Architect Jobs in Scotland

The median annual salary for an Architect was £67,500 in advertised job vacancies in Scotland during the 3 months to 22 June 2017.

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

Architect UK / Scotland
Location	3 months to 22 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	64	50	74
Rank change year-on-year	-14	+24
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect	92	140	96
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland	3.45%	4.90%	3.07%
As % of the Job Titles category	3.67%	5.07%	3.22%
Number of salaries quoted	76	86	55
Median salary	£67,500	£63,750	£57,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+5.88%	+10.86%
90% offered a salary of more than	£47,000	£52,500	£43,913
10% offered a salary of more than	£80,000	£71,250	£67,800
UK excluding London median salary	£67,500	£65,000	£65,000
% change year-on-year	+3.84%	-

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

IT Job Roles Scotland
Permanent job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	2505	2761	2977
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland	93.96%	96.57%	95.29%
Number of salaries quoted	1609	1586	1887
Median salary	£44,000	£43,000	£42,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+2.32%	+1.17%
90% offered a salary of more than	£30,000	£27,500	£27,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£65,000	£60,000	£61,500
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£41,000	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+3.65%	+2.50%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in Scotland that featured Architect in the job title.

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Scotland

Architect
Salary Trend in Scotland

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Architect in Scotland.

Architect
Salary Histogram in Scotland

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Architect in Scotland over the 3 months to 22 June 2017.

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 3 months to 22 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Glasgow	+25	46	£58,750	-2.08%	4
Edinburgh	-32	43	£72,500	+11.53%	4
Perth and Kinross	-	3	£60,000	-
Architect UK

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Scotland

For the 6 months to 22 June 2017, Architect job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the Scotland region featuring Architect in the job title.

1	79 (41.15%)	Finance
2	62 (32.29%)	Agile Software Development
3	45 (23.44%)	SOA
4	39 (20.31%)	Java
4	39 (20.31%)	Enterprise Architecture
5	38 (19.79%)	TOGAF
6	28 (14.58%)	Banking
6	28 (14.58%)	Relational Database
7	27 (14.06%)	Scrum
8	25 (13.02%)	Analytical Skills
9	24 (12.50%)	Degree
9	24 (12.50%)	Oracle
9	24 (12.50%)	Data Modelling
10	21 (10.94%)	ITIL
10	21 (10.94%)	OO

10	21 (10.94%)	IT Strategy
11	20 (10.42%)	UML
11	20 (10.42%)	Web Services
11	20 (10.42%)	Microsoft
12	19 (9.90%)	RDBMS
12	19 (9.90%)	SQL Server
13	18 (9.38%)	CISSP
14	17 (8.85%)	.NET
14	17 (8.85%)	Amazon AWS
14	17 (8.85%)	Hadoop
14	17 (8.85%)	Data Centre
15	16 (8.33%)	Big Data
15	16 (8.33%)	Analytics
15	16 (8.33%)	IBM
16	14 (7.29%)	Project Management

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	13 (6.77%)	Oracle SOA Suite
2	11 (5.73%)	Apache Spark
3	8 (4.17%)	JBoss
4	5 (2.60%)	Alfresco
4	5 (2.60%)	Skype for Business
5	4 (2.08%)	Apache
5	4 (2.08%)	FileNet
5	4 (2.08%)	MS Exchange
5	4 (2.08%)	SAS
6	3 (1.56%)	Apache Pig
6	3 (1.56%)	CMS
6	3 (1.56%)	Exchange Server 2010
7	2 (1.04%)	IIS
7	2 (1.04%)	SharePoint
7	2 (1.04%)	Tomcat
7	2 (1.04%)	WebLogic

Business Applications
1	6 (3.13%)	Oracle BPM
1	6 (3.13%)	SAP HCM
2	2 (1.04%)	Pega PRPC
3	1 (0.52%)	SAP S/4HANA

