Cloud Architect Job Trends in Scotland

Cloud Architect
UK > Scotland

As of 13 January 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Cloud Architect salary in Scotland.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 130 188
Rank change year-on-year -10 +58 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Architect 2 14 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.073% 0.55% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% 0.58% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 6
10th Percentile - £88,250 £70,104
25th Percentile - - £75,208
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £125,000 £79,632
Median % change year-on-year - +56.97% +33.78%
75th Percentile - - £84,056
90th Percentile - - £87,653
UK median annual salary £82,500 £85,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -2.94% -2.86% -5.41%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 2,432 2,411 3,009
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.89% 93.92% 96.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,205 1,059 1,886
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -11.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Cloud Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cloud Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Cloud Architect job vacancy trend in Scotland

Cloud Architect
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for Cloud Architect job vacancies in Scotland.

Salary distribution trend for Cloud Architect job vacancies in Scotland

Cloud 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 Cloud Architect within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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 +12 1 - -
West Lothian - 1 - -
Cloud Architect
UK

Cloud Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Cloud Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region featuring Cloud Architect in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Apex Code
1 1 (50.00%) Broadband
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Community of Practice
1 1 (50.00%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (50.00%) GitLab
1 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (50.00%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (50.00%) OO
1 1 (50.00%) PLM
1 1 (50.00%) REST
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) SOAP
1 1 (50.00%) SonarQube
1 1 (50.00%) SOQL
1 1 (50.00%) SOSL
1 1 (50.00%) Splunk
1 1 (50.00%) Static Code Analysis

Cloud Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) GitLab
1 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (50.00%) SonarQube
General
1 1 (50.00%) Games
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (50.00%) REST
1 1 (50.00%) SOAP
1 1 (50.00%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Community of Practice
1 1 (50.00%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (50.00%) OO
1 1 (50.00%) PLM
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Static Code Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Apex Code
1 1 (50.00%) SOQL
1 1 (50.00%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (50.00%) Splunk