Architect Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Architect
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Architect daily rate in Milton Keynes is £586, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 19 13
Rank change year-on-year +6 -6 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 78 20 41
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 11.40% 8.37% 13.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.69% 8.85% 14.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 12 29
10th Percentile £476 £486 £450
25th Percentile £514 £644 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £586 £700 £513
Median % change year-on-year -16.26% +36.59% -12.39%
75th Percentile £644 £725 £560
90th Percentile £769 £734 £645
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £592 £700 £513
% change year-on-year -15.50% +36.59% -14.58%
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 667 226 275
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.51% 94.56% 93.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 491 155 200
10th Percentile £369 £213 £249
25th Percentile £456 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £592 £538 £538
90th Percentile £629 £631 £625
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £435 £450
% change year-on-year +20.69% -3.33% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 7 8
10th Percentile £14.99 £13.92 £17.52
25th Percentile £15.05 £14.83 £18.65
Median hourly rate £38.63 £15.12 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year +155.49% -42.40% +93.44%
75th Percentile £43.75 £17.94 £36.19
90th Percentile £59.90 £18.00 £37.12
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £22.50 £15.25 £19.35
% change year-on-year +47.54% -21.19% +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 18 September 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 18 September 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 29 (37.18%) Security Cleared
2 25 (32.05%) Azure
3 19 (24.36%) SC Cleared
4 18 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 15 (19.23%) DV Cleared
6 14 (17.95%) Microsoft
7 13 (16.67%) AWS
8 11 (14.10%) Agile
8 11 (14.10%) Enterprise Architecture
8 11 (14.10%) ITIL
9 10 (12.82%) Data Architecture
9 10 (12.82%) ServiceNow
9 10 (12.82%) VMware
9 10 (12.82%) VMware NSX
10 9 (11.54%) NCSC
10 9 (11.54%) Roadmaps
10 9 (11.54%) TOGAF
11 8 (10.26%) .NET
11 8 (10.26%) Microservices
12 7 (8.97%) CI/CD
12 7 (8.97%) Cisco
13 6 (7.69%) Active Directory
13 6 (7.69%) CCNP
13 6 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (7.69%) Cloud Security
13 6 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
13 6 (7.69%) Middleware
13 6 (7.69%) Palo Alto
13 6 (7.69%) Security Architecture
13 6 (7.69%) Technical Leadership

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 (1.28%) CMS
1 1 (1.28%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (6.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 25 (32.05%) Azure
2 13 (16.67%) AWS
3 4 (5.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (2.56%) GCP
4 2 (2.56%) GitHub
4 2 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.28%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.28%) Azure Databricks
5 1 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.28%) Azure Functions
5 1 (1.28%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.28%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.28%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.28%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.28%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.41%) BGP
1 5 (6.41%) Cisco Firepower
1 5 (6.41%) Cisco Nexus
1 5 (6.41%) Firewall
1 5 (6.41%) LAN
1 5 (6.41%) SD-WAN
1 5 (6.41%) VPN
1 5 (6.41%) WAN
2 4 (5.13%) BIG-IP
2 4 (5.13%) Cisco ASA
2 4 (5.13%) DNS
2 4 (5.13%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 4 (5.13%) IPsec
2 4 (5.13%) MPLS
2 4 (5.13%) OSPF
2 4 (5.13%) TCP/IP
2 4 (5.13%) VLAN
3 3 (3.85%) NGFW
4 2 (2.56%) Network Security
4 2 (2.56%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.41%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (6.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.28%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (2.56%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.28%) GitLab
2 1 (1.28%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (15.38%) Public Sector
2 10 (12.82%) Social Skills
3 4 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (5.13%) Banking
3 4 (5.13%) Finance
4 3 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (3.85%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.56%) Retail Banking
6 1 (1.28%) Military
6 1 (1.28%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.26%) .NET
2 6 (7.69%) Middleware
3 4 (5.13%) Terraform
4 3 (3.85%) REST
4 3 (3.85%) SOAP
5 1 (1.28%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.28%) ARM Templates
5 1 (1.28%) PySpark
5 1 (1.28%) RESTful
5 1 (1.28%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.97%) Cloud Native
2 6 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (7.69%) Private Cloud
3 5 (6.41%) Data Centre
4 4 (5.13%) CMDB
4 4 (5.13%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (3.85%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.28%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.28%) PKI
6 1 (1.28%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.28%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.28%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.85%) Linux
2 1 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (14.10%) Agile
2 11 (14.10%) Enterprise Architecture
2 11 (14.10%) ITIL
3 10 (12.82%) Data Architecture
4 9 (11.54%) Roadmaps
4 9 (11.54%) TOGAF
5 8 (10.26%) Microservices
6 7 (8.97%) CI/CD
7 6 (7.69%) Cloud Security
7 6 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
7 6 (7.69%) Security Architecture
7 6 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
7 6 (7.69%) Translating Business Requirements
8 5 (6.41%) ArchiMate
8 5 (6.41%) Architecture Governance
8 5 (6.41%) Migration
8 5 (6.41%) Zero Trust
9 4 (5.13%) Technology Roadmap
9 4 (5.13%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.41%) SQL
2 3 (3.85%) JavaScript
2 3 (3.85%) Python
3 1 (1.28%) Bash
3 1 (1.28%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (37.18%) Security Cleared
2 19 (24.36%) SC Cleared
3 15 (19.23%) DV Cleared
4 6 (7.69%) CCNP
4 6 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (5.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (3.85%) Degree
6 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.56%) CCIE
7 2 (2.56%) MCSE
8 1 (1.28%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.28%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.28%) RHCA
8 1 (1.28%) RHCE
8 1 (1.28%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.54%) NCSC
2 4 (5.13%) NIST
3 3 (3.85%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.85%) QA
4 2 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.56%) ISO 20022
5 1 (1.28%) OpenSCAP
5 1 (1.28%) SEPA
System Software
1 10 (12.82%) VMware NSX
2 6 (7.69%) Active Directory
3 5 (6.41%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (2.56%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (5.13%) Ansible
2 1 (1.28%) Packer
2 1 (1.28%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 14 (17.95%) Microsoft
2 10 (12.82%) ServiceNow
2 10 (12.82%) VMware
3 7 (8.97%) Cisco
4 6 (7.69%) Palo Alto
5 4 (5.13%) F5
5 4 (5.13%) SolarWinds
6 2 (2.56%) Google
7 1 (1.28%) Databricks
7 1 (1.28%) Red Hat