Software Architecture Jobs in Scotland

Software Architecture
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Software Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Architecture over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 225 201 217
Rank change year-on-year -24 +16 -34
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 54 15 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.78% 0.35% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 0.37% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 13 6 11
10th Percentile - £58,125 -
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +30.43% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,433 £104,375 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,600 £110,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% - +20.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Software Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,184 4,076 5,728
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 89.82% 94.61% 91.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2,548 2,038 2,896
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,313 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Software Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Software Architecture in Scotland

Software Architecture
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Architecture in Scotland.

Salary trend for Software Architecture in Scotland

Software Architecture
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Architecture in Scotland over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Architecture in Scotland

Software Architecture
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 9 June 2024. 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 -82 34 £67,500 +3.85% 1
Edinburgh +38 20 £65,288 -17.09% 1
Software Architecture
UK

Software Architecture
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 1 (1.85%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 30 (55.56%) AWS
2 24 (44.44%) Azure
3 6 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 6 (11.11%) SaaS
4 4 (7.41%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (33.33%) Geospatial Data
2 4 (7.41%) GIS
2 4 (7.41%) SQL Server
3 3 (5.56%) Big Data
4 1 (1.85%) Hadoop
4 1 (1.85%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.85%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Git
1 3 (5.56%) Jasmine
1 3 (5.56%) Karma Test Runner
1 3 (5.56%) Visual Studio Code
2 1 (1.85%) JIRA
General
1 25 (46.30%) Finance
2 22 (40.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 22 (40.74%) Law
3 19 (35.19%) Marketing
4 17 (31.48%) Social Skills
5 8 (14.81%) Games
6 7 (12.96%) Banking
7 3 (5.56%) Private Banking
8 2 (3.70%) Financial Institution
8 2 (3.70%) Legal
9 1 (1.85%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.85%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 38 (70.37%) Architect
2 17 (31.48%) Software Architect
3 14 (25.93%) Geospatial Architect
4 12 (22.22%) Cloud Architect
4 12 (22.22%) Cloud Solutions Architect
4 12 (22.22%) Principal Architect
4 12 (22.22%) Principal Solutions Architect
5 11 (20.37%) Senior
6 7 (12.96%) Lead
6 7 (12.96%) Software Engineer
7 6 (11.11%) Lead Architect
7 6 (11.11%) Senior Architect
8 5 (9.26%) Embedded Engineer
8 5 (9.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 5 (9.26%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 5 (9.26%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 5 (9.26%) Senior Software Engineer
9 4 (7.41%) Developer
10 3 (5.56%) Systems Architect
10 3 (5.56%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.41%) .NET
1 4 (7.41%) AngularJS
1 4 (7.41%) ASP.NET
1 4 (7.41%) ASP.NET MVC
1 4 (7.41%) ASP.NET Web API
1 4 (7.41%) CSS
1 4 (7.41%) HTML
1 4 (7.41%) Kafka
2 3 (5.56%) ASP.NET MVC 3
2 3 (5.56%) jQuery
2 3 (5.56%) LESS
2 3 (5.56%) OAuth
2 3 (5.56%) OAuth2
2 3 (5.56%) OpenAPI
2 3 (5.56%) RESTful
2 3 (5.56%) Sass
2 3 (5.56%) Swagger
3 2 (3.70%) React
3 2 (3.70%) Spring
3 2 (3.70%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 17 (31.48%) Cloud Native
2 14 (25.93%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.70%) Blockchain
3 2 (3.70%) Robotics
3 2 (3.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (1.85%) Distributed Applications
4 1 (1.85%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.85%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (48.15%) Migration
1 26 (48.15%) Software Engineering
2 24 (44.44%) Agile
3 19 (35.19%) Artificial Intelligence
3 19 (35.19%) Machine Learning
3 19 (35.19%) Operational Stability
4 17 (31.48%) Mentoring
4 17 (31.48%) Software Testing
5 16 (29.63%) DevOps
6 15 (27.78%) Wealth Management
7 14 (25.93%) Roadmaps
8 12 (22.22%) Analytics
8 12 (22.22%) Business Strategy
8 12 (22.22%) Data Analytics
8 12 (22.22%) LLM
9 9 (16.67%) SDLC
10 6 (11.11%) Architecture Governance
10 6 (11.11%) Decision-Making
10 6 (11.11%) Tech Ops
11 4 (7.41%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.26%) Java
2 4 (7.41%) C#
2 4 (7.41%) JavaScript
2 4 (7.41%) TypeScript
3 3 (5.56%) C
3 3 (5.56%) Embedded C
3 3 (5.56%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.85%) Kotlin
4 1 (1.85%) Python
4 1 (1.85%) Scala
4 1 (1.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (7.41%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (3.70%) Degree
2 2 (3.70%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.56%) Accessibility
1 3 (5.56%) WAI
2 2 (3.70%) SEPA
3 1 (1.85%) QA
System Software
1 5 (9.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (9.26%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.70%) Google
3 1 (1.85%) Databricks