Architect Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Architect
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Architect daily rate in Edinburgh is £663, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 37 25
Rank change year-on-year 0 -12 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 23 35 58
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 3.95% 5.67% 6.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.36% 6.01% 6.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 21 38
10th Percentile £481 £563 £521
25th Percentile £594 £600 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £625 £638
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -1.96% -1.92%
75th Percentile £747 £738 £700
90th Percentile £865 £780 £775
Scotland median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -

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 527 582 872
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 94.33% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 314 519
10th Percentile £254 £230 £200
25th Percentile £413 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £646 £625
Scotland median daily rate £455 £450 £490
% change year-on-year +1.00% -8.16% +3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 21 25
10th Percentile £19.25 £20.30 £14.37
25th Percentile £26.00 £22.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £40.00 £24.00 £53.70
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -55.31% +178.24%
75th Percentile £68.13 £24.18 £62.50
90th Percentile £75.00 - £68.40
Scotland median hourly rate £24.09 £23.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +4.74% -42.50% +125.73%

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 30 December 2025.

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 30 December 2025, 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 14 (60.87%) Azure
2 7 (30.43%) AI
2 7 (30.43%) AWS
2 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
2 7 (30.43%) Migration
3 6 (26.09%) Agile
3 6 (26.09%) CI/CD
4 5 (21.74%) CRM
4 5 (21.74%) Mentoring
4 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (21.74%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (17.39%) .NET
5 4 (17.39%) Degree
5 4 (17.39%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 4 (17.39%) Linux
5 4 (17.39%) Roadmaps
5 4 (17.39%) SaaS
6 3 (13.04%) Asset Management
6 3 (13.04%) AWS Certification
6 3 (13.04%) Azure Certification
6 3 (13.04%) CISSP
6 3 (13.04%) DevOps
6 3 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (13.04%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (13.04%) Firewall
6 3 (13.04%) IaaS
6 3 (13.04%) Identity Management
6 3 (13.04%) Machine Learning
6 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (13.04%) Network Security

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 1 (4.35%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (60.87%) Azure
2 7 (30.43%) AWS
3 4 (17.39%) SaaS
4 3 (13.04%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (13.04%) IaaS
4 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (13.04%) PaaS
5 2 (8.70%) Azure AI
5 2 (8.70%) Azure Cognitive Search
5 2 (8.70%) Azure Cognitive Services
6 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (4.35%) GitHub
6 1 (4.35%) OpenShift
6 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) Firewall
1 3 (13.04%) Network Security
1 3 (13.04%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.35%) Metadata
1 1 (4.35%) Oracle Database
1 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (26.09%) Finance
1 6 (26.09%) Public Sector
1 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Banking
3 2 (8.70%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Retail Banking
4 1 (4.35%) Investment Banking
4 1 (4.35%) Legal
4 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) .NET
2 2 (8.70%) React
2 2 (8.70%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Cloud Native
2 3 (13.04%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (8.70%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (8.70%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (8.70%) Low-Code
3 2 (8.70%) Operational Technology
3 2 (8.70%) SCADA
4 1 (4.35%) Client/Server
4 1 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
4 1 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.35%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Linux
2 3 (13.04%) Unix
2 3 (13.04%) Windows
2 3 (13.04%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (4.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) AI
1 7 (30.43%) Migration
2 6 (26.09%) Agile
2 6 (26.09%) CI/CD
3 5 (21.74%) CRM
3 5 (21.74%) Mentoring
3 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (21.74%) Technical Leadership
4 4 (17.39%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 4 (17.39%) Roadmaps
5 3 (13.04%) Asset Management
5 3 (13.04%) DevOps
5 3 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (13.04%) Identity Management
5 3 (13.04%) Machine Learning
5 3 (13.04%) Scrum
5 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (13.04%) TOGAF
6 2 (8.70%) Data Protection
6 2 (8.70%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) Python
2 2 (8.70%) C#
3 1 (4.35%) Java
3 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.35%) PL/SQL
3 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.35%) SQL
3 1 (4.35%) T-SQL
3 1 (4.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) Degree
2 3 (13.04%) AWS Certification
2 3 (13.04%) Azure Certification
2 3 (13.04%) CISSP
3 2 (8.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (4.35%) GDPR
2 1 (4.35%) QA
2 1 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Ansible
1 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) AVEVA
2 2 (8.70%) Cisco
2 2 (8.70%) Meraki
3 1 (4.35%) Citrix
3 1 (4.35%) OpenAI
3 1 (4.35%) Oracle
3 1 (4.35%) Red Hat
3 1 (4.35%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.35%) VMware