Cloud Services
1	17 (8.85%)	Amazon AWS
2	11 (5.73%)	Microsoft Azure
3	10 (5.21%)	SuccessFactors
4	7 (3.65%)	Cloud Computing
4	7 (3.65%)	Office 365
5	6 (3.13%)	Google Cloud Platform
6	5 (2.60%)	iPaaS
7	4 (2.08%)	SaaS
8	3 (1.56%)	PaaS
9	2 (1.04%)	Azure Active Directory
9	2 (1.04%)	Google Compute Engine
9	2 (1.04%)	IaaS
10	1 (0.52%)	Oracle Service Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	10 (5.21%)	Network Security
2	9 (4.69%)	Internet
3	5 (2.60%)	Firewall
3	5 (2.60%)	Skype
4	4 (2.08%)	VoIP
5	2 (1.04%)	IP Telephony
5	2 (1.04%)	LAN
5	2 (1.04%)	SAN
5	2 (1.04%)	WAN
5	2 (1.04%)	Wireless
6	1 (0.52%)	DHCP
6	1 (0.52%)	DNS
6	1 (0.52%)	Fibre Channel
6	1 (0.52%)	iSCSI
6	1 (0.52%)	NAS
6	1 (0.52%)	TCP/IP
6	1 (0.52%)	Unified Communications

Database & Business Intelligence
1	28 (14.58%)	Relational Database
2	19 (9.90%)	RDBMS
2	19 (9.90%)	SQL Server
3	17 (8.85%)	Hadoop
4	16 (8.33%)	Big Data
5	11 (5.73%)	Apache Hive
5	11 (5.73%)	NoSQL
6	8 (4.17%)	Data Warehouse
6	8 (4.17%)	HBase
7	3 (1.56%)	Data Mining
7	3 (1.56%)	Sqoop
7	3 (1.56%)	Star Schema
8	2 (1.04%)	OLTP
8	2 (1.04%)	SQL Server Integration Services
9	1 (0.52%)	BusinessObjects
9	1 (0.52%)	DB2
9	1 (0.52%)	MySQL
9	1 (0.52%)	QlikView
9	1 (0.52%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
9	1 (0.52%)	SQL Server Reporting Services

Development Applications
1	10 (5.21%)	ERwin
2	4 (2.08%)	Git (software)
3	3 (1.56%)	Jenkins
3	3 (1.56%)	JUnit
3	3 (1.56%)	MagicDraw
3	3 (1.56%)	Maven

General
1	79 (41.15%)	Finance
2	28 (14.58%)	Banking
3	12 (6.25%)	Retail
4	11 (5.73%)	Retail Banking
5	7 (3.65%)	Telecoms
6	2 (1.04%)	Aerospace
6	2 (1.04%)	Publishing
7	1 (0.52%)	Billing
7	1 (0.52%)	Front Office
7	1 (0.52%)	Games

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	20 (10.42%)	Web Services
2	17 (8.85%)	.NET
3	14 (7.29%)	Hibernate
4	12 (6.25%)	JPA
4	12 (6.25%)	JSF
4	12 (6.25%)	RichFaces
5	10 (5.21%)	Apache CXF
5	10 (5.21%)	J2EE
5	10 (5.21%)	Kafka
6	8 (4.17%)	AngularJS
6	8 (4.17%)	REST
7	7 (3.65%)	Middleware
7	7 (3.65%)	SOAP
8	6 (3.13%)	Apache OpenJPA
9	5 (2.60%)	Drools
9	5 (2.60%)	Spring
10	3 (1.56%)	.NET Framework
10	3 (1.56%)	HTML
10	3 (1.56%)	Ruby on Rails
10	3 (1.56%)	XML

Miscellaneous
1	25 (13.02%)	Analytical Skills
2	17 (8.85%)	Data Centre
3	10 (5.21%)	Mobile Banking
4	9 (4.69%)	Computer Science
4	9 (4.69%)	Enterprise Software
4	9 (4.69%)	Taxonomies
5	7 (3.65%)	User Experience
6	6 (3.13%)	Client/Server
6	6 (3.13%)	Online Banking
7	3 (1.56%)	Hybrid Cloud
8	2 (1.04%)	Algorithms
8	2 (1.04%)	Data Structures
8	2 (1.04%)	Equities
8	2 (1.04%)	Fintech
8	2 (1.04%)	Fixed Income
8	2 (1.04%)	Mainframe
8	2 (1.04%)	Mobile App
8	2 (1.04%)	Reference Data
9	1 (0.52%)	Public Cloud
9	1 (0.52%)	Replication

