Data Architect Contract Job Trends

Data Architect
UK

The median Data Architect daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 309 269 271
Rank change year-on-year -40 +2 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Data Architect 312 331 405
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.86% 0.90% 0.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% 0.97% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 217 301
10th Percentile £450 £485 £496
25th Percentile £513 £523 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £675
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -7.41% +3.85%
75th Percentile £698 £738 £738
90th Percentile £775 £799 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £624 £650
% change year-on-year -7.89% -3.96% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - £39.92
25th Percentile £81.50 - £45.64
Median hourly rate £83.00 £118.86 £51.06
Median % change year-on-year -30.17% +132.81% -27.06%
75th Percentile £84.50 - £72.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £83.00 - £61.53
% change year-on-year - - -12.10%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 32,848 33,983 42,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.99% 92.83% 93.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,819 20,547 28,844
10th Percentile £281 £300 £290
25th Percentile £401 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £648
90th Percentile £725 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,914 1,249 1,524
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.22 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.75 £19.11
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +48.33%
75th Percentile £56.49 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £74.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.79% +79.00%

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 job vacancy trend in the UK

Data Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

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 28 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Architect in the UK

Data Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

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 28 November 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
England -36 260 £613 -2.00% 78
London -31 146 £615 -1.60% 44
UK excluding London -5 115 £575 -7.89% 57
Work from Home +7 106 £620 +1.22% 29
North of England -42 36 £619 -0.88% 4
North West -11 28 £606 -3.00% 1
Midlands -5 27 £578 -3.87% 4
West Midlands -15 25 £578 -4.07% 4
Scotland +10 17 £500 -28.57% 2
South West +4 14 £613 -2.00% 10
South East -12 14 £581 -7.00% 31
East of England -12 8 £588 - 6
Yorkshire -44 8 £688 +4.17% 1
East Midlands -13 2 £501 +10.60%
Northern Ireland - 1 £975 -
Channel Islands - 1 £760 -

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

For the 6 months to 28 November 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 featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 188 (60.26%) Data Modelling
2 163 (52.24%) Data Architecture
3 122 (39.10%) Data Governance
4 118 (37.82%) Azure
5 88 (28.21%) AWS
6 84 (26.92%) Analytics
7 71 (22.76%) ETL
8 70 (22.44%) Data Warehouse
9 64 (20.51%) Metadata
10 61 (19.55%) Data Quality
10 61 (19.55%) Python
11 59 (18.91%) SQL
12 58 (18.59%) Power Platform
13 55 (17.63%) Business Intelligence
13 55 (17.63%) Data Strategy
14 51 (16.35%) Power BI
14 51 (16.35%) Security Cleared
15 50 (16.03%) Migration
16 49 (15.71%) AI
16 49 (15.71%) Data Integration
17 47 (15.06%) Microsoft
18 46 (14.74%) Databricks
18 46 (14.74%) Metadata Management
19 44 (14.10%) Roadmaps
20 41 (13.14%) SC Cleared
21 38 (12.18%) Data Lake
21 38 (12.18%) Data Pipeline
22 37 (11.86%) Azure Data Factory
22 37 (11.86%) Machine Learning
22 37 (11.86%) Problem-Solving

Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 11 (3.53%) Apache Spark
2 10 (3.21%) Apache
2 10 (3.21%) SAS
3 9 (2.88%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.64%) Luigi
5 1 (0.32%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.32%) Hyperledger
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 7 (2.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.60%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.64%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.32%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.32%) iTrent
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.32%) R3 Corda
5 1 (0.32%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.32%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.32%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 118 (37.82%) Azure
2 88 (28.21%) AWS
3 58 (18.59%) Power Platform
4 37 (11.86%) Azure Data Factory
5 36 (11.54%) GCP
6 31 (9.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 29 (9.29%) Snowflake
8 25 (8.01%) Serverless
9 22 (7.05%) Microsoft Purview
10 19 (6.09%) Amazon S3
11 14 (4.49%) AWS Lambda
11 14 (4.49%) dbt
12 12 (3.85%) AWS CloudFormation
13 11 (3.53%) Collibra
14 9 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (2.56%) Amazon Kinesis
16 7 (2.24%) SaaS
17 6 (1.92%) Amazon EMR
17 6 (1.92%) AWS Data Pipeline
18 5 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.64%) Hyperconnected
2 1 (0.32%) DWDM
2 1 (0.32%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (22.44%) Data Warehouse
2 64 (20.51%) Metadata
3 51 (16.35%) Power BI
4 38 (12.18%) Data Lake
5 25 (8.01%) PostgreSQL
6 24 (7.69%) Amazon Redshift
7 18 (5.77%) Data Vault
8 16 (5.13%) Big Data
9 15 (4.81%) NoSQL
9 15 (4.81%) SQL Server
10 14 (4.49%) BigQuery
11 13 (4.17%) Amazon Athena
12 12 (3.85%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (3.85%) Relational Database
13 8 (2.56%) Delta Lake
13 8 (2.56%) Metadata Repository
13 8 (2.56%) Oracle Database
14 7 (2.24%) Hadoop
14 7 (2.24%) Spark SQL
14 7 (2.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (5.77%) ERwin
2 6 (1.92%) Git
3 5 (1.60%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.28%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.64%) GCC
5 2 (0.64%) JIRA
6 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.32%) MLflow
6 1 (0.32%) Postman
6 1 (0.32%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 89 (28.53%) Social Skills
2 67 (21.47%) Finance
3 51 (16.35%) Public Sector
4 28 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (3.85%) Banking
6 10 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (1.92%) Legal
7 6 (1.92%) Retail
8 5 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (1.60%) Local Government
8 5 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.60%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.28%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.28%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (0.96%) Automotive
10 3 (0.96%) Back Office
10 3 (0.96%) Corporate Banking
10 3 (0.96%) Marketing
11 2 (0.64%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.41%) PySpark
2 10 (3.21%) Kafka
3 4 (1.28%) SOAP
4 3 (0.96%) .NET
4 3 (0.96%) AWS CDK
4 3 (0.96%) JSON
4 3 (0.96%) Node.js
4 3 (0.96%) REST
4 3 (0.96%) XML
5 2 (0.64%) Apache NiFi
5 2 (0.64%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.32%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.32%) ADO
6 1 (0.32%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.32%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 32 (10.26%) Cloud Native
2 22 (7.05%) Data Structures
3 11 (3.53%) NHS
4 10 (3.21%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (3.21%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (3.21%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (2.56%) Reference Data
6 7 (2.24%) Low-Code
7 6 (1.92%) Data Fabric
7 6 (1.92%) FMCG
8 5 (1.60%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.60%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.60%) Taxonomies
9 4 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.28%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.28%) Pricing Data
9 4 (1.28%) Reinsurance
10 3 (0.96%) Distributed Computing
11 2 (0.64%) AI Agents
11 2 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (60.26%) Data Modelling
2 163 (52.24%) Data Architecture
3 122 (39.10%) Data Governance
4 84 (26.92%) Analytics
5 71 (22.76%) ETL
6 55 (17.63%) Business Intelligence
6 55 (17.63%) Data Strategy
7 50 (16.03%) Migration
8 49 (15.71%) AI
8 49 (15.71%) Data Integration
9 46 (14.74%) Metadata Management
10 44 (14.10%) Roadmaps
11 38 (12.18%) Data Pipeline
12 37 (11.86%) Machine Learning
12 37 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
13 35 (11.22%) Data Engineering
13 35 (11.22%) Stakeholder Management
14 33 (10.58%) Physical Data Model
15 32 (10.26%) CI/CD
16 31 (9.94%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 61 (19.55%) Python
2 59 (18.91%) SQL
3 16 (5.13%) Java
4 6 (1.92%) PL/SQL
5 4 (1.28%) C
5 4 (1.28%) C++
5 4 (1.28%) Perl
6 3 (0.96%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.96%) SPARQL
6 3 (0.96%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.64%) Korn
7 2 (0.64%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.64%) Scala
8 1 (0.32%) Bash
8 1 (0.32%) C#
8 1 (0.32%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 51 (16.35%) Security Cleared
2 41 (13.14%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.49%) Degree
4 11 (3.53%) AWS Certification
5 10 (3.21%) Azure Certification
6 8 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.28%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.28%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.64%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.32%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.32%) MCP
10 1 (0.32%) MySQL Certification
10 1 (0.32%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.32%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.32%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (19.55%) Data Quality
2 33 (10.58%) GDPR
3 8 (2.56%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 4 (1.28%) HIPAA
5 4 (1.28%) QA
6 3 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.64%) CRD IV
7 2 (0.64%) FINREP
7 2 (0.64%) IFRS
8 1 (0.32%) GMP
8 1 (0.32%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.32%) GxP
8 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.32%) NCSC
8 1 (0.32%) NIST
8 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (0.32%) Docker
1 1 (0.32%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 23 (7.37%) Terraform
2 5 (1.60%) Ansible
3 3 (0.96%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.32%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 47 (15.06%) Microsoft
2 46 (14.74%) Databricks
3 21 (6.73%) Oracle
4 16 (5.13%) Informatica
5 14 (4.49%) Google
5 14 (4.49%) SAP
6 11 (3.53%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.92%) Sparx
8 5 (1.60%) Greenplum
9 4 (1.28%) Dynatrace
9 4 (1.28%) Hitachi
9 4 (1.28%) MicroStrategy
9 4 (1.28%) Palantir
9 4 (1.28%) Pega
9 4 (1.28%) Remedy
9 4 (1.28%) Talend
10 3 (0.96%) Workday
11 2 (0.64%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.64%) SimCorp
11 2 (0.64%) Virgin Media