Senior Systems Architect Jobs in Scotland

Senior System Architect
UK > Scotland

The median Senior System Architect salary in Scotland is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Architect 9 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.31% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% - -
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - -
75th Percentile £85,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £80,000 £83,750 -
% change year-on-year -4.48% - -

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 2,641 6,480 4,148
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.53% 96.95% 89.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,346 2,607 2,247
10th Percentile £30,650 £28,000 £31,491
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -7.89% +8.57%
75th Percentile £63,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Senior Systems Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Senior Systems Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Systems Architect in Scotland

Senior Systems Architect
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Senior Systems Architect in Scotland

Senior Systems 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 Systems Architect within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 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
Lanarkshire - 8 £80,000 -
Glasgow - 1 £80,000 -
Senior Systems Architect
UK

Senior Systems Architect Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Senior Systems 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 Systems Architect in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) C
1 9 (100.00%) C#
1 9 (100.00%) C++
1 9 (100.00%) HTML
1 9 (100.00%) Java
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
1 9 (100.00%) .NET
1 9 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 9 (100.00%) CSS
1 9 (100.00%) OO
1 9 (100.00%) SOA
1 9 (100.00%) Agile
1 9 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 9 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 9 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 9 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 9 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 9 (100.00%) Microservices

Senior Systems 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:

Development Applications
1 9 (100.00%) Visual Studio
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (100.00%) .NET
1 9 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 9 (100.00%) CSS
1 9 (100.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Agile
1 9 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 9 (100.00%) Microservices
1 9 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 9 (100.00%) OO
1 9 (100.00%) SOA
1 9 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 9 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) C
1 9 (100.00%) C#
1 9 (100.00%) C++
1 9 (100.00%) Java
1 9 (100.00%) SQL