Data Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Data Architect
England > London

The median Data Architect daily rate in London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 184 164
Rank change year-on-year -31 -20 +40
Contract jobs requiring a Data Architect 193 177 254
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.17% 1.39% 1.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 1.48% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 118 195
10th Percentile £463 £502 £525
25th Percentile £513 £541 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £700
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £725 £775 £825
90th Percentile £796 £800 £925
England median daily rate £588 £620 £681
% change year-on-year -5.24% -8.99% +0.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £43.03
Median hourly rate - - £46.06
75th Percentile - - £49.08
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £76.22 £80.50 £53.03
% change year-on-year -5.32% +51.81% -24.25%

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 15,265 11,951 16,907
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.54% 93.67% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,232 8,093 12,205
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £430 £450
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 £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 145 337
10th Percentile £18.23 £21.08 £15.98
25th Percentile £21.87 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £34.75 £35.89 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% +25.93% -18.57%
75th Percentile £60.50 £53.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.04 £65.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -23.53%

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 20 March 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 20 March 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 -14 17 £728 +6.01% 15
South London - 3 £425 - 2
West London - 3 £625 - 3
East London -4 2 £495 -20.80% 1
Data Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 March 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.

1 118 (61.14%) Data Architecture
2 100 (51.81%) Data Modelling
3 79 (40.93%) Analytics
4 63 (32.64%) Azure
5 58 (30.05%) SQL
6 54 (27.98%) AWS
7 53 (27.46%) Data Governance
8 45 (23.32%) Databricks
9 39 (20.21%) ETL
10 38 (19.69%) AI
10 38 (19.69%) Data Quality
11 37 (19.17%) Metadata
12 35 (18.13%) Data Warehouse
13 33 (17.10%) Data Strategy
14 32 (16.58%) Physical Data Model
14 32 (16.58%) Python
15 31 (16.06%) Migration
16 30 (15.54%) Business Intelligence
16 30 (15.54%) Data Integration
16 30 (15.54%) Logical Data Model
16 30 (15.54%) Microsoft
16 30 (15.54%) Security Cleared
17 29 (15.03%) Data Lake
18 28 (14.51%) Data Engineering
19 27 (13.99%) Power Platform
19 27 (13.99%) SC Cleared
20 24 (12.44%) Agile
20 24 (12.44%) Power BI
20 24 (12.44%) Roadmaps
20 24 (12.44%) Stakeholder Management

