Senior Architect
UK > Scotland
The median Senior Architect salary in Scotland is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 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 20 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 134 | 246 | 181 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +112 | -65 | +31 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Architect | 29 | 43 | 38 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 0.94% | 0.64% | 0.83% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.09% | 0.66% | 0.92% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 16 | 11 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £65,900 |
| 25th Percentile | £70,000 | - | £78,217 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £77,500 | £80,000 | £85,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.13% | -5.88% | +36.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £85,000 | £102,500 | £87,419 |
| 90th Percentile | £99,490 | £125,000 | £105,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £80,000 | £74,000 | £85,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.11% | -12.94% | -2.86% |
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 | 2,670 | 6,512 | 4,126 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 87.00% | 96.93% | 89.91% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,352 | 2,629 | 2,236 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,530 | £27,950 | £31,472 |
| 25th Percentile | £44,000 | £40,000 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £55,462 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -5.34% | +5.64% |
| 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% | - |
Senior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings that featured Senior Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
Senior Architect
Salary Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Architect in Scotland.
Senior Architect
Salary Histogram in Scotland
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Architect in Scotland over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.
Senior 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 Senior Architect within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 20 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 |
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| Edinburgh | +23 | 8 | £70,000 | -41.67% | 2 |
| Lanarkshire | - | 8 | £80,000 | - | 2 |
| Moray | - | 3 | - | - | |
| East Ayrshire | - | 3 | - | - | |
| South Ayrshire | - | 3 | - | - | |
| Fife | - | 3 | - | - | |
| Glasgow | +145 | 1 | £80,000 | - | 11 |
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Senior Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland
For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Architect in the job title.
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Senior 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: