Payments Architect Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Payments Architect
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Payments Architect daily rate in Milton Keynes is £710, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Payments Architect 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.53% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £702 - -
25th Percentile £705 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £710 - -
75th Percentile £715 - -
90th Percentile £718 - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £710 - -

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 729 198 331
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.33% 94.29% 93.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 538 129 240
10th Percentile £363 £213 £248
25th Percentile £455 £350 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -10.53% -1.16%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £550
90th Percentile £638 £644 £645
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £435 £474
% change year-on-year +20.69% -8.18% -3.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 11 21
10th Percentile £15.05 £14.54 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.12 £17.64
Median hourly rate £17.91 £17.87 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.22% -20.58% +65.81%
75th Percentile £39.63 £19.25 £30.00
90th Percentile - £53.75 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.32 £15.25 £22.50
% change year-on-year +20.13% -32.22% +37.20%

Payments Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Payments Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Payments Architect job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Payments Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Payments Architect job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Payments Architect job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Payments Architect Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 10 July 2026, Payments 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 Payments Architect in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) ISO 20022
1 3 (75.00%) SEPA
2 2 (50.00%) API Integration
2 2 (50.00%) ArchiMate
2 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Microservices
2 2 (50.00%) Model Validation
2 2 (50.00%) Order Management
2 2 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
2 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Architecture Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Avolution ABACUS
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Domain-Driven Design
3 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven
3 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) Interaction Design
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) RESTful
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Payments 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Banking
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) API Integration
1 2 (50.00%) ArchiMate
1 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (50.00%) Microservices
1 2 (50.00%) Model Validation
1 2 (50.00%) Order Management
1 2 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
1 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Architecture Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Domain-Driven Design
2 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven
2 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (25.00%) Interaction Design
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO 20022
1 3 (75.00%) SEPA