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 22 May 2026.

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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 27 22
Rank change year-on-year +9 -5 +8
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 66 41 59
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 8.96% 6.54% 7.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.62% 7.02% 7.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 24 36
10th Percentile £565 £500 £550
25th Percentile £625 £550 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £664
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -9.60% -5.18%
75th Percentile £688 £638 £706
90th Percentile £860 £675 £763
Scotland median daily rate £650 £625 £675
% change year-on-year +4.00% -7.41% +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 686 584 776
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.08% 93.14% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 325 446
10th Percentile £338 £240 £196
25th Percentile £409 £400 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -2.63% -
75th Percentile £557 £538 £563
90th Percentile £650 £623 £652
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £465
% change year-on-year +3.33% -3.23% -2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 18 56
10th Percentile - - £15.55
25th Percentile £50.00 £17.30 £16.50
Median hourly rate £61.00 £22.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +177.27% -56.00% +156.54%
75th Percentile £68.88 £27.45 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £50.06 £66.00
Scotland median hourly rate £21.90 £18.74 £24.29
% change year-on-year +16.89% -22.87% +12.09%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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 30 (45.45%) Azure
2 19 (28.79%) AI
3 18 (27.27%) Roadmaps
4 13 (19.70%) AWS
5 12 (18.18%) CI/CD
5 12 (18.18%) Python
6 11 (16.67%) Data Architecture
6 11 (16.67%) Machine Learning
6 11 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 11 (16.67%) Migration
6 11 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
7 10 (15.15%) Metadata
8 9 (13.64%) .NET
8 9 (13.64%) API Design
8 9 (13.64%) Architectural Patterns
8 9 (13.64%) Azure AI
8 9 (13.64%) DevOps
8 9 (13.64%) Microsoft
9 8 (12.12%) Analytics
9 8 (12.12%) Azure Cognitive Search
9 8 (12.12%) Azure Cognitive Services
9 8 (12.12%) C#
9 8 (12.12%) Data Modelling
9 8 (12.12%) Data Protection
9 8 (12.12%) OCR
9 8 (12.12%) Open Source
9 8 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (10.61%) Agile
10 7 (10.61%) Data Governance
10 7 (10.61%) Data Integration

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 5 (7.58%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (6.06%) Apache
2 4 (6.06%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.52%) CMS
3 1 (1.52%) Confluence
3 1 (1.52%) JBoss
3 1 (1.52%) nginx
3 1 (1.52%) Red Hat Fuse
Business Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.52%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (1.52%) SAP GRC
1 1 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 30 (45.45%) Azure
2 13 (19.70%) AWS
3 9 (13.64%) Azure AI
4 8 (12.12%) Azure Cognitive Search
4 8 (12.12%) Azure Cognitive Services
5 6 (9.09%) GCP
6 5 (7.58%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (4.55%) GitHub
7 3 (4.55%) IaaS
7 3 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (4.55%) SaaS
8 2 (3.03%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (3.03%) OpenShift
8 2 (3.03%) PaaS
8 2 (3.03%) Power Platform
8 2 (3.03%) Serverless
9 1 (1.52%) Azure AKS
9 1 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (1.52%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.58%) Firewall
2 4 (6.06%) Network Security
3 2 (3.03%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (1.52%) BIG-IP
4 1 (1.52%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 1 (1.52%) Internet
4 1 (1.52%) IPsec
4 1 (1.52%) LAN
4 1 (1.52%) NGFW
4 1 (1.52%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.52%) SSH
4 1 (1.52%) SSL
4 1 (1.52%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.52%) WAN
4 1 (1.52%) Wireless
4 1 (1.52%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (15.15%) Metadata
2 7 (10.61%) Data Lake
3 6 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (9.09%) SQL Server
4 4 (6.06%) MySQL
5 3 (4.55%) Big Data
5 3 (4.55%) Hadoop
6 2 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (3.03%) Oracle Database
7 1 (1.52%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (1.52%) Data Mining
7 1 (1.52%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (1.52%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 3 (4.55%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.52%) JIRA
2 1 (1.52%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 14 (21.21%) Public Sector
2 11 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 9 (13.64%) Finance
4 7 (10.61%) Legal
5 4 (6.06%) Banking
6 3 (4.55%) Retail Banking
7 2 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.03%) Local Government
8 1 (1.52%) Back Office
8 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.52%) Marketing
8 1 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.52%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (13.64%) .NET
2 7 (10.61%) RESTful
3 6 (9.09%) Kafka
3 6 (9.09%) React
4 2 (3.03%) FHIR
4 2 (3.03%) REST
4 2 (3.03%) Web Services
5 1 (1.52%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.52%) ARM Templates
5 1 (1.52%) FastAPI
5 1 (1.52%) Flask
5 1 (1.52%) JWT
5 1 (1.52%) OAuth
5 1 (1.52%) OpenID
5 1 (1.52%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (1.52%) SOAP
5 1 (1.52%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.64%) Cloud Native
2 8 (12.12%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (9.09%) Product Ownership
4 4 (6.06%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (6.06%) Operational Technology
4 4 (6.06%) SCADA
5 3 (4.55%) Data Centre
5 3 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (3.03%) Management Information System
6 2 (3.03%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.52%) AI Agents
7 1 (1.52%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.52%) Data Fabric
7 1 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.52%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.52%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (1.52%) NHS
7 1 (1.52%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.55%) Linux
1 3 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.52%) VMS
2 1 (1.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (28.79%) AI
2 18 (27.27%) Roadmaps
3 12 (18.18%) CI/CD
4 11 (16.67%) Data Architecture
4 11 (16.67%) Machine Learning
4 11 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 11 (16.67%) Migration
4 11 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
5 9 (13.64%) API Design
5 9 (13.64%) Architectural Patterns
5 9 (13.64%) DevOps
6 8 (12.12%) Analytics
6 8 (12.12%) Data Modelling
6 8 (12.12%) Data Protection
6 8 (12.12%) OCR
6 8 (12.12%) Open Source
6 8 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (10.61%) Data Integration
7 7 (10.61%) Enterprise Architecture
7 7 (10.61%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (18.18%) Python
2 8 (12.12%) C#
3 6 (9.09%) SQL
4 3 (4.55%) Java
5 2 (3.03%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.52%) Bicep
6 1 (1.52%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.52%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (9.09%) Degree
2 5 (7.58%) Security Cleared
3 4 (6.06%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (6.06%) Master's Degree
4 3 (4.55%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.52%) CCDP
5 1 (1.52%) CCNP
5 1 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.52%) CISM
5 1 (1.52%) CISSP
5 1 (1.52%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.09%) Disclosure Scotland
2 4 (6.06%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.55%) Accessibility
3 3 (4.55%) SLA
4 1 (1.52%) GRC
4 1 (1.52%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (4.55%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (6.06%) Terraform
2 3 (4.55%) Kubernetes
3 2 (3.03%) Ansible
4 1 (1.52%) Istio
4 1 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.61%) Oracle
3 5 (7.58%) OpenAI
4 4 (6.06%) AVEVA
4 4 (6.06%) Informatica
4 4 (6.06%) Talend
5 3 (4.55%) CheckPoint
5 3 (4.55%) Databricks
5 3 (4.55%) Google
5 3 (4.55%) Red Hat
6 2 (3.03%) Cisco
6 2 (3.03%) F5
7 1 (1.52%) Adobe
7 1 (1.52%) Aruba
7 1 (1.52%) BiZZdesign
7 1 (1.52%) EnterpriseDB
7 1 (1.52%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.52%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.52%) SAP
7 1 (1.52%) Zscaler