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Payment gateway contracts

UK public sector · 104 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
104
Last 12 months
Median contract
£203k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£152m
98 of 102 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
87
Suppliers
49

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most payment gateway contracts took 43% of them (45 of 104).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter fell 19% from the first half of the period to the second.
  • The median contract, £203k, is 2.5 times the median across consulting & accountancy contracts (£80k).

Who buys payment gateway

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Hampshire County Council3 contracts
  2. 2University of Edinburgh3 contracts
  3. 3Dundee City Council3 contracts
  4. 4Erewash Borough Council3 contracts
  5. 5Chelmsford City Council2 contracts
  6. 6University of Salford2 contracts
  7. 7University of the West of Scotland2 contracts
  8. 8Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS)2 contracts
  9. 9Aspire Housing2 contracts
  10. 10University of the West of England Higher Education Corporation2 contracts

Top payment gateway contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Access UK15 contracts
  2. 2Flywire Payments Limited13 contracts
  3. 3Civica7 contracts
  4. 4allpay5 contracts
  5. 5Barclays5 contracts
  6. 6Worldpay4 contracts
  7. 7Global Payments3 contracts
  8. 8HeyCentric Limited3 contracts
  9. 9Elavon2 contracts
  10. 10Capita2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

20Q4 2025*36Q1 202619Q2 202629Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 87 · Scotland 14 · Northern Ireland 2 · Wales 1

South East14London12Scotland11North West9East of England9East Midlands8West Midlands7North East6South West5Yorkshire and The Humber3Northern Ireland2Wales1UK-wide or not stated17

What is included

An acquirer or payment provider lets the buyer accept debit and credit card payments across channels: authorisation, processing and settlement, payment gateways and card terminals.

  • Merchant acquiring
  • Payment gateways bought with acquiring
  • Online payment acceptance
  • Chip and pin terminals

What is not included

  • Income management and payment software (see it software (it.ent.payments income management))
  • Bill payment collection networks and prepaid cards (see Bill payment services)
  • Main bank accounts (see Corporate banking services)

Often bought by the same buyers