Software Architecture Jobs in Scotland

Software Architecture
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Software Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Architecture over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 234 211 204
Rank change year-on-year -23 -7 -28
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 53 16 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.79% 0.34% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 0.36% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 20 4 12
10th Percentile £60,000 - -
25th Percentile £62,813 £62,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,576 £75,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -5.90% +27.66% -6.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £93,125 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,200 £103,250 £70,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -9.68% +3.33% +15.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Software Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,227 4,478 5,183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.90% 94.17% 91.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2,420 2,245 2,766
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,133 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,810 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.19% +10.11% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +9.09%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Software Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Software Architecture in Scotland

Software Architecture
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Architecture in Scotland.

Salary trend for Software Architecture in Scotland

Software Architecture
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Architecture in Scotland over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Architecture in Scotland

Software Architecture
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -78 33 £67,500 +3.85% 1
Edinburgh +49 20 £70,576 -29.42% 6
Software Architecture
UK

Software Architecture
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 1 (1.89%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 16 (30.19%) AWS
2 11 (20.75%) SaaS
3 9 (16.98%) Azure
4 6 (11.32%) Entra ID
5 4 (7.55%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (18.87%) SQL Server
2 8 (15.09%) Big Data
3 4 (7.55%) Geospatial Data
3 4 (7.55%) GIS
4 1 (1.89%) Hadoop
4 1 (1.89%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.89%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (16.98%) Git
1 9 (16.98%) Jasmine
1 9 (16.98%) Karma Test Runner
1 9 (16.98%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 39 (73.58%) Finance
2 28 (52.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 28 (52.83%) Law
3 21 (39.62%) Banking
4 19 (35.85%) Marketing
5 9 (16.98%) Private Banking
6 8 (15.09%) Games
6 8 (15.09%) Legal
7 2 (3.77%) Financial Institution
7 2 (3.77%) Social Skills
8 1 (1.89%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.89%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 32 (60.38%) Architect
2 12 (22.64%) Cloud Architect
2 12 (22.64%) Cloud Solutions Architect
2 12 (22.64%) Principal Architect
2 12 (22.64%) Principal Solutions Architect
3 11 (20.75%) Senior
4 10 (18.87%) Developer
4 10 (18.87%) Solutions Architect
5 9 (16.98%) UI Developer
6 7 (13.21%) Lead
6 7 (13.21%) Software Engineer
7 6 (11.32%) Lead Architect
7 6 (11.32%) Senior Architect
8 5 (9.43%) Embedded Engineer
8 5 (9.43%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 5 (9.43%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 5 (9.43%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 5 (9.43%) Senior Software Engineer
9 3 (5.66%) Software Architect
9 3 (5.66%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (18.87%) .NET
1 10 (18.87%) AngularJS
1 10 (18.87%) ASP.NET
1 10 (18.87%) ASP.NET MVC
1 10 (18.87%) ASP.NET Web API
1 10 (18.87%) CSS
1 10 (18.87%) HTML
1 10 (18.87%) Kafka
2 9 (16.98%) ASP.NET MVC 3
2 9 (16.98%) jQuery
2 9 (16.98%) LESS
2 9 (16.98%) OAuth
2 9 (16.98%) OAuth2
2 9 (16.98%) OpenAPI
2 9 (16.98%) RESTful
2 9 (16.98%) Sass
2 9 (16.98%) Swagger
3 8 (15.09%) Spring
3 8 (15.09%) Spring Boot
4 2 (3.77%) React
Miscellaneous
1 23 (43.40%) Cloud Native
2 7 (13.21%) Blockchain
2 7 (13.21%) Robotics
2 7 (13.21%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 3 (5.66%) Public Cloud
4 2 (3.77%) Mobile Banking
5 1 (1.89%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (1.89%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (49.06%) Software Engineering
2 23 (43.40%) Agile
3 21 (39.62%) Wealth Management
4 19 (35.85%) Artificial Intelligence
4 19 (35.85%) Machine Learning
4 19 (35.85%) Operational Stability
5 16 (30.19%) Mentoring
6 15 (28.30%) SDLC
7 14 (26.42%) Roadmaps
8 12 (22.64%) Analytics
8 12 (22.64%) Business Strategy
8 12 (22.64%) Data Analytics
8 12 (22.64%) LLM
8 12 (22.64%) Migration
9 11 (20.75%) Microservices
10 10 (18.87%) Architectural Patterns
10 10 (18.87%) Asset Management
10 10 (18.87%) MVC
10 10 (18.87%) Test Automation
11 9 (16.98%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (20.75%) Java
2 10 (18.87%) C#
2 10 (18.87%) JavaScript
2 10 (18.87%) TypeScript
3 9 (16.98%) T-SQL
4 3 (5.66%) C
4 3 (5.66%) Embedded C
5 1 (1.89%) Kotlin
5 1 (1.89%) Python
5 1 (1.89%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (7.55%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (3.77%) Degree
2 2 (3.77%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.98%) Accessibility
1 9 (16.98%) WAI
2 8 (15.09%) SEPA
3 1 (1.89%) ISO 20022
3 1 (1.89%) QA
System Software
1 11 (20.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (20.75%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (11.32%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.77%) Google
3 1 (1.89%) Databricks