AWS Architect Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Amazon Web Services Architect
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Amazon Web Services Architect daily rate in Glasgow is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 February 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 77 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Contract jobs requiring an AWS Architect 7 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 1.01% 0.13% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 0.14% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £509 - -
25th Percentile £514 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £534 - -
90th Percentile £538 - -
Scotland median daily rate £525 £600 £663
% change year-on-year -12.50% -9.43% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 654 702 880
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.10% 91.17% 96.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 395 432 585
10th Percentile £275 £300 £313
25th Percentile £378 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £445 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -11.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £564 £538 £600
90th Percentile £670 £625 £700
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 14 23
10th Percentile £16.17 £11.78 £11.50
25th Percentile £22.39 £15.60 £15.42
Median hourly rate £28.09 £19.59 £16.70
Median % change year-on-year +43.39% +17.31% +11.33%
75th Percentile £52.50 £26.86 £19.50
90th Percentile £61.84 £40.10 £75.00
Scotland median hourly rate £24.09 £22.94 £45.00
% change year-on-year +5.02% -49.03% +153.95%

AWS Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

AWS Architect job vacancy trend in Glasgow

AWS Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for AWS Architect job vacancies in Glasgow.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for AWS Architect job vacancies in Glasgow

AWS Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 6 February 2026, AWS 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 Glasgow region featuring AWS Architect in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) AWS
1 7 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 7 (100.00%) Serverless
2 6 (85.71%) AWS CloudFormation
2 6 (85.71%) Node.js
2 6 (85.71%) Python
2 6 (85.71%) Terraform
3 5 (71.43%) Migration
4 4 (57.14%) Data Protection
4 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
5 3 (42.86%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (42.86%) Amazon Aurora
5 3 (42.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 3 (42.86%) Amazon EventBridge
5 3 (42.86%) Amazon Kinesis
5 3 (42.86%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (42.86%) Amazon S3
5 3 (42.86%) Amazon SQS
5 3 (42.86%) Analytics
5 3 (42.86%) AWS Certification
5 3 (42.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 3 (42.86%) AWS CloudTrail
5 3 (42.86%) Cloud Security
5 3 (42.86%) Containerisation
5 3 (42.86%) Customer Engagement
5 3 (42.86%) Data Modelling
5 3 (42.86%) Data Strategy
5 3 (42.86%) DevOps
5 3 (42.86%) DynamoDB
5 3 (42.86%) GDPR

AWS Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) AWS
1 7 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 7 (100.00%) Serverless
2 6 (85.71%) AWS CloudFormation
3 3 (42.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 3 (42.86%) Amazon EventBridge
3 3 (42.86%) Amazon Kinesis
3 3 (42.86%) Amazon S3
3 3 (42.86%) Amazon SQS
3 3 (42.86%) AWS CloudTrail
3 3 (42.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Amazon Athena
1 3 (42.86%) Amazon Aurora
1 3 (42.86%) Amazon Redshift
1 3 (42.86%) DynamoDB
1 3 (42.86%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Git
1 3 (42.86%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (85.71%) Node.js
2 2 (28.57%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) IVR
1 3 (42.86%) NHS
2 2 (28.57%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Migration
2 4 (57.14%) Data Protection
2 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
3 3 (42.86%) Analytics
3 3 (42.86%) Cloud Security
3 3 (42.86%) Containerisation
3 3 (42.86%) Customer Engagement
3 3 (42.86%) Data Modelling
3 3 (42.86%) Data Strategy
3 3 (42.86%) DevOps
3 3 (42.86%) Microservices
3 3 (42.86%) Regulatory Compliance
3 3 (42.86%) Strategic Roadmap
3 3 (42.86%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (28.57%) Data Management
4 2 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
5 1 (14.29%) Cost Optimisation
5 1 (14.29%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Python
2 2 (28.57%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) AWS Certification
1 3 (42.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) GDPR
1 3 (42.86%) PCI DSS
2 2 (28.57%) Accessibility
2 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 6 (85.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Avaya
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco
1 2 (28.57%) Genesys
2 1 (14.29%) Salesforce
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow