Data Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Data Architect
England > London

The median Data Architect daily rate in London is £595, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 188 188 165
Rank change year-on-year 0 -23 +34
Contract jobs requiring a Data Architect 234 173 271
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.35% 1.36% 1.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.45% 1.46% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 117 207
10th Percentile £460 £488 £520
25th Percentile £513 £538 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £625 £710
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% -11.97% +1.43%
75th Percentile £704 £750 £825
90th Percentile £788 £799 £925
England median daily rate £588 £600 £700
% change year-on-year -2.08% -14.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £62.50 £43.03
Median hourly rate - £65.00 £46.06
Median % change year-on-year - +41.14% -
75th Percentile - £67.50 £49.08
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £47.00 £80.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -41.61% +34.17% -9.09%

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,102 11,872 16,662
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 93.49% 93.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,734 8,142 12,058
10th Percentile £350 £340 £325
25th Percentile £425 £430 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 142 344
10th Percentile £18.75 £21.21 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.11 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +25.85% -20.54%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.75 £44.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £64.88 £64.86
England median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +38.46% -7.14% -18.60%

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

Data Architect job vacancy trend in London

Data Architect
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Data Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Architect in London over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Architect in London

Data Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Data Architect
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 18 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
Central London -2 26 £595 -11.60% 9
East London -3 4 £585 -6.40% 2
West London -23 4 £620 -0.80% 6
South London - 3 £425 - 1
Data Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 London region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 125 (53.42%) Data Architecture
2 101 (43.16%) Data Modelling
3 90 (38.46%) Analytics
4 66 (28.21%) Azure
5 65 (27.78%) AWS
6 56 (23.93%) Databricks
6 56 (23.93%) SQL
7 50 (21.37%) Data Governance
8 45 (19.23%) Migration
9 41 (17.52%) AI
10 39 (16.67%) Metadata
11 38 (16.24%) Data Strategy
12 36 (15.38%) Data Quality
12 36 (15.38%) Security Cleared
13 35 (14.96%) ETL
14 33 (14.10%) Data Engineering
15 32 (13.68%) Data Lake
15 32 (13.68%) SC Cleared
16 31 (13.25%) Microsoft
16 31 (13.25%) Python
16 31 (13.25%) Roadmaps
17 30 (12.82%) Logical Data Model
18 29 (12.39%) Business Intelligence
18 29 (12.39%) GCP
19 28 (11.97%) Data Integration
19 28 (11.97%) Physical Data Model
20 27 (11.54%) Data Warehouse
21 26 (11.11%) Agile
21 26 (11.11%) Event-Driven
21 26 (11.11%) Machine Learning

Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 13 (5.56%) Apache Spark
2 5 (2.14%) Palantir Foundry
3 4 (1.71%) Apache
4 3 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.43%) Appian
Applications
1 2 (0.85%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.85%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.43%) SAP MDM
3 1 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 66 (28.21%) Azure
2 65 (27.78%) AWS
3 29 (12.39%) GCP
4 23 (9.83%) Snowflake
5 22 (9.40%) Power Platform
6 21 (8.97%) Amazon S3
7 20 (8.55%) Serverless
8 19 (8.12%) Azure Data Factory
8 19 (8.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 17 (7.26%) AWS Lambda
10 15 (6.41%) Amazon Kinesis
11 13 (5.56%) Microsoft Purview
12 11 (4.70%) AWS Step Functions
13 10 (4.27%) Amazon MSK
14 9 (3.85%) Amazon EventBridge
15 7 (2.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 7 (2.99%) dbt
15 7 (2.99%) SaaS
16 6 (2.56%) Azure Key Vault
16 6 (2.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.85%) BGP
1 2 (0.85%) OSPF
1 2 (0.85%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (0.85%) VXLAN
2 1 (0.43%) Firewall
2 1 (0.43%) Hyperconnected
2 1 (0.43%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (16.67%) Metadata
2 32 (13.68%) Data Lake
3 27 (11.54%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (9.83%) Amazon Redshift
5 16 (6.84%) Power BI
6 13 (5.56%) Amazon Athena
6 13 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (5.13%) Data Vault
7 12 (5.13%) NoSQL
8 11 (4.70%) Delta Lake
9 10 (4.27%) Amazon Aurora
9 10 (4.27%) Apache Iceberg
9 10 (4.27%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (4.27%) OLTP
10 9 (3.85%) DB2
10 9 (3.85%) Star Schema
10 9 (3.85%) Tableau
11 8 (3.42%) Big Data
11 8 (3.42%) BigQuery
11 8 (3.42%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (3.85%) ERwin
2 5 (2.14%) GitLab
3 4 (1.71%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.85%) Git
5 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.43%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.43%) MLflow
5 1 (0.43%) PowerDesigner
General
1 39 (16.67%) Finance
2 36 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 26 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 20 (8.55%) Retail
5 14 (5.98%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (4.27%) Banking
7 7 (2.99%) Financial Institution
7 7 (2.99%) Marketing
8 5 (2.14%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.71%) Local Government
10 3 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.85%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.43%) Aviation
12 1 (0.43%) Legal
12 1 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.43%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.84%) Kafka
2 9 (3.85%) Apache Avro
2 9 (3.85%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (3.85%) Protocol Buffers
3 8 (3.42%) PySpark
4 6 (2.56%) .NET
5 4 (1.71%) Middleware
6 2 (0.85%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (0.85%) REST
6 2 (0.85%) SOAP
7 1 (0.43%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.43%) FHIR
7 1 (0.43%) Great Expectations
7 1 (0.43%) Spark Streaming
7 1 (0.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.12%) Cloud Native
2 13 (5.56%) Data Structures
3 10 (4.27%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (4.27%) Mainframe
4 6 (2.56%) Distributed Computing
4 6 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (2.56%) NHS
4 6 (2.56%) PACS
4 6 (2.56%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.56%) Reference Data
4 6 (2.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 5 (2.14%) Reinsurance
6 4 (1.71%) Data Fabric
6 4 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (1.71%) IoT
7 3 (1.28%) Replication
8 2 (0.85%) Clustering
8 2 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.85%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.85%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.85%) zOS
2 2 (0.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (53.42%) Data Architecture
2 101 (43.16%) Data Modelling
3 90 (38.46%) Analytics
4 50 (21.37%) Data Governance
5 45 (19.23%) Migration
6 41 (17.52%) AI
7 38 (16.24%) Data Strategy
8 35 (14.96%) ETL
9 33 (14.10%) Data Engineering
10 31 (13.25%) Roadmaps
11 30 (12.82%) Logical Data Model
12 29 (12.39%) Business Intelligence
13 28 (11.97%) Data Integration
13 28 (11.97%) Physical Data Model
14 26 (11.11%) Agile
14 26 (11.11%) Event-Driven
14 26 (11.11%) Machine Learning
15 25 (10.68%) Architectural Patterns
15 25 (10.68%) CI/CD
15 25 (10.68%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 56 (23.93%) SQL
2 31 (13.25%) Python
3 8 (3.42%) Scala
4 5 (2.14%) Java
4 5 (2.14%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.14%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.85%) Apex Code
5 2 (0.85%) Bicep
5 2 (0.85%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.85%) R
6 1 (0.43%) ANSI SQL
6 1 (0.43%) COBOL
6 1 (0.43%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 36 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 32 (13.68%) SC Cleared
3 15 (6.41%) Azure Certification
4 5 (2.14%) Degree
4 5 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (2.14%) TOGAF Certification
5 4 (1.71%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.28%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.28%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.85%) VCAP
7 2 (0.85%) VCDX
8 1 (0.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.43%) MySQL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (15.38%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.27%) GDPR
3 7 (2.99%) QA
4 6 (2.56%) ISO 20022
5 4 (1.71%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.85%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.43%) HL7
7 1 (0.43%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 2 (0.85%) Docker
1 2 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.43%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.43%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 14 (5.98%) Terraform
2 5 (2.14%) Grafana
3 4 (1.71%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.28%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.85%) Ansible
Vendors
1 56 (23.93%) Databricks
2 31 (13.25%) Microsoft
3 16 (6.84%) Salesforce
4 14 (5.98%) Oracle
5 9 (3.85%) Confluent
6 8 (3.42%) Foundry
7 5 (2.14%) Palantir
7 5 (2.14%) SAP
8 3 (1.28%) IBM
8 3 (1.28%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.85%) Ariba
9 2 (0.85%) Google
9 2 (0.85%) IDERA
9 2 (0.85%) Informatica
9 2 (0.85%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (0.85%) VMware
10 1 (0.43%) GoldenSource
10 1 (0.43%) Infor
10 1 (0.43%) MapR
10 1 (0.43%) Percona