Operating Systems
1	12 (6.25%)	Windows
2	7 (3.65%)	Linux
3	4 (2.08%)	Windows Server
4	2 (1.04%)	Android
4	2 (1.04%)	Apple iOS
4	2 (1.04%)	Unix
4	2 (1.04%)	Windows 10
5	1 (0.52%)	AIX
5	1 (0.52%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5	1 (0.52%)	Windows Server 2008
5	1 (0.52%)	Windows Server 2012

Processes & Methodologies
1	62 (32.29%)	Agile Software Development
2	45 (23.44%)	SOA
3	39 (20.31%)	Enterprise Architecture
4	38 (19.79%)	TOGAF
5	27 (14.06%)	Scrum
6	24 (12.50%)	Data Modelling
7	21 (10.94%)	IT Strategy
7	21 (10.94%)	ITIL
7	21 (10.94%)	OO
8	20 (10.42%)	UML
9	16 (8.33%)	Analytics
10	14 (7.29%)	Project Management
10	14 (7.29%)	Stakeholder Management
10	14 (7.29%)	Wireframes
11	13 (6.77%)	Domain Models
11	13 (6.77%)	Use Case
12	12 (6.25%)	Data Architecture
12	12 (6.25%)	Data Management
12	12 (6.25%)	Mentoring
12	12 (6.25%)	Technical Architecture

Programming Languages
1	39 (20.31%)	Java
2	14 (7.29%)	C#
3	12 (6.25%)	SQL
4	11 (5.73%)	JavaScript
5	5 (2.60%)	C
6	3 (1.56%)	PHP
6	3 (1.56%)	Python
6	3 (1.56%)	Ruby
7	2 (1.04%)	Scala
8	1 (0.52%)	PL/SQL
8	1 (0.52%)	PowerShell
8	1 (0.52%)	R
8	1 (0.52%)	T-SQL
8	1 (0.52%)	TypeScript

Qualifications
1	24 (12.50%)	Degree
2	18 (9.38%)	CISSP
3	9 (4.69%)	SC Cleared
3	9 (4.69%)	Security Cleared
4	5 (2.60%)	ISEB
5	2 (1.04%)	CCNP
5	2 (1.04%)	Cisco Certification
5	2 (1.04%)	Computer Science Degree
6	1 (0.52%)	CEH
6	1 (0.52%)	CREST Certified
6	1 (0.52%)	GIAC
6	1 (0.52%)	SANS

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	3 (1.56%)	Data Quality
1	3 (1.56%)	ISO/IEC 27001
2	2 (1.04%)	GDPR
2	2 (1.04%)	ISO 20022
2	2 (1.04%)	PCI DSS

System Software
1	8 (4.17%)	Hyper-V
2	5 (2.60%)	XenApp
3	4 (2.08%)	VMware ESXi
4	3 (1.56%)	Active Directory
4	3 (1.56%)	Docker
4	3 (1.56%)	HDFS
5	2 (1.04%)	BitLocker
5	2 (1.04%)	VMware Infrastructure

Systems Management
1	5 (2.60%)	Opscode Chef
1	5 (2.60%)	SCCM
2	4 (2.08%)	Ansible
2	4 (2.08%)	Puppet
3	3 (1.56%)	Oozie
4	2 (1.04%)	Microsoft Intune
4	2 (1.04%)	SCOM
5	1 (0.52%)	BladeLogic
5	1 (0.52%)	EMC NetWorker

Vendors
1	24 (12.50%)	Oracle
2	20 (10.42%)	Microsoft
3	16 (8.33%)	IBM
4	10 (5.21%)	SAP
5	9 (4.69%)	Cisco
5	9 (4.69%)	Citrix
6	8 (4.17%)	Teradata
7	7 (3.65%)	Red Hat
8	6 (3.13%)	Google
8	6 (3.13%)	Symantec
9	5 (2.60%)	Guidewire
10	4 (2.08%)	AppDynamics
10	4 (2.08%)	Informatica
10	4 (2.08%)	Splunk
11	2 (1.04%)	CA
11	2 (1.04%)	EMC
11	2 (1.04%)	Pega
11	2 (1.04%)	Varonis
11	2 (1.04%)	VMware
11	2 (1.04%)	Xamarin