Solutions Architect Contracts in Scotland

Solution Architect
UK > Scotland

The median Solution Architect daily rate in Scotland is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 81 90 66
Rank change year-on-year +9 -24 +32
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 50 79 112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 2.27% 2.77% 3.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.39% 2.91% 3.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 54 77
10th Percentile £530 £563 £513
25th Percentile £606 £575 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £644 £588
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% +9.57% +11.90%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £633
90th Percentile £743 £775 £675
UK median daily rate £650 £663 £625
% change year-on-year -1.89% +6.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £76.00 -
UK median hourly rate £88.00 £66.75 £59.00
% change year-on-year +31.84% +13.14% +6.79%

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 2,090 2,715 3,383
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.70% 95.13% 96.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,278 1,947 2,403
10th Percentile £204 £237 £213
25th Percentile £364 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year - +3.26% +8.24%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 45 54
10th Percentile £12.50 £12.90 £12.24
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.21 £17.50
Median hourly rate £33.25 £23.86 £25.55
Median % change year-on-year +39.35% -6.60% -36.14%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.55 £47.99
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.50 £54.14
UK median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Scotland

Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect in Scotland

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Solutions Architect in Scotland

Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Solutions Architect in Scotland

Solutions 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 Solutions Architect within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +1 22 £650 +8.33% 3
Edinburgh +21 20 £625 -7.41% 11
Perthshire +7 3 £688 +1.85%
Solutions Architect
UK

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Solutions 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 Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 24 (48.00%) Agile
2 21 (42.00%) TOGAF
3 19 (38.00%) Azure
4 17 (34.00%) Waterfall
5 16 (32.00%) Social Skills
6 13 (26.00%) Microsoft
7 12 (24.00%) Public Sector
8 11 (22.00%) Project Delivery
8 11 (22.00%) Roadmaps
8 11 (22.00%) SaaS
8 11 (22.00%) Microservices
9 10 (20.00%) Finance
9 10 (20.00%) Power Platform
10 9 (18.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (18.00%) AWS
11 8 (16.00%) IT Strategy
11 8 (16.00%) Banking
11 8 (16.00%) Operational Technology
12 7 (14.00%) Technology Strategy
12 7 (14.00%) Degree
12 7 (14.00%) ERP
12 7 (14.00%) Cyber Resilience
12 7 (14.00%) Mentoring
12 7 (14.00%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
13 6 (12.00%) Analytics
13 6 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
13 6 (12.00%) Migration
13 6 (12.00%) Middleware
13 6 (12.00%) Asset Management

Solutions 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.00%) Confluence
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 19 (38.00%) Azure
2 11 (22.00%) SaaS
3 10 (20.00%) Power Platform
4 9 (18.00%) AWS
5 7 (14.00%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (8.00%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (8.00%) IaaS
6 4 (8.00%) PaaS
7 2 (4.00%) AWS CodeBuild
7 2 (4.00%) AWS CodeDeploy
7 2 (4.00%) AWS CodePipeline
8 1 (2.00%) Entra ID
8 1 (2.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.00%) ATM
2 2 (4.00%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.00%) Big Data
2 1 (2.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.00%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.00%) Snowflake Schema
2 1 (2.00%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 3 (6.00%) JIRA
General
1 16 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (24.00%) Public Sector
3 10 (20.00%) Finance
4 8 (16.00%) Banking
5 6 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (6.00%) Back Office
8 2 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.00%) Middleware
2 3 (6.00%) REST
2 3 (6.00%) SOAP
3 1 (2.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.00%) Operational Technology
2 5 (10.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 4 (8.00%) SCADA
4 3 (6.00%) Cloud Native
4 3 (6.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (6.00%) VxBlock/Vblock
5 2 (4.00%) Data Centre
5 2 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.00%) Low-Code
6 1 (2.00%) Product Ownership
6 1 (2.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (48.00%) Agile
2 21 (42.00%) TOGAF
3 17 (34.00%) Waterfall
4 11 (22.00%) Microservices
4 11 (22.00%) Project Delivery
4 11 (22.00%) Roadmaps
5 9 (18.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (16.00%) IT Strategy
7 7 (14.00%) Cyber Resilience
7 7 (14.00%) ERP
7 7 (14.00%) Mentoring
7 7 (14.00%) Technology Strategy
8 6 (12.00%) Analytics
8 6 (12.00%) Asset Management
8 6 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (12.00%) Migration
9 5 (10.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
9 5 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
9 5 (10.00%) SDLC
9 5 (10.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.00%) Java
2 1 (2.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (14.00%) Degree
2 4 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (8.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (8.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.00%) Azure Certification
4 2 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.00%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 2 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (4.00%) vSphere
2 1 (2.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (6.00%) VxRail
2 2 (4.00%) Terraform
2 2 (4.00%) vCenter Server
3 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (26.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.00%) Oracle
3 3 (6.00%) Dell
3 3 (6.00%) VMware
4 1 (2.00%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.00%) Fiserv