Data Architect Contract Job Trends in Telford

Data Architect
Shropshire > Telford

The median Data Architect daily rate in Telford is £561, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 - 16
Rank change year-on-year - - +74
Contract jobs requiring a Data Architect 9 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Telford 3.16% - 2.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.49% - 2.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 1
10th Percentile £537 - -
25th Percentile £545 - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £561 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £581 - £600
90th Percentile £582 - -
Shropshire median daily rate £561 - £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Telford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Telford. 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 Telford with a recognized job title 258 86 41
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 86.87% 97.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 68 25
10th Percentile £388 £311 £300
25th Percentile £446 £420 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £484 £410
Median % change year-on-year +3.31% +18.05% -22.64%
75th Percentile £538 £519 £495
90th Percentile £560 £552 £573
Shropshire median daily rate £500 £477 £400
% change year-on-year +4.82% +19.25% -24.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
Shropshire median hourly rate £18.68 £12.18 -
% change year-on-year +53.37% - -

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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 Telford.

Data Architect job vacancy trend in Telford

Data Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Telford

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 13 December 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 Telford region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 9 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 9 (100.00%) Metadata
1 9 (100.00%) Metadata Management
2 8 (88.89%) Data Architecture
2 8 (88.89%) SC Cleared
2 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
3 7 (77.78%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (77.78%) Metadata Repository
3 7 (77.78%) Reverse Engineering
4 6 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (66.67%) SAS
5 5 (55.56%) Data Design
5 5 (55.56%) Scrum
5 5 (55.56%) Strategic Thinking
6 4 (44.44%) Architectural Patterns
6 4 (44.44%) Data Analysis
6 4 (44.44%) Impact Analysis
6 4 (44.44%) Integration Patterns
6 4 (44.44%) Oracle
6 4 (44.44%) Problem Management
6 4 (44.44%) Risk Assessment
6 4 (44.44%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 4 (44.44%) Strategic Planning
7 3 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
7 3 (33.33%) Oracle Database
7 3 (33.33%) Remedy
8 2 (22.22%) Data Ingestion
8 2 (22.22%) Data Integration
9 1 (11.11%) Agile

Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford 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 6 (66.67%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) Metadata
2 7 (77.78%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (77.78%) Metadata Repository
3 4 (44.44%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 3 (33.33%) Oracle Database
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 9 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 9 (100.00%) Metadata Management
2 8 (88.89%) Data Architecture
3 7 (77.78%) Reverse Engineering
4 6 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (55.56%) Data Design
5 5 (55.56%) Scrum
5 5 (55.56%) Strategic Thinking
6 4 (44.44%) Architectural Patterns
6 4 (44.44%) Data Analysis
6 4 (44.44%) Impact Analysis
6 4 (44.44%) Integration Patterns
6 4 (44.44%) Problem Management
6 4 (44.44%) Risk Assessment
6 4 (44.44%) Strategic Planning
7 3 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
8 2 (22.22%) Data Ingestion
8 2 (22.22%) Data Integration
9 1 (11.11%) Analytics
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) SC Cleared
1 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Oracle
2 3 (33.33%) Remedy