Architect Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Architect
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Architect daily rate in Edinburgh is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 40 24
Rank change year-on-year +16 -16 +6
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 41 26 63
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 6.81% 4.34% 6.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.37% 4.59% 7.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 20 43
10th Percentile £493 £558 £525
25th Percentile £613 £592 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £675
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +5.72%
75th Percentile £825 £653 £700
90th Percentile £900 £739 £775
Scotland median daily rate £650 £625 £650
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £64.00 - -
75th Percentile £66.50 - -
90th Percentile £68.00 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £64.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 556 567 863
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 94.66% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 309 510
10th Percentile £220 £199 £238
25th Percentile £410 £391 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £593 £538 £556
90th Percentile £675 £640 £638
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 24 45
10th Percentile £19.25 £20.51 £16.10
25th Percentile £30.00 £21.03 £35.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £23.59 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +154.35% -60.68% +210.88%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.18 £62.50
90th Percentile £81.24 £27.26 £66.60
Scotland median hourly rate £24.09 £22.94 £45.00
% change year-on-year +5.02% -49.03% +153.95%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Architect job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Edinburgh

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 4 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in Edinburgh

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Edinburgh

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 4 February 2026, Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 20 (48.78%) Azure
2 14 (34.15%) AI
3 10 (24.39%) CI/CD
3 10 (24.39%) Mentoring
3 10 (24.39%) Technical Leadership
4 9 (21.95%) AWS
4 9 (21.95%) Machine Learning
4 9 (21.95%) Migration
5 7 (17.07%) Agile
5 7 (17.07%) Data Architecture
5 7 (17.07%) Data Management
5 7 (17.07%) Metadata
5 7 (17.07%) Microsoft
5 7 (17.07%) Python
6 6 (14.63%) API Design
6 6 (14.63%) Data Modelling
6 6 (14.63%) DevOps
6 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (14.63%) Roadmaps
7 5 (12.20%) .NET
7 5 (12.20%) Analytics
7 5 (12.20%) Asset Management
7 5 (12.20%) CRM
7 5 (12.20%) Data Science
7 5 (12.20%) Data Security
7 5 (12.20%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (12.20%) Degree
7 5 (12.20%) Disclosure Scotland
7 5 (12.20%) Oracle
7 5 (12.20%) PostgreSQL

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (9.76%) Apache
1 4 (9.76%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (7.32%) Apache Spark
3 1 (2.44%) CMS
3 1 (2.44%) JBoss
3 1 (2.44%) Red Hat Fuse
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (48.78%) Azure
2 9 (21.95%) AWS
3 4 (9.76%) Azure AI
3 4 (9.76%) Azure Cognitive Search
3 4 (9.76%) Azure Cognitive Services
3 4 (9.76%) GCP
3 4 (9.76%) SaaS
4 3 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (7.32%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (7.32%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (7.32%) IaaS
4 3 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (7.32%) PaaS
5 2 (4.88%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (4.88%) GitHub
5 2 (4.88%) OpenShift
6 1 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (2.44%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.32%) Network Security
2 2 (4.88%) Firewall
3 1 (2.44%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 1 (2.44%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (2.44%) LAN
3 1 (2.44%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.44%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.44%) WAN
3 1 (2.44%) Wireless
3 1 (2.44%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (17.07%) Metadata
2 5 (12.20%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (12.20%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (12.20%) SQL Server
3 4 (9.76%) Data Lake
3 4 (9.76%) MySQL
4 3 (7.32%) Big Data
4 3 (7.32%) Hadoop
5 1 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (2.44%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.44%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (21.95%) Public Sector
2 8 (19.51%) Finance
3 5 (12.20%) Social Skills
4 4 (9.76%) Legal
5 3 (7.32%) Banking
6 2 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.88%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (4.88%) Local Government
6 2 (4.88%) Retail Banking
7 1 (2.44%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.20%) .NET
2 4 (9.76%) React
2 4 (9.76%) RESTful
3 3 (7.32%) Kafka
4 2 (4.88%) FHIR
4 2 (4.88%) Web Services
5 1 (2.44%) AngularJS
5 1 (2.44%) ARM Templates
5 1 (2.44%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.07%) Cloud Native
2 5 (12.20%) Product Ownership
3 4 (9.76%) Operational Technology
3 4 (9.76%) SCADA
4 3 (7.32%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (7.32%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (4.88%) Data Centre
5 2 (4.88%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (4.88%) Low-Code
5 2 (4.88%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.44%) Client/Server
6 1 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.44%) NHS
6 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.44%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.88%) Linux
1 2 (4.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (2.44%) VMS
2 1 (2.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (34.15%) AI
2 10 (24.39%) CI/CD
2 10 (24.39%) Mentoring
2 10 (24.39%) Technical Leadership
3 9 (21.95%) Machine Learning
3 9 (21.95%) Migration
4 7 (17.07%) Agile
4 7 (17.07%) Data Architecture
4 7 (17.07%) Data Management
5 6 (14.63%) API Design
5 6 (14.63%) Data Modelling
5 6 (14.63%) DevOps
5 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (14.63%) Roadmaps
6 5 (12.20%) Analytics
6 5 (12.20%) Asset Management
6 5 (12.20%) CRM
6 5 (12.20%) Data Science
6 5 (12.20%) Data Security
6 5 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.07%) Python
2 5 (12.20%) SQL
3 4 (9.76%) C#
4 2 (4.88%) Java
4 2 (4.88%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.44%) Bicep
5 1 (2.44%) PL/SQL
5 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.44%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (12.20%) Degree
2 4 (9.76%) Master's Degree
2 4 (9.76%) Security Cleared
3 3 (7.32%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.20%) Disclosure Scotland
2 4 (9.76%) Data Quality
3 3 (7.32%) SLA
4 1 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (7.32%) Terraform
2 2 (4.88%) Ansible
2 2 (4.88%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.44%) Istio
3 1 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.20%) Oracle
3 4 (9.76%) AVEVA
3 4 (9.76%) Informatica
3 4 (9.76%) Talend
4 3 (7.32%) Cisco
4 3 (7.32%) Google
4 3 (7.32%) OpenAI
5 2 (4.88%) Meraki
5 2 (4.88%) Red Hat
6 1 (2.44%) Aruba
6 1 (2.44%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.44%) EnterpriseDB
6 1 (2.44%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (2.44%) F5
6 1 (2.44%) Palo Alto
6 1 (2.44%) Salesforce