Solution Architect - Payments
England > North West
The median Solution Architect - Payments daily rate in the North West is £516, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 134 | 122 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -12 | - | - |
| Contract jobs requiring a Payments Solutions Architect | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the North West | 0.28% | 0.046% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.31% | 0.050% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £494 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £498 | £360 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £516 | £367 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +40.50% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £548 | £375 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £576 | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £546 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | -16.00% | -8.77% |
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 | 2,263 | 2,010 | 2,437 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 91.21% | 92.75% | 92.66% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,474 | 1,135 | 1,682 |
| 10th Percentile | £213 | £250 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £358 | £380 | £410 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.26% | -5.00% | +2.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £575 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £656 | £656 | £675 |
| England median daily rate | £510 | £525 | £533 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.86% | -1.50% | -3.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 214 | 119 | 168 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.30 | £15.46 | £15.75 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.58 | £17.72 | £17.74 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.99 | £27.13 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.25% | -22.50% | +59.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.00 | £46.18 | £46.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £69.83 | £65.50 | £64.13 |
| England median hourly rate | £26.50 | £36.00 | £45.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -26.39% | -20.00% | +38.46% |
Payments Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Payments Solutions Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.
Payments Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the North West
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Payments Solutions Architect job vacancies 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 18 December 2025.
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 18 December 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 | -12 | 6 | £516 | +40.50% | 1 |
| Merseyside | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Payments Solutions Architect England |
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Payments Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West
For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, Payments Solutions 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 North West region featuring Payments Solutions Architect in the job title.
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Payments Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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: