Solutions Architect Jobs in Scotland

Solution Architect
UK > Scotland

The median Solution Architect salary in Scotland is £72,246 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 188 86 105
Rank change year-on-year -102 +19 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 96 160 152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.43% 3.40% 2.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.47% 3.77% 2.74%
Number of salaries quoted 52 56 64
10th Percentile £55,125 £56,219 £53,625
25th Percentile £65,313 £57,184 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,246 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.21% -6.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £92,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +9.68%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 6,525 4,242 5,553
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.88% 90.10% 96.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,619 2,305 2,995
10th Percentile £27,950 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,775
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +7.62% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect in Scotland

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Solutions Architect in Scotland

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Solutions Architect in Scotland over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Solutions Architect in Scotland

Solutions 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 Solutions Architect within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Edinburgh +7 53 £71,991 +7.34% 10
Glasgow -96 43 £80,000 -4.48% 3
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Solutions 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 Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 45 (46.88%) Agile
2 33 (34.38%) Social Skills
3 32 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
4 28 (29.17%) Presales
4 28 (29.17%) Security Cleared
5 27 (28.13%) AWS
6 25 (26.04%) SC Cleared
6 25 (26.04%) Azure
7 24 (25.00%) Business Case
8 22 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (22.92%) Banking
8 22 (22.92%) Migration
9 20 (20.83%) TOGAF
9 20 (20.83%) IT Strategy
10 19 (19.79%) Cloud Native
10 19 (19.79%) Technology Strategy
11 18 (18.75%) Analytics
12 17 (17.71%) Open Source
12 17 (17.71%) Spring Boot
12 17 (17.71%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 17 (17.71%) Commercial Awareness
12 17 (17.71%) Contract Negotiation
12 17 (17.71%) Thought Leadership
13 16 (16.67%) Microservices
14 15 (15.63%) Docker
14 15 (15.63%) Data Analytics
14 15 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
14 15 (15.63%) Scrum
14 15 (15.63%) SDLC
15 14 (14.58%) Finance

Solutions 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 8 (8.33%) WebLogic
2 4 (4.17%) OpenStack
3 2 (2.08%) Anypoint
Applications
1 2 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (10.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (1.04%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 27 (28.13%) AWS
2 25 (26.04%) Azure
3 11 (11.46%) Amazon SQS
4 9 (9.38%) GCP
5 8 (8.33%) Amazon EKS
6 7 (7.29%) SaaS
7 5 (5.21%) IaaS
7 5 (5.21%) PaaS
8 3 (3.13%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (3.13%) Azure AKS
8 3 (3.13%) Azure API Management
8 3 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (3.13%) Entra ID
9 1 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.33%) BGP
1 8 (8.33%) DNS
1 8 (8.33%) SSL
1 8 (8.33%) TCP/IP
2 3 (3.13%) Network Security
3 1 (1.04%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (13.54%) Big Data
2 8 (8.33%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (8.33%) Oracle Database
2 8 (8.33%) RDBMS
2 8 (8.33%) Relational Database
3 7 (7.29%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (5.21%) MongoDB
5 2 (2.08%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.04%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 3 (3.13%) Eclipse
1 3 (3.13%) Maven
General
1 33 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 22 (22.92%) Banking
3 14 (14.58%) Finance
4 7 (7.29%) Legal
4 7 (7.29%) Public Sector
5 6 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (5.21%) Retail Banking
7 3 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (3.13%) Retail
8 1 (1.04%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.04%) Law
8 1 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (17.71%) Spring Boot
2 10 (10.42%) Kafka
3 9 (9.38%) Spring
4 8 (8.33%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (3.13%) AngularJS
5 3 (3.13%) Java EE
5 3 (3.13%) JSON
5 3 (3.13%) REST
5 3 (3.13%) Web Services
5 3 (3.13%) XML
6 1 (1.04%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 19 (19.79%) Cloud Native
2 13 (13.54%) Public Cloud
3 8 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (7.29%) Blockchain
4 7 (7.29%) Robotics
5 5 (5.21%) Data Centre
5 5 (5.21%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 4 (4.17%) Data Structures
7 3 (3.13%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.04%) IoT
8 1 (1.04%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 13 (13.54%) Linux
2 8 (8.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (5.21%) Windows
4 4 (4.17%) Mesosphere
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (46.88%) Agile
2 32 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 28 (29.17%) Presales
4 24 (25.00%) Business Case
5 22 (22.92%) Migration
5 22 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (20.83%) IT Strategy
6 20 (20.83%) TOGAF
7 19 (19.79%) Technology Strategy
8 18 (18.75%) Analytics
9 17 (17.71%) Commercial Awareness
9 17 (17.71%) Contract Negotiation
9 17 (17.71%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 17 (17.71%) Open Source
9 17 (17.71%) Thought Leadership
10 16 (16.67%) Microservices
11 15 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (15.63%) Data Analytics
11 15 (15.63%) Scrum
11 15 (15.63%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.38%) Java
2 8 (8.33%) SQL
3 5 (5.21%) JavaScript
3 5 (5.21%) Python
4 3 (3.13%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.04%) C#
Qualifications
1 28 (29.17%) Security Cleared
2 25 (26.04%) SC Cleared
3 13 (13.54%) AWS Certification
4 12 (12.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 12 (12.50%) Azure Certification
5 6 (6.25%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (1.04%) Degree
6 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.21%) SEPA
2 4 (4.17%) QA
3 1 (1.04%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (15.63%) Docker
2 4 (4.17%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (14.58%) Kubernetes
2 5 (5.21%) Ansible
3 4 (4.17%) Docker Swarm
3 4 (4.17%) Progress Chef
3 4 (4.17%) Puppet
Vendors
1 10 (10.42%) Sparx
2 8 (8.33%) Oracle
3 5 (5.21%) Microsoft
3 5 (5.21%) VMware
4 3 (3.13%) Google
4 3 (3.13%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.08%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.04%) Barracuda Networks
6 1 (1.04%) Cisco
6 1 (1.04%) EMC
6 1 (1.04%) ServiceNow