Payments Architect
England > North West
The median Payments Architect daily rate in the North West is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 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 17 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 127 | 114 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -13 | - | - |
| Contract jobs requiring a Payments Architect | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West | 0.36% | 0.25% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.39% | 0.27% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £466 | £399 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £495 | £457 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £559 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.51% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £657 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £522 | £713 | - |
| England median daily rate | £537 | £588 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.63% | -2.04% | -14.29% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title | 2,028 | 2,221 | 2,603 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.52% | 93.71% | 92.70% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,331 | 1,260 | 1,771 |
| 10th Percentile | £268 | £275 | £276 |
| 25th Percentile | £368 | £400 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £490 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.16% | -2.00% | +2.62% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £588 | £594 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £675 | £675 |
| England median daily rate | £508 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.33% | -4.55% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 160 | 162 | 161 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.00 | £15.49 | £16.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.30 | £18.00 | £18.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £24.88 | £37.00 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -32.75% | +5.71% | +46.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £47.84 | £54.00 | £46.18 |
| 90th Percentile | £71.63 | £71.44 | £67.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £25.15 | £46.18 | £44.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -45.54% | +3.20% | +71.00% |
Payments Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Job postings that featured Payments Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.
Payments Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the North West
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Payments Architect job vacancies in the North West.
Payments Architect
Contract Job Locations in the North West
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Payments Architect within the North West region over the 6 months to 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire | -22 | 8 | £500 | -10.51% | 3 |
| Payments Architect England |
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Payments Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West
For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, Payments 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 West region featuring Payments Architect in the job title.
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Payments Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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: