Solutions Architect Jobs in Scotland

Solution Architect
UK > Scotland

The median Solution Architect salary in Scotland is £72,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 195 72 105
Rank change year-on-year -123 +33 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 86 173 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.26% 3.87% 2.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 4.31% 3.10%
Number of salaries quoted 45 52 84
10th Percentile £55,000 £56,219 £56,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,951 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £78,750
Median % change year-on-year - -7.94% +12.50%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £94,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% +3.03% +6.45%

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 6,613 4,010 5,783
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.04% 89.73% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,749 2,142 3,042
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,800 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,375
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 29 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 29 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 -8 43 £71,991 +7.34% 3
Glasgow -109 42 £80,000 -3.03%
Lanarkshire - 1 £70,000 -
Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 33 (38.37%) Agile
2 28 (32.56%) AWS
2 28 (32.56%) Social Skills
3 26 (30.23%) Azure
4 24 (27.91%) Presales
4 24 (27.91%) Security Cleared
5 22 (25.58%) Migration
5 22 (25.58%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (24.42%) Actionable Insight
6 21 (24.42%) SC Cleared
7 19 (22.09%) TOGAF
7 19 (22.09%) Cloud Native
8 17 (19.77%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (18.60%) Business Case
10 15 (17.44%) Scrum
11 14 (16.28%) AWS Certification
11 14 (16.28%) Technology Strategy
11 14 (16.28%) IT Strategy
12 13 (15.12%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 13 (15.12%) Commercial Awareness
12 13 (15.12%) Contract Negotiation
12 13 (15.12%) Thought Leadership
12 13 (15.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 13 (15.12%) Analytics
12 13 (15.12%) Linux
13 12 (13.95%) Banking
13 12 (13.95%) Public Cloud
13 12 (13.95%) Azure Certification
13 12 (13.95%) Roadmaps
14 11 (12.79%) Collaborative Working

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 (9.30%) WebLogic
2 4 (4.65%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (11.63%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (1.16%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 28 (32.56%) AWS
2 26 (30.23%) Azure
3 11 (12.79%) Amazon SQS
4 8 (9.30%) Amazon EKS
5 5 (5.81%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (5.81%) GCP
5 5 (5.81%) IaaS
5 5 (5.81%) PaaS
6 4 (4.65%) SaaS
7 3 (3.49%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (3.49%) Azure AKS
7 3 (3.49%) Azure API Management
7 3 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (3.49%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (1.16%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.30%) BGP
1 8 (9.30%) DNS
1 8 (9.30%) SSL
1 8 (9.30%) TCP/IP
2 3 (3.49%) Network Security
3 1 (1.16%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.30%) Amazon RDS
1 8 (9.30%) Oracle Database
1 8 (9.30%) RDBMS
1 8 (9.30%) Relational Database
2 7 (8.14%) Big Data
2 7 (8.14%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (5.81%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.16%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.16%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Eclipse
1 3 (3.49%) Maven
2 1 (1.16%) Jenkins
General
1 28 (32.56%) Social Skills
2 12 (13.95%) Banking
3 8 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (9.30%) Finance
4 6 (6.98%) Public Sector
5 5 (5.81%) Retail Banking
6 3 (3.49%) General Ledger
6 3 (3.49%) Law
6 3 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.33%) Legal
8 1 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.16%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (12.79%) Spring Boot
2 8 (9.30%) RabbitMQ
3 5 (5.81%) Kafka
4 3 (3.49%) AngularJS
4 3 (3.49%) Java EE
4 3 (3.49%) JSON
4 3 (3.49%) REST
4 3 (3.49%) Spring
4 3 (3.49%) Web Services
4 3 (3.49%) XML
5 1 (1.16%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 19 (22.09%) Cloud Native
2 12 (13.95%) Public Cloud
3 8 (9.30%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (5.81%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.33%) Blockchain
5 2 (2.33%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.33%) Robotics
5 2 (2.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.16%) IoT
6 1 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 13 (15.12%) Linux
2 8 (9.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (6.98%) Windows
4 4 (4.65%) Mesosphere
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (38.37%) Agile
2 24 (27.91%) Presales
3 22 (25.58%) Migration
3 22 (25.58%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (24.42%) Actionable Insight
5 19 (22.09%) TOGAF
6 17 (19.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (18.60%) Business Case
8 15 (17.44%) Scrum
9 14 (16.28%) IT Strategy
9 14 (16.28%) Technology Strategy
10 13 (15.12%) Analytics
10 13 (15.12%) Commercial Awareness
10 13 (15.12%) Contract Negotiation
10 13 (15.12%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 13 (15.12%) Thought Leadership
11 12 (13.95%) Roadmaps
12 11 (12.79%) Collaborative Working
12 11 (12.79%) Data Analytics
12 11 (12.79%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.14%) SQL
2 5 (5.81%) Python
3 4 (4.65%) JavaScript
4 3 (3.49%) Java
4 3 (3.49%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.16%) C#
Qualifications
1 24 (27.91%) Security Cleared
2 21 (24.42%) SC Cleared
3 14 (16.28%) AWS Certification
4 13 (15.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 12 (13.95%) Azure Certification
6 6 (6.98%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (3.49%) Degree
7 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.65%) QA
2 2 (2.33%) SEPA
3 1 (1.16%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (12.79%) Docker
2 4 (4.65%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (11.63%) Kubernetes
2 6 (6.98%) Ansible
3 5 (5.81%) Progress Chef
4 4 (4.65%) Docker Swarm
4 4 (4.65%) Puppet
5 1 (1.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (11.63%) Sparx
2 8 (9.30%) Oracle
3 7 (8.14%) Microsoft
4 5 (5.81%) VMware
5 1 (1.16%) Barracuda Networks
5 1 (1.16%) Cisco
5 1 (1.16%) EMC
5 1 (1.16%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.16%) ServiceNow