Payments Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Solution Architect - Payments
England > North of England

The median Solution Architect - Payments daily rate in the North of England is £498, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 185 159 -
Rank change year-on-year -26 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Payments Solutions Architect 5 6 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.13% 0.15% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.16% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile £461 £399 -
25th Percentile £483 £457 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £559 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.96% - -
75th Percentile £500 £657 -
90th Percentile - £713 -
England median daily rate £500 £425 £600
% change year-on-year +17.65% -29.17% -4.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 3,659 3,749 4,827
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 91.86% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,408 2,131 3,244
10th Percentile £250 £273 £263
25th Percentile £370 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.25% -1.00% -
75th Percentile £573 £580 £600
90th Percentile £653 £672 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £546
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.85% -0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 239 206
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.22 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.35 £18.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.63 £32.50 £26.99
Median % change year-on-year -30.37% +20.41% +28.52%
75th Percentile £45.95 £49.38 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.97 £70.00 £59.74
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

Payments Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Payments Solutions Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Payments Solutions Architect in the North of England

Payments Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Payments Solutions Architect job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Payments Solutions Architect job vacancies in the North of England

Payments Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Payments Solutions Architect within the North of England region over the 6 months to 22 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -10 5 £498 -10.96%
Payments Solutions Architect
England

Payments Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 22 September 2025, Payments Solutions Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring Payments Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Banking
2 4 (80.00%) TOGAF
2 4 (80.00%) Requirements Management
2 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) Migration
3 3 (60.00%) Domain-Driven Design
3 3 (60.00%) AWS
3 3 (60.00%) Architectural Design
3 3 (60.00%) Cloud Native
3 3 (60.00%) Integration Patterns
4 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
4 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (20.00%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (20.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 1 (20.00%) REST
5 1 (20.00%) Fintech
5 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (20.00%) ISO 8583
5 1 (20.00%) PACS
5 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (20.00%) Web Services
5 1 (20.00%) ATM
5 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 1 (20.00%) Architecture Roadmap

Payments Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) ATM
General
1 5 (100.00%) Banking
2 4 (80.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Corporate Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) REST
1 1 (20.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) PACS
2 1 (20.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Migration
1 4 (80.00%) Requirements Management
1 4 (80.00%) TOGAF
2 3 (60.00%) Architectural Design
2 3 (60.00%) Domain-Driven Design
2 3 (60.00%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Architecture Roadmap
4 1 (20.00%) Fintech
4 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO 8583