Data Architecture Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Data Architecture
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Data Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 49 61
Rank change year-on-year -19 +12 +18
Contract jobs citing Data Architecture 11 4 6
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 1.44% 0.85% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.63% 0.94% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 5
10th Percentile £406 £500 £488
25th Percentile £434 £613 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £700 £650
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +7.69% +32.65%
75th Percentile £678 £725 £775
90th Percentile £763 - £790
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £700 £625
% change year-on-year -28.57% +12.00% +25.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leeds

Data Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 674 425 794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 88.45% 90.23% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 444 264 508
10th Percentile £309 £263 £281
25th Percentile £413 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £461 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.40% -7.75% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £567 £600
90th Percentile £650 £638 £675
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £490
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.16% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 10 12
10th Percentile - £17.08 £11.17
25th Percentile £14.25 £27.56 £11.75
Median hourly rate £15.25 £39.25 £12.53
Median % change year-on-year -61.15% +213.25% -78.49%
75th Percentile £40.06 £82.86 £15.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £102.00 £21.30
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.87 £27.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year -31.38% +83.33% -70.00%

Data Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Data Architecture job vacancy trend in Leeds

Data Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Data Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Data Architecture

Data Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Architecture in Leeds over the 6 months to 22 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Architecture in Leeds

Data Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Data Architecture.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Data Architecture

Data Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 2 (18.18%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 8 (72.73%) AWS
2 7 (63.64%) Azure
3 6 (54.55%) Serverless
4 5 (45.45%) IaaS
4 5 (45.45%) PaaS
4 5 (45.45%) SaaS
5 3 (27.27%) Amazon S3
6 1 (9.09%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (9.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) IPsec
1 5 (45.45%) Kerberos
1 5 (45.45%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) Amazon Redshift
1 3 (27.27%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (18.18%) MongoDB
2 2 (18.18%) NoSQL
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
3 1 (9.09%) Data Lake
General
1 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
3 2 (18.18%) Health Technology
4 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Architect
2 5 (45.45%) Senior
2 5 (45.45%) Senior Architect
2 5 (45.45%) Senior Technical Architect
2 5 (45.45%) Technical Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Data Business Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Data Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Data Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Data Architect
4 1 (9.09%) SIAM Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (45.45%) OAuth
1 5 (45.45%) OAuth2
1 5 (45.45%) OpenID
1 5 (45.45%) SAML
1 5 (45.45%) Web Services
1 5 (45.45%) XACML
2 2 (18.18%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 4 (36.36%) Cloud Native
3 2 (18.18%) Data Structures
3 2 (18.18%) NHS
4 1 (9.09%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Agile
1 8 (72.73%) Roadmaps
2 7 (63.64%) CI/CD
3 6 (54.55%) DevOps
4 5 (45.45%) ArchiMate
4 5 (45.45%) Architectural Patterns
4 5 (45.45%) BPEL
4 5 (45.45%) Continuous Delivery
4 5 (45.45%) Continuous Integration
4 5 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (45.45%) Data Modelling
4 5 (45.45%) Design Patterns
4 5 (45.45%) Enterprise Architecture
4 5 (45.45%) ETL
4 5 (45.45%) Microservices
4 5 (45.45%) Project Management
4 5 (45.45%) Security Architecture
4 5 (45.45%) SOA
4 5 (45.45%) Software Architecture
4 5 (45.45%) UML
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) SQL
2 2 (18.18%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) RACF
2 2 (18.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (45.45%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (18.18%) Kubernetes
2 2 (18.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Brio
2 2 (18.18%) Databricks
3 1 (9.09%) BMC