Architect Job Trends in South Ayrshire

Architect
Scotland > South Ayrshire

The median Architect salary in South Ayrshire is £85,700 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Ayrshire 14.29% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 16.67% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,700 - -
Scotland median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £70,576
% change year-on-year +10.34% +2.73% -11.78%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
South Ayrshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Ayrshire. 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 South Ayrshire with a recognized job title 6 24 33
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.71% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4 15 31
10th Percentile - £37,574 -
25th Percentile £38,000 £55,801 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,950 £58,033 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% +132.13% +8.70%
75th Percentile £78,350 £60,265 -
90th Percentile £82,760 - -
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in South Ayrshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in South Ayrshire

Architect
Salary Trend in South Ayrshire

Salary distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in South Ayrshire.

Salary distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in South Ayrshire

Architect
Job Locations in South Ayrshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the South Ayrshire region over the 6 months to 6 September 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
Prestwick - 1 £85,700 - 1
Architect
Scotland

Architect Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Ayrshire

For the 6 months to 6 September 2025, 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 South Ayrshire region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Ayrshire 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:

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 12207