Solutions Architect Contracts in Glasgow

Solution Architect
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Glasgow is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 64 50
Rank change year-on-year +8 -14 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 23 23 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 2.56% 2.50% 3.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.70% 2.62% 3.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 18 30
10th Percentile £513 £561 £450
25th Percentile £592 £572 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £565
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +6.19% +10.78%
75th Percentile £688 £694 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £635
Scotland median daily rate £650 £644 £580
% change year-on-year +0.97% +10.99% +10.48%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 852 877 985
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.98% 95.22% 96.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 562 647 748
10th Percentile £271 £313 £208
25th Percentile £381 £406 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £538
90th Percentile £675 £706 £600
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £458
% change year-on-year - +3.83% +7.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 16 11
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.00 £17.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £13.97 £21.00
Median hourly rate £24.26 £28.75 £25.28
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% +13.75% +13.60%
75th Percentile £47.35 £58.75 £41.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £63.56 £48.00
Scotland median hourly rate £33.25 £23.18 £25.82
% change year-on-year +43.44% -10.21% -35.46%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Glasgow

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in Glasgow.

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in Glasgow

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Glasgow over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in Glasgow

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Solutions 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 job ads across the Glasgow region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 14 (60.87%) Agile
2 11 (47.83%) Waterfall
3 10 (43.48%) TOGAF
4 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
4 7 (30.43%) Microservices
4 7 (30.43%) Project Delivery
5 6 (26.09%) Power Platform
5 6 (26.09%) IT Strategy
5 6 (26.09%) Finance
5 6 (26.09%) Azure
6 5 (21.74%) Banking
6 5 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (21.74%) Technology Strategy
6 5 (21.74%) Public Sector
7 4 (17.39%) Roadmaps
7 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
7 4 (17.39%) Cyber Resilience
7 4 (17.39%) SDLC
7 4 (17.39%) Anti-Money Laundering
7 4 (17.39%) Middleware
7 4 (17.39%) ERP
7 4 (17.39%) ATM
7 4 (17.39%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
7 4 (17.39%) SC Cleared
8 3 (13.04%) Asset Management
8 3 (13.04%) SaaS
8 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (13.04%) Analytics

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (4.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 6 (26.09%) Azure
1 6 (26.09%) Power Platform
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (13.04%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) ATM
2 1 (4.35%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Big Data
1 1 (4.35%) NoSQL
1 1 (4.35%) RDBMS
1 1 (4.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 6 (26.09%) Finance
2 5 (21.74%) Banking
2 5 (21.74%) Public Sector
3 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 3 (13.04%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.35%) Low-Code
3 1 (4.35%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (60.87%) Agile
2 11 (47.83%) Waterfall
3 10 (43.48%) TOGAF
4 7 (30.43%) Microservices
4 7 (30.43%) Project Delivery
5 6 (26.09%) IT Strategy
6 5 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (21.74%) Technology Strategy
7 4 (17.39%) Anti-Money Laundering
7 4 (17.39%) Cyber Resilience
7 4 (17.39%) ERP
7 4 (17.39%) Roadmaps
7 4 (17.39%) SDLC
8 3 (13.04%) Analytics
8 3 (13.04%) Architecture Governance
8 3 (13.04%) Business Case
8 3 (13.04%) PLM
8 3 (13.04%) Project Management
8 3 (13.04%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) SC Cleared
1 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.70%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.35%) Degree
3 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Atlassian
2 1 (4.35%) Infoblox
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle