Big Data Architect Contracts

Big Data Architect
UK

The median Big Data Architect daily rate in the UK is £700 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 595 706 818
Rank change year-on-year +111 +112 -168
Contract jobs requiring a Big Data Architect 5 7 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% 0.012% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.012% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 25
10th Percentile - £669 £575
25th Percentile - £766 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £810 £675
Median % change year-on-year -13.58% +20.00% +17.90%
75th Percentile £938 £901 £813
90th Percentile £1,013 £931 £895
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £625
% change year-on-year - - +12.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,448 56,471 84,729
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,348 39,474 59,497
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £734
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,658 1,569 2,098
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.29 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £23.46
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +91.86% +3.42%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.75 £48.94
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.75 £63.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -9.41% +117.95% +2.63%

Big Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Big Data Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Big Data Architect in the UK

Big Data Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Big Data Architect.

Daily rate trend for Big Data Architect in the UK

Big Data Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Big Data Architect over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Big Data Architect in the UK

Big Data Architect
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Big Data Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
Work from Home +117 3 £700 -13.58% 4
London +102 2 £975 +20.37% 5
England +100 2 £975 +20.37% 5

Big Data Architect Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Big Data Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Big Data Architect in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Big Data
2 4 (80.00%) AWS
3 3 (60.00%) Machine Learning
3 3 (60.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (60.00%) Python
4 2 (40.00%) Banking
4 2 (40.00%) Finance
4 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (40.00%) Data Management
5 1 (20.00%) Investment Management
5 1 (20.00%) Azure
5 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
5 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
5 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
5 1 (20.00%) Data Centre

Big Data Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Big Data
General
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (40.00%) Data Management
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python