Senior Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Senior Solution Architect
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Solution Architect daily rate in Scotland is £543, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 114 140
Rank change year-on-year +7 +26 +34
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Solutions Architect 1 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.062% 0.22% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.24% 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £521 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 - -
75th Percentile £564 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £650 £725 £650
% change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% -3.70%

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 1,448 1,660 2,259
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.16% 91.66% 94.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 846 991 1,431
10th Percentile £200 £190 £237
25th Percentile £360 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £538 £573
90th Percentile £625 £638 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 63 61
10th Percentile £16.84 £13.22 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.98 £14.73 £16.25
Median hourly rate £24.09 £18.38 £19.18
Median % change year-on-year +31.10% -4.20% +8.24%
75th Percentile £38.04 £24.18 £56.40
90th Percentile £64.60 £43.73 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -32.03% -17.32% +54.84%

Senior Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Senior Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Scotland

Senior Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Solutions Architect job vacancies in Scotland

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

For the 6 months to 7 November 2025, Senior Solutions 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 Senior Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy

Senior Solutions 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%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy