Technical Architect Contracts in Edinburgh

Technical Architect
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Technical Architect daily rate in Edinburgh is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

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

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 70 119
Rank change year-on-year +4 +49 -24
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 8 18 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.07% 1.83% 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.13% 1.92% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 7
10th Percentile - £538 £644
25th Percentile £713 £540 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £600 £700
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% -14.29% +21.74%
75th Percentile £759 £703 £763
90th Percentile £772 £766 £788
Scotland median daily rate £763 £580 £650
% change year-on-year +31.47% -10.77% +8.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 709 936 1,640
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.53% 95.12% 95.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 370 566 1,118
10th Percentile £181 £210 £349
25th Percentile £340 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.53% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £550
90th Percentile £588 £600 £638
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 15 19
10th Percentile £15.45 £13.21 £13.78
25th Percentile £16.37 £17.71 £16.59
Median hourly rate £20.29 £17.72 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +14.48% -5.49% -12.79%
75th Percentile £24.18 £57.60 £31.75
90th Percentile - £62.50 £51.50
Scotland median hourly rate £18.38 £18.93 £17.72
% change year-on-year -2.93% +6.83% -8.09%

Technical Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Architect in Edinburgh

Technical Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Architect in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Technical Architect in Edinburgh

Technical Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Technical Architect contract 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 contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Technical Architect in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 5 (62.50%) Linux
2 5 (62.50%) Red Hat
2 5 (62.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (50.00%) Azure
4 3 (37.50%) AWS
4 3 (37.50%) vSphere
4 3 (37.50%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
4 3 (37.50%) Migration
4 3 (37.50%) VMware
5 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (25.00%) Red Hat Fuse
5 2 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (25.00%) Vue
5 2 (25.00%) Serverless
5 2 (25.00%) AngularJS
5 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (25.00%) OpenShift
5 2 (25.00%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (25.00%) Cloud Native
5 2 (25.00%) Agile
5 2 (25.00%) Banking
5 2 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (25.00%) Java
5 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
5 2 (25.00%) JBoss
5 2 (25.00%) Refactoring
5 2 (25.00%) Retail Banking

Technical Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 2 (25.00%) JBoss
1 2 (25.00%) Red Hat Fuse
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) AWS
2 3 (37.50%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (25.00%) OpenShift
3 2 (25.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 6 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
2 2 (25.00%) Retail Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (25.00%) Vue
2 1 (12.50%) OAuth
2 1 (12.50%) OpenID
2 1 (12.50%) REST
2 1 (12.50%) SAML
2 1 (12.50%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (12.50%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Linux
1 5 (62.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Migration
1 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
2 2 (25.00%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (25.00%) Refactoring
3 1 (12.50%) B2C
3 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (12.50%) Data Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Identity
3 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
3 1 (12.50%) Security Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Java
1 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (12.50%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Red Hat
2 3 (37.50%) VMware
3 2 (25.00%) EnterpriseDB
4 1 (12.50%) Databricks