Azure Architect Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Azure Architect
UK > Scotland

The median Microsoft Azure Architect daily rate in Scotland is £700 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 131 159 161
Rank change year-on-year +28 +2 -18
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Architect 2 5 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.090% 0.18% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.095% 0.18% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 11
10th Percentile - £640 £463
25th Percentile £650 £663 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £700 £563
Median % change year-on-year - +24.44% -6.25%
75th Percentile £750 - £594
90th Percentile - - £619
UK median daily rate £630 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -3.08% +4.00% +8.70%

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 2,101 2,715 3,400
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 95.16% 96.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,287 1,945 2,410
10th Percentile £200 £250 £212
25th Percentile £375 £403 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year - +3.26% +8.24%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £545
90th Percentile £667 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 46 55
10th Percentile £12.50 £12.94 £12.35
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.34 £17.50
Median hourly rate £33.25 £23.18 £25.82
Median % change year-on-year +43.44% -10.21% -35.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.17 £47.98
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.50 £54.09
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%

Azure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Architect in Scotland

Azure Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Azure Architect in Scotland

Azure 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 Azure Architect within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 24 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 +32 2 £700 +7.69%
Azure Architect
UK

Azure Architect Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Azure 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 Azure Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Middleware
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Public Cloud
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) Databricks
1 2 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns

Azure 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Databricks