IT Security Architect Contract Job Trends in Scotland

IT Security Architect
UK > Scotland

The median IT Security Architect daily rate in Scotland is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Architect 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £750 £690 £630
% change year-on-year +8.70% +9.52% -11.58%

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 1,436 1,629 2,236
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.26% 91.57% 94.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 837 965 1,416
10th Percentile £200 £190 £239
25th Percentile £360 £348 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £538 £561
90th Percentile £613 £638 £669
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 65 59
10th Percentile £16.84 £13.23 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.47 £14.73 £14.25
Median hourly rate £24.09 £18.38 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +31.10% -2.93% +6.83%
75th Percentile £39.51 £24.18 £57.72
90th Percentile £64.80 £43.42 £74.60
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% -16.67% +57.89%

IT Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

IT Security Architect job vacancy trend in Scotland

IT Security Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Security Architect job vacancies in Scotland

IT Security 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 Security Architect within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 November 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 - 2 £575 -
IT Security Architect
UK

IT Security Architect Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 2 November 2025, IT Security 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 IT Security Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 2 (100.00%) SSCP
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management

IT Security 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (100.00%) SSCP
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft