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 21 November 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 39 27
Rank change year-on-year -10 -12 +7
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 20 34 66
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 3.24% 4.84% 6.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.57% 5.10% 7.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 19 43
10th Percentile £463 £558 £513
25th Percentile £500 £600 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £638 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +6.25% -7.69%
75th Percentile £713 £738 £699
90th Percentile £758 £780 £775
Scotland median daily rate £600 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -3.85%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 561 667 928
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 95.01% 95.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 340 563
10th Percentile £229 £200 £208
25th Percentile £406 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £544
90th Percentile £625 £638 £608
Scotland median daily rate £454 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +0.89% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 31 18
10th Percentile £23.60 £16.37 £13.24
25th Percentile £30.50 £18.09 £17.72
Median hourly rate £60.00 £23.00 £28.94
Median % change year-on-year +160.87% -20.51% +53.71%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.18 £60.00
90th Percentile - - £62.50
Scotland median hourly rate £24.62 £19.59 £19.18
% change year-on-year +25.68% +2.14% +8.24%

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 21 November 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 21 November 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 (70.00%) Azure
2 12 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 7 (35.00%) Agile
3 7 (35.00%) AI
3 7 (35.00%) Technical Leadership
4 6 (30.00%) AWS
4 6 (30.00%) CI/CD
4 6 (30.00%) DevOps
4 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (25.00%) .NET
5 5 (25.00%) Data Governance
5 5 (25.00%) Machine Learning
5 5 (25.00%) Python
6 4 (20.00%) API Design
6 4 (20.00%) Azure AI
6 4 (20.00%) Azure Cognitive Search
6 4 (20.00%) Azure Cognitive Services
6 4 (20.00%) C#
6 4 (20.00%) OCR
6 4 (20.00%) React
6 4 (20.00%) RESTful
6 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (15.00%) Accessibility
7 3 (15.00%) Architectural Patterns
7 3 (15.00%) AWS Certification
7 3 (15.00%) Azure Certification
7 3 (15.00%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (15.00%) CISSP
7 3 (15.00%) Data Architecture
7 3 (15.00%) Data Science

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:

Cloud Services
1 14 (70.00%) Azure
2 6 (30.00%) AWS
3 4 (20.00%) Azure AI
3 4 (20.00%) Azure Cognitive Search
3 4 (20.00%) Azure Cognitive Services
4 3 (15.00%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (15.00%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (15.00%) IaaS
4 3 (15.00%) PaaS
4 3 (15.00%) SaaS
5 2 (10.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
6 1 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Firewall
1 3 (15.00%) Network Security
1 3 (15.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) Metadata
2 2 (10.00%) Power BI
General
1 6 (30.00%) Public Sector
2 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Finance
4 3 (15.00%) Banking
4 3 (15.00%) Legal
5 2 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (10.00%) Investment Banking
6 1 (5.00%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (5.00%) Retail
6 1 (5.00%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (25.00%) .NET
2 4 (20.00%) React
2 4 (20.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 3 (15.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (15.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (10.00%) Low-Code
4 1 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (5.00%) Data Structures
4 1 (5.00%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (5.00%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Linux
1 3 (15.00%) Unix
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
1 3 (15.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Agile
1 7 (35.00%) AI
1 7 (35.00%) Technical Leadership
2 6 (30.00%) CI/CD
2 6 (30.00%) DevOps
2 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 5 (25.00%) Machine Learning
4 4 (20.00%) API Design
4 4 (20.00%) OCR
4 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (15.00%) Architectural Patterns
5 3 (15.00%) Data Architecture
5 3 (15.00%) Data Science
5 3 (15.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (15.00%) Identity Management
5 3 (15.00%) Migration
5 3 (15.00%) Roadmaps
5 3 (15.00%) Scrum
5 3 (15.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 5 (25.00%) Python
2 4 (20.00%) C#
3 1 (5.00%) Java
3 1 (5.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.00%) SQL
3 1 (5.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) AWS Certification
1 3 (15.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (15.00%) CISSP
1 3 (15.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (10.00%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (5.00%) GDPR
3 1 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) OpenAI
3 2 (10.00%) Cisco
3 2 (10.00%) Meraki
4 1 (5.00%) Citrix
4 1 (5.00%) VMware