Data Architect Contract Job Trends
Data Architect
UK
The median Data Architect daily rate in the UK is £626, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 196 | 287 | 283 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +91 | -4 | +6 |
| Contract Data Architect jobs | 836 | 319 | 302 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 1.52% | 0.93% | 0.82% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.66% | 1.03% | 0.89% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 603 | 220 | 204 |
| 10th Percentile | £463 | £450 | £488 |
| 25th Percentile | £538 | £513 | £523 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £626 | £600 | £625 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.33% | -4.00% | -6.72% |
| 75th Percentile | £688 | £700 | £728 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £800 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £625 | £575 | £625 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.70% | -8.00% | -3.85% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 17 | 2 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £43.21 | £56.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £32.87 | £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 | £89.43 |
| 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 adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 30 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title | 50,230 | 31,108 | 34,105 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 91.63% | 90.89% | 92.92% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 29,568 | 19,684 | 20,575 |
| 10th Percentile | £329 | £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 | £620 | £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 | 4,226 | 1,734 | 1,305 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.22 | £13.85 | £15.08 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £17.31 | £20.30 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.00 | £25.15 | £38.27 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +59.05% | -34.28% | -14.96% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.96 | £50.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £81.25 | £69.10 | £73.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £25.00 | £37.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +60.00% | -33.33% | -15.73% |
Data Architect Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Data Architect job postings 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 Data Architect jobs over the 6 months to 30 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 for Data Architect jobs over the 6 months to 30 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 Data Architect jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +67 | 682 | £625 | +4.17% | 83 |
| London | +48 | 361 | £625 | +4.17% | 41 |
| UK excluding London | +62 | 323 | £625 | +8.70% | 58 |
| Work from Home | +52 | 243 | £638 | +2.00% | 43 |
| Midlands | +22 | 108 | £644 | +10.70% | 8 |
| West Midlands | +10 | 83 | £653 | +12.39% | 8 |
| North of England | -24 | 69 | £650 | +4.00% | 7 |
| South East | -31 | 46 | £625 | - | 18 |
| South West | +9 | 41 | £650 | +6.12% | 12 |
| Yorkshire | -11 | 40 | £675 | +10.20% | 2 |
| East of England | 0 | 28 | £488 | -17.02% | 4 |
| Scotland | -12 | 27 | £513 | +7.89% | 7 |
| East Midlands | +2 | 25 | £600 | - | |
| North West | -49 | 19 | £600 | -4.00% | 1 |
| North East | - | 10 | £650 | - | 4 |
| Wales | - | 4 | £475 | - | 2 |
Data Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 October 2026, Data Architect contract job ads cited 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 Data Architect job ads.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Data Architecture | 56.0% | 468 |
| 2 | Data Modelling | 46.4% | 388 |
| 3 | Security Cleared | 37.3% | 312 |
| 4 | Data Governance | 34.4% | 288 |
| 5 | Azure | 32.8% | 274 |
| 6 | SC Cleared | 31.7% | 265 |
| 7 | Analytics | 28.6% | 239 |
| 8 | Migration | 25.1% | 210 |
| 9 | Data Quality | 24.0% | 201 |
| 10 | Metadata | 22.7% | 190 |
| 11 | AWS | 22.6% | 189 |
| 12 | Databricks | 21.8% | 182 |
| 13 | AI | 18.9% | 158 |
| 14 | Data Warehouse | 18.4% | 154 |
| 15 | Stakeholder Management | 17.8% | 149 |
| 16 | Data Lake | 16.3% | 136 |
| 17 | Integration Patterns | 16.0% | 134 |
| 18 | Stakeholder Engagement | 15.8% | 132 |
| 19 | Logical Data Model | 15.4% | 129 |
| 20 | Business Intelligence | 14.5% | 121 |
| 21 | Roadmaps | 14.2% | 119 |
| 22 | SQL | 14.1% | 118 |
| 23 | ETL | 14.0% | 117 |
| 24 | Lakehouse | 13.9% | 116 |
| 25 | Data Integration | 13.6% | 114 |
| 26 | Data Strategy | 13.4% | 112 |
| 27 | Microsoft | 12.8% | 107 |
| 28 | Enterprise Architecture | 12.1% | 101 |
| 28 | Metadata Management | 12.1% | 101 |
| 30 | Technical Leadership | 11.7% | 98 |
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 | 9.1% | 76 |
| 2 | Enterprise Data Architect | 6.8% | 57 |
| 3 | Enterprise Architect | 6.1% | 51 |
| 4 | Azure Data Architect | 5.5% | 46 |
| 5 | Lead Data Architect | 4.4% | 37 |
| 6 | Senior Data Architect | 4.2% | 35 |
| 7 | AWS Data Architect | 3.8% | 32 |
| 8 | Databricks Architect | 3.5% | 29 |
| 8 | Platform Architect | 3.5% | 29 |
| 10 | Artificial Intelligence Architect | 2.2% | 18 |
| 10 | Snowflake Architect | 2.2% | 18 |
| 12 | Oracle Data Architect | 2.0% | 17 |
| 13 | Data Engineer | 1.8% | 15 |
| 13 | GCP Data Architect | 1.8% | 15 |
| 13 | Migration Architect | 1.8% | 15 |
| 16 | Data Migration Architect | 1.6% | 13 |
| 17 | Cloud Architect | 1.4% | 12 |
| 18 | Data Integration Architect | 1.3% | 11 |
| 18 | SAS Architect | 1.3% | 11 |
| 20 | Data Centre Architect | 1.2% | 10 |