Systems Architect Jobs in Scotland

System Architect
UK > Scotland

The median System Architect salary in Scotland is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 263 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Architect 26 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.39% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% - -
Number of salaries quoted 21 0 0
10th Percentile £63,750 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +7.41%

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 6,512 4,118 5,676
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.93% 89.89% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,629 2,228 3,006
10th Percentile £27,950 £31,338 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,740
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,043 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +4.84% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Systems Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Architect in Scotland

Systems Architect
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Architect in Scotland.

Salary trend for Systems Architect in Scotland

Systems Architect
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Architect in Scotland over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Architect in Scotland

Systems 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 Systems Architect within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 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
Glasgow - 19 £80,000 - 1
South Lanarkshire - 5 £80,000 -
Edinburgh - 2 - -
Systems Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, Systems 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 Systems Architect in the job title.

1 20 (76.92%) Mentoring
2 17 (65.38%) Software Engineering
3 11 (42.31%) .NET Framework
3 11 (42.31%) .NET
3 11 (42.31%) OO
3 11 (42.31%) SOA
3 11 (42.31%) C#
3 11 (42.31%) Visual Studio
3 11 (42.31%) Microservices
3 11 (42.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (38.46%) C++
5 4 (15.38%) C
5 4 (15.38%) Project Management
5 4 (15.38%) Security Cleared
5 4 (15.38%) ArchiMate
5 4 (15.38%) MODAF
5 4 (15.38%) Technical Architecture
5 4 (15.38%) Management Information System
5 4 (15.38%) Agile
5 4 (15.38%) TOGAF
5 4 (15.38%) Service Design
5 4 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
5 4 (15.38%) Value Proposition
6 3 (11.54%) Test Planning
6 3 (11.54%) Software Testing
6 3 (11.54%) Requirements Engineering
6 3 (11.54%) Software Architecture
6 3 (11.54%) Embedded C
7 2 (7.69%) Java
8 1 (3.85%) SQL

Systems 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (3.85%) AWS
Development Applications
1 11 (42.31%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (42.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (42.31%) .NET
1 11 (42.31%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.85%) CSS
2 1 (3.85%) HTML
2 1 (3.85%) J2EE
2 1 (3.85%) JSON
2 1 (3.85%) Kafka
2 1 (3.85%) RESTful
2 1 (3.85%) SOAP
2 1 (3.85%) Spring
2 1 (3.85%) Web Services
2 1 (3.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (76.92%) Mentoring
2 17 (65.38%) Software Engineering
3 11 (42.31%) Microservices
3 11 (42.31%) OO
3 11 (42.31%) SOA
4 4 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
4 4 (15.38%) Agile
4 4 (15.38%) ArchiMate
4 4 (15.38%) MODAF
4 4 (15.38%) Project Management
4 4 (15.38%) Service Design
4 4 (15.38%) Technical Architecture
4 4 (15.38%) TOGAF
4 4 (15.38%) Value Proposition
5 3 (11.54%) Requirements Engineering
5 3 (11.54%) Software Architecture
5 3 (11.54%) Software Testing
5 3 (11.54%) Test Planning
6 1 (3.85%) Architectural Patterns
6 1 (3.85%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 11 (42.31%) C#
2 10 (38.46%) C++
3 4 (15.38%) C
4 3 (11.54%) Embedded C
5 2 (7.69%) Java
6 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Docker