Data Architect Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Data Architect
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Data Architect daily rate in Hertfordshire is £400, 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 65 41 65
Rank change year-on-year -24 +24 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Data Architect 4 5 5
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.48% 1.45% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 1.57% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
East of England median daily rate £505 £638 £850
% change year-on-year -20.78% -25.00% +119.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - - £54.75
25th Percentile - £78.75 £58.13
Median hourly rate - £80.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - +34.17% -9.09%
75th Percentile - £82.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £47.00 £80.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -41.61% +34.17% -6.98%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 776 319 731
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 92.73% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 156 312
10th Percentile £263 £306 £237
25th Percentile £413 £422 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £538 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.12% +26.47% -15.00%
75th Percentile £638 £616 £575
90th Percentile £738 £675 £711
East of England median daily rate £495 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -1.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 347 94 270
10th Percentile £16.48 £31.37 £37.91
25th Percentile £19.41 £52.50 £43.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +30.00% -20.32%
75th Percentile £66.00 £79.82 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £80.00
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 Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Data Architect job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Data Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

Data Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

Data Architect
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 22 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
Hemel Hempstead - 1 £400 - 1
Data Architect
East of England

Data Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) AI
1 4 (100.00%) Data Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Vision
2 3 (75.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (25.00%) Amazon S3
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Apache
3 1 (25.00%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (25.00%) Architecture Governance
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Data Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Data Ingestion
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (25.00%) Data Science
3 1 (25.00%) Data Security
3 1 (25.00%) Data Sharing
3 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (25.00%) dbt
3 1 (25.00%) Degree

Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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
1 1 (25.00%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 1 (25.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (25.00%) dbt
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (25.00%) Serverless
1 1 (25.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) Metadata
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) Snowflake Schema
1 1 (25.00%) Star Schema
1 1 (25.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) AI
1 4 (100.00%) Data Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Vision
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Architecture Governance
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Data Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Data Ingestion
3 1 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (25.00%) Data Science
3 1 (25.00%) Data Sharing
3 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (25.00%) Metadata Management
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (25.00%) Predictive Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) Workload Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft