Infrastructure Architect Contracts in Scotland

Infrastructure Architect
UK > Scotland

The median Infrastructure Architect daily rate in Scotland is £685 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 122 149 162
Rank change year-on-year +27 +13 -21
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 13 11 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.58% 0.38% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 0.40% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 8
10th Percentile £538 £457 £431
25th Percentile £625 £525 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £685 £605 £619
Median % change year-on-year +13.22% -2.22% +7.61%
75th Percentile £752 £661 £675
90th Percentile £830 £700 -
UK median daily rate £650 £650 £620
% change year-on-year - +4.84% +13.24%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,117 2,724 3,382
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 95.18% 96.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,298 1,950 2,398
10th Percentile £202 £243 £211
25th Percentile £375 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £458
Median % change year-on-year - +3.83% +7.65%
75th Percentile £588 £551 £549
90th Percentile £675 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 46 55
10th Percentile £12.50 £12.94 £12.35
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.34 £17.50
Median hourly rate £33.25 £23.18 £25.82
Median % change year-on-year +43.44% -10.21% -35.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.17 £47.98
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.50 £54.09
UK median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%

Infrastructure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Architect in Scotland

Infrastructure Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Architect in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Architect in Scotland

Infrastructure Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Architect in Scotland

Infrastructure Architect
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Architect within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow +7 7 £650 +11.64%
Edinburgh +39 6 £806 +33.18%
Infrastructure Architect
UK

Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Infrastructure 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 Scotland region featuring Infrastructure Architect in the job title.

1 8 (61.54%) Windows
2 7 (53.85%) F5
2 7 (53.85%) Public Sector
3 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
3 5 (38.46%) VMware
4 4 (30.77%) Load Balancing
4 4 (30.77%) SCCM
4 4 (30.77%) PowerShell
4 4 (30.77%) AWS
4 4 (30.77%) CCNP
4 4 (30.77%) CCNA
4 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
4 4 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (30.77%) Linux
4 4 (30.77%) Python
4 4 (30.77%) LAN
4 4 (30.77%) WAN
4 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
4 4 (30.77%) IIS
4 4 (30.77%) Strategic Roadmap
4 4 (30.77%) Windows Server
4 4 (30.77%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (30.77%) Data Centre
4 4 (30.77%) Roadmaps
5 3 (23.08%) Design Patterns
5 3 (23.08%) Cloud Security
5 3 (23.08%) Amazon Cognito
5 3 (23.08%) Application Security
5 3 (23.08%) CI/CD
5 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity

Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 4 (30.77%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) AWS
2 3 (23.08%) Amazon Cognito
2 3 (23.08%) Azure
3 2 (15.38%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (15.38%) AWS Step Functions
3 2 (15.38%) Serverless
4 1 (7.69%) IaaS
4 1 (7.69%) PaaS
4 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) LAN
1 4 (30.77%) WAN
2 3 (23.08%) Firewall
2 3 (23.08%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
2 3 (23.08%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (7.69%) Relational Database
General
1 7 (53.85%) Public Sector
2 2 (15.38%) Banking
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Data Centre
2 2 (15.38%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (61.54%) Windows
2 4 (30.77%) Linux
2 4 (30.77%) Windows Server
3 3 (23.08%) Unix
4 1 (7.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Load Balancing
1 4 (30.77%) Roadmaps
1 4 (30.77%) Strategic Roadmap
2 3 (23.08%) Application Security
2 3 (23.08%) CI/CD
2 3 (23.08%) Cloud Security
2 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (23.08%) Design Patterns
2 3 (23.08%) DevOps
2 3 (23.08%) High Availability
2 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
2 3 (23.08%) Organisational Awareness
2 3 (23.08%) OWASP
2 3 (23.08%) Privileged Access Management
2 3 (23.08%) Security Monitoring
3 2 (15.38%) Agile
3 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (15.38%) Service Design
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) PowerShell
1 4 (30.77%) Python
2 3 (23.08%) Bash
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) CCNA
1 4 (30.77%) CCNP
1 4 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
1 4 (30.77%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) F5
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) VMware
3 1 (7.69%) Red Hat