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 11 (5.70%) Apache Spark
2 5 (2.59%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.55%) Apache
4 1 (0.52%) Appian
Applications
1 2 (1.04%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.52%) SAP MDM
2 1 (0.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.52%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 63 (32.64%) Azure
2 54 (27.98%) AWS
3 27 (13.99%) Power Platform
4 21 (10.88%) Azure Data Factory
5 20 (10.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 16 (8.29%) Snowflake
7 15 (7.77%) Amazon S3
7 15 (7.77%) GCP
7 15 (7.77%) Serverless
8 13 (6.74%) Microsoft Purview
9 11 (5.70%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (4.15%) Amazon Kinesis
10 8 (4.15%) dbt
11 7 (3.63%) Amazon EventBridge
11 7 (3.63%) AWS Step Functions
12 6 (3.11%) Amazon MSK
12 6 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (2.59%) Azure Key Vault
13 5 (2.59%) Collibra
13 5 (2.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.04%) BGP
1 2 (1.04%) OSPF
1 2 (1.04%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (1.04%) VXLAN
2 1 (0.52%) Firewall
2 1 (0.52%) Hyperconnected
2 1 (0.52%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (19.17%) Metadata
2 35 (18.13%) Data Warehouse
3 29 (15.03%) Data Lake
4 24 (12.44%) Power BI
5 15 (7.77%) Amazon Redshift
6 14 (7.25%) Data Vault
6 14 (7.25%) NoSQL
6 14 (7.25%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (5.70%) Amazon Athena
8 10 (5.18%) Delta Lake
9 9 (4.66%) Amazon Aurora
9 9 (4.66%) Apache Iceberg
9 9 (4.66%) DB2
9 9 (4.66%) SQL Server
9 9 (4.66%) Tableau
10 8 (4.15%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (4.15%) Big Data
10 8 (4.15%) OLTP
10 8 (4.15%) Star Schema
11 7 (3.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (5.18%) ERwin
2 4 (2.07%) Git
3 3 (1.55%) GitLab
3 3 (1.55%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.52%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.52%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.52%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 43 (22.28%) Social Skills
2 41 (21.24%) Finance
3 17 (8.81%) Public Sector
4 13 (6.74%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.22%) Banking
6 11 (5.70%) Retail
7 6 (3.11%) Investment Banking
8 5 (2.59%) Financial Institution
8 5 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.07%) Local Government
10 3 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.04%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.52%) Legal
12 1 (0.52%) Marketing
12 1 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.52%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.29%) Kafka
2 8 (4.15%) PySpark
3 7 (3.63%) Apache Avro
3 7 (3.63%) Protocol Buffers
4 4 (2.07%) Middleware
5 2 (1.04%) .NET
5 2 (1.04%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (0.52%) ADO
6 1 (0.52%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.52%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.52%) FHIR
6 1 (0.52%) Model Context Protocol
6 1 (0.52%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.52%) REST
6 1 (0.52%) SOAP
6 1 (0.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.25%) Data Structures
2 10 (5.18%) Cloud Native
2 10 (5.18%) Mainframe
3 8 (4.15%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (3.11%) Distributed Computing
4 6 (3.11%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (3.11%) Product Ownership
4 6 (3.11%) Reference Data
4 6 (3.11%) Reinsurance
5 5 (2.59%) Data Fabric
6 4 (2.07%) IoT
6 4 (2.07%) PACS
6 4 (2.07%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 3 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.55%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.55%) Replication
7 3 (1.55%) Taxonomies
8 2 (1.04%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.04%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.04%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.66%) zOS
2 2 (1.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (61.14%) Data Architecture
2 100 (51.81%) Data Modelling
3 79 (40.93%) Analytics
4 53 (27.46%) Data Governance
5 39 (20.21%) ETL
6 38 (19.69%) AI
7 33 (17.10%) Data Strategy
8 32 (16.58%) Physical Data Model
9 31 (16.06%) Migration
10 30 (15.54%) Business Intelligence
10 30 (15.54%) Data Integration
10 30 (15.54%) Logical Data Model
11 28 (14.51%) Data Engineering
12 24 (12.44%) Agile
12 24 (12.44%) Roadmaps
12 24 (12.44%) Stakeholder Management
13 23 (11.92%) DevOps
14 22 (11.40%) Architectural Patterns
14 22 (11.40%) Data Pipeline
14 22 (11.40%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 58 (30.05%) SQL
2 32 (16.58%) Python
3 6 (3.11%) T-SQL
4 5 (2.59%) Java
4 5 (2.59%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.59%) Scala
5 2 (1.04%) Apex Code
5 2 (1.04%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.04%) R
6 1 (0.52%) ANSI SQL
6 1 (0.52%) COBOL
6 1 (0.52%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.52%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 30 (15.54%) Security Cleared
2 27 (13.99%) SC Cleared
3 16 (8.29%) Azure Certification
4 6 (3.11%) Degree
5 5 (2.59%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.59%) TOGAF Certification
6 4 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.07%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.55%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.04%) VCAP
8 2 (1.04%) VCDX
9 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.52%) MySQL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (19.69%) Data Quality
2 12 (6.22%) GDPR
3 7 (3.63%) QA
4 5 (2.59%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.07%) ISO 20022
6 2 (1.04%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.04%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.52%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 2 (1.04%) Docker
1 2 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.52%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.52%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 10 (5.18%) Terraform
2 4 (2.07%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.55%) Grafana
4 2 (1.04%) Ansible
5 1 (0.52%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 45 (23.32%) Databricks
2 30 (15.54%) Microsoft
3 8 (4.15%) Salesforce
4 7 (3.63%) Confluent
5 5 (2.59%) Oracle
5 5 (2.59%) SAP
6 4 (2.07%) MicroStrategy
7 3 (1.55%) IBM
7 3 (1.55%) Informatica
7 3 (1.55%) Workday
8 2 (1.04%) IDERA
8 2 (1.04%) VMware
9 1 (0.52%) Ariba
9 1 (0.52%) GoldenSource
9 1 (0.52%) Google
9 1 (0.52%) MapR
9 1 (0.52%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.52%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.52%) Percona
9 1 (0.52%) Sparx