Data Architect Contracts in London

Data Architect
England > London

The median Data Architect daily rate in London is £700 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 161 203 215
Rank change year-on-year +42 +12 -28
Contract jobs requiring a Data Architect 278 359 526
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.56% 1.34% 1.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.67% 1.41% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 269 345
10th Percentile £513 £550 £563
25th Percentile £563 £605 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £700 £725
Median % change year-on-year - -3.45% +16.00%
75th Percentile £825 £788 £775
90th Percentile £925 £875 £850
England median daily rate £700 £700 £700
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,617 25,468 37,159
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.23% 95.25% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,021 18,449 27,170
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £443 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £676 £700 £681
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 290 447
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.40
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.53 £22.21
Median hourly rate £27.66 £35.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.55% +0.71% +10.62%
75th Percentile £43.75 £61.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £78.20 £67.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.32 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.64% +96.98% +2.27%

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Architect in London

Data Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Architect in London.

Daily rate trend for Data Architect in London

Data Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Architect in London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Architect in London

Data Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Architect in London.

Hourly rate trend for Data Architect in London

Data Architect
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Architect within the London region over the 6 months to 6 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +18 26 £681 +0.93% 1
East London - 2 £625 -
West London - 2 £525 - 3
Data Architect
England

Data Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Data 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 London region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 176 (63.31%) Data Modelling
2 126 (45.32%) Data Architecture
3 101 (36.33%) Azure
4 98 (35.25%) Data Governance
5 83 (29.86%) Business Intelligence
6 82 (29.50%) Data Warehouse
7 78 (28.06%) Data Integration
7 78 (28.06%) Data Strategy
8 70 (25.18%) Finance
9 69 (24.82%) Security Cleared
9 69 (24.82%) NoSQL
10 65 (23.38%) SC Cleared
11 61 (21.94%) Analytics
12 60 (21.58%) Microsoft
12 60 (21.58%) Public Sector
12 60 (21.58%) Metadata
13 57 (20.50%) ETL
14 56 (20.14%) Data Quality
14 56 (20.14%) AWS
15 55 (19.78%) Power Platform
15 55 (19.78%) Power BI
16 51 (18.35%) Sparx
17 49 (17.63%) SQL
18 44 (15.83%) Social Skills
19 43 (15.47%) Data Vault
20 42 (15.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
20 42 (15.11%) Data Lake
20 42 (15.11%) Reference Data
21 41 (14.75%) UML
22 39 (14.03%) Oracle

