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 19 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
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 82 20
Rank change year-on-year +46 -62 +42
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 21 230 182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 4.22% 5.75% 11.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.83% 5.86% 13.74%
Number of salaries quoted 15 63 21
10th Percentile £60,200 £60,000 £62,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £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 £85,125 £82,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £86,750 £90,000 -
Scotland median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £78,250
% change year-on-year +6.67% -4.15% -0.63%

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 435 3,922 1,325
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.35% 98.12% 85.82%
Number of salaries quoted 259 861 660
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.54% -4.55% +14.58%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £68,975
90th Percentile £85,050 £80,000 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £56,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -6.25% +6.67%

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 19 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 19 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 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 7 (33.33%) Agile
2 7 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 6 (28.57%) Azure
3 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 5 (23.81%) Data Modelling
4 5 (23.81%) C++
4 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (23.81%) TOGAF
4 5 (23.81%) Security Cleared
4 5 (23.81%) Roadmaps
5 4 (19.05%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (19.05%) Java
5 4 (19.05%) Firmware
5 4 (19.05%) Project Management
5 4 (19.05%) Databricks
5 4 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (19.05%) Analytics
6 3 (14.29%) Kubernetes
6 3 (14.29%) SQL
6 3 (14.29%) Oracle
6 3 (14.29%) SAP
6 3 (14.29%) QA
6 3 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (9.52%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (9.52%) Power Platform
7 2 (9.52%) Architectural Design

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 (4.76%) Apache
1 1 (4.76%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 6 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (9.52%) AWS
2 2 (9.52%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (9.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 2 (9.52%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (9.52%) GCP
2 2 (9.52%) OpenShift
2 2 (9.52%) Power Platform
2 2 (9.52%) SaaS
2 2 (9.52%) Snowflake
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.76%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (9.52%) Data Lake
1 2 (9.52%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (9.52%) Power BI
2 1 (4.76%) Metadata
2 1 (4.76%) NoSQL
2 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Jenkins
1 1 (4.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.76%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Finance
4 1 (4.76%) Law
4 1 (4.76%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) JSON
1 2 (9.52%) Kafka
1 2 (9.52%) REST
1 2 (9.52%) Spring
2 1 (4.76%) .NET
2 1 (4.76%) .NET Framework
2 1 (4.76%) CSS
2 1 (4.76%) HTML
2 1 (4.76%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Cloud Native
1 2 (9.52%) Private Cloud
2 1 (4.76%) IoT
2 1 (4.76%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.76%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Agile
1 7 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (23.81%) Data Modelling
3 5 (23.81%) Roadmaps
3 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (23.81%) TOGAF
4 4 (19.05%) Analytics
4 4 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (19.05%) Project Management
5 3 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (9.52%) Architectural Design
6 2 (9.52%) Architectural Patterns
6 2 (9.52%) Generative AI
6 2 (9.52%) Information Security
6 2 (9.52%) Migration
6 2 (9.52%) TDD
6 2 (9.52%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) C++
2 4 (19.05%) Java
3 3 (14.29%) SQL
4 2 (9.52%) Python
5 1 (4.76%) C
5 1 (4.76%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.52%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.76%) Degree
3 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) QA
2 2 (9.52%) GDPR
3 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (19.05%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.76%) CASB
2 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 4 (19.05%) Databricks
3 3 (14.29%) Oracle
3 3 (14.29%) SAP
4 2 (9.52%) Salesforce
4 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.76%) Workday