Data Architecture Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Data Architecture
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Data Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 66 71
Rank change year-on-year +6 +5 +13
Contract jobs citing Data Architecture 8 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.30% 0.28% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% 0.34% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile £502 £571 -
25th Percentile £521 £603 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £688 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% - -
75th Percentile £688 £753 -
90th Percentile £738 £774 -
West Midlands median daily rate £600 £650 £575
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 564 597 695
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 91.41% 83.50% 83.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 367 389 453
10th Percentile £230 £200 £275
25th Percentile £373 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £600
90th Percentile £650 £740 £725
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £517 £500
% change year-on-year -3.29% +3.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 9 25
10th Percentile - £21.10 £13.87
25th Percentile £12.62 £25.56 £15.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £50.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.26% +66.67% +66.67%
75th Percentile £22.08 £55.25 £67.50
90th Percentile £26.51 £57.80 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £23.03 £24.18 £27.50
% change year-on-year -4.78% -12.07% +55.19%

Data Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Data Architecture job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Data Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Data Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Data Architecture

Data Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Architecture in Birmingham over the 6 months to 7 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Architecture in Birmingham

Data Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Apache
1 1 (12.50%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Dynamics 365
1 3 (37.50%) Power Platform
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (12.50%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Power BI
2 1 (12.50%) Data Mining
2 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (12.50%) EDMS
2 1 (12.50%) OLTP
General
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Architect
2 3 (37.50%) Data Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Senior
4 1 (12.50%) Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Data Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Data Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Data Migration Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Data Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Migration Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Enterprise Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Middleware
1 1 (12.50%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Algorithms
1 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Analytics
2 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
2 3 (37.50%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (25.00%) Data Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (12.50%) ArchiMate
4 1 (12.50%) Business Case
4 1 (12.50%) Data Collection
4 1 (12.50%) Data Development
4 1 (12.50%) Data Science
4 1 (12.50%) Event-Driven
4 1 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (12.50%) Validation
4 1 (12.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) Scala
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Autodesk
2 1 (12.50%) Databricks
2 1 (12.50%) Sage
2 1 (12.50%) Xero