Data Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 15 (5.40%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.24%) Apache
3 7 (2.52%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.44%) SAS
5 1 (0.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (5.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 42 (15.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 11 (3.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.72%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.36%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.36%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 101 (36.33%) Azure
2 56 (20.14%) AWS
3 55 (19.78%) Power Platform
4 22 (7.91%) Snowflake
5 21 (7.55%) GCP
6 16 (5.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 12 (4.32%) Azure Data Factory
8 11 (3.96%) Amazon Kinesis
9 10 (3.60%) OCI
10 9 (3.24%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (2.88%) Amazon S3
11 8 (2.88%) dbt
12 7 (2.52%) Microsoft Purview
13 6 (2.16%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (2.16%) PaaS
13 6 (2.16%) SaaS
13 6 (2.16%) Serverless
14 5 (1.80%) Amazon EMR
14 5 (1.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 5 (1.80%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (29.50%) Data Warehouse
2 69 (24.82%) NoSQL
3 60 (21.58%) Metadata
4 55 (19.78%) Power BI
5 43 (15.47%) Data Vault
6 42 (15.11%) Data Lake
7 31 (11.15%) Big Data
8 28 (10.07%) Metadata Repository
8 28 (10.07%) SQL Server
9 21 (7.55%) Tableau
10 16 (5.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (4.68%) PostgreSQL
12 11 (3.96%) BigQuery
12 11 (3.96%) OLAP
12 11 (3.96%) OLTP
13 8 (2.88%) DynamoDB
13 8 (2.88%) Pentaho
13 8 (2.88%) Qlik Sense
13 8 (2.88%) QlikView
14 7 (2.52%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 33 (11.87%) ERwin
2 13 (4.68%) ER Studio
3 7 (2.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.72%) Git
4 2 (0.72%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.72%) Liquibase
4 2 (0.72%) Postman
General
1 70 (25.18%) Finance
2 60 (21.58%) Public Sector
3 44 (15.83%) Social Skills
4 35 (12.59%) Marketing
5 32 (11.51%) Manufacturing
6 31 (11.15%) Telecoms
7 29 (10.43%) Electronics
8 26 (9.35%) Banking
9 18 (6.47%) Publishing
10 16 (5.76%) Analytical Skills
11 12 (4.32%) Retail
12 5 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.44%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.44%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.08%) Law
15 2 (0.72%) Advertising
15 2 (0.72%) Legal
15 2 (0.72%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.83%) Kafka
2 17 (6.12%) JSON
3 12 (4.32%) JSON Schema
4 7 (2.52%) PySpark
5 6 (2.16%) Apache Avro
5 6 (2.16%) REST
5 6 (2.16%) XML
6 5 (1.80%) Middleware
6 5 (1.80%) YAML
7 3 (1.08%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.72%) ADO
8 2 (0.72%) Apache NiFi
8 2 (0.72%) CSS
8 2 (0.72%) DOM
8 2 (0.72%) GraphQL
8 2 (0.72%) HTML
8 2 (0.72%) jQuery
8 2 (0.72%) Node.js
8 2 (0.72%) Spring
8 2 (0.72%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 42 (15.11%) Reference Data
2 17 (6.12%) Onboarding
3 15 (5.40%) Data Protection Act
4 14 (5.04%) Data Structures
5 13 (4.68%) Management Information System
6 9 (3.24%) Wiki
7 8 (2.88%) Product Ownership
8 6 (2.16%) Data Centre
8 6 (2.16%) Distributed Computing
9 5 (1.80%) Freedom of Information
9 5 (1.80%) Freedom of Information Act
9 5 (1.80%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.44%) Data Fabric
11 3 (1.08%) Grid Computing
11 3 (1.08%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.72%) FMCG
12 2 (0.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 2 (0.72%) Hedge funds
12 2 (0.72%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (63.31%) Data Modelling
2 126 (45.32%) Data Architecture
3 98 (35.25%) Data Governance
4 83 (29.86%) Business Intelligence
5 78 (28.06%) Data Integration
5 78 (28.06%) Data Strategy
6 61 (21.94%) Analytics
7 57 (20.50%) ETL
8 41 (14.75%) UML
9 39 (14.03%) Data Management
9 39 (14.03%) Migration
10 33 (11.87%) Roadmaps
11 32 (11.51%) Data Lineage
11 32 (11.51%) Physical Data Model
12 31 (11.15%) Agile
12 31 (11.15%) Data Design
13 30 (10.79%) Programme Management
14 29 (10.43%) Digital Marketing
15 26 (9.35%) Data Migration
16 25 (8.99%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 49 (17.63%) SQL
2 26 (9.35%) Python
3 9 (3.24%) T-SQL
4 6 (2.16%) Java
5 3 (1.08%) Scala
6 2 (0.72%) C#
6 2 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.72%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.72%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.72%) R
6 2 (0.72%) U-SQL
7 1 (0.36%) Bicep
7 1 (0.36%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 69 (24.82%) Security Cleared
2 65 (23.38%) SC Cleared
3 10 (3.60%) Degree
4 5 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.08%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.08%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.08%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.36%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.36%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (0.36%) CITP
6 1 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (20.14%) Data Quality
2 29 (10.43%) GDPR
3 3 (1.08%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.08%) QA
4 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 1 (0.36%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.72%) Ambari
1 2 (0.72%) Ansible
1 2 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
1 2 (0.72%) Oozie
1 2 (0.72%) Terraform
2 1 (0.36%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 60 (21.58%) Microsoft
2 51 (18.35%) Sparx
3 39 (14.03%) Databricks
3 39 (14.03%) Oracle
4 38 (13.67%) SAP
5 20 (7.19%) Informatica
6 18 (6.47%) Google
7 10 (3.60%) Salesforce
7 10 (3.60%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.80%) Talend
9 2 (0.72%) Ab Initio
9 2 (0.72%) Adobe
9 2 (0.72%) Cloudera
9 2 (0.72%) Ensighten
9 2 (0.72%) IBM
9 2 (0.72%) Omniture
9 2 (0.72%) Optimizely
9 2 (0.72%) Snow
9 2 (0.72%) Tealium
9 2 (0.72%) Teradata