Senior Architect Jobs in Scotland

Senior Architect
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Architect salary in Scotland is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 July 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 211 158
Rank change year-on-year +56 -53 +73
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Architect 15 55 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.46% 0.85% 1.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.88% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 14 23 19
10th Percentile - £74,000 £58,882
25th Percentile £70,000 - £66,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £82,818
Median % change year-on-year - -3.40% +18.31%
75th Percentile £96,250 - £87,419
90th Percentile £109,785 £120,000 £98,231
UK median annual salary £82,250 £76,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +8.22% -7.88% -2.94%

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 2,697 6,248 3,692
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 82.63% 97.11% 91.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,300 2,805 2,098
10th Percentile £26,968 £27,710 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £40,000 £40,021
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,914 £51,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,789 £80,000 £82,500
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.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Architect in Scotland

Senior Architect
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Senior Architect in Scotland

Senior Architect
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Architect in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Architect in Scotland

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 12 July 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 +21 8 £70,000 -12.50% 3
Lanarkshire - 4 £80,000 -
Glasgow +94 3 £100,000 +25.00% 2
Senior Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 July 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.

1 7 (46.67%) Microservices
1 7 (46.67%) Java
2 6 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 5 (33.33%) Multithreading
3 5 (33.33%) Software Architecture
3 5 (33.33%) SQL
3 5 (33.33%) .NET
3 5 (33.33%) Visual Studio
3 5 (33.33%) C
3 5 (33.33%) C#
3 5 (33.33%) C++
3 5 (33.33%) HTML
3 5 (33.33%) CSS
3 5 (33.33%) OO
3 5 (33.33%) SOA
3 5 (33.33%) Agile
3 5 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 5 (33.33%) .NET Framework
4 3 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
4 3 (20.00%) IT Strategy
5 2 (13.33%) Architectural Patterns
5 2 (13.33%) Strategic Roadmap
5 2 (13.33%) Containerisation
5 2 (13.33%) Customer Experience
5 2 (13.33%) Roadmaps
5 2 (13.33%) Coaching
5 2 (13.33%) Spring Boot
5 2 (13.33%) SAP HANA
5 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (13.33%) Finance

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) NetWeaver
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
1 2 (13.33%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (13.33%) Banking
1 2 (13.33%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (33.33%) .NET
1 5 (33.33%) .NET Framework
1 5 (33.33%) CSS
1 5 (33.33%) HTML
2 2 (13.33%) Spring
2 2 (13.33%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (13.33%) Smartphone
2 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Microservices
2 6 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 5 (33.33%) Agile
3 5 (33.33%) Multithreading
3 5 (33.33%) OO
3 5 (33.33%) SOA
3 5 (33.33%) Software Architecture
3 5 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 3 (20.00%) IT Strategy
4 3 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
5 2 (13.33%) Architectural Patterns
5 2 (13.33%) Cash Management
5 2 (13.33%) Coaching
5 2 (13.33%) Containerisation
5 2 (13.33%) Customer Experience
5 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (13.33%) Roadmaps
5 2 (13.33%) Security Architecture
5 2 (13.33%) Strategic Roadmap
5 2 (13.33%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) Java
2 5 (33.33%) C
2 5 (33.33%) C#
2 5 (33.33%) C++
2 5 (33.33%) SQL
3 2 (13.33%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) SAP
2 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow