Java Architect Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Java Architect
UK > Scotland

As of 17 March 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Java Architect daily rate in Scotland.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 - 128
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Architect 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.062% - 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% - 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £495 £575 £725
% change year-on-year -13.91% -20.69% +16.00%

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 1,484 1,538 2,170
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.32% 92.43% 94.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 813 947 1,321
10th Percentile £250 £233 £203
25th Percentile £363 £363 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £570 £538 £588
90th Percentile £663 £613 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 40 110
10th Percentile £12.60 £15.56 £12.50
25th Percentile £13.50 £18.39 £16.50
Median hourly rate £21.20 £22.00 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -46.26% +92.57%
75th Percentile £52.81 £24.30 £60.56
90th Percentile £67.60 £42.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £35.71 £33.00 £32.90
% change year-on-year +8.21% +0.32% -22.60%

Java Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Java Architect job vacancy trend in Scotland

Java Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Java 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 Java Architect within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 17 March 2026. 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 - 1 - -
Java Architect
UK

Java Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 17 March 2026, Java 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 Java Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) API Development
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JPA
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OpenAPI
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Swagger

Java 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%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (100.00%) JPA
1 1 (100.00%) OpenAPI
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Development
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes