Technical Architect Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Technical Architect
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Technical Architect daily rate in Edinburgh is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 September 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 64 69
Rank change year-on-year -6 +5 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 4 4 9
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.56% 0.63% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.69% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £608
25th Percentile - £763 £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £775 £725
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +6.90% +20.83%
75th Percentile - £788 £748
90th Percentile - - £767
Scotland median daily rate £475 £723 £750
% change year-on-year -34.26% -3.67% +27.12%

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 669 577 778
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.23% 90.58% 94.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 348 290 407
10th Percentile £238 £277 £192
25th Percentile £405 £413 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £538
90th Percentile £618 £600 £615
Scotland median daily rate £463 £463 £450
% change year-on-year - +2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 18 33
10th Percentile £15.81 - £13.53
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.30 £16.37
Median hourly rate £61.00 £42.51 £18.38
Median % change year-on-year +43.50% +131.33% +3.70%
75th Percentile £68.75 £64.06 £23.89
90th Percentile £70.63 £75.00 £48.84
Scotland median hourly rate £19.33 £20.00 £18.13
% change year-on-year -3.35% +10.31% +2.31%

Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Technical Architect job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 24 September 2026, Technical 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 Technical Architect in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) AWS
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) EnterpriseDB
2 2 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) JBoss
2 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) OpenShift
2 2 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (50.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (50.00%) Refactoring
2 2 (50.00%) Serverless
2 2 (50.00%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (25.00%) AngularJS
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven
3 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (25.00%) Kafka
3 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Fuse
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) TOGAF

Technical 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 2 (50.00%) JBoss
2 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Fuse
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) AWS
2 2 (50.00%) OpenShift
2 2 (50.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (25.00%) Kafka
1 1 (25.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Refactoring
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven
2 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) EnterpriseDB
1 2 (50.00%) Red Hat