Data Architect Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Data Architect
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Data Architect daily rate in Newcastle upon Tyne is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 March 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 32 28
Rank change year-on-year -19 -4 +27
Contract jobs requiring a Data Architect 3 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.72% 2.14% 0.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 2.35% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% - -
75th Percentile £588 £662 -
90th Percentile - £730 -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £575 £600 -
% change year-on-year -4.11% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £69.44 - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £69.44 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 406 213 185
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.60% 91.03% 91.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 154 96
10th Percentile £164 £236 £223
25th Percentile £350 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £476
Median % change year-on-year - -5.46% -13.45%
75th Percentile £525 £573 £580
90th Percentile £596 £634 £650
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 2 22
10th Percentile £20.58 £17.90 £12.58
25th Percentile £44.50 £22.63 £17.19
Median hourly rate £55.00 £32.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +71.88% -32.63% -
75th Percentile £62.79 £41.13 £50.00
90th Percentile £69.55 £45.70 £67.88
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £52.50 £13.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year +303.85% -18.75% -

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Data Architect job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Data Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne

Data Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 8 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (66.67%) Data Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) GCP
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Ansible
3 1 (33.33%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (33.33%) Apache Spark
3 1 (33.33%) API Integration
3 1 (33.33%) AWS Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Big Data
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Data Lake
3 1 (33.33%) Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline

Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 (33.33%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (33.33%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Big Data
1 1 (33.33%) Data Lake
1 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (33.33%) Hadoop
1 1 (33.33%) Metadata
1 1 (33.33%) MySQL
1 1 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
1 1 (33.33%) Relational Database
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) Tableau
General
1 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) AI Agents
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (66.67%) Data Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Data Security
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) Metadata Management
3 1 (33.33%) Natural Language Processing
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) SysML
3 1 (33.33%) UML
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (33.33%) AWS Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
1 1 (33.33%) Kubeflow
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Databricks
1 1 (33.33%) Informatica
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) Talend