Payments Architect Contract Job Trends in the South East

Payments Architect
England > South East

The median Payments Architect daily rate in the South East 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 215 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Payments Architect 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.062% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% - -
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 - -
England median daily rate £650 £540 £675
% change year-on-year +20.37% -20.00% -8.47%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,949 3,044 5,223
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.83% 90.76% 92.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,565 1,970 3,079
10th Percentile £303 £213 £250
25th Percentile £421 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £625
90th Percentile £706 £663 £688
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 631 232 518
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £12.88
25th Percentile £25.89 £15.50 £18.81
Median hourly rate £52.43 £28.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +87.23% -44.00% -
75th Percentile £78.75 £62.24 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +60.71% -30.00% -9.09%

Payments Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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 the South East.

Payments Architect job vacancy trend in the South East

Payments Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Payments Architect job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Payments Architect job vacancies in the South East

Payments Architect
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 10 July 2026. 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
Buckinghamshire - 4 £710 - 1
Thames Valley - 4 £710 - 1
Payments Architect
England

Payments Architect Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

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 South East 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 the South East 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