Data Architect Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Data Architect
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median Data Architect daily rate in Northamptonshire is £445, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2026.

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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Architect 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 0.78% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £442 - -
25th Percentile £443 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 - -
75th Percentile £447 - -
90th Percentile £447 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £613 - £675
% change year-on-year - - +8.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Northamptonshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northamptonshire. 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 Northamptonshire with a recognized job title 240 199 246
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 94.31% 96.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 166 188
10th Percentile £350 £260 £310
25th Percentile £393 £347 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £445
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -10.11% +11.25%
75th Percentile £550 £475 £538
90th Percentile £588 £528 £618
East Midlands median daily rate £463 £430 £425
% change year-on-year +7.56% +1.18% -6.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 21
10th Percentile - £17.57 £10.90
25th Percentile £14.13 - £11.83
Median hourly rate £15.67 £21.39 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.76% +52.79% -34.50%
75th Percentile £25.50 - £35.00
90th Percentile £29.33 £38.20 £57.50
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.00 £21.39 £17.60
% change year-on-year -15.85% +21.53% -18.78%

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Data Architect job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Data Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

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

Data Architect
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Northampton - 2 £445 - 1
Data Architect
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 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 Northamptonshire region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) AWS Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) HIPAA

Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 2 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 2 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (100.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (50.00%) Metadata
2 1 (50.00%) Metadata Repository
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Master Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) HIPAA