Cloud Solutions Architect Contracts in Scotland

Cloud Solution Architect
UK > Scotland

The median Cloud Solution Architect daily rate in Scotland is £646 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 131 168 171
Rank change year-on-year +37 +3 -
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Solutions Architect 2 4 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.088% 0.14% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% 0.14% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile - £535 £488
25th Percentile - £550 £527
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £646 £600 £606
Median % change year-on-year +7.67% -1.03% -
75th Percentile - £641 £689
90th Percentile - £650 £729
UK median daily rate £650 £700 £650
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +13.04%

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 2,161 2,763 3,468
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.82% 95.31% 96.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,332 1,983 2,470
10th Percentile £200 £250 £208
25th Percentile £382 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +6.19%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £541
90th Percentile £675 £650 £613
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 46 57
10th Percentile £12.50 £12.53 £12.56
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.81 £17.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.13 £25.82
Median % change year-on-year +58.19% -14.29% -35.46%
75th Percentile £60.56 £60.17 £47.96
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.50 £53.97
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -

Cloud Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Solutions Architect in Scotland

Cloud Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Cloud Solutions Architect in Scotland

Cloud Solutions 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 Cloud Solutions Architect within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 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 £646 +12.35%
Cloud Solutions Architect
UK

Cloud Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 16 April 2024, Cloud 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 Scotland region featuring Cloud Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Dell
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
1 2 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (100.00%) VxBlock/Vblock
1 2 (100.00%) VSAN
1 2 (100.00%) vCenter Server
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) VxRail

Cloud Solutions 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (100.00%) VxBlock/Vblock
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 2 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) vCenter Server
1 2 (100.00%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Dell
1 2 (100.00%) VMware