Lead Data Architect Contract Job Trends in London

Lead Data Architect
England > London

The median Lead Data Architect daily rate in London is £900, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
19 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 377 364 397
Rank change year-on-year -13 +33 +158
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Data Architect 3 5 8
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.021% 0.033% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.035% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 7
10th Percentile - £513 £528
25th Percentile £850 £531 £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £575 £700
Median % change year-on-year +56.52% -17.86% +5.66%
75th Percentile £950 £594 £731
90th Percentile - £598 £768
England median daily rate £650 £550 £700
% change year-on-year +18.18% -21.43% +4.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 13,283 14,093 17,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 93.53% 93.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,798 9,130 12,805
10th Percentile £343 £335 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% -3.02%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £684
90th Percentile £760 £799 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 153 211
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.47 £17.75
25th Percentile £22.25 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.65 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.30% - -
75th Percentile £56.98 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.78 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.61% -20.00% +38.46%

Lead Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Lead Data Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Lead Data Architect job vacancy trend in London

Lead Data Architect
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Lead Data Architect Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Lead 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 Lead Data Architect in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Data Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (33.33%) Community of Practice
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Data Design
2 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Data Privacy
2 1 (33.33%) Data Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Metadata
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Observability
2 1 (33.33%) RBAC
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Runbook
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Validation

Lead 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Metadata
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
1 1 (33.33%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Community of Practice
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Design
2 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Data Privacy
2 1 (33.33%) Data Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Observability
2 1 (33.33%) RBAC
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Runbook
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
Lead Data Architect jobs