Azure Data Architect Contract Job Trends in the South West

Data Architect - Azure
England > South West

The median Data Architect - Azure daily rate in the South West is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 February 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 - 153
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Data Architect 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.15% - 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% - 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £625
75th Percentile £678 - £638
90th Percentile £841 - -
England median daily rate £559 £625 £688
% change year-on-year -10.64% -9.09% +5.77%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 the South West with a recognized job title 2,411 1,759 2,973
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.84% 94.11% 94.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,364 1,081 1,899
10th Percentile £232 £206 £216
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £725
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 391 109 395
10th Percentile £18.22 £18.45 £14.38
25th Percentile £23.50 £46.25 £31.60
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £73.89 £78.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -

Azure Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Azure Data Architect job vacancy trend in the South West

Azure Data Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Data Architect job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Data Architect job vacancies in the South West

Azure Data Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Data Architect in the South West over the 6 months to 3 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Data Architect in the South West

Azure Data Architect
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Data Architect within the South West region over the 6 months to 3 February 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
Somerset - 3 £525 -
Azure Data Architect
England

Azure Data Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 3 February 2026, Azure 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 West region featuring Azure Data Architect in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Databricks
1 4 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) AI
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Data Ingestion
2 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (50.00%) Metadata
2 2 (50.00%) Metadata Management
2 2 (50.00%) Power BI
2 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (50.00%) Salesforce
2 2 (50.00%) SAP
3 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Collibra
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) DAMA
3 1 (25.00%) Data Design
3 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Data Privacy
3 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (25.00%) ETL
3 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven
3 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven Architecture

Azure Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (25.00%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Metadata
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) FMCG
2 1 (25.00%) Data Fabric
2 1 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) AI
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Data Ingestion
2 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (50.00%) Metadata Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) DAMA
3 1 (25.00%) Data Design
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Databricks
2 2 (50.00%) Salesforce
2 2 (50.00%) SAP
3 1 (25.00%) Informatica
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft