13%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.56%) GDPR
2 1 (1.56%) ISO 20022
2 1 (1.56%) SEPA
System Software
1 6 (9.38%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.81%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.56%) Docker
3 1 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 8 (12.50%) Salesforce
2 6 (9.38%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 3 (4.69%) VMware
4 2 (3.13%) Cisco
4 2 (3.13%) Citrix
4 2 (3.13%) Darktrace
4 2 (3.13%) Oracle
4 2 (3.13%) Zscaler
5 1 (1.56%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.56%) SAP