AWS Solution Architect Contracts in Scotland

Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect)
UK > Scotland

The median Solutions Architect - Amazon Web Services (AWS Solutions Architect) daily rate in Scotland is £663 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an AWS Solution Architect 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.18% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £633 - -
25th Percentile £644 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 - -
75th Percentile £681 - -
90th Percentile £693 - -
UK median daily rate £625 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +21.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,119 2,729 3,441
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 95.15% 96.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,300 1,963 2,447
10th Percentile £200 £250 £208
25th Percentile £378 £402 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £451
Median % change year-on-year - +5.44% +6.00%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £541
90th Percentile £663 £650 £615
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 43 56
10th Percentile £12.50 £12.83 £12.46
25th Percentile £16.31 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £23.86 £25.55
Median % change year-on-year +46.69% -6.60% -36.14%
75th Percentile £60.56 £61.78 £47.97
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.50 £54.03
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -

AWS Solution Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured AWS Solution Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for AWS Solution Architect in Scotland

AWS Solution Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AWS Solution Architect in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for AWS Solution Architect in Scotland

AWS Solution 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 Solution Architect within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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
Edinburgh - 4 £663 - 3
AWS Solution Architect
UK

AWS Solution Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, AWS Solution 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 Scotland region featuring AWS Solution Architect in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) AWS
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (75.00%) Containerisation
2 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (75.00%) API Management
2 3 (75.00%) REST
2 3 (75.00%) Terraform
2 3 (75.00%) Storage Management
2 3 (75.00%) Data Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
2 3 (75.00%) Back Office
2 3 (75.00%) SOAP
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle
3 2 (50.00%) AWS CodePipeline
3 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle Database
3 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (50.00%) AWS CodeDeploy
3 2 (50.00%) AWS CodeBuild
4 1 (25.00%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (25.00%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (25.00%) Design Patterns
4 1 (25.00%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (25.00%) DevOps

AWS Solution Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) AWS
2 2 (50.00%) AWS CodeBuild
2 2 (50.00%) AWS CodeDeploy
2 2 (50.00%) AWS CodePipeline
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (25.00%) GitHub
3 1 (25.00%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (25.00%) SaaS
3 1 (25.00%) SonarCloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) GitLab
1 1 (25.00%) JUnit
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Back Office
2 3 (75.00%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) REST
1 3 (75.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) API Management
1 3 (75.00%) Containerisation
1 3 (75.00%) Data Architecture
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
1 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (75.00%) Service Management
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (75.00%) Storage Management
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (25.00%) Design Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (25.00%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle