Solutions Architect Contracts in Glasgow

Solution Architect
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Glasgow is £618, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 55 57
Rank change year-on-year -11 +2 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 19 13 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 2.32% 1.72% 2.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.44% 1.83% 3.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 12 20
10th Percentile £405 £569 £556
25th Percentile £509 £583 £570
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £618 £619 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.20% +3.13% +1.69%
75th Percentile £688 £681 £700
90th Percentile £732 £723 £702
Scotland median daily rate £600 £646 £620
% change year-on-year -7.12% +4.19% +3.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 778 712 870
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.11% 93.93% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 492 509 601
10th Percentile £287 £246 £325
25th Percentile £363 £363 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £490
Median % change year-on-year - -8.16% +6.52%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £613 £638 £675
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 29 27
10th Percentile - £12.20 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.84 £16.70 £12.94
Median hourly rate £19.83 £40.94 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.56% +182.34% -61.26%
75th Percentile £26.21 £53.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £59.47
Scotland median hourly rate £19.83 £18.13 £17.72
% change year-on-year +9.38% +2.31% -52.66%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings that featured Solutions Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Glasgow

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in Glasgow.

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in Glasgow

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Glasgow over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in Glasgow

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 17 July 2025, Solutions Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Glasgow region featuring Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 9 (47.37%) Azure
2 8 (42.11%) Finance
3 7 (36.84%) Agile
3 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
4 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (31.58%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (31.58%) Enterprise Architecture
5 5 (26.32%) AWS
5 5 (26.32%) TOGAF
5 5 (26.32%) Architectural Patterns
6 4 (21.05%) Azure Certification
6 4 (21.05%) ServiceNow
6 4 (21.05%) SaaS
6 4 (21.05%) AWS Certification
7 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (15.79%) Cloud Native
7 3 (15.79%) Waterfall
7 3 (15.79%) DevOps
7 3 (15.79%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (15.79%) Event-Driven
7 3 (15.79%) Public Sector
7 3 (15.79%) Community of Practice
7 3 (15.79%) DevSecOps
7 3 (15.79%) Artificial Intelligence
7 3 (15.79%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (15.79%) Banking
7 3 (15.79%) CISM
7 3 (15.79%) Data Security
7 3 (15.79%) CISSP
7 3 (15.79%) Oracle

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Finacle
1 2 (10.53%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 9 (47.37%) Azure
2 5 (26.32%) AWS
3 4 (21.05%) SaaS
4 3 (15.79%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (10.53%) PaaS
6 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (5.26%) GCP
6 1 (5.26%) IaaS
6 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
6 1 (5.26%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.26%) NoSQL
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (5.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Git
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle Forms
General
1 8 (42.11%) Finance
2 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Banking
3 3 (15.79%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.53%) Financial Institution
4 2 (10.53%) Private Banking
5 1 (5.26%) Back Office
5 1 (5.26%) Front Office
5 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) .NET
1 1 (5.26%) Middleware
1 1 (5.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Cloud Native
1 3 (15.79%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (10.53%) Derivative
2 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Agile
2 6 (31.58%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (31.58%) Enterprise Architecture
2 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (26.32%) Architectural Patterns
3 5 (26.32%) TOGAF
4 3 (15.79%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (15.79%) Community of Practice
4 3 (15.79%) Data Security
4 3 (15.79%) DevOps
4 3 (15.79%) DevSecOps
4 3 (15.79%) Event-Driven
4 3 (15.79%) Waterfall
5 2 (10.53%) ArchiMate
5 2 (10.53%) Information Governance
5 2 (10.53%) Mentoring
5 2 (10.53%) Microservices
5 2 (10.53%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (10.53%) Security Architecture
5 2 (10.53%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) Java
1 2 (10.53%) Python
1 2 (10.53%) SQL
2 1 (5.26%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) AWS Certification
1 4 (21.05%) Azure Certification
2 3 (15.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 3 (15.79%) CISM
2 3 (15.79%) CISSP
3 2 (10.53%) Degree
3 2 (10.53%) Master's Degree
4 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (5.26%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) GDPR
1 2 (10.53%) GRC
2 1 (5.26%) NIST
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) ServiceNow
2 3 (15.79%) Oracle
3 2 (10.53%) Autodesk
3 2 (10.53%) Avaloq
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.53%) Qualys
3 2 (10.53%) Temenos
4 1 (5.26%) Ariba
4 1 (5.26%) Databricks
4 1 (5.26%) MuleSoft