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 3 April 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 26 20
Rank change year-on-year +5 -6 +23
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 50 43 64
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 7.55% 7.03% 7.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.20% 7.48% 8.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 28 44
10th Percentile £513 £512 £533
25th Percentile £619 £589 £622
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £613 £675
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% -9.26% +3.85%
75th Percentile £725 £647 £708
90th Percentile £900 £741 £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 610 575 776
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.15% 93.95% 94.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 330 444
10th Percentile £250 £205 £200
25th Percentile £406 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £480
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -3.65% +1.05%
75th Percentile £557 £538 £575
90th Percentile £654 £638 £662
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 22 55
10th Percentile £19.85 £18.72 £16.10
25th Percentile £50.00 £21.00 £17.86
Median hourly rate £52.50 £24.09 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +117.93% -51.82% +135.18%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.54 £61.13
90th Percentile £81.24 £33.70 £66.00
Scotland median hourly rate £21.20 £23.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -7.83% -34.29% +60.92%

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 3 April 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 3 April 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 25 (50.00%) Azure
2 18 (36.00%) AI
3 12 (24.00%) Roadmaps
4 11 (22.00%) Machine Learning
4 11 (22.00%) Python
5 10 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 10 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 10 (20.00%) Metadata
6 9 (18.00%) .NET
6 9 (18.00%) API Design
6 9 (18.00%) Technical Leadership
7 8 (16.00%) Azure AI
7 8 (16.00%) Azure Cognitive Search
7 8 (16.00%) Azure Cognitive Services
7 8 (16.00%) C#
7 8 (16.00%) Data Architecture
7 8 (16.00%) DevOps
7 8 (16.00%) Microsoft
7 8 (16.00%) Migration
7 8 (16.00%) OCR
7 8 (16.00%) Open Source
8 7 (14.00%) Architectural Patterns
8 7 (14.00%) Data Management
8 7 (14.00%) RESTful
9 6 (12.00%) Agile
9 6 (12.00%) AWS
9 6 (12.00%) Data Modelling
9 6 (12.00%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (12.00%) Degree
9 6 (12.00%) 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 (8.00%) Apache
1 4 (8.00%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (6.00%) Apache Spark
3 1 (2.00%) CMS
3 1 (2.00%) Confluence
3 1 (2.00%) JBoss
3 1 (2.00%) nginx
3 1 (2.00%) Red Hat Fuse
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 25 (50.00%) Azure
2 8 (16.00%) Azure AI
2 8 (16.00%) Azure Cognitive Search
2 8 (16.00%) Azure Cognitive Services
3 6 (12.00%) AWS
4 5 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (8.00%) GCP
6 3 (6.00%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (6.00%) GitHub
6 3 (6.00%) SaaS
7 2 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (4.00%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (4.00%) IaaS
7 2 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (4.00%) OpenShift
7 2 (4.00%) PaaS
7 2 (4.00%) Power Platform
8 1 (2.00%) Azure AKS
8 1 (2.00%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (2.00%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.00%) Firewall
2 4 (8.00%) Network Security
3 2 (4.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (2.00%) BIG-IP
4 1 (2.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 1 (2.00%) Internet
4 1 (2.00%) IPsec
4 1 (2.00%) LAN
4 1 (2.00%) NGFW
4 1 (2.00%) SD-WAN
4 1 (2.00%) SSH
4 1 (2.00%) SSL
4 1 (2.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.00%) WAN
4 1 (2.00%) Wireless
4 1 (2.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (20.00%) Metadata
2 6 (12.00%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (12.00%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (10.00%) SQL Server
4 4 (8.00%) Data Lake
4 4 (8.00%) MySQL
5 3 (6.00%) Big Data
5 3 (6.00%) Hadoop
6 1 (2.00%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (2.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (6.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.00%) JIRA
2 1 (2.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 11 (22.00%) Public Sector
2 7 (14.00%) Finance
2 7 (14.00%) Legal
3 6 (12.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (4.00%) Banking
4 2 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.00%) Local Government
4 2 (4.00%) Retail Banking
5 1 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (18.00%) .NET
2 7 (14.00%) RESTful
3 6 (12.00%) React
4 4 (8.00%) Kafka
5 2 (4.00%) FHIR
5 2 (4.00%) Web Services
6 1 (2.00%) AngularJS
6 1 (2.00%) ARM Templates
6 1 (2.00%) FastAPI
6 1 (2.00%) Flask
6 1 (2.00%) REST
6 1 (2.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.00%) Cloud Native
2 5 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (10.00%) Product Ownership
3 4 (8.00%) Operational Technology
3 4 (8.00%) SCADA
4 3 (6.00%) Data Centre
4 3 (6.00%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (6.00%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (4.00%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (4.00%) Low-Code
5 2 (4.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.00%) Security Posture
6 1 (2.00%) Client/Server
6 1 (2.00%) NHS
6 1 (2.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.00%) Linux
1 3 (6.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (2.00%) VMS
2 1 (2.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (36.00%) AI
2 12 (24.00%) Roadmaps
3 11 (22.00%) Machine Learning
4 10 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 10 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 9 (18.00%) API Design
5 9 (18.00%) Technical Leadership
6 8 (16.00%) Data Architecture
6 8 (16.00%) DevOps
6 8 (16.00%) Migration
6 8 (16.00%) OCR
6 8 (16.00%) Open Source
7 7 (14.00%) Architectural Patterns
7 7 (14.00%) Data Management
8 6 (12.00%) Agile
8 6 (12.00%) Data Modelling
8 6 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (10.00%) Analytics
9 5 (10.00%) Data Governance
9 5 (10.00%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 11 (22.00%) Python
2 8 (16.00%) C#
3 5 (10.00%) SQL
4 2 (4.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.00%) Bicep
5 1 (2.00%) Java
5 1 (2.00%) PL/SQL
5 1 (2.00%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (12.00%) Degree
2 4 (8.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (8.00%) Master's Degree
2 4 (8.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.00%) CCDP
4 1 (2.00%) CCNP
4 1 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.00%) CISM
4 1 (2.00%) CISSP
4 1 (2.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 4 (8.00%) Data Quality
3 3 (6.00%) Accessibility
3 3 (6.00%) SLA
4 1 (2.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (2.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (6.00%) Terraform
2 2 (4.00%) Ansible
2 2 (4.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.00%) Istio
3 1 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.00%) OpenAI
2 5 (10.00%) Oracle
3 4 (8.00%) AVEVA
3 4 (8.00%) Informatica
3 4 (8.00%) Talend
4 3 (6.00%) CheckPoint
4 3 (6.00%) Google
4 3 (6.00%) Red Hat
5 2 (4.00%) Cisco
5 2 (4.00%) Databricks
5 2 (4.00%) F5
6 1 (2.00%) Aruba
6 1 (2.00%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (2.00%) EnterpriseDB
6 1 (2.00%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (2.00%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.00%) Palo Alto
6 1 (2.00%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.00%) Zscaler