Architect Jobs in Scotland

Architect
UK > Scotland

The median Architect salary in Scotland is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 47 6 64
Rank change year-on-year -41 +58 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 359 621 259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 6.30% 16.37% 4.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.49% 17.76% 4.54%
Number of salaries quoted 131 94 138
10th Percentile £55,000 £56,219 £60,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £58,882 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,576 £78,750
Median % change year-on-year +6.27% -10.38% +12.50%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £90,625
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,750 £105,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 5,531 3,496 5,710
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.07% 92.15% 93.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,492 2,018 3,223
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Scotland

Architect
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Architect in Scotland

Architect
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Architect in Scotland

Architect
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -51 216 £75,000 - 8
Edinburgh -7 125 £75,000 +6.27% 5
West Lothian -2 6 £56,250 -
Lanarkshire -11 3 £70,000 - 4
South Lanarkshire - 3 £80,000 -
Perthshire +1 1 £80,000 -
Fife -7 1 £40,000 -55.56%
Aberdeen -20 1 - -
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 Scotland region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 106 (29.53%) TOGAF
1 106 (29.53%) AWS
2 95 (26.46%) Finance
3 90 (25.07%) Azure
4 83 (23.12%) Actionable Insight
5 82 (22.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 76 (21.17%) Cloud Native
6 76 (21.17%) Law
7 72 (20.06%) Technical Architecture
8 70 (19.50%) Marketing
9 66 (18.38%) Migration
10 65 (18.11%) Agile
10 65 (18.11%) Roadmaps
11 64 (17.83%) Data Architecture
12 63 (17.55%) Operational Stability
13 56 (15.60%) Software Engineering
14 52 (14.48%) Network Management
14 52 (14.48%) Validation
15 51 (14.21%) Requirements Management
15 51 (14.21%) Network Architecture
15 51 (14.21%) VSAT
15 51 (14.21%) Architecture Governance
15 51 (14.21%) Model Validation
16 50 (13.93%) Scrum
17 47 (13.09%) Social Skills
18 46 (12.81%) Decision-Making
18 46 (12.81%) Python
19 44 (12.26%) DevOps
20 40 (11.14%) Project Management
21 37 (10.31%) Software Architecture

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 8 (2.23%) WebLogic
2 5 (1.39%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.56%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (2.23%) Simulink
2 2 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (3.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 6 (1.67%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 106 (29.53%) AWS
2 90 (25.07%) Azure
3 27 (7.52%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (5.29%) SaaS
5 17 (4.74%) GCP
6 14 (3.90%) Amazon SQS
7 12 (3.34%) Entra ID
8 9 (2.51%) IaaS
8 9 (2.51%) PaaS
8 9 (2.51%) Serverless
9 8 (2.23%) Amazon EKS
10 7 (1.95%) Power Platform
11 4 (1.11%) Amazon ECS
11 4 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (0.84%) dbt
13 2 (0.56%) Amazon EventBridge
13 2 (0.56%) AWS Step Functions
13 2 (0.56%) Azure AKS
13 2 (0.56%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 51 (14.21%) VSAT
2 9 (2.51%) DNS
3 8 (2.23%) BGP
3 8 (2.23%) SSL
3 8 (2.23%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.67%) Firewall
5 3 (0.84%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (0.84%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.56%) Network Security
7 1 (0.28%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (0.28%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
1 14 (3.90%) Geospatial Data
2 10 (2.79%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (2.79%) Big Data
3 9 (2.51%) Relational Database
4 8 (2.23%) Oracle Database
4 8 (2.23%) RDBMS
5 6 (1.67%) Data Vault
5 6 (1.67%) MongoDB
5 6 (1.67%) Power BI
5 6 (1.67%) Tableau
6 3 (0.84%) Metadata
7 2 (0.56%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.56%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.56%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.39%) Visual Studio
2 4 (1.11%) Eclipse
2 4 (1.11%) Maven
3 3 (0.84%) Git
3 3 (0.84%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.28%) JIRA
General
1 95 (26.46%) Finance
2 82 (22.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 76 (21.17%) Law
4 70 (19.50%) Marketing
5 47 (13.09%) Social Skills
6 28 (7.80%) Banking
7 22 (6.13%) Presentation Skills
8 18 (5.01%) Retail Banking
9 15 (4.18%) Public Sector
10 12 (3.34%) Analytical Skills
11 10 (2.79%) Legal
12 7 (1.95%) Automotive
13 6 (1.67%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.67%) Games
14 3 (0.84%) General Ledger
14 3 (0.84%) Tech for Good
15 1 (0.28%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.28%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.90%) React
2 11 (3.06%) Node.js
3 9 (2.51%) Django
4 8 (2.23%) .NET
4 8 (2.23%) Kafka
4 8 (2.23%) OAuth
4 8 (2.23%) RabbitMQ
4 8 (2.23%) SAML
4 8 (2.23%) Spring Boot
5 5 (1.39%) .NET Framework
5 5 (1.39%) JSON
5 5 (1.39%) Web Services
5 5 (1.39%) XML
6 4 (1.11%) AngularJS
6 4 (1.11%) Java EE
6 4 (1.11%) REST
7 3 (0.84%) Next.js
8 2 (0.56%) Micronaut
8 2 (0.56%) OpenID
8 2 (0.56%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 76 (21.17%) Cloud Native
2 34 (9.47%) Public Cloud
3 31 (8.64%) Product Ownership
4 28 (7.80%) Credit Risk
5 15 (4.18%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (3.90%) PKI
7 8 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.95%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.95%) Embedded Systems
8 7 (1.95%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.39%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.11%) Educational Technology
10 4 (1.11%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (0.56%) Legacy Applications
12 2 (0.56%) Mainframe
12 2 (0.56%) PMI
12 2 (0.56%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.56%) Virtual Team
13 1 (0.28%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 18 (5.01%) Linux
2 8 (2.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (1.95%) Windows
4 3 (0.84%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.56%) Mesosphere
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (29.53%) TOGAF
2 83 (23.12%) Actionable Insight
3 72 (20.06%) Technical Architecture
4 66 (18.38%) Migration
5 65 (18.11%) Agile
5 65 (18.11%) Roadmaps
6 64 (17.83%) Data Architecture
7 63 (17.55%) Operational Stability
8 56 (15.60%) Software Engineering
9 52 (14.48%) Network Management
9 52 (14.48%) Validation
10 51 (14.21%) Architecture Governance
10 51 (14.21%) Model Validation
10 51 (14.21%) Network Architecture
10 51 (14.21%) Requirements Management
11 50 (13.93%) Scrum
12 46 (12.81%) Decision-Making
13 44 (12.26%) DevOps
14 40 (11.14%) Project Management
15 37 (10.31%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 46 (12.81%) Python
2 33 (9.19%) Java
3 13 (3.62%) C++
4 11 (3.06%) C
4 11 (3.06%) Embedded C
5 8 (2.23%) MATLAB
5 8 (2.23%) SQL
6 7 (1.95%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.67%) C#
8 3 (0.84%) Kotlin
8 3 (0.84%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.56%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.28%) R
10 1 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 33 (9.19%) Security Cleared
2 26 (7.24%) SC Cleared
3 24 (6.69%) Degree
4 18 (5.01%) AWS Certification
5 17 (4.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 14 (3.90%) Azure Certification
7 11 (3.06%) CISSP
8 8 (2.23%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (1.95%) TOGAF Certification
10 6 (1.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 6 (1.67%) CISM
11 4 (1.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.11%) CISA
11 4 (1.11%) PhD
12 3 (0.84%) CCNA
12 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.84%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (0.84%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.56%) CCSP
14 1 (0.28%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.23%) NIST
2 6 (1.67%) COBIT
3 5 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.11%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.84%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.84%) QA
6 2 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.56%) GDPR
6 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.28%) GRC
7 1 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (2.79%) Docker
2 3 (0.84%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.56%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.56%) KVM
3 2 (0.56%) Xen
Systems Management
1 23 (6.41%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.67%) OpenView
3 4 (1.11%) Ansible
3 4 (1.11%) Terraform
4 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.84%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.56%) Docker Swarm
5 2 (0.56%) Puppet
5 2 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 35 (9.75%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.18%) Google
3 12 (3.34%) Oracle
3 12 (3.34%) Sparx
4 7 (1.95%) ServiceNow
5 6 (1.67%) BMC
5 6 (1.67%) HP
5 6 (1.67%) Remedy
6 4 (1.11%) ANSYS
6 4 (1.11%) Cisco
7 3 (0.84%) Citrix
7 3 (0.84%) VMware
8 2 (0.56%) Databricks
8 2 (0.56%) ForgeRock
8 2 (0.56%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.28%) Barracuda Networks
9 1 (0.28%) EMC
9 1 (0.28%) Meraki
9 1 (0.28%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.28%) Teradata