Hybrid/Remote Payments Architect Job Trends

Payments Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Payments Architect salary for remote or hybrid work is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 September 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 404 - 523
Rank change year-on-year - - +333
Permanent jobs requiring a Payments Architect 10 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.061% - 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% - 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £82,500 - £95,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - £101,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.73%
75th Percentile £87,500 - £107,250
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £85,000 £50,000 £96,000
% change year-on-year +70.00% -47.92% +3.78%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

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

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 15,074 22,518 23,867
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 96.33% 96.48%
Number of salaries quoted 8,984 14,380 19,793
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £37,422
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,541 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,302 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

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
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for remote Payments Architect job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Payments Architect job vacancies

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Payments Architect in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Google
1 10 (100.00%) Azure
1 10 (100.00%) AWS
1 10 (100.00%) GCP
2 7 (70.00%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (70.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (70.00%) TOGAF Certification
2 7 (70.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 7 (70.00%) Management Information System
2 7 (70.00%) Finance
2 7 (70.00%) Agile
2 7 (70.00%) TOGAF
2 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (70.00%) Influencing Skills
2 7 (70.00%) Business Strategy
2 7 (70.00%) API Management
2 7 (70.00%) SDLC
2 7 (70.00%) API Design
3 3 (30.00%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (30.00%) Software Engineering
3 3 (30.00%) Data Security
3 3 (30.00%) Technical Architecture
3 3 (30.00%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (30.00%) Media Streaming
3 3 (30.00%) Software Architecture
3 3 (30.00%) Node.js
3 3 (30.00%) High Availability
3 3 (30.00%) Analytics
3 3 (30.00%) Mentoring

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 3 (30.00%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 10 (100.00%) AWS
1 10 (100.00%) Azure
1 10 (100.00%) GCP
2 3 (30.00%) Cloud Computing
General
1 7 (70.00%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (70.00%) Finance
1 7 (70.00%) Influencing Skills
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) .NET
1 3 (30.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (30.00%) Media Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Agile
1 7 (70.00%) API Design
1 7 (70.00%) API Management
1 7 (70.00%) Business Strategy
1 7 (70.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (70.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 7 (70.00%) SDLC
1 7 (70.00%) TOGAF
2 3 (30.00%) Analytics
2 3 (30.00%) Data Security
2 3 (30.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (30.00%) High Availability
2 3 (30.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (30.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (30.00%) Software Architecture
2 3 (30.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (30.00%) Technical Architecture
2 3 (30.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) TOGAF Certification
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Google
2 3 (30.00%) Gigya
2 3 (30.00%) PayPal