Solutions Architect Jobs in Scotland

Solution Architect
UK > Scotland

The median Solution Architect salary in Scotland is £94,637 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 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
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 188 84
Rank change year-on-year +77 -104 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 38 96 159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.33% 1.43% 3.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.45% 1.47% 3.75%
Number of salaries quoted 29 52 56
10th Percentile £68,400 £55,125 £56,219
25th Percentile £72,899 £65,313 £57,184
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £94,637 £72,246 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.99% +3.21% -6.67%
75th Percentile £98,474 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £113,979 £105,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% -

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 2,614 6,525 4,244
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.43% 96.88% 90.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,372 2,619 2,309
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,950 £31,569
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,664 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

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 5 May 2025.

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 5 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
Edinburgh -4 31 £94,637 +31.46% 6
Glasgow +143 9 £73,750 -7.81% 9
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2025, 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 22 (57.89%) Finance
1 22 (57.89%) Banking
2 20 (52.63%) GCP
3 17 (44.74%) Azure
4 15 (39.47%) Analytics
4 15 (39.47%) Agile
4 15 (39.47%) Microsoft
5 13 (34.21%) Microservices
6 12 (31.58%) Data Analytics
6 12 (31.58%) Cybersecurity
6 12 (31.58%) Content Management
6 12 (31.58%) Architectural Patterns
7 11 (28.95%) Customer Experience
7 11 (28.95%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (28.95%) BigQuery
7 11 (28.95%) Web Development
7 11 (28.95%) Ajax
7 11 (28.95%) jQuery
7 11 (28.95%) Umbraco
7 11 (28.95%) OAuth
7 11 (28.95%) Domain-Driven Design
7 11 (28.95%) JavaScript
7 11 (28.95%) CSS
7 11 (28.95%) MVC
7 11 (28.95%) SAML
7 11 (28.95%) OpenID
7 11 (28.95%) Software Deployment
7 11 (28.95%) Kubernetes
7 11 (28.95%) React
8 10 (26.32%) Technical Leadership

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 11 (28.95%) Umbraco
2 3 (7.89%) NetWeaver
3 1 (2.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (2.63%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 20 (52.63%) GCP
2 17 (44.74%) Azure
3 9 (23.68%) OpenShift
4 5 (13.16%) AWS
5 3 (7.89%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (5.26%) Amazon S3
6 2 (5.26%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (5.26%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (5.26%) SaaS
6 2 (5.26%) Serverless
6 2 (5.26%) Snowflake
7 1 (2.63%) Apigee
7 1 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (2.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (2.63%) PaaS
7 1 (2.63%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (28.95%) BigQuery
2 3 (7.89%) SAP HANA
3 1 (2.63%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (2.63%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.63%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.63%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Git
General
1 22 (57.89%) Banking
1 22 (57.89%) Finance
2 9 (23.68%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.63%) Marketing
4 1 (2.63%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (28.95%) Ajax
1 11 (28.95%) CSS
1 11 (28.95%) jQuery
1 11 (28.95%) OAuth
1 11 (28.95%) OpenID
1 11 (28.95%) React
1 11 (28.95%) SAML
2 5 (13.16%) Spring
3 3 (7.89%) Spring Boot
4 2 (5.26%) JSON
4 2 (5.26%) Kafka
4 2 (5.26%) REST
5 1 (2.63%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.68%) Private Cloud
2 3 (7.89%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (5.26%) Cloud Native
3 2 (5.26%) IVR
4 1 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.63%) DataPower
4 1 (2.63%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.63%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (39.47%) Agile
1 15 (39.47%) Analytics
2 13 (34.21%) Microservices
3 12 (31.58%) Architectural Patterns
3 12 (31.58%) Content Management
3 12 (31.58%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (31.58%) Data Analytics
4 11 (28.95%) Customer Experience
4 11 (28.95%) Domain-Driven Design
4 11 (28.95%) MVC
4 11 (28.95%) Software Deployment
4 11 (28.95%) Web Development
5 10 (26.32%) Roadmaps
5 10 (26.32%) Technical Leadership
6 9 (23.68%) TOGAF
7 8 (21.05%) Data Architecture
8 7 (18.42%) API Design
8 7 (18.42%) Software Engineering
8 7 (18.42%) Translating Business Requirements
8 7 (18.42%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 11 (28.95%) JavaScript
2 7 (18.42%) Java
3 4 (10.53%) Python
4 3 (7.89%) ABAP
5 1 (2.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (5.26%) SC Cleared
1 2 (5.26%) Security Cleared
1 2 (5.26%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (2.63%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) GDPR
1 2 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 9 (23.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (28.95%) Kubernetes
1 11 (28.95%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (39.47%) Microsoft
2 8 (21.05%) Google
3 3 (7.89%) Databricks
3 3 (7.89%) SAP
4 1 (2.63%) Adobe
4 1 (2.63%) Oracle