Systems Architect Jobs in Glasgow

System Architect
Scotland > Glasgow

The median System Architect salary in Glasgow is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 218 -
Rank change year-on-year +166 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Architect 2 19 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.41% 0.48% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.49% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 16 0
10th Percentile £72,750 £63,750 -
25th Percentile £73,125 £64,688 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% - -
75th Percentile £83,125 - -
90th Percentile £84,250 - -
Scotland median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 -

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 431 3,906 1,353
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.32% 98.07% 86.01%
Number of salaries quoted 255 853 677
10th Percentile £31,550 £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% +14.23%
75th Percentile £75,180 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,150 £78,750 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £56,868
% change year-on-year +4.76% -7.68% +8.32%

Systems Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Architect in Glasgow

Systems Architect
Salary Trend in Glasgow

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

Salary trend for Systems Architect in Glasgow

Systems Architect Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, Systems 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 Systems Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) SOA
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 2 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices

Systems 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
1 2 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) SOA
1 2 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) SQL