Solutions Architect Jobs in Scotland

Solution Architect
UK > Scotland

The median Solution Architect salary in Scotland is £71,991 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 190 99 114
Rank change year-on-year -91 +15 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 97 148 147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.45% 3.11% 2.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.49% 3.45% 2.68%
Number of salaries quoted 53 57 59
10th Percentile £55,250 £56,219 £51,009
25th Percentile £68,718 £57,184 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,991 £69,447 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.66% -7.40% +16.73%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £103,308 £92,000 £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 6,492 4,293 5,478
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.85% 90.28% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,614 2,331 2,944
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,058
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +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 25 April 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 25 April 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 +11 56 £70,576 +6.93% 9
Glasgow -95 41 £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 25 April 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 50 (51.55%) Agile
2 32 (32.99%) Actionable Insight
2 32 (32.99%) Social Skills
3 28 (28.87%) Presales
3 28 (28.87%) Security Cleared
4 27 (27.84%) AWS
4 27 (27.84%) Banking
5 25 (25.77%) Azure
5 25 (25.77%) SC Cleared
6 23 (23.71%) Business Case
7 22 (22.68%) Migration
8 21 (21.65%) Microservices
8 21 (21.65%) Spring Boot
8 21 (21.65%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (20.62%) IT Strategy
9 20 (20.62%) Open Source
9 20 (20.62%) TOGAF
10 19 (19.59%) Docker
10 19 (19.59%) SDLC
10 19 (19.59%) Technology Strategy
11 18 (18.56%) Cloud Native
11 18 (18.56%) Analytics
11 18 (18.56%) Kubernetes
11 18 (18.56%) Finance
12 17 (17.53%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 17 (17.53%) Commercial Awareness
12 17 (17.53%) Contract Negotiation
12 17 (17.53%) Thought Leadership
13 16 (16.49%) Big Data
14 15 (15.46%) Continuous Improvement

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 (8.25%) WebLogic
2 4 (4.12%) OpenStack
3 2 (2.06%) Anypoint
Applications
1 2 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (10.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (1.03%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 27 (27.84%) AWS
2 25 (25.77%) Azure
3 11 (11.34%) Amazon SQS
4 9 (9.28%) GCP
4 9 (9.28%) SaaS
5 8 (8.25%) Amazon EKS
6 5 (5.15%) IaaS
6 5 (5.15%) PaaS
7 3 (3.09%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (3.09%) Azure AKS
7 3 (3.09%) Azure API Management
7 3 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (3.09%) Entra ID
8 2 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.25%) BGP
1 8 (8.25%) DNS
1 8 (8.25%) SSL
1 8 (8.25%) TCP/IP
2 3 (3.09%) Network Security
3 1 (1.03%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (16.49%) Big Data
2 8 (8.25%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (8.25%) Oracle Database
2 8 (8.25%) RDBMS
2 8 (8.25%) Relational Database
3 7 (7.22%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (5.15%) MongoDB
5 2 (2.06%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.03%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 3 (3.09%) Eclipse
1 3 (3.09%) Maven
General
1 32 (32.99%) Social Skills
2 27 (27.84%) Banking
3 18 (18.56%) Finance
4 11 (11.34%) Legal
5 6 (6.19%) Public Sector
6 5 (5.15%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (5.15%) Retail Banking
7 3 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (3.09%) Retail
8 1 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (21.65%) Spring Boot
2 14 (14.43%) Kafka
3 13 (13.40%) Spring
4 8 (8.25%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (3.09%) AngularJS
5 3 (3.09%) Java EE
5 3 (3.09%) JSON
5 3 (3.09%) REST
5 3 (3.09%) Web Services
5 3 (3.09%) XML
6 1 (1.03%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 18 (18.56%) Cloud Native
2 14 (14.43%) Public Cloud
3 10 (10.31%) Blockchain
3 10 (10.31%) Robotics
4 8 (8.25%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (7.22%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 5 (5.15%) Data Centre
7 4 (4.12%) Data Structures
8 3 (3.09%) Product Ownership
9 2 (2.06%) Mobile Banking
10 1 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (1.03%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 13 (13.40%) Linux
2 8 (8.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (5.15%) Windows
4 4 (4.12%) Mesosphere
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (51.55%) Agile
2 32 (32.99%) Actionable Insight
3 28 (28.87%) Presales
4 23 (23.71%) Business Case
5 22 (22.68%) Migration
6 21 (21.65%) Microservices
6 21 (21.65%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (20.62%) IT Strategy
7 20 (20.62%) Open Source
7 20 (20.62%) TOGAF
8 19 (19.59%) SDLC
8 19 (19.59%) Technology Strategy
9 18 (18.56%) Analytics
10 17 (17.53%) Commercial Awareness
10 17 (17.53%) Contract Negotiation
10 17 (17.53%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 17 (17.53%) Thought Leadership
11 15 (15.46%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (15.46%) Data Analytics
11 15 (15.46%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 13 (13.40%) Java
2 8 (8.25%) SQL
3 5 (5.15%) JavaScript
3 5 (5.15%) Python
4 3 (3.09%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.03%) C#
Qualifications
1 28 (28.87%) Security Cleared
2 25 (25.77%) SC Cleared
3 13 (13.40%) AWS Certification
4 12 (12.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 12 (12.37%) Azure Certification
5 6 (6.19%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.25%) SEPA
2 4 (4.12%) QA
3 1 (1.03%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 19 (19.59%) Docker
2 4 (4.12%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (18.56%) Kubernetes
2 5 (5.15%) Ansible
3 4 (4.12%) Docker Swarm
3 4 (4.12%) Progress Chef
3 4 (4.12%) Puppet
Vendors
1 10 (10.31%) Sparx
2 8 (8.25%) Oracle
3 5 (5.15%) VMware
4 4 (4.12%) Microsoft
5 3 (3.09%) Google
5 3 (3.09%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.06%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.03%) Barracuda Networks
7 1 (1.03%) Cisco
7 1 (1.03%) EMC
7 1 (1.03%) ServiceNow