Data Architect Contracts in England

Data Architect
UK > England

The median Data Architect daily rate in England is £700 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 209 255 257
Rank change year-on-year +46 +2 -38
Contract jobs requiring a Data Architect 417 531 802
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.12% 1.04% 1.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.21% 1.10% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 296 387 548
10th Percentile £503 £514 £525
25th Percentile £563 £600 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £700 £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.75%
75th Percentile £775 £769 £763
90th Percentile £913 £850 £825
UK median daily rate £696 £675 £675
% change year-on-year +3.11% - +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 0
10th Percentile £55.50 £53.93 -
25th Percentile - £64.88 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £66.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile - £70.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £66.00 -
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,508 48,174 68,262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.56% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,974 34,135 48,471
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,404 1,457 1,922
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.33 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.00 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +0.94%

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Architect in England

Data Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Data Architect in England

Data Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Architect in England over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Architect in England

Data Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Architect in England

Data Architect
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
London +32 274 £700 - 57
North of England +53 46 £700 +16.67% 18
Midlands +63 38 £600 +4.35% 9
West Midlands +59 30 £575 -8.00% 5
North West +34 30 £700 +16.67% 12
South West +9 26 £663 -8.30% 8
South East -5 20 £700 +7.69% 18
Yorkshire +27 17 £650 +8.33% 5
East Midlands +24 8 £700 +21.74% 4
East of England +5 7 £850 +119.35% 7
North East +24 3 £850 - 1
Data Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 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 England region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 244 (58.51%) Data Modelling
2 198 (47.48%) Data Architecture
3 147 (35.25%) Data Governance
4 134 (32.13%) Azure
5 122 (29.26%) Data Warehouse
6 118 (28.30%) Data Strategy
7 114 (27.34%) Business Intelligence
8 97 (23.26%) Data Integration
9 92 (22.06%) Security Cleared
9 92 (22.06%) Analytics
10 87 (20.86%) Finance
10 87 (20.86%) Metadata
11 85 (20.38%) Public Sector
12 84 (20.14%) Social Skills
13 80 (19.18%) Data Management
13 80 (19.18%) Data Quality
14 79 (18.94%) NoSQL
15 75 (17.99%) Migration
15 75 (17.99%) Microsoft
16 74 (17.75%) SC Cleared
17 73 (17.51%) ETL
18 72 (17.27%) SQL
19 71 (17.03%) AWS
20 68 (16.31%) Power Platform
20 68 (16.31%) Power BI
21 62 (14.87%) Sparx
22 57 (13.67%) Data Design
23 50 (11.99%) Analytical Skills
23 50 (11.99%) Data Migration
23 50 (11.99%) Agile

