Head of Data Architecture Contract Job Trends in England

Head of Data Architecture
UK > England

The median Head of Data Architecture daily rate in England is £850, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 543 503 -
Rank change year-on-year -40 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Data Architecture 1 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.003% 0.013% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.014% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £729 -
25th Percentile £825 £753 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £813 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% - -
75th Percentile £875 £878 -
90th Percentile - £906 -
UK median daily rate £850 £813 -
% change year-on-year +4.62% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 28,233 28,165 35,983
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.17% 92.89% 93.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,092 17,437 24,751
10th Percentile £285 £300 £294
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,705 974 1,399
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.34 £15.32
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.05 £19.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +36.36%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £74.42 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +40.98%

Head of Data Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Head of Data Architecture job vacancy trend in England

Head of Data Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Head of Data Architecture job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Head of Data Architecture job vacancies in England

Head of Data Architecture
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 Head of Data Architecture within the England region over the 6 months to 13 December 2025. 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 -6 1 £850 +4.62%
Head of Data Architecture
UK

Head of Data Architecture Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Head of Data Architecture 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 England region featuring Head of Data Architecture in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

Head of Data Architecture Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon Redshift
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared