Software Architecture Jobs in Scotland

Software Architecture
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Software Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 231 200 220
Rank change year-on-year -31 +20 -41
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 51 15 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.75% 0.35% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.37% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 13 6 11
10th Percentile - £58,125 -
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +30.43% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,433 £104,375 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,600 £110,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% - +20.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Software Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,115 4,054 5,784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 89.41% 94.68% 91.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,571 2,031 2,895
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +12.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Software Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Software Architecture in Scotland

Software Architecture
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Architecture in Scotland.

Salary trend for Software Architecture in Scotland

Software Architecture
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Architecture in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Architecture in Scotland

Software Architecture
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 June 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 -71 31 £67,500 +3.85% 3
Edinburgh +37 20 £65,288 -17.09% 1
Software Architecture
UK

Software Architecture
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 1 (1.96%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 30 (58.82%) AWS
2 24 (47.06%) Azure
3 6 (11.76%) Entra ID
3 6 (11.76%) SaaS
4 4 (7.84%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (35.29%) Geospatial Data
2 4 (7.84%) GIS
3 3 (5.88%) Big Data
4 1 (1.96%) Hadoop
4 1 (1.96%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.96%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.96%) JIRA
General
1 22 (43.14%) Finance
2 19 (37.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 19 (37.25%) Law
2 19 (37.25%) Marketing
3 17 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 8 (15.69%) Games
5 4 (7.84%) Banking
6 2 (3.92%) Financial Institution
6 2 (3.92%) Legal
7 1 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.96%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 38 (74.51%) Architect
2 17 (33.33%) Software Architect
3 14 (27.45%) Geospatial Architect
4 12 (23.53%) Cloud Architect
4 12 (23.53%) Cloud Solutions Architect
4 12 (23.53%) Principal Architect
4 12 (23.53%) Principal Solutions Architect
5 11 (21.57%) Senior
6 7 (13.73%) Lead
6 7 (13.73%) Software Engineer
7 6 (11.76%) Lead Architect
7 6 (11.76%) Senior Architect
8 5 (9.80%) Embedded Engineer
8 5 (9.80%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 5 (9.80%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 5 (9.80%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 5 (9.80%) Senior Software Engineer
9 3 (5.88%) Systems Architect
10 2 (3.92%) Principal Engineer
10 2 (3.92%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.84%) Kafka
2 2 (3.92%) React
2 2 (3.92%) Spring
2 2 (3.92%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.96%) .NET
3 1 (1.96%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.96%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.96%) ADO
3 1 (1.96%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.96%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.96%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (1.96%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (1.96%) CSS
3 1 (1.96%) CSS3
3 1 (1.96%) Entity Framework
3 1 (1.96%) HTML
3 1 (1.96%) HTML5
3 1 (1.96%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 14 (27.45%) Cloud Native
1 14 (27.45%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (3.92%) Blockchain
2 2 (3.92%) Robotics
2 2 (3.92%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (1.96%) Distributed Applications
3 1 (1.96%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (1.96%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (50.98%) Migration
1 26 (50.98%) Software Engineering
2 21 (41.18%) Agile
3 19 (37.25%) Artificial Intelligence
3 19 (37.25%) Machine Learning
3 19 (37.25%) Operational Stability
4 17 (33.33%) Mentoring
4 17 (33.33%) Software Testing
5 16 (31.37%) DevOps
6 14 (27.45%) Roadmaps
7 12 (23.53%) Analytics
7 12 (23.53%) Business Strategy
7 12 (23.53%) Data Analytics
7 12 (23.53%) LLM
7 12 (23.53%) Wealth Management
8 9 (17.65%) SDLC
9 6 (11.76%) Architecture Governance
9 6 (11.76%) Decision-Making
9 6 (11.76%) Tech Ops
10 4 (7.84%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.80%) Java
2 3 (5.88%) C
2 3 (5.88%) Embedded C
3 1 (1.96%) C#
3 1 (1.96%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.96%) Kotlin
3 1 (1.96%) Python
3 1 (1.96%) Scala
3 1 (1.96%) SQL
3 1 (1.96%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (7.84%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (3.92%) Degree
2 2 (3.92%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.92%) SEPA
2 1 (1.96%) QA
System Software
1 5 (9.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (9.80%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.92%) Google
3 1 (1.96%) Databricks