Architect Jobs in Edinburgh

Architect
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Architect salary in Edinburgh is £72,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 24 52
Rank change year-on-year 0 +28 +31
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 143 229 132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 9.30% 10.66% 5.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.70% 11.15% 5.84%
Number of salaries quoted 69 75 50
10th Percentile £62,850 - £65,000
25th Percentile £66,250 £56,219 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £69,447 £83,750
Median % change year-on-year +4.40% -17.08% +15.52%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,064 £97,290 £105,000
Scotland median annual salary £75,000 £78,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 1,474 2,053 2,262
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.90% 95.53% 97.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,040 1,209 1,406
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £33,488
25th Percentile £45,938 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £77,715 £68,750
90th Percentile £91,934 £90,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Edinburgh

Architect
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Architect in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Architect in Edinburgh

Architect
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Architect in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Architect 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 permanent job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 64 (44.76%) Actionable Insight
2 57 (39.86%) TOGAF
3 52 (36.36%) Banking
4 51 (35.66%) Agile
5 44 (30.77%) Technical Architecture
6 39 (27.27%) Finance
7 35 (24.48%) Validation
7 35 (24.48%) AWS
7 35 (24.48%) Model Validation
8 34 (23.78%) VSAT
8 34 (23.78%) Network Architecture
8 34 (23.78%) Network Management
8 34 (23.78%) Requirements Management
9 32 (22.38%) Azure
10 27 (18.88%) Microservices
11 25 (17.48%) Migration
12 24 (16.78%) Security Cleared
13 22 (15.38%) Presales
14 21 (14.69%) SaaS
15 20 (13.99%) SC Cleared
15 20 (13.99%) Roadmaps
16 19 (13.29%) Architectural Patterns
16 19 (13.29%) Social Skills
16 19 (13.29%) Open Source
17 18 (12.59%) GCP
18 17 (11.89%) Spring Boot
18 17 (11.89%) Retail Banking
19 16 (11.19%) Project Management
20 15 (10.49%) Big Data
20 15 (10.49%) SDLC

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 4 (2.80%) WebLogic
2 1 (0.70%) Anypoint
Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (3.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (2.10%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 35 (24.48%) AWS
2 32 (22.38%) Azure
3 21 (14.69%) SaaS
4 18 (12.59%) GCP
5 8 (5.59%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (3.50%) IaaS
6 5 (3.50%) PaaS
7 4 (2.80%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (2.80%) Amazon SQS
8 3 (2.10%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.40%) dbt
10 1 (0.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.70%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.70%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.70%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.70%) Google Compute Engine
10 1 (0.70%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.70%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.70%) Serverless
10 1 (0.70%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 34 (23.78%) VSAT
2 5 (3.50%) DNS
3 4 (2.80%) BGP
3 4 (2.80%) SSL
3 4 (2.80%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.70%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (0.70%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.70%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.49%) Big Data
2 8 (5.59%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (4.20%) MongoDB
3 6 (4.20%) NoSQL
4 5 (3.50%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (2.80%) Data Lake
5 4 (2.80%) Oracle Database
5 4 (2.80%) RDBMS
5 4 (2.80%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.70%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.70%) Data Vault
6 1 (0.70%) Metadata
6 1 (0.70%) Power BI
6 1 (0.70%) Tableau
General
1 52 (36.36%) Banking
2 39 (27.27%) Finance
3 19 (13.29%) Social Skills
4 17 (11.89%) Retail Banking
5 11 (7.69%) Legal
6 8 (5.59%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.80%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.10%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.10%) Retail
9 1 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (11.89%) Spring Boot
2 13 (9.09%) Spring
3 12 (8.39%) Kafka
4 6 (4.20%) OpenID
5 4 (2.80%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (1.40%) Django
6 2 (1.40%) Node.js
6 2 (1.40%) OAuth
6 2 (1.40%) React
6 2 (1.40%) SAML
7 1 (0.70%) .NET
7 1 (0.70%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.79%) Blockchain
2 13 (9.09%) Public Cloud
3 10 (6.99%) Cloud Native
3 10 (6.99%) Robotics
4 7 (4.90%) PKI
4 7 (4.90%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 5 (3.50%) Mainframe
6 4 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.10%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.10%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.40%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.40%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.40%) Mobile Banking
8 2 (1.40%) PMI
8 2 (1.40%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.20%) Linux
2 4 (2.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (2.80%) Unix
2 4 (2.80%) Windows
3 3 (2.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (44.76%) Actionable Insight
2 57 (39.86%) TOGAF
3 51 (35.66%) Agile
4 44 (30.77%) Technical Architecture
5 35 (24.48%) Model Validation
5 35 (24.48%) Validation
6 34 (23.78%) Network Architecture
6 34 (23.78%) Network Management
6 34 (23.78%) Requirements Management
7 27 (18.88%) Microservices
8 25 (17.48%) Migration
9 22 (15.38%) Presales
10 20 (13.99%) Roadmaps
11 19 (13.29%) Architectural Patterns
11 19 (13.29%) Open Source
12 16 (11.19%) Project Management
13 15 (10.49%) SDLC
13 15 (10.49%) Thought Leadership
14 14 (9.79%) Continuous Improvement
14 14 (9.79%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 14 (9.79%) Java
2 7 (4.90%) SQL
3 4 (2.80%) Python
4 2 (1.40%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.70%) C#
5 1 (0.70%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 24 (16.78%) Security Cleared
2 20 (13.99%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.59%) Degree
4 5 (3.50%) AWS Certification
4 5 (3.50%) Azure Certification
4 5 (3.50%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (2.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 4 (2.80%) CISA
5 4 (2.80%) CISSP
6 3 (2.10%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (1.40%) CCSP
7 2 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.40%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.70%) CCNP
8 1 (0.70%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.59%) SEPA
2 4 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.10%) COBIT
4 2 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.40%) GDPR
4 2 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (1.40%) NIST
5 1 (0.70%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.70%) QA
System Software
1 13 (9.09%) Docker
2 1 (0.70%) KVM
2 1 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.70%) Xen
Systems Management
1 14 (9.79%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.10%) OpenView
3 2 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.70%) Ansible
4 1 (0.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.39%) Google
3 5 (3.50%) Cisco
3 5 (3.50%) Sparx
4 4 (2.80%) Oracle
4 4 (2.80%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.10%) BMC
5 3 (2.10%) Citrix
5 3 (2.10%) HP
5 3 (2.10%) Remedy
6 2 (1.40%) ForgeRock
7 1 (0.70%) Barracuda Networks
7 1 (0.70%) EMC
7 1 (0.70%) ForeScout
7 1 (0.70%) Meraki
7 1 (0.70%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.70%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.70%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.70%) VMware