Data Architecture Contracts in England

Data Architecture
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Data Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Architecture over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 220 243 245
Rank change year-on-year +23 +2 -20
Contract jobs citing Data Architecture 396 548 837
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.07% 1.09% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 1.20% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 392 592
10th Percentile £433 £463 £484
25th Percentile £513 £538 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £675 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +16.54%
75th Percentile £800 £746 £761
90th Percentile £925 £800 £825
UK median daily rate £650 £675 £650
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 2
10th Percentile - £29.75 £88.49
25th Percentile £22.33 £34.81 £88.89
Median hourly rate £29.83 £35.75 £89.56
Median % change year-on-year -16.57% -60.08% +244.46%
75th Percentile £35.00 £38.44 £90.23
90th Percentile - £55.05 £90.63
UK median hourly rate £29.83 £35.50 £89.56
% change year-on-year -15.99% -60.36% +241.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Data Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,992 45,544 64,506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.24% 90.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,975 31,977 45,770
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,229 1,592 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.87 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -

Data Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Data Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Architecture in England

Data Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Architecture in England.

Daily rate trend for Data Architecture in England

Data Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Architecture in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Architecture in England

Data Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Architecture in England.

Hourly rate trend for Data Architecture in England

Data Architecture
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Architecture in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Architecture in England

Data Architecture
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Architecture within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +9 241 £700 - 99
North of England +45 52 £600 +14.29% 18
Midlands +55 40 £600 +9.09% 14
North West +40 35 £543 +3.33% 13
West Midlands +56 32 £600 +9.09% 6
South East +9 28 £475 -26.92% 19
South West +15 26 £550 -15.38% 17
Yorkshire +19 17 £750 +56.25% 5
East Midlands +22 8 £675 +28.57% 8
North East +24 4 £750 +42.86% 1
East of England -5 4 £638 +112.50% 7
Data Architecture
UK

