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 £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 April 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 583 477 533
Rank change year-on-year -106 +56 -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Data Architecture 4 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.010% 0.008% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.009% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 7
10th Percentile £620 £729 £838
25th Percentile £650 £753 £856
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £813 £900
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% -9.72% -
75th Percentile £788 £878 £925
90th Percentile £840 £906 £935
UK median daily rate £700 £813 £900
% change year-on-year -13.85% -9.72% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 35,775 22,632 34,809
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.34% 92.88% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,532 15,157 23,256
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.52% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -3.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,360 840 2,307
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.84 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.09 £20.30 £16.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £33.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.79% - -24.36%
75th Percentile £65.60 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.55 £76.25 £71.45
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £32.00 £33.78
% change year-on-year +25.00% -5.26% -24.15%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of Data Architecture in England over the 6 months to 5 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Head of Data Architecture 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 5 April 2026. 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 -54 2 £775 -4.62%
Yorkshire - 2 £600 - 2
North of England - 2 £600 - 2
Head of Data Architecture
UK

Head of Data Architecture Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 5 April 2026, 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 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (50.00%) Data Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) AI
2 1 (25.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 1 (25.00%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Storage
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (25.00%) Databricks

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 (25.00%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Storage
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (25.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (25.00%) Low-Code
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (50.00%) Data Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) AI
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Databricks