Data Architect Contract Job Trends
Data Architect
UK
The median Data Architect daily rate in the UK is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 193 | 281 | 285 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +88 | +4 | +3 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Data Architect | 836 | 311 | 305 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 1.52% | 0.93% | 0.82% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.65% | 1.02% | 0.89% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 600 | 211 | 205 |
| 10th Percentile | £463 | £450 | £488 |
| 25th Percentile | £536 | £513 | £518 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £625 | £600 | £625 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.17% | -4.00% | -3.85% |
| 75th Percentile | £688 | £700 | £725 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £799 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £626 | £575 | £625 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.87% | -8.00% | -1.96% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 18 | 2 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.87 | £43.21 | £57.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £33.40 | £49.60 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £47.00 | £60.98 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.93% | +1.63% | +17.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £73.12 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £79.95 | £83.54 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £47.00 | £60.98 | £60.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -22.93% | +1.63% | -2.48% |
All Contract IT Job Roles
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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.
| 6 months to 21 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 50,636 | 30,412 | 34,439 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 91.85% | 90.89% | 92.95% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 29,773 | 19,217 | 20,765 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £278 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £402 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £623 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £725 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -3.06% | -2.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4,181 | 1,679 | 1,379 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.25 | £13.80 | £15.02 |
| 25th Percentile | £19.33 | £17.30 | £20.30 |
| Median hourly rate | £41.56 | £25.15 | £40.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +65.23% | -37.13% | -10.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.50 | £50.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.00 | £68.75 | £73.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £41.06 | £24.42 | £40.33 |
| % change year-on-year | +68.12% | -39.44% | -8.14% |
Data Architect Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
Data Architect Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in the UK.
Data Architect Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Architect over the 6 months to 21 October 2026.
Data Architect Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in the UK.
Data Architect Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Architect over the 6 months to 21 October 2026.
Data Architect Top 16 Contract Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 21 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +70 | 687 | £625 | +4.17% | 477 |
| London | +55 | 366 | £625 | +4.17% | 266 |
| UK excluding London | +48 | 319 | £626 | +8.87% | 245 |
| Work from Home | +47 | 240 | £638 | +2.00% | 199 |
| Midlands | +29 | 109 | £626 | +8.35% | 46 |
| West Midlands | +11 | 82 | £650 | +13.04% | 38 |
| North of England | -39 | 66 | £650 | +5.05% | 66 |
| South East | -17 | 46 | £625 | - | 53 |
| South West | +2 | 42 | £650 | +1.96% | 16 |
| Yorkshire | -8 | 38 | £675 | +10.20% | 19 |
| East of England | -7 | 28 | £488 | -17.02% | 13 |
| East Midlands | +6 | 27 | £600 | - | 8 |
| Scotland | -20 | 25 | £513 | +7.89% | 42 |
| North West | -49 | 21 | £600 | -3.03% | 32 |
| North East | - | 7 | £650 | - | 15 |
| Wales | - | 3 | £475 | - | 3 |
Data Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities
For the 6 months to 21 October 2026, 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 featuring Data Architect in the job title.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Data Architecture | 54.2% | 453 |
| 2 | Data Modelling | 45.0% | 376 |
| 3 | Security Cleared | 37.4% | 313 |
| 4 | Data Governance | 32.5% | 272 |
| 5 | Azure | 32.4% | 271 |
| 6 | SC Cleared | 31.8% | 266 |
| 7 | Analytics | 28.0% | 234 |
| 8 | Migration | 25.0% | 209 |
| 9 | Data Quality | 22.8% | 191 |
| 10 | AWS | 22.4% | 187 |
| 11 | Metadata | 22.0% | 184 |
| 12 | Databricks | 21.2% | 177 |
| 13 | AI | 18.7% | 156 |
| 14 | Data Warehouse | 17.9% | 150 |
| 15 | Stakeholder Management | 17.5% | 146 |
| 16 | Data Lake | 16.0% | 134 |
| 17 | Integration Patterns | 15.9% | 133 |
| 18 | Stakeholder Engagement | 15.2% | 127 |
| 19 | Logical Data Model | 15.1% | 126 |
| 20 | Business Intelligence | 14.0% | 117 |
| 20 | SQL | 14.0% | 117 |
| 22 | ETL | 13.6% | 114 |
| 22 | Roadmaps | 13.6% | 114 |
| 24 | Lakehouse | 13.5% | 113 |
| 25 | Data Strategy | 13.0% | 109 |
| 26 | Data Integration | 12.9% | 108 |
| 27 | Microsoft | 12.3% | 103 |
| 28 | Enterprise Architecture | 11.8% | 99 |
| 29 | Metadata Management | 11.7% | 98 |
| 30 | Technical Leadership | 11.6% | 97 |
Data Architect Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solutions Architect | 9.6% | 80 |
| 2 | Enterprise Data Architect | 6.7% | 56 |
| 3 | Enterprise Architect | 6.0% | 50 |
| 4 | Azure Data Architect | 5.4% | 45 |
| 5 | Lead Data Architect | 4.4% | 37 |
| 6 | Senior Data Architect | 4.2% | 35 |
| 7 | AWS Data Architect | 3.8% | 32 |
| 7 | Platform Architect | 3.8% | 32 |
| 9 | Databricks Architect | 3.3% | 28 |
| 10 | Oracle Data Architect | 2.2% | 18 |
| 10 | Snowflake Architect | 2.2% | 18 |
| 12 | Artificial Intelligence Architect | 2.0% | 17 |
| 12 | Migration Architect | 2.0% | 17 |
| 14 | Cloud Architect | 1.8% | 15 |
| 14 | Data Migration Architect | 1.8% | 15 |
| 14 | GCP Data Architect | 1.8% | 15 |
| 17 | Data Engineer | 1.7% | 14 |
| 18 | Data Integration Architect | 1.4% | 12 |
| 19 | SAS Architect | 1.3% | 11 |
| 20 | Data Centre Architect | 1.2% | 10 |