Technical Architecture Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Technical Architecture
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Technical Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 87 59
Rank change year-on-year -6 -28 +10
Contract jobs citing Technical Architecture 1 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.094% 0.25% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.28% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £563
25th Percentile - £318 £622
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £335 £725
Median % change year-on-year - -53.79% +17.89%
75th Percentile - £353 £775
90th Percentile - - £788
Scotland median daily rate £650 £528 £700
% change year-on-year +23.22% -24.64% +16.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Technical Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 906 721 614
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 85.39% 90.92% 90.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 523 465 431
10th Percentile £285 £300 £256
25th Percentile £354 £370 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £538
90th Percentile £675 £600 £638
Scotland median daily rate £451 £467 £450
% change year-on-year -3.53% +3.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 19 23
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.82 £15.13
25th Percentile £14.45 £16.84 £19.05
Median hourly rate £35.00 £19.59 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +78.66% -52.15% +154.13%
75th Percentile £43.96 £25.68 -
90th Percentile £77.50 £32.47 £61.50
Scotland median hourly rate £17.12 £20.00 £19.59
% change year-on-year -14.40% +2.09% +3.49%

Technical Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Technical Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Technical Architecture job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Technical Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Technical Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Technical Architecture

Technical Architecture
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Protective Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Government Security Classifications
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) RMADS
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) VMware