Data Architect Contract Job Trends in South London

Data Architect
London > South London

The median Data Architect daily rate in South London is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 36 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Architect 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in South London 1.13% 0.49% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% 0.50% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £418 - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile £483 - -
London median daily rate £600 £625 £700
% change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +2.19%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South 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 South London with a recognized job title 169 199 276
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.48% 97.07% 96.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 123 214
10th Percentile £233 £205 £191
25th Percentile £412 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £705 £725 £673
London median daily rate £545 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.94% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 19
10th Percentile - - £15.94
25th Percentile - £17.25 £24.63
Median hourly rate £17.98 £19.50 £49.88
Median % change year-on-year -7.79% -60.91% +13.08%
75th Percentile - £71.88 £55.39
90th Percentile - £75.79 £68.50
London median hourly rate £27.40 £37.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -26.93% -7.41% +24.62%

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in South 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 South London.

Data Architect job vacancy trend in South London

Data Architect
Daily Rate Trend in South London

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

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

Data Architect
Contract Job Locations in South 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 South London region over the 6 months to 29 October 2025. 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
Bromley - 2 £450 - 4
Data Architect
London

Data Architect Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London

For the 6 months to 29 October 2025, 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 South London region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Spark
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Big Data
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) Hadoop
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Metadata
1 2 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 2 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking

Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South 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 2 (100.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Big Data
1 2 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 2 (100.00%) Hadoop
1 2 (100.00%) Metadata
1 2 (100.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Distributed Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality