Architect Jobs in Scotland

Architect
UK > Scotland

The median Architect salary in Scotland is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 65 20
Rank change year-on-year -7 -45 +30
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 101 374 536
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 3.41% 5.51% 11.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.94% 5.68% 13.32%
Number of salaries quoted 56 126 100
10th Percentile £67,254 £58,625 £56,219
25th Percentile £72,799 £63,750 £56,951
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £78,750
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -4.76% +1.61%
75th Percentile £98,474 £85,000 £87,419
90th Percentile £98,612 £100,000 £97,290
UK median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -3.13% -5.88% -

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 2,565 6,588 4,023
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.54% 97.01% 89.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,234 2,725 2,161
10th Percentile £27,725 £27,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £63,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 29 May 2025.

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 29 May 2025. 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
Edinburgh -13 63 £83,382 +15.01% 110
Glasgow +32 18 £80,000 - 92
Lanarkshire +1 8 £80,000 +14.29% 5
Fife -7 3 - - 11
Moray - 3 - -
East Ayrshire - 3 - -
South Ayrshire - 3 - -
Aberdeen +33 2 - - 80
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 Scotland region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 47 (46.53%) Finance
2 37 (36.63%) Agile
3 33 (32.67%) Mentoring
4 32 (31.68%) Roadmaps
5 30 (29.70%) Azure
6 27 (26.73%) GCP
7 25 (24.75%) Microsoft
7 25 (24.75%) Data Architecture
8 23 (22.77%) TOGAF
8 23 (22.77%) Analytics
9 22 (21.78%) Banking
10 21 (20.79%) Microservices
10 21 (20.79%) Social Skills
11 20 (19.80%) CSS
12 17 (16.83%) Architectural Patterns
13 16 (15.84%) Information Security
13 16 (15.84%) Software Engineering
13 16 (15.84%) Cybersecurity
14 15 (14.85%) ArchiMate
14 15 (14.85%) Project Management
14 15 (14.85%) Java
15 14 (13.86%) SQL
15 14 (13.86%) C++
15 14 (13.86%) Kubernetes
15 14 (13.86%) Technical Leadership
16 13 (12.87%) Adaptive Web Design
16 13 (12.87%) Data Analytics
16 13 (12.87%) AWS
16 13 (12.87%) Degree
16 13 (12.87%) Data Management

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 11 (10.89%) Umbraco
2 4 (3.96%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.98%) NetWeaver
3 2 (1.98%) nginx
4 1 (0.99%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 30 (29.70%) Azure
2 27 (26.73%) GCP
3 13 (12.87%) AWS
4 11 (10.89%) OpenShift
5 6 (5.94%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (4.95%) SaaS
7 4 (3.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (3.96%) Snowflake
8 3 (2.97%) Azure Stack
9 2 (1.98%) Amazon EMR
9 2 (1.98%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.98%) Amazon SageMaker
9 2 (1.98%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.98%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.98%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.98%) Collibra
9 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.98%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.98%) Serverless
10 1 (0.99%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.95%) Network Security
2 2 (1.98%) DNS
2 2 (1.98%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (0.99%) BGP
3 1 (0.99%) Firewall
3 1 (0.99%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.99%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.99%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (10.89%) BigQuery
2 3 (2.97%) Data Lake
2 3 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.97%) Metadata
3 2 (1.98%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.98%) Power BI
3 2 (1.98%) SAP HANA
3 2 (1.98%) Tableau
4 1 (0.99%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.99%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.99%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.99%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (8.91%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.98%) ERwin
2 2 (1.98%) Git
2 2 (1.98%) GitLab
3 1 (0.99%) Jenkins
General
1 47 (46.53%) Finance
2 22 (21.78%) Banking
3 21 (20.79%) Social Skills
4 7 (6.93%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (1.98%) Advertising
5 2 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (1.98%) Public Sector
5 2 (1.98%) Retail
6 1 (0.99%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.99%) Law
6 1 (0.99%) Legal
6 1 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (19.80%) CSS
2 12 (11.88%) .NET
2 12 (11.88%) OAuth
2 12 (11.88%) OpenID
2 12 (11.88%) React
2 12 (11.88%) SAML
3 11 (10.89%) Ajax
3 11 (10.89%) jQuery
4 9 (8.91%) .NET Framework
4 9 (8.91%) HTML
5 4 (3.96%) Kafka
5 4 (3.96%) Spring
6 3 (2.97%) PySpark
6 3 (2.97%) REST
7 2 (1.98%) .NET Core
7 2 (1.98%) ASP.NET Web API
7 2 (1.98%) JSON
7 2 (1.98%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.99%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.99%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.88%) Management Information System
2 11 (10.89%) Private Cloud
3 4 (3.96%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (3.96%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.98%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.98%) IVR
4 2 (1.98%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (1.98%) Smartphone
5 1 (0.99%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.99%) IoT
5 1 (0.99%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.99%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (36.63%) Agile
2 33 (32.67%) Mentoring
3 32 (31.68%) Roadmaps
4 25 (24.75%) Data Architecture
5 23 (22.77%) Analytics
5 23 (22.77%) TOGAF
6 21 (20.79%) Microservices
7 17 (16.83%) Architectural Patterns
8 16 (15.84%) Cybersecurity
8 16 (15.84%) Information Security
8 16 (15.84%) Software Engineering
9 15 (14.85%) ArchiMate
9 15 (14.85%) Project Management
10 14 (13.86%) Technical Leadership
11 13 (12.87%) Adaptive Web Design
11 13 (12.87%) Data Analytics
11 13 (12.87%) Data Management
12 12 (11.88%) Architecture Roadmap
12 12 (11.88%) Web Development
13 11 (10.89%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 15 (14.85%) Java
2 14 (13.86%) C++
2 14 (13.86%) SQL
3 12 (11.88%) JavaScript
4 11 (10.89%) C#
5 9 (8.91%) C
6 7 (6.93%) Python
7 2 (1.98%) ABAP
8 1 (0.99%) Groovy
8 1 (0.99%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (12.87%) Degree
2 12 (11.88%) BPSS Clearance
2 12 (11.88%) CISSP
3 6 (5.94%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.97%) CCNP
4 3 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.98%) CCNA
5 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.98%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.99%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.99%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.94%) GDPR
2 5 (4.95%) QA
3 4 (3.96%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.98%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.98%) NCSC
4 2 (1.98%) NIST
4 2 (1.98%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.99%) Data Quality
System Software
1 9 (8.91%) Docker
2 5 (4.95%) Firmware
3 2 (1.98%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (13.86%) Kubernetes
2 11 (10.89%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (2.97%) Terraform
4 1 (0.99%) CASB
4 1 (0.99%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 25 (24.75%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.93%) Google
3 5 (4.95%) Databricks
3 5 (4.95%) SAP
4 3 (2.97%) Oracle
4 3 (2.97%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.98%) F5
5 2 (1.98%) Informatica
5 2 (1.98%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.99%) ForgeRock
6 1 (0.99%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.99%) Ping Identity
6 1 (0.99%) Workday