Architect Contract Job Trends in South Lanarkshire

Architect
Scotland > South Lanarkshire

The median Architect daily rate in South Lanarkshire is £800, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 9 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in South Lanarkshire 30.00% - 1.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 32.14% - 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £775 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - £700
75th Percentile £831 - -
90th Percentile £835 - -
Scotland median daily rate £650 £625 £650
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
South Lanarkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Lanarkshire. 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 South Lanarkshire with a recognized job title 28 4 146
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.33% 100.00% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 74
10th Percentile £263 - £325
25th Percentile £538 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £470 £575
Median % change year-on-year +29.79% -18.26% +27.78%
75th Percentile £739 £505 £638
90th Percentile £825 - £700
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in South Lanarkshire

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

Architect job vacancy trend in South Lanarkshire

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in South Lanarkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in South Lanarkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in South Lanarkshire

Architect
Contract Job Locations in South Lanarkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the South Lanarkshire region over the 6 months to 16 March 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
East Kilbride - 9 £800 - 2
Architect
Scotland

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Lanarkshire

For the 6 months to 16 March 2026, 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 South Lanarkshire region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (77.78%) GCP
2 7 (77.78%) SC Cleared
3 6 (66.67%) Linux
4 5 (55.56%) DV Cleared
4 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
4 5 (55.56%) Open Source
5 4 (44.44%) AWS
5 4 (44.44%) Azure
5 4 (44.44%) Business Strategy
5 4 (44.44%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (33.33%) Agile
6 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
6 3 (33.33%) Google
6 3 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (33.33%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (33.33%) Waterfall
7 2 (22.22%) Architecture Governance
7 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Architecture
7 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
7 2 (22.22%) Security Architecture
7 2 (22.22%) Technical Architecture
8 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
8 1 (11.11%) Architectural Patterns
8 1 (11.11%) Architecture Roadmap
8 1 (11.11%) Citrix
8 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
8 1 (11.11%) Containerisation
8 1 (11.11%) Firewall

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Lanarkshire 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 (11.11%) Oracle Coherence
Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) GCP
2 4 (44.44%) AWS
2 4 (44.44%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Military
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Linux
2 1 (11.11%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Open Source
2 4 (44.44%) Business Strategy
2 4 (44.44%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (33.33%) Agile
3 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 3 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (33.33%) Waterfall
4 2 (22.22%) Architecture Governance
4 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
4 2 (22.22%) Security Architecture
4 2 (22.22%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (11.11%) Architecture Roadmap
5 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (11.11%) Containerisation
5 1 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
5 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (77.78%) SC Cleared
3 5 (55.56%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Government Security Classifications
1 1 (11.11%) NCSC
1 1 (11.11%) RMADS
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (11.11%) vSphere
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Google
3 1 (11.11%) Citrix
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle
3 1 (11.11%) VMware