Data Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (3.60%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.40%) Apache
2 10 (2.40%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.20%) SAS
4 2 (0.48%) CMS
4 2 (0.48%) Confluence
4 2 (0.48%) GemFire
Applications
1 16 (3.84%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 46 (11.03%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 11 (2.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.72%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.48%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.24%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.24%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 134 (32.13%) Azure
2 71 (17.03%) AWS
3 68 (16.31%) Power Platform
4 34 (8.15%) Snowflake
5 29 (6.95%) GCP
6 21 (5.04%) Azure Data Factory
7 20 (4.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 17 (4.08%) Microsoft Purview
9 14 (3.36%) Amazon S3
10 13 (3.12%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (2.88%) OCI
11 12 (2.88%) Serverless
12 11 (2.64%) Azure Stack
13 10 (2.40%) Amazon Kinesis
13 10 (2.40%) AWS Lambda
14 8 (1.92%) dbt
14 8 (1.92%) SaaS
15 5 (1.20%) Amazon EMR
15 5 (1.20%) AWS Step Functions
15 5 (1.20%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.48%) LAN
1 2 (0.48%) WAN
2 1 (0.24%) Firewall
2 1 (0.24%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (29.26%) Data Warehouse
2 87 (20.86%) Metadata
3 79 (18.94%) NoSQL
4 68 (16.31%) Power BI
5 49 (11.75%) Data Lake
6 45 (10.79%) Data Vault
7 42 (10.07%) Big Data
8 36 (8.63%) Metadata Repository
9 29 (6.95%) SQL Server
10 28 (6.71%) Tableau
11 23 (5.52%) Relational Database
12 17 (4.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 15 (3.60%) BigQuery
14 14 (3.36%) Data Mining
14 14 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
14 14 (3.36%) RDBMS
15 12 (2.88%) OLAP
15 12 (2.88%) OLTP
16 11 (2.64%) Snowflake Schema
17 10 (2.40%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 40 (9.59%) ERwin
2 15 (3.60%) ER Studio
3 7 (1.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 5 (1.20%) JIRA
5 4 (0.96%) Git
5 4 (0.96%) kappa
6 3 (0.72%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.48%) IntelliJ
7 2 (0.48%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.48%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.48%) Postman
8 1 (0.24%) Terragrunt
General
1 87 (20.86%) Finance
2 85 (20.38%) Public Sector
3 84 (20.14%) Social Skills
4 50 (11.99%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (9.59%) Manufacturing
6 38 (9.11%) Marketing
7 34 (8.15%) Telecoms
8 32 (7.67%) Electronics
9 27 (6.47%) Banking
10 20 (4.80%) Retail
11 18 (4.32%) Publishing
12 10 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.72%) Automotive
15 3 (0.72%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.72%) Health Technology
15 3 (0.72%) Law
15 3 (0.72%) Legal
15 3 (0.72%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.71%) JSON
2 19 (4.56%) Kafka
3 17 (4.08%) XML
4 14 (3.36%) REST
5 13 (3.12%) JSON Schema
6 7 (1.68%) PySpark
7 6 (1.44%) Apache Avro
8 5 (1.20%) YAML
9 4 (0.96%) Middleware
9 4 (0.96%) SOAP
10 3 (0.72%) GraphQL
10 3 (0.72%) Spring Boot
11 2 (0.48%) ADO
11 2 (0.48%) Apache NiFi
11 2 (0.48%) CSS
11 2 (0.48%) DOM
11 2 (0.48%) HTML
11 2 (0.48%) Node.js
11 2 (0.48%) Swagger
11 2 (0.48%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 49 (11.75%) Reference Data
2 33 (7.91%) Data Structures
3 21 (5.04%) Management Information System
4 18 (4.32%) Data Protection Act
4 18 (4.32%) Product Ownership
5 17 (4.08%) Onboarding
6 13 (3.12%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (2.88%) Wiki
8 9 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (1.92%) Data Centre
9 8 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.92%) Taxonomies
10 7 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.44%) Distributed Computing
12 5 (1.20%) CMDB
12 5 (1.20%) Data Fabric
12 5 (1.20%) Freedom of Information
12 5 (1.20%) Freedom of Information Act
12 5 (1.20%) Industry 4.0
12 5 (1.20%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (58.51%) Data Modelling
2 198 (47.48%) Data Architecture
3 147 (35.25%) Data Governance
4 118 (28.30%) Data Strategy
5 114 (27.34%) Business Intelligence
6 97 (23.26%) Data Integration
7 92 (22.06%) Analytics
8 80 (19.18%) Data Management
9 75 (17.99%) Migration
10 73 (17.51%) ETL
11 57 (13.67%) Data Design
12 50 (11.99%) Agile
12 50 (11.99%) Data Migration
13 49 (11.75%) Problem-Solving
14 44 (10.55%) Roadmaps
15 40 (9.59%) Data Lineage
15 40 (9.59%) UML
16 39 (9.35%) Data Analysis
16 39 (9.35%) Physical Data Model
17 36 (8.63%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 72 (17.27%) SQL
2 32 (7.67%) Python
3 11 (2.64%) Java
4 10 (2.40%) T-SQL
5 3 (0.72%) R
5 3 (0.72%) Scala
6 2 (0.48%) C#
6 2 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.48%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.48%) LookML
6 2 (0.48%) U-SQL
7 1 (0.24%) Bicep
7 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 92 (22.06%) Security Cleared
2 74 (17.75%) SC Cleared
3 22 (5.28%) Degree
4 15 (3.60%) DV Cleared
5 11 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.72%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.72%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.24%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.24%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (19.18%) Data Quality
2 36 (8.63%) GDPR
3 6 (1.44%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.20%) QA
5 3 (0.72%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 3 (0.72%) Docker
2 1 (0.24%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.24%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 4 (0.96%) Terraform
2 3 (0.72%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.48%) Ambari
3 2 (0.48%) Ansible
3 2 (0.48%) Oozie
4 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 75 (17.99%) Microsoft
2 62 (14.87%) Sparx
3 45 (10.79%) Oracle
3 45 (10.79%) SAP
4 43 (10.31%) Databricks
5 27 (6.47%) Informatica
6 23 (5.52%) Google
7 19 (4.56%) ServiceNow
8 13 (3.12%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.44%) Remedy
9 6 (1.44%) Talend
10 5 (1.20%) Autodesk
11 4 (0.96%) IBM
12 3 (0.72%) Ab Initio
12 3 (0.72%) BiZZdesign
12 3 (0.72%) Brio
12 3 (0.72%) Teradata
13 2 (0.48%) Adobe
13 2 (0.48%) Omniture
13 2 (0.48%) Tealium