Data Architect Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Data Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Data Architect daily rate in the UK excluding London is £567, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 278 274 239
Rank change year-on-year -4 -35 +39
Contract jobs requiring a Data Architect 115 83 164
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.63% 0.55% 0.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.60% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 48 120
10th Percentile £425 £450 £462
25th Percentile £500 £553 £595
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £567 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year -9.32% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £655 £688 £726
90th Percentile £750 £713 £750
UK median daily rate £600 £623 £675
% change year-on-year -3.75% -7.65% +2.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £52.67
25th Percentile £81.50 - £55.90
Median hourly rate £83.00 - £61.53
75th Percentile £84.50 - £66.90
90th Percentile - - £69.96
UK median hourly rate £83.00 £99.43 £61.53
% change year-on-year -16.52% +61.60% -12.10%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 16,356 13,848 18,397
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.08% 92.36% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,052 8,265 12,022
10th Percentile £210 £213 £213
25th Percentile £369 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.20% -
75th Percentile £575 £591 £600
90th Percentile £675 £676 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,646 795 1,208
10th Percentile £13.85 £15.41 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.30 £18.35
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.76%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.08 £71.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £34.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% -23.60% +48.33%

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Data Architect job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Data Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Data Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Architect in the UK excluding London

Data Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Data Architect
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
North of England -57 32 £575 -7.95% 21
North West -20 26 £550 -12.00% 7
Midlands -22 26 £581 -3.51% 20
West Midlands -11 24 £581 -5.08% 17
South West -2 18 £600 -4.00% 13
South East -27 18 £575 -8.00% 30
Scotland +13 14 £500 -28.57% 7
East of England -15 9 £625 -7.41% 17
Yorkshire -48 6 £675 -3.57% 10
East Midlands -20 2 £501 +10.60% 3
Northern Ireland - 1 £975 -
Data Architect
UK

Data Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 19 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 UK excluding London region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 64 (55.65%) Data Modelling
2 62 (53.91%) Data Architecture
3 49 (42.61%) Data Governance
4 40 (34.78%) Azure
5 36 (31.30%) Data Warehouse
6 30 (26.09%) Analytics
7 29 (25.22%) Business Intelligence
8 27 (23.48%) Metadata
9 25 (21.74%) Data Quality
10 22 (19.13%) AWS
10 22 (19.13%) Metadata Management
10 22 (19.13%) Migration
10 22 (19.13%) Security Cleared
11 21 (18.26%) Microsoft
12 20 (17.39%) AI
13 19 (16.52%) Power BI
13 19 (16.52%) Power Platform
13 19 (16.52%) Roadmaps
14 18 (15.65%) Data Integration
14 18 (15.65%) Data Strategy
15 17 (14.78%) Python
15 17 (14.78%) SC Cleared
16 16 (13.91%) ETL
17 15 (13.04%) Decision-Making
17 15 (13.04%) DevOps
17 15 (13.04%) Machine Learning
17 15 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
18 14 (12.17%) Data Management
18 14 (12.17%) Enterprise Architecture
19 13 (11.30%) GDPR

Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 9 (7.83%) SAS
2 2 (1.74%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.87%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.87%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (4.35%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (3.48%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.87%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.87%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 40 (34.78%) Azure
2 22 (19.13%) AWS
3 19 (16.52%) Power Platform
4 12 (10.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 12 (10.43%) GCP
5 11 (9.57%) Azure Data Factory
6 10 (8.70%) Serverless
7 9 (7.83%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (7.83%) Microsoft Purview
8 7 (6.09%) Snowflake
9 3 (2.61%) Amazon S3
9 3 (2.61%) Amazon SQS
9 3 (2.61%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (2.61%) AWS CloudTrail
9 3 (2.61%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (2.61%) Collibra
10 2 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.74%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.87%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.87%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.87%) DWDM
1 1 (0.87%) Hyperconnected
1 1 (0.87%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (31.30%) Data Warehouse
2 27 (23.48%) Metadata
3 19 (16.52%) Power BI
4 13 (11.30%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (8.70%) Data Lake
6 9 (7.83%) SQL Server
7 8 (6.96%) Metadata Repository
8 7 (6.09%) Oracle Database
9 6 (5.22%) Relational Database
10 5 (4.35%) Big Data
10 5 (4.35%) SAS Enterprise Guide
11 4 (3.48%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (3.48%) BigQuery
11 4 (3.48%) RDBMS
11 4 (3.48%) Redis
12 3 (2.61%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (2.61%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (2.61%) MongoDB
12 3 (2.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (2.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.48%) Git
1 4 (3.48%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.87%) ERwin
2 1 (0.87%) JIRA
General
1 26 (22.61%) Social Skills
2 18 (15.65%) Finance
3 16 (13.91%) Public Sector
4 13 (11.30%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.48%) Manufacturing
5 4 (3.48%) Telecoms
6 3 (2.61%) Marketing
6 3 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.74%) Automotive
7 2 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.74%) Legal
7 2 (1.74%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.74%) Retail
8 1 (0.87%) Advertising
8 1 (0.87%) Banking
8 1 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.87%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.87%) General Ledger
8 1 (0.87%) Local Government
8 1 (0.87%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.48%) PySpark
2 3 (2.61%) Node.js
2 3 (2.61%) SOAP
3 2 (1.74%) REST
4 1 (0.87%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.91%) Cloud Native
2 9 (7.83%) Data Structures
2 9 (7.83%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (5.22%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (3.48%) FMCG
5 4 (3.48%) NHS
6 3 (2.61%) Data Fabric
6 3 (2.61%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.61%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.61%) Taxonomies
7 2 (1.74%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.87%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.87%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.87%) Industry 4.0
8 1 (0.87%) IoT
8 1 (0.87%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.87%) SCADA
8 1 (0.87%) SystemC
8 1 (0.87%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.87%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (55.65%) Data Modelling
2 62 (53.91%) Data Architecture
3 49 (42.61%) Data Governance
4 30 (26.09%) Analytics
5 29 (25.22%) Business Intelligence
6 22 (19.13%) Metadata Management
6 22 (19.13%) Migration
7 20 (17.39%) AI
8 19 (16.52%) Roadmaps
9 18 (15.65%) Data Integration
9 18 (15.65%) Data Strategy
10 16 (13.91%) ETL
11 15 (13.04%) Decision-Making
11 15 (13.04%) DevOps
11 15 (13.04%) Machine Learning
11 15 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
12 14 (12.17%) Data Management
12 14 (12.17%) Enterprise Architecture
13 12 (10.43%) Stakeholder Management
13 12 (10.43%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 17 (14.78%) Python
2 8 (6.96%) SQL
3 2 (1.74%) PL/SQL
3 2 (1.74%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.87%) Java
4 1 (0.87%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.87%) Scala
Qualifications
1 22 (19.13%) Security Cleared
2 17 (14.78%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.22%) Degree
4 4 (3.48%) AWS Certification
4 4 (3.48%) Azure Certification
4 4 (3.48%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 3 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.61%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.61%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.87%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (21.74%) Data Quality
2 13 (11.30%) GDPR
3 4 (3.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (1.74%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.74%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.74%) CRD IV
4 2 (1.74%) FINREP
4 2 (1.74%) IFRS
5 1 (0.87%) GMP
5 1 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.87%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.87%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 8 (6.96%) Terraform
2 5 (4.35%) Ansible
3 1 (0.87%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 21 (18.26%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.30%) Oracle
3 11 (9.57%) Databricks
3 11 (9.57%) Informatica
4 10 (8.70%) Salesforce
5 7 (6.09%) SAP
6 5 (4.35%) Google
6 5 (4.35%) Greenplum
7 4 (3.48%) Ab Initio
7 4 (3.48%) Dynatrace
7 4 (3.48%) Pega
7 4 (3.48%) Remedy
8 3 (2.61%) Hitachi
9 2 (1.74%) Autodesk
9 2 (1.74%) Cognos
9 2 (1.74%) OneTrust
9 2 (1.74%) Palantir
9 2 (1.74%) Virgin Media
10 1 (0.87%) Liquidlogic
10 1 (0.87%) Talend