Data Architect Contracts in Edinburgh

Data Architect
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Data Architect daily rate in Edinburgh is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 63 105
Rank change year-on-year 0 +42 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Data Architect 4 9 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.64% 1.10% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 1.16% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 5
10th Percentile £610 £512 £590
25th Percentile £625 £537 £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £638 £800
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% -20.31% +12.28%
75th Percentile £675 £689 £825
90th Percentile £690 £715 -
Scotland median daily rate £600 £683 £750
% change year-on-year -12.09% -9.00% +5.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 581 778 1,245
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 95.46% 95.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 441 887
10th Percentile £211 £206 £247
25th Percentile £400 £409 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £479 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.34% +0.84% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £545
90th Percentile £638 £663 £625
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 55 12
10th Percentile - £16.10 £13.62
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.86 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.44 £50.00 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -55.13% +135.18% -10.48%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £42.35 £66.00 £54.43
Scotland median hourly rate £20.94 £33.25 £23.18
% change year-on-year -37.02% +43.44% -10.53%

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Architect in Edinburgh

Data Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Data Architect in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Edinburgh region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
1 2 (50.00%) SDLC
1 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Data Design
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (25.00%) Databricks
2 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (25.00%) Pega
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) Change Control
2 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (25.00%) Master Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Hitachi

Data Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
1 1 (25.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Publishing
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) CMDB
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (25.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (25.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
1 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Change Control
2 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (25.00%) CRM
2 1 (25.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (25.00%) Data Security
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Master Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Process Management
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Security Management
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) Databricks
2 1 (25.00%) Hitachi
2 1 (25.00%) Pega
2 1 (25.00%) SAP