Payments Architect Jobs in England

Payments Architect
UK > England

The median Payments Architect salary in England is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 689 807 828
Rank change year-on-year +118 +21 +335
Permanent jobs requiring a Payments Architect 15 11 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.028% 0.013% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.014% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 6 7 2
10th Percentile £62,500 - £81,300
25th Percentile £76,875 - £83,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £50,000 £93,000
Median % change year-on-year +70.00% -46.24% -2.11%
75th Percentile £87,500 £60,000 £99,750
90th Percentile - £82,000 £99,900
UK median annual salary £85,000 £50,000 £96,000
% change year-on-year +70.00% -47.92% +1.05%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 47,549 78,734 67,005
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.18% 94.67% 91.67%
Number of salaries quoted 26,478 55,646 46,912
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £80,627
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,818 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.20% -10.30% -

Payments Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Payments Architect in England

Payments Architect
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Payments Architect in England.

Salary trend for Payments Architect in England

Payments Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Payments Architect in England over the 6 months to 21 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Payments Architect in England

Payments Architect
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Payments Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 21 July 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West - 7 - -
North of England - 7 - -
London +70 6 £85,000 +70.00% 1
South East +57 2 - -
Payments Architect
UK

Payments Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 21 July 2025, Payments Architect 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 permanent job ads across the England region featuring Payments Architect in the job title.

1 11 (73.33%) Google
1 11 (73.33%) Azure
1 11 (73.33%) AWS
1 11 (73.33%) GCP
2 8 (53.33%) API Design
2 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (53.33%) TOGAF
2 8 (53.33%) Finance
3 7 (46.67%) Agile
3 7 (46.67%) Enterprise Architecture
3 7 (46.67%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (46.67%) Influencing Skills
3 7 (46.67%) Business Strategy
3 7 (46.67%) API Management
3 7 (46.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 7 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (46.67%) TOGAF Certification
3 7 (46.67%) Management Information System
3 7 (46.67%) SDLC
4 5 (33.33%) Software Engineering
5 4 (26.67%) Media Streaming
5 4 (26.67%) Data Security
5 4 (26.67%) .NET
5 4 (26.67%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (26.67%) Software Architecture
5 4 (26.67%) Node.js
5 4 (26.67%) High Availability
5 4 (26.67%) Analytics
5 4 (26.67%) Mentoring
5 4 (26.67%) Technical Architecture

Payments Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (26.67%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (6.67%) Postilion
Cloud Services
1 11 (73.33%) AWS
1 11 (73.33%) Azure
1 11 (73.33%) GCP
2 4 (26.67%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) ATM
General
1 8 (53.33%) Finance
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (46.67%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (46.67%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Banking
4 1 (6.67%) Retail
4 1 (6.67%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) .NET
1 4 (26.67%) Node.js
2 1 (6.67%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) Management Information System
2 4 (26.67%) Media Streaming
3 1 (6.67%) IBM Mainframe
3 1 (6.67%) Mainframe
3 1 (6.67%) Mobile Wallet
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) API Design
1 8 (53.33%) TOGAF
2 7 (46.67%) Agile
2 7 (46.67%) API Management
2 7 (46.67%) Business Strategy
2 7 (46.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 7 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (46.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 7 (46.67%) SDLC
3 5 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 4 (26.67%) Analytics
4 4 (26.67%) Data Security
4 4 (26.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 4 (26.67%) Decision-Making
4 4 (26.67%) High Availability
4 4 (26.67%) Mentoring
4 4 (26.67%) Performance Optimisation
4 4 (26.67%) Software Architecture
4 4 (26.67%) Technical Architecture
4 4 (26.67%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (6.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) Google
2 4 (26.67%) Gigya
2 4 (26.67%) PayPal
3 1 (6.67%) IBM