Architect Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Architect
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Architect daily rate in Milton Keynes is £581, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 17 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 -9 +3
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 85 22 43
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 10.87% 9.32% 14.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.15% 9.73% 15.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 14 32
10th Percentile £476 £481 £452
25th Percentile £503 £578 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £700 £525
Median % change year-on-year -17.03% +33.33% -7.89%
75th Percentile £644 £725 £638
90th Percentile £759 £753 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £593 £700 £525
% change year-on-year -15.25% +33.33% -8.70%

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 762 226 278
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.44% 95.76% 91.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 572 152 201
10th Percentile £369 £214 £250
25th Percentile £456 £350 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £428 £450
Median % change year-on-year +22.81% -5.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £598 £545 £550
90th Percentile £637 £642 £638
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £435 £450
% change year-on-year +20.69% -3.33% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 9 8
10th Percentile - £14.23 £17.52
25th Percentile £15.05 £15.12 £20.56
Median hourly rate £17.50 £15.50 £26.29
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% -41.04% +96.63%
75th Percentile £39.63 £18.00 £36.19
90th Percentile £43.75 £25.15 £37.12
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £20.00 £15.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year +29.03% -38.00% +66.83%

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 August 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 August 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 35 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 26 (30.59%) Azure
3 23 (27.06%) SC Cleared
4 18 (21.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (20.00%) DV Cleared
6 16 (18.82%) AWS
7 15 (17.65%) Microsoft
8 12 (14.12%) Agile
8 12 (14.12%) NCSC
9 11 (12.94%) Enterprise Architecture
9 11 (12.94%) ITIL
9 11 (12.94%) VMware
9 11 (12.94%) VMware NSX
10 10 (11.76%) Data Architecture
10 10 (11.76%) Microservices
10 10 (11.76%) Roadmaps
10 10 (11.76%) ServiceNow
10 10 (11.76%) TOGAF
11 9 (10.59%) Cisco
11 9 (10.59%) Palo Alto
12 8 (9.41%) .NET
12 8 (9.41%) CI/CD
13 7 (8.24%) Cybersecurity
13 7 (8.24%) Firewall
13 7 (8.24%) LAN
13 7 (8.24%) Network Architecture
13 7 (8.24%) NIST
13 7 (8.24%) Technical Leadership
13 7 (8.24%) WAN
14 6 (7.06%) ArchiMate

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 (1.18%) CMS
1 1 (1.18%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.18%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 26 (30.59%) Azure
2 16 (18.82%) AWS
3 4 (4.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 3 (3.53%) GCP
4 3 (3.53%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.18%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (1.18%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.18%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (1.18%) GitHub
5 1 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.24%) Firewall
1 7 (8.24%) LAN
1 7 (8.24%) WAN
2 6 (7.06%) SD-WAN
2 6 (7.06%) VPN
3 5 (5.88%) Cisco Firepower
3 5 (5.88%) Cisco Nexus
3 5 (5.88%) MPLS
4 4 (4.71%) BGP
4 4 (4.71%) BIG-IP
4 4 (4.71%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (4.71%) DNS
4 4 (4.71%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 4 (4.71%) IPsec
4 4 (4.71%) Network Security
4 4 (4.71%) OSPF
4 4 (4.71%) TCP/IP
4 4 (4.71%) VLAN
4 4 (4.71%) VSAN
5 3 (3.53%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.88%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.18%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (2.35%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.18%) GitLab
General
1 15 (17.65%) Public Sector
2 10 (11.76%) Social Skills
3 6 (7.06%) Banking
3 6 (7.06%) Finance
4 4 (4.71%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.53%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (3.53%) Retail Banking
5 3 (3.53%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.35%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.41%) .NET
2 6 (7.06%) Middleware
3 3 (3.53%) REST
3 3 (3.53%) SOAP
4 2 (2.35%) RESTful
4 2 (2.35%) Terraform
5 1 (1.18%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.18%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.41%) Hybrid Cloud
2 7 (8.24%) Cloud Native
3 6 (7.06%) Data Centre
4 5 (5.88%) Onboarding
4 5 (5.88%) Private Cloud
4 5 (5.88%) Public Cloud
5 4 (4.71%) CMDB
6 3 (3.53%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (3.53%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (3.53%) PKI
7 2 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.35%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.18%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.88%) Linux
2 1 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (21.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (14.12%) Agile
3 11 (12.94%) Enterprise Architecture
3 11 (12.94%) ITIL
4 10 (11.76%) Data Architecture
4 10 (11.76%) Microservices
4 10 (11.76%) Roadmaps
4 10 (11.76%) TOGAF
5 8 (9.41%) CI/CD
6 7 (8.24%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (8.24%) Network Architecture
6 7 (8.24%) Technical Leadership
7 6 (7.06%) ArchiMate
7 6 (7.06%) Architecture Governance
7 6 (7.06%) Infrastructure as Code
7 6 (7.06%) IT Strategy
7 6 (7.06%) Migration
7 6 (7.06%) Security Architecture
7 6 (7.06%) Technology Strategy
7 6 (7.06%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.88%) SQL
2 3 (3.53%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 35 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 23 (27.06%) SC Cleared
3 17 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 6 (7.06%) CCNP
4 6 (7.06%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (4.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (3.53%) Degree
6 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.35%) CCIE
7 2 (2.35%) MCSE
8 1 (1.18%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.18%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.18%) RHCA
8 1 (1.18%) RHCE
8 1 (1.18%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (14.12%) NCSC
2 7 (8.24%) NIST
3 4 (4.71%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (4.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (3.53%) Data Quality
4 3 (3.53%) QA
5 2 (2.35%) ISO 20022
6 1 (1.18%) OpenSCAP
6 1 (1.18%) SEPA
System Software
1 11 (12.94%) VMware NSX
2 5 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (4.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (3.53%) Ansible
2 1 (1.18%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.18%) Packer
2 1 (1.18%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 15 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 11 (12.94%) VMware
3 10 (11.76%) ServiceNow
4 9 (10.59%) Cisco
4 9 (10.59%) Palo Alto
5 5 (5.88%) F5
6 4 (4.71%) SolarWinds
7 2 (2.35%) Google
8 1 (1.18%) Darktrace
8 1 (1.18%) Databricks
8 1 (1.18%) Red Hat