Technical Architecture Contracts in Scotland

Technical Architecture
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Technical Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Technical Architecture over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 149 138
Rank change year-on-year +29 -11 -7
Contract jobs citing Technical Architecture 13 15 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.59% 0.53% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.57% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 25
10th Percentile - £482 £508
25th Percentile £513 £563 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £615 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.66% +2.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £700
90th Percentile £830 - £788
UK median daily rate £595 £603 £625
% change year-on-year -1.20% -3.60% +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Technical Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,966 2,642 3,282
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.56% 92.60% 92.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,201 1,899 2,324
10th Percentile £232 £263 £241
25th Percentile £400 £408 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
75th Percentile £588 £554 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 56 50
10th Percentile £12.36 £10.63 £14.99
25th Percentile £16.00 £12.04 £17.58
Median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -43.75% -27.59%
75th Percentile £40.94 £53.94 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £67.03 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

Technical Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Technical Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Architecture in Scotland

Technical Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Architecture in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Technical Architecture in Scotland

Technical Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Architecture in Scotland over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Architecture in Scotland

Technical Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Architecture in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Technical Architecture in Scotland

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 24 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
Edinburgh +36 7 £675 +12.50% 2
Glasgow 0 2 £575 -13.86% 3
Renfrewshire -2 1 - -
Perth and Kinross - 1 £525 -
Perthshire - 1 £525 -
Technical Architecture
UK

Technical Architecture
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 2 (15.38%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) AWS
2 4 (30.77%) AWS CodeBuild
2 4 (30.77%) AWS CodeDeploy
2 4 (30.77%) AWS CodePipeline
2 4 (30.77%) IaaS
2 4 (30.77%) SaaS
3 1 (7.69%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) LAN
1 2 (15.38%) SAN
1 2 (15.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle Database
2 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
3 1 (7.69%) Big Data
General
1 9 (69.23%) Public Sector
1 9 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Back Office
2 5 (38.46%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Architect
2 5 (38.46%) Cloud Architect
3 4 (30.77%) AWS Architect
4 3 (23.08%) Analyst
4 3 (23.08%) Business Analyst
4 3 (23.08%) Finance Business Analyst
4 3 (23.08%) Financial Analyst
4 3 (23.08%) Technical Architect
5 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Architect
5 2 (15.38%) Lead
5 2 (15.38%) Lead Architect
5 2 (15.38%) Lead Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (7.69%) Business Systems Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Data Integration Architect
6 1 (7.69%) Finance Systems Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Integration Architect
6 1 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (7.69%) Technical Solutions Architect
6 1 (7.69%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) REST
1 5 (38.46%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
1 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Roadmaps
2 5 (38.46%) API Management
2 5 (38.46%) CI/CD
2 5 (38.46%) Containerisation
2 5 (38.46%) Migration
2 5 (38.46%) Security Architecture
2 5 (38.46%) Service Management
2 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (38.46%) Storage Management
3 3 (23.08%) Business Analysis
3 3 (23.08%) Data Analysis
3 3 (23.08%) Data Cleansing
3 3 (23.08%) ERP
3 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (23.08%) Process Improvement
3 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (15.38%) Design Patterns
4 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
4 2 (15.38%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) Java
2 2 (15.38%) Bash
2 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
2 2 (15.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) ACCA
1 3 (23.08%) CIMA
2 2 (15.38%) CCNA
2 2 (15.38%) CCNP
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
1 2 (15.38%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Terraform
2 2 (15.38%) SCCM
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Oracle
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 2 (15.38%) F5
3 2 (15.38%) VMware