Data Architect Contract Job Trends in Essex

Data Architect
East of England > Essex

The median Data Architect daily rate in Essex is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Architect 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 1.53% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.60% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £513 - -
25th Percentile £531 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £607 - -
90th Percentile £619 - -
East of England median daily rate £505 £638 £850
% change year-on-year -20.78% -25.00% +119.35%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 188 74 214
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.92% 96.10% 95.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 40 110
10th Percentile £250 £227 £250
25th Percentile £325 £314 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £500 £488 £556
90th Percentile £588 £551 £600
East of England median daily rate £495 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -1.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 10 55
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.25 £12.86
25th Percentile £16.17 £16.38 £16.65
Median hourly rate £17.99 £26.25 £40.31
Median % change year-on-year -31.48% -34.88% -6.94%
75th Percentile £50.00 £46.25 £80.00
90th Percentile £65.50 £200.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £28.00 £55.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -49.09% +27.91% +20.11%

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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 Essex.

Data Architect job vacancy trend in Essex

Data Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

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

Data Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in Essex.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in Essex

Data Architect Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 22 April 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 Essex region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) GCP
2 2 (66.67%) Salesforce
3 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) BigQuery
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) Google
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Liquidlogic
3 1 (33.33%) Master Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Metadata
3 1 (33.33%) Metadata Management
3 1 (33.33%) NEC
3 1 (33.33%) NEC Housing
3 1 (33.33%) Power BI
3 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Reverse Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement

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

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) BigQuery
1 1 (33.33%) Metadata
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) German Language
2 1 (33.33%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Master Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Metadata Management
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Reverse Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Salesforce
2 1 (33.33%) Google
2 1 (33.33%) Liquidlogic
2 1 (33.33%) NEC