Technical Architect Jobs in Scotland

Technical Architect
UK > Scotland

The median Technical Architect salary in Scotland is £72,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

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

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 261 182 229
Rank change year-on-year -79 +47 -53
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 17 45 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.25% 0.95% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 1.06% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 10 3 5
10th Percentile £65,550 £71,500 £55,150
25th Percentile £66,250 £73,750 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £80,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% +3.23% +14.81%
75th Percentile £79,388 £86,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £80,890 £88,500 -
UK median annual salary £77,500 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -8.82% +6.25% +5.61%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 6,524 4,257 5,514
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.87% 90.19% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,618 2,312 2,970
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,569 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,658
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,550 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.08% - +9.09%

Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Architect in Scotland

Technical Architect
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Architect in Scotland.

Salary trend for Technical Architect in Scotland

Technical Architect
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Architect in Scotland over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Architect in Scotland

Technical Architect
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Architect within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 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
Edinburgh +31 13 £72,500 - 7
Glasgow -125 4 - - 2
Technical Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Technical 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 job ads across the Scotland region featuring Technical Architect in the job title.

1 7 (41.18%) Banking
1 7 (41.18%) Finance
2 6 (35.29%) Agile
2 6 (35.29%) Open Source
2 6 (35.29%) DevOps
2 6 (35.29%) CI/CD
3 5 (29.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (29.41%) Architectural Patterns
3 5 (29.41%) Technical Leadership
3 5 (29.41%) Microservices
3 5 (29.41%) AWS
4 4 (23.53%) Kubernetes
4 4 (23.53%) Kafka
4 4 (23.53%) Retail Banking
5 3 (17.65%) Electronic Design Automation
5 3 (17.65%) Spring
5 3 (17.65%) ANSYS
5 3 (17.65%) Degree
5 3 (17.65%) PLM
5 3 (17.65%) Aerospace
5 3 (17.65%) Legal
5 3 (17.65%) CAD
5 3 (17.65%) CAE
5 3 (17.65%) Project Management
5 3 (17.65%) Java
5 3 (17.65%) PhD
5 3 (17.65%) Cisco
5 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
5 3 (17.65%) Docker
5 3 (17.65%) Coaching

Technical 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) AWS
2 2 (11.76%) dbt
3 1 (5.88%) Azure
3 1 (5.88%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (5.88%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Big Data
General
1 7 (41.18%) Banking
1 7 (41.18%) Finance
2 5 (29.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (23.53%) Retail Banking
4 3 (17.65%) Aerospace
4 3 (17.65%) Legal
5 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Retail
5 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) Kafka
2 3 (17.65%) Spring
2 3 (17.65%) Spring Boot
3 2 (11.76%) Django
3 2 (11.76%) Node.js
3 2 (11.76%) React
4 1 (5.88%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Blockchain
1 3 (17.65%) Robotics
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.88%) Mainframe
2 1 (5.88%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Agile
1 6 (35.29%) CI/CD
1 6 (35.29%) DevOps
1 6 (35.29%) Open Source
2 5 (29.41%) Architectural Patterns
2 5 (29.41%) Microservices
2 5 (29.41%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (17.65%) API Design
3 3 (17.65%) CAD
3 3 (17.65%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (17.65%) Coaching
3 3 (17.65%) Content Development
3 3 (17.65%) Customer Engagement
3 3 (17.65%) Electronic Design Automation
3 3 (17.65%) FMEA
3 3 (17.65%) PLM
3 3 (17.65%) Project Management
3 3 (17.65%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (17.65%) SDLC
3 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) Java
2 2 (11.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
1 3 (17.65%) PhD
2 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) CCNP
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Docker
2 1 (5.88%) KVM
2 1 (5.88%) Xen
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) ANSYS
1 3 (17.65%) Cisco
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) ForeScout
2 1 (5.88%) Meraki
2 1 (5.88%) Red Hat