Architect Jobs in Glasgow

Architect
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Architect salary in Glasgow is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 76 13
Rank change year-on-year +19 -63 +48
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 19 237 202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 3.30% 5.90% 13.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.73% 6.01% 15.54%
Number of salaries quoted 13 66 21
10th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
25th Percentile £72,500 £63,750 £64,850
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% +6.76%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £86,400 £91,250 -
Scotland median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £79,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -5.06% -1.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 509 3,941 1,300
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.52% 98.13% 85.87%
Number of salaries quoted 246 916 638
10th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,125 £40,833 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.54% -4.55% +13.40%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.19%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Glasgow

Architect
Salary Trend in Glasgow

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

Salary trend for Architect in Glasgow

Architect
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in Glasgow over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Architect in Glasgow

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, 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 Glasgow region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 8 (42.11%) Mentoring
2 7 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (36.84%) C++
3 6 (31.58%) Firmware
3 6 (31.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
4 5 (26.32%) Roadmaps
4 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
4 5 (26.32%) Azure
5 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
5 4 (21.05%) Agile
5 4 (21.05%) Data Modelling
5 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (21.05%) Databricks
6 3 (15.79%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (15.79%) Kubernetes
6 3 (15.79%) Analytics
6 3 (15.79%) Project Management
6 3 (15.79%) Java
6 3 (15.79%) SQL
6 3 (15.79%) Oracle
6 3 (15.79%) SAP
6 3 (15.79%) TOGAF
6 3 (15.79%) QA
7 2 (10.53%) Data Integration
7 2 (10.53%) BPMN
7 2 (10.53%) Data Architecture
7 2 (10.53%) AWS
7 2 (10.53%) Rapid Prototyping
7 2 (10.53%) SaaS

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 1 (5.26%) Apache
1 1 (5.26%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 5 (26.32%) Azure
2 2 (10.53%) AWS
2 2 (10.53%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (10.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 2 (10.53%) GCP
2 2 (10.53%) OpenShift
2 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
2 2 (10.53%) SaaS
2 2 (10.53%) Snowflake
3 1 (5.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (10.53%) Data Lake
1 2 (10.53%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (10.53%) Power BI
2 1 (5.26%) Metadata
2 1 (5.26%) NoSQL
2 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Jenkins
1 1 (5.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) JSON
1 2 (10.53%) Kafka
1 2 (10.53%) REST
1 2 (10.53%) Spring
2 1 (5.26%) .NET
2 1 (5.26%) .NET Framework
2 1 (5.26%) CSS
2 1 (5.26%) HTML
2 1 (5.26%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Cloud Native
1 2 (10.53%) Private Cloud
2 1 (5.26%) IoT
2 1 (5.26%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Mentoring
2 7 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (31.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (26.32%) Roadmaps
5 4 (21.05%) Agile
5 4 (21.05%) Data Modelling
5 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (15.79%) Analytics
6 3 (15.79%) Project Management
6 3 (15.79%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (15.79%) TOGAF
7 2 (10.53%) Artificial Intelligence
7 2 (10.53%) Business Process Modelling
7 2 (10.53%) Data Strategy
7 2 (10.53%) Enterprise Architecture
7 2 (10.53%) IT Strategy
7 2 (10.53%) Prototyping
7 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (10.53%) TDD
7 2 (10.53%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 7 (36.84%) C++
2 3 (15.79%) Java
2 3 (15.79%) SQL
3 2 (10.53%) Python
4 1 (5.26%) C
4 1 (5.26%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) Azure Certification
2 1 (5.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) QA
2 2 (10.53%) GDPR
3 1 (5.26%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (31.58%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.26%) CASB
2 1 (5.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 4 (21.05%) Databricks
3 3 (15.79%) Oracle
3 3 (15.79%) SAP
4 2 (10.53%) Salesforce
4 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow
5 1 (5.26%) Workday