Data Architect Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Data Architect
South West > Somerset

The median Data Architect daily rate in Somerset is £578, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 20 -
Rank change year-on-year -8 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Architect 7 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 2.46% 2.50% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.66% 2.70% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £578 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.60% - -
75th Percentile £666 £638 -
90th Percentile £687 - -
South West median daily rate £628 £518 £650
% change year-on-year +21.26% -20.38% -7.14%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 263 111 183
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.61% 92.50% 94.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 79 113
10th Percentile £225 £204 £164
25th Percentile £261 £366 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -19.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £575
90th Percentile £614 £688 £606
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 3 36
10th Percentile £37.25 £13.66 £12.38
25th Percentile £51.25 £15.48 £17.75
Median hourly rate £57.50 £18.51 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +210.64% -25.96% -37.50%
75th Percentile £58.75 £19.76 £40.00
90th Percentile - £20.51 £52.73
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £48.29
% change year-on-year -11.54% +34.60% -25.22%

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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 Somerset.

Data Architect job vacancy trend in Somerset

Data Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Data Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Architect in Somerset over the 6 months to 21 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Architect in Somerset

Data Architect
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 21 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
Bath - 3 £652 - 3
Taunton - 1 - -
Data Architect
South West

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

For the 6 months to 21 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 Somerset region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Azure
2 6 (85.71%) Analytics
3 4 (57.14%) AWS
3 4 (57.14%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (42.86%) Data Architecture
4 3 (42.86%) Data Modelling
4 3 (42.86%) Databricks
4 3 (42.86%) GCP
5 2 (28.57%) Agile
5 2 (28.57%) Architectural Patterns
5 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
5 2 (28.57%) Data Flow Diagram
5 2 (28.57%) Data Integration
5 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
5 2 (28.57%) ETL
5 2 (28.57%) Event-Driven
5 2 (28.57%) FHIR
5 2 (28.57%) GDPR
5 2 (28.57%) HL7
5 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (28.57%) Integration Patterns
5 2 (28.57%) Metadata
5 2 (28.57%) SNOMED CT
5 2 (28.57%) TOGAF
5 2 (28.57%) Use Case
6 1 (14.29%) AI
6 1 (14.29%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (14.29%) Conflict Management
6 1 (14.29%) Data Governance

Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 7 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (57.14%) AWS
3 3 (42.86%) GCP
4 1 (14.29%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Metadata
2 1 (14.29%) Data Lake
2 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (14.29%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (14.29%) Power BI
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Cloud Native
1 3 (42.86%) FMCG
2 2 (28.57%) NHS
3 1 (14.29%) Data Structures
3 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Analytics
2 4 (57.14%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (42.86%) Data Architecture
3 3 (42.86%) Data Modelling
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) Architectural Patterns
4 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
4 2 (28.57%) Data Flow Diagram
4 2 (28.57%) Data Integration
4 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 2 (28.57%) ETL
4 2 (28.57%) Event-Driven
4 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (28.57%) Integration Patterns
4 2 (28.57%) TOGAF
4 2 (28.57%) Use Case
5 1 (14.29%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (14.29%) Data Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) GDPR
1 2 (28.57%) HL7
1 2 (28.57%) SNOMED CT
2 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Databricks
2 1 (14.29%) InterSystems
2 1 (14.29%) Salesforce
2 1 (14.29%) SAP