Data Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 20 (5.05%) Apache
2 17 (4.29%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.28%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (3.03%) SAS
5 9 (2.27%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.76%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.25%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.25%) CMS
8 1 (0.25%) Confluence
8 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (4.04%) MS Visio
2 10 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.25%) Gliffy
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 34 (8.59%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 11 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.76%) Primavera
4 3 (0.76%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.76%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.76%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.76%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.51%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.25%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.25%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.25%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.25%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 110 (27.78%) Azure
2 56 (14.14%) Power Platform
3 50 (12.63%) AWS
4 31 (7.83%) GCP
5 24 (6.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 19 (4.80%) Azure Data Factory
7 18 (4.55%) Snowflake
8 15 (3.79%) dbt
8 15 (3.79%) SaaS
9 14 (3.54%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (2.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 11 (2.78%) Power Automate
11 10 (2.53%) Microsoft Purview
11 10 (2.53%) PaaS
12 9 (2.27%) Azure Stack
12 9 (2.27%) Serverless
13 8 (2.02%) Collibra
13 8 (2.02%) IaaS
14 6 (1.52%) Azure Service Bus
14 6 (1.52%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.26%) Firewall
2 1 (0.25%) IPsec
2 1 (0.25%) Kerberos
2 1 (0.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (22.98%) Metadata
2 71 (17.93%) Data Warehouse
3 63 (15.91%) NoSQL
4 55 (13.89%) Power BI
5 45 (11.36%) Data Lake
6 42 (10.61%) Data Vault
7 37 (9.34%) Metadata Repository
8 36 (9.09%) Big Data
9 33 (8.33%) SQL Server
10 17 (4.29%) PostgreSQL
10 17 (4.29%) Relational Database
11 15 (3.79%) Qlik Sense
12 14 (3.54%) Amazon Athena
13 12 (3.03%) Apache Arrow
13 12 (3.03%) Apache Ignite
13 12 (3.03%) Dremio
13 12 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 11 (2.78%) Tableau
15 10 (2.53%) RDBMS
16 9 (2.27%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 15 (3.79%) ERwin
2 7 (1.77%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 5 (1.26%) JIRA
4 4 (1.01%) kappa
5 3 (0.76%) Git
5 3 (0.76%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.51%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.25%) Toad
7 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 105 (26.52%) Social Skills
2 98 (24.75%) Finance
3 69 (17.42%) Public Sector
4 55 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (10.86%) Marketing
6 33 (8.33%) Manufacturing
7 32 (8.08%) Telecoms
8 31 (7.83%) Electronics
9 25 (6.31%) Banking
10 20 (5.05%) Retail
11 17 (4.29%) Influencing Skills
12 15 (3.79%) Publishing
13 14 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
14 13 (3.28%) German Language
14 13 (3.28%) Investment Banking
15 12 (3.03%) Front Office
15 12 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.76%) Automotive
16 3 (0.76%) Japanese Language
16 3 (0.76%) Legal
Job Titles
1 245 (61.87%) Architect
2 191 (48.23%) Data Architect
3 34 (8.59%) Enterprise Architect
3 34 (8.59%) Solutions Architect
4 33 (8.33%) Lead
5 28 (7.07%) Senior
6 25 (6.31%) Chief Architect
6 25 (6.31%) Chief Data Architect
6 25 (6.31%) Developer
7 24 (6.06%) Analyst
7 24 (6.06%) Enterprise Data Architect
8 22 (5.56%) Azure Architect
9 20 (5.05%) Data Analyst
10 15 (3.79%) Data Engineer
11 14 (3.54%) Azure Data Architect
11 14 (3.54%) Data Modeller
11 14 (3.54%) Senior Architect
12 13 (3.28%) Data Manager
13 10 (2.53%) Head of Architecture
13 10 (2.53%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.80%) JSON
2 17 (4.29%) XML
3 12 (3.03%) gRPC
3 12 (3.03%) NumPy
3 12 (3.03%) Pandas
3 12 (3.03%) Protocol Buffers
3 12 (3.03%) REST
3 12 (3.03%) SciPy
4 7 (1.77%) AngularJS
4 7 (1.77%) CSS
4 7 (1.77%) HTML
4 7 (1.77%) Kafka
4 7 (1.77%) Node.js
5 6 (1.52%) JSON Schema
5 6 (1.52%) PySpark
5 6 (1.52%) SOAP
6 4 (1.01%) .NET
7 3 (0.76%) Apache Avro
7 3 (0.76%) YAML
8 2 (0.51%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 52 (13.13%) Reference Data
2 32 (8.08%) Data Structures
3 23 (5.81%) Management Information System
4 22 (5.56%) Product Ownership
5 16 (4.04%) Onboarding
6 13 (3.28%) Data Protection Act
7 11 (2.78%) Wiki
8 9 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.77%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (1.52%) Derivative
10 6 (1.52%) Equities
10 6 (1.52%) Fixed Income
10 6 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.52%) Hedge funds
10 6 (1.52%) Industry 4.0
10 6 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.26%) Distributed Computing
11 5 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.26%) IoT
11 5 (1.26%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.01%) Linux
1 4 (1.01%) Unix
1 4 (1.01%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (53.54%) Data Modelling
2 140 (35.35%) Data Governance
3 114 (28.79%) Business Intelligence
4 112 (28.28%) Analytics
5 99 (25.00%) Data Strategy
6 97 (24.49%) Data Management
7 93 (23.48%) Data Integration
8 78 (19.70%) Agile
9 74 (18.69%) ETL
10 65 (16.41%) Migration
11 62 (15.66%) Problem-Solving
12 55 (13.89%) Data Design
13 49 (12.37%) Data Analysis
14 47 (11.87%) Roadmaps
15 44 (11.11%) UML
16 42 (10.61%) Data Migration
17 40 (10.10%) Project Delivery
18 39 (9.85%) Data Lineage
19 37 (9.34%) Enterprise Architecture
20 36 (9.09%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 94 (23.74%) SQL
2 64 (16.16%) Python
3 20 (5.05%) JavaScript
4 17 (4.29%) Scala
5 14 (3.54%) Java
5 14 (3.54%) TypeScript
6 11 (2.78%) T-SQL
7 10 (2.53%) R
8 8 (2.02%) Ruby
9 6 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (1.52%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.76%) C#
11 2 (0.51%) XPath
12 1 (0.25%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.25%) LookML
12 1 (0.25%) Perl
12 1 (0.25%) PHP
12 1 (0.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 75 (18.94%) Security Cleared
2 63 (15.91%) SC Cleared
3 35 (8.84%) Degree
4 9 (2.27%) Azure Certification
4 9 (2.27%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.01%) CIMA
7 3 (0.76%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.25%) ACCA
8 1 (0.25%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.25%) CISM
8 1 (0.25%) CISSP
8 1 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (24.24%) Data Quality
2 25 (6.31%) GDPR
3 13 (3.28%) QA
4 6 (1.52%) PMO
5 4 (1.01%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.01%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.25%) GRC
6 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.51%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.51%) Docker
3 1 (0.25%) Apache Flume
3 1 (0.25%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 3 (0.76%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (0.51%) TIBCO Hawk
3 1 (0.25%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 72 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 61 (15.40%) SAP
3 52 (13.13%) Sparx
4 37 (9.34%) Databricks
5 36 (9.09%) Informatica
6 28 (7.07%) Oracle
7 22 (5.56%) ServiceNow
8 12 (3.03%) Google
9 11 (2.78%) IBM
10 7 (1.77%) Alteryx
10 7 (1.77%) Dataiku
10 7 (1.77%) Trillium
11 6 (1.52%) Remedy
12 5 (1.26%) Autodesk
12 5 (1.26%) IFS
12 5 (1.26%) Talend
13 4 (1.01%) Salesforce
14 3 (0.76%) Ab Initio
14 3 (0.76%) ESRI
14 3 (0.76%) Teradata