Hybrid/Remote Payments Architect Contract Job Trends

Payments Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Payments Architect daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £519, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 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
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 323 413
Rank change year-on-year +26 +90 +178
Contract jobs requiring a Payments Architect 9 8 9
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.093% 0.063% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% 0.068% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 9
10th Percentile £474 - -
25th Percentile £500 - £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year -5.73% -15.38% -6.47%
75th Percentile £539 £700 £700
90th Percentile £620 £790 £718
UK median daily rate £539 £550 £625
% change year-on-year -2.09% -12.00% -10.07%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,101 11,840 19,221
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.79% 93.49% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,001 7,583 13,590
10th Percentile £325 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 291 441
10th Percentile £13.25 £19.59 £16.98
25th Percentile £20.50 £31.38 £25.71
Median hourly rate £39.10 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.11% -10.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.26 £68.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Payments Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Payments Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Payments Architect trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Payments Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Payments Architect job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Payments Architect job vacancies

Payments Architect
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Payments Architect over the 6 months to 21 September 2025.

Payments Architect daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Payments Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 21 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Payments Architect in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) Finance
1 7 (77.78%) Banking
2 5 (55.56%) Cloud Native
3 4 (44.44%) TOGAF
3 4 (44.44%) Migration
3 4 (44.44%) AWS
3 4 (44.44%) Microservices
4 3 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (33.33%) Architectural Design
4 3 (33.33%) Business Strategy
4 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 2 (22.22%) Design Patterns
5 2 (22.22%) Integration Patterns
5 2 (22.22%) Architectural Patterns
5 2 (22.22%) Event-Driven
5 2 (22.22%) Technology Strategy
5 2 (22.22%) API Design
5 2 (22.22%) IT Strategy
5 2 (22.22%) Architecture Roadmap
5 2 (22.22%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (22.22%) Requirements Management
5 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (22.22%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 2 (22.22%) Domain-Driven Design
5 2 (22.22%) Cash Management
5 2 (22.22%) Azure
6 1 (11.11%) ETL
6 1 (11.11%) Biometrics
6 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (11.11%) High Availability

Payments Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) AWS
2 2 (22.22%) Azure
General
1 7 (77.78%) Banking
1 7 (77.78%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Corporate Banking
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Cloud Native
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Microservices
1 4 (44.44%) Migration
1 4 (44.44%) TOGAF
2 3 (33.33%) Architectural Design
2 3 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 3 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 2 (22.22%) API Design
3 2 (22.22%) Architectural Patterns
3 2 (22.22%) Architecture Roadmap
3 2 (22.22%) Cash Management
3 2 (22.22%) Design Patterns
3 2 (22.22%) Domain-Driven Design
3 2 (22.22%) Event-Driven
3 2 (22.22%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 2 (22.22%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (22.22%) IT Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) Requirements Management
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (22.22%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (11.11%) AWS Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree