Database Architect Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Database Architect
UK > Scotland

As of 30 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Database Architect daily rate in Scotland.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Database Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.067% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.074% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £580 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -7.20% - -19.35%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,347 1,505 2,223
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.16% 91.21% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 780 904 1,385
10th Percentile £216 £213 £231
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £450 £490
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -8.16% +3.16%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 46 64
10th Percentile £14.30 £14.13 £12.53
25th Percentile £19.24 £17.32 £16.50
Median hourly rate £24.09 £23.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% -42.50% +125.73%
75th Percentile £39.51 £24.18 £60.38
90th Percentile £61.05 £38.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.63% -27.78% +40.82%

Database Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Database Architect job vacancy trend in Scotland

Database Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Database Architect job vacancies in Scotland

Database 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 Database Architect within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Edinburgh - 1 - -
Database Architect
UK

Database Architect Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, Database 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 Database Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Database Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VMS

Database 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Database Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle