Data Architect Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

Data Architect
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Data Architect daily rate in Cambridge is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge 0.45% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £360 - £850

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 192 106 178
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.71% 86.89% 91.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 76 105
10th Percentile £265 £346 £229
25th Percentile £410 £444 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% +16.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £543 £616 £550
90th Percentile £675 £700 £645
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £495 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -1.00% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 6 27
10th Percentile £14.64 £16.40 £19.70
25th Percentile £16.81 £28.35 £25.00
Median hourly rate £23.83 £60.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -60.29% +14.29% +174.73%
75th Percentile £34.81 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £72.75
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £17.25 £15.44 £16.30
% change year-on-year +11.74% -5.28% +5.16%

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Data Architect job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Data Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in Cambridge.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in Cambridge

Data Architect Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 23 May 2026, Data Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cambridge region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) MLOps
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared

Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) MLOps
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared