Technical Architect Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Technical Architect
UK > Scotland

The median Technical Architect daily rate in Scotland is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 120 111
Rank change year-on-year +15 -9 +45
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 6 5 22
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.37% 0.29% 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.32% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 16
10th Percentile £434 £578 £525
25th Percentile £481 £591 £548
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £638 £650
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% -1.92% -1.89%
75th Percentile £768 £744 £708
90th Percentile - £766 £763
UK median daily rate £600 £650 £670
% change year-on-year -7.69% -2.99% +3.08%

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 1,460 1,580 2,218
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.14% 92.34% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 822 957 1,365
10th Percentile £241 £220 £246
25th Percentile £367 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £538 £588
90th Percentile £675 £625 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 43 108
10th Percentile £12.60 £15.70 £13.03
25th Percentile £16.17 £19.59 £16.50
Median hourly rate £24.09 £23.00 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% -43.82% +92.57%
75th Percentile £55.00 £24.18 £60.75
90th Percentile £65.27 £28.38 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £34.31 £35.00
% change year-on-year -2.35% -1.99% -12.50%

Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Technical Architect job vacancy trend in Scotland

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Architect in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Architect in Scotland

Technical Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Architect job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Architect job vacancies in Scotland

Technical 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 Technical Architect within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 February 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 +11 3 £745 - 2
Edinburgh -1 2 £405 -36.47% 2
Technical Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 February 2026, Technical 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 Technical Architect in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) Business Case
2 2 (33.33%) Mitel
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) AngularJS
3 1 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (16.67%) Business Process Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (16.67%) Data Management
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) EnterpriseDB
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (16.67%) JBoss
3 1 (16.67%) Linux
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) OpenShift
3 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
3 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Technical 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) JBoss
1 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Fuse
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) OpenShift
2 1 (16.67%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) AngularJS
1 1 (16.67%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
1 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (16.67%) Business Process Modelling
2 1 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Refactoring
2 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
2 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (16.67%) Time Management
2 1 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
1 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Mitel
2 1 (16.67%) EnterpriseDB
2 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
2 1 (16.67%) Salesforce