Technical Architecture Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Technical Architecture
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Technical Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 106 119
Rank change year-on-year 0 +13 +29
Contract jobs citing Technical Architecture 5 10 13
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.29% 0.60% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.64% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 10
10th Percentile - £361 -
25th Percentile - £409 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 £638
Median % change year-on-year +26.45% -25.57% +1.80%
75th Percentile - £575 £688
90th Percentile - £592 £830
UK median daily rate £593 £623 £600
% change year-on-year -4.74% +3.75% -2.44%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

Technical Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,407 1,557 2,016
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 82.38% 93.68% 88.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 764 948 1,218
10th Percentile £250 £253 £250
25th Percentile £375 £368 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £460 £480
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -4.17% +1.05%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £588
90th Percentile £675 £611 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 44 92
10th Percentile £12.60 £16.75 £12.58
25th Percentile £13.45 £18.53 £16.19
Median hourly rate £20.00 £22.94 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.81% +17.63% +18.18%
75th Percentile £50.00 £24.66 £49.13
90th Percentile £66.20 £52.29 £61.43
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £31.51 £33.00
% change year-on-year +14.25% -4.52% -11.17%

Technical Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Technical Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Technical Architecture job vacancy trend in Scotland

Technical Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Technical Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Technical Architecture

Technical Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Technical Architecture.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Technical Architecture

Technical Architecture
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 Architecture within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 8 April 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
Edinburgh -4 2 £600 +14.29%
South Lanarkshire - 2 - -
Glasgow +9 1 - -
Technical Architecture
UK

Technical Architecture
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 (40.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Architect
2 3 (60.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (40.00%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) FHIR
1 2 (40.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (20.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) API Design
2 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) Identity Management
2 2 (40.00%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (40.00%) Master Data Management
2 2 (40.00%) Network Segmentation
2 2 (40.00%) Project Governance
2 2 (40.00%) Protective Monitoring
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Service Design
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Government Security Classifications
1 2 (40.00%) NCSC
1 2 (40.00%) RMADS
2 1 (20.00%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (40.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Citrix
1 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) Google