AWS Data Architect Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Data Architect - Amazon Web Services
UK > Scotland

The median Data Architect - Amazon Web Services daily rate in Scotland is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an AWS Data Architect 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.19% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% - -
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 - -
UK median daily rate £533 £550 £588
% change year-on-year -3.18% -6.38% -17.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 1,429 1,706 2,200
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.33% 92.12% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 814 1,007 1,392
10th Percentile £200 £192 £231
25th Percentile £358 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £538 £550
90th Percentile £600 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 65 60
10th Percentile £16.51 £12.39 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.73 £14.25
Median hourly rate £20.80 £18.13 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +14.70% +2.31% -
75th Percentile £38.04 £24.18 £53.75
90th Percentile £64.60 £46.42 £74.18
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.63% -10.39% +68.48%

AWS Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

AWS Data Architect job vacancy trend in Scotland

AWS Data Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for AWS Data Architect job vacancies in Scotland

AWS Data Architect
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS Data Architect within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow - 3 £525 -
AWS Data Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 October 2025, AWS Data 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 Scotland region featuring AWS Data Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Amazon Athena
1 3 (100.00%) Amazon Aurora
1 3 (100.00%) Amazon Redshift
1 3 (100.00%) Amazon S3
1 3 (100.00%) Amazon SQS
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 3 (100.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 3 (100.00%) AWS CloudFormation
1 3 (100.00%) AWS CloudTrail
1 3 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Git
1 3 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 3 (100.00%) Microservices
1 3 (100.00%) Node.js
1 3 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) Serverless
1 3 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 3 (100.00%) Terraform
1 3 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
2 2 (66.67%) Data Management
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection

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

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Amazon S3
1 3 (100.00%) Amazon SQS
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) AWS CloudFormation
1 3 (100.00%) AWS CloudTrail
1 3 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 3 (100.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Amazon Athena
1 3 (100.00%) Amazon Aurora
1 3 (100.00%) Amazon Redshift
1 3 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Git
1 3 (100.00%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Node.js
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Microservices
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 3 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 2 (66.67%) Data Management
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 3 (100.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Terraform