The first table below looks at the demand for the Data Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Data Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Architect
Rank 186 181 169
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Architect 18 4 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.358% 0.088% 0.168%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.373% 0.092% 0.175%
Number of salaries quoted 13 4 6
Average salary £45,000 £71,250 £72,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-36.84% -1.72%
90% offered a salary of more than £41,800 £70,000 £60,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,900 £74,250 £82,500
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-20.83% -7.69%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4823 4368 3992
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.92% 95.83% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3997 3832 3397
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Data Architect
England

Data Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Data Architect across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands Data Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Data Architect
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Data Architect across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Data Architect Salary Trend

Data Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Architect within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Birmingham -12 7 £45,000 -37.93%
Staffordshire +2 5 £45,000 -35.71%
Warwickshire - 4 £44,000 -
Shropshire - 2 - -
Data Architect
England

Data Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Data Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Data Architect in their job title.

1 26 (63.41%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (46.34%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (43.90%) Data Management
3 18 (43.90%) Data Architecture
3 18 (43.90%) Data Governance
4 17 (41.46%) Oracle
5 16 (39.02%) ETL
6 14 (34.15%) Microsoft
6 14 (34.15%) SQL Server
6 14 (34.15%) SQL
7 13 (31.71%) Data Modelling
7 13 (31.71%) Big Data
8 12 (29.27%) Analytics
9 11 (26.83%) Master Data Management
9 11 (26.83%) SPSS
10 9 (21.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (21.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (21.95%) Data Analysis
10 9 (21.95%) Finance
10 9 (21.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 9 (21.95%) Data Integration
11 8 (19.51%) Visualisation
11 8 (19.51%) Metadata Management
11 8 (19.51%) Data Quality
11 8 (19.51%) Citrix
11 8 (19.51%) SAS
11 8 (19.51%) T-SQL
12 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (17.07%) Neural Network
12 7 (17.07%) Predictive Analytics

Data Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Data Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Data Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 8 (19.51%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (26.83%) SPSS
2 2 (4.878%) MS Office
3 1 (2.439%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.878%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (46.34%) Data Warehouse
2 14 (34.15%) SQL Server
3 13 (31.71%) Big Data
4 9 (21.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (21.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (21.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (4.878%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (4.878%) OLAP
5 2 (4.878%) OLTP
6 1 (2.439%) RDBMS
6 1 (2.439%) DB2
General
1 9 (21.95%) Finance
2 1 (2.439%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.95%) Data Integration
2 8 (19.51%) Visualisation
3 7 (17.07%) Neural Network
4 2 (4.878%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.878%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (63.41%) Business Intelligence
2 18 (43.90%) Data Management
2 18 (43.90%) Data Architecture
2 18 (43.90%) Data Governance
3 16 (39.02%) ETL
4 13 (31.71%) Data Modelling
5 12 (29.27%) Analytics
6 11 (26.83%) Master Data Management
7 9 (21.95%) Data Analysis
8 8 (19.51%) Metadata Management
9 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (17.07%) Predictive Analytics
9 7 (17.07%) Data Analytics
9 7 (17.07%) Data Security
10 6 (14.63%) Programme Management
10 6 (14.63%) Service Management
10 6 (14.63%) ITIL
11 3 (7.317%) TOGAF
11 3 (7.317%) Information Management
12 2 (4.878%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 14 (34.15%) SQL
2 8 (19.51%) T-SQL
3 2 (4.878%) VB
3 2 (4.878%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (12.20%) Degree
2 2 (4.878%) MCSE
2 2 (4.878%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.439%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (19.51%) Data Quality
2 6 (14.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.439%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.878%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.878%) Terminal Services
1 2 (4.878%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (4.878%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 17 (41.46%) Oracle
2 14 (34.15%) Microsoft
3 8 (19.51%) Citrix
4 6 (14.63%) Informatica
5 3 (7.317%) Jaspersoft
5 3 (7.317%) Tableau
5 3 (7.317%) MicroStrategy
6 2 (4.878%) Veritas
6 2 (4.878%) VMware
6 2 (4.878%) HP
6 2 (4.878%) Dell
6 2 (4.878%) EMC
6 2 (4.878%) Cisco
7 1 (2.439%) IBM
7 1 (2.439%) Cognos
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
An excellent understanding of data management concepts: Data Architecture, Data Quality, Master Data Management, Meta Data Management, Data Governance, Data Security... - An excellent understanding of predictive analytics techniques...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £30,000 to £65,000 per annum plus attractive benefits and extensi
Posted: 21 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
An excellent understanding of data management concepts: Data Architecture, Data Quality, Master Data Management, Meta Data Management, Data Governance, Data Security... - An excellent understanding of predictive analytics techniques...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £30,000 to £60,000 per annum plus attractive benefits and extensi
Posted: 21 May 2013
West Midlands
Main Duties: As a Technical architect your main duties will include: - Providing support to clients - Help and support with design on projects - Work with the business development team -...
Intapeople
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Car allowance and Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013