Data Architect Contracts in Scotland

Data Architect
UK > Scotland

The median Data Architect daily rate in Scotland is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 117 151
Rank change year-on-year +17 +34 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Data Architect 16 12 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.98% 0.54% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 0.57% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 7
10th Percentile £480 £529 £560
25th Percentile £533 £608 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £683 £750
Median % change year-on-year -12.09% -9.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £688 £720 £825
90th Percentile £700 £728 -
UK median daily rate £600 £691 £675
% change year-on-year -13.20% +2.41% -

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 1,529 2,099 2,722
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 94.68% 95.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,281 1,953
10th Percentile £263 £205 £238
25th Percentile £370 £369 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +4.40%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £553
90th Percentile £610 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 114 44
10th Percentile £15.98 £12.50 £12.86
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £16.91
Median hourly rate £20.94 £33.25 £23.18
Median % change year-on-year -37.02% +43.44% -10.53%
75th Percentile £24.66 £60.00 £59.41
90th Percentile £42.58 £66.00 £67.22
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Architect in Scotland

Data Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Data Architect in Scotland

Data Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Architect in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Architect in Scotland

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 Data Architect within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 - 12 £549 - 3
Edinburgh 0 4 £650 +1.96% 6
Data Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Data 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 Data Architect in the job title.

1 10 (62.50%) Data Modelling
2 9 (56.25%) Finance
3 8 (50.00%) ITSM
3 8 (50.00%) ITIL
4 7 (43.75%) ServiceNow
5 6 (37.50%) Data Architecture
6 5 (31.25%) Azure
6 5 (31.25%) CMDB
6 5 (31.25%) Data Quality
6 5 (31.25%) Agile
6 5 (31.25%) Configuration Management
6 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
7 4 (25.00%) Data Design
7 4 (25.00%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
7 4 (25.00%) IT Strategy
7 4 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (25.00%) Banking
7 4 (25.00%) Data Security
7 4 (25.00%) Security Management
7 4 (25.00%) Programme Management
7 4 (25.00%) Service Management
7 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (25.00%) Time Management
8 3 (18.75%) Integration Testing
8 3 (18.75%) Investment Management
8 3 (18.75%) Wealth Management
8 3 (18.75%) Waterfall

Data 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (18.75%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (6.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (6.25%) GitHub
2 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Internet
1 1 (6.25%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Data Lake
1 1 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (6.25%) Power BI
General
1 9 (56.25%) Finance
2 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Banking
4 3 (18.75%) Investment Banking
5 2 (12.50%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) CMDB
2 4 (25.00%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (12.50%) Data Structures
4 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
4 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (6.25%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Data Modelling
2 8 (50.00%) ITIL
2 8 (50.00%) ITSM
3 6 (37.50%) Data Architecture
4 5 (31.25%) Agile
4 5 (31.25%) Configuration Management
5 4 (25.00%) Data Design
5 4 (25.00%) Data Security
5 4 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (25.00%) IT Strategy
5 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (25.00%) Programme Management
5 4 (25.00%) Security Management
5 4 (25.00%) Service Management
5 4 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
5 4 (25.00%) Time Management
6 3 (18.75%) CI/CD
6 3 (18.75%) Data Analysis
6 3 (18.75%) Data Management
6 3 (18.75%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) Azure Certification
1 1 (6.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.25%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) ServiceNow
2 3 (18.75%) Databricks
3 1 (6.25%) Hitachi
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.25%) Pega
3 1 (6.25%) SAP