Payments Solutions Architect Contracts in the North West

Solution Architect - Payments
England > North West

The median Solution Architect - Payments daily rate in the North West is £574, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 133 -
Rank change year-on-year +21 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Payments Solutions Architect 8 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.41% 0.15% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.15% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £470 - -
25th Percentile £504 £750 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £574 £751 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.58% - -
75th Percentile £656 £751 -
90th Percentile £697 - -
England median daily rate £574 £675 £713
% change year-on-year -15.04% -5.26% +39.36%

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 1,821 2,603 3,030
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 94.48% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,205 1,698 2,172
10th Percentile £250 £281 £300
25th Percentile £378 £393 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £588
90th Percentile £652 £675 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 266 133
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.07 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%
75th Percentile £59.24 £46.18 £47.50
90th Percentile £83.41 £63.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Payments Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Payments Solutions Architect in the North West

Payments Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Payments Solutions Architect in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Payments Solutions Architect in the North West

Payments Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Payments Solutions Architect in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Payments Solutions Architect in the North West

Payments Solutions 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 Solutions Architect within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +7 8 £574 -23.58%
Payments Solutions Architect
England

Payments Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 West region featuring Payments Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Banking
2 6 (75.00%) Architectural Design
2 6 (75.00%) Corporate Banking
3 4 (50.00%) Finance
3 4 (50.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (37.50%) Business Strategy
4 3 (37.50%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (25.00%) ISO 20022
5 2 (25.00%) SEPA
5 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (12.50%) Agile
6 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
6 1 (12.50%) Migration
6 1 (12.50%) Degree
6 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
6 1 (12.50%) Domain-Driven Design
6 1 (12.50%) AWS
6 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
6 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (12.50%) SDLC
6 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
6 1 (12.50%) Requirements Management
6 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (12.50%) Analytical Thinking
6 1 (12.50%) Innovative Thinking
6 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (12.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (12.50%) Backlog Prioritisation

Payments Solutions 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
General
1 8 (100.00%) Banking
2 6 (75.00%) Corporate Banking
3 4 (50.00%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
2 1 (12.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Architectural Design
2 4 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (37.50%) Business Strategy
3 3 (37.50%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (12.50%) Agile
5 1 (12.50%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (12.50%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) Domain-Driven Design
5 1 (12.50%) Innovative Thinking
5 1 (12.50%) Integration Patterns
5 1 (12.50%) Migration
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Requirements Management
5 1 (12.50%) SDLC
5 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
5 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) ISO 20022
1 2 (25.00%) SEPA