IT Architect Contracts in Scotland

IT Architect
UK > Scotland

The median IT Architect daily rate in Scotland is £675 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 160 170
Rank change year-on-year +37 +10 -11
Contract jobs requiring an IT Architect 3 7 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.14% 0.25% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.26% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 3
10th Percentile £633 £663 £413
25th Percentile £644 £669 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £750 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +57.89% -26.92%
75th Percentile £694 £775 £681
90th Percentile £698 £780 £798
UK median daily rate £663 £683 £620
% change year-on-year -2.93% +10.08% +3.33%

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 2,054 2,677 3,368
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.57% 95.30% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,241 1,920 2,393
10th Percentile £200 £232 £213
25th Percentile £363 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
75th Percentile £580 £554 £550
90th Percentile £654 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 45 52
10th Percentile £12.32 £12.90 £14.65
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £17.50
Median hourly rate £24.29 £21.75 £26.85
Median % change year-on-year +11.68% -18.99% -28.40%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.75 £48.19
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.13 £54.25
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
% change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%

IT Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Architect in Scotland

IT Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for IT Architect in Scotland

IT 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 IT Architect within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Glasgow - 3 £675 -
IT Architect
UK

IT Architect Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, IT 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 IT Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (66.67%) ERP
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 1 (33.33%) Zachman Framework
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) B2B
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) CAD
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (33.33%) PLM
3 1 (33.33%) Document Management
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Power Platform

IT 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 1 (33.33%) B2B
3 1 (33.33%) CAD
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Document Management
3 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) PLM
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle