Data Architect Contracts

Data Architect
UK

The median Data Architect daily rate in the UK is £685 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 219 282 255
Rank change year-on-year +63 -27 -37
Contract jobs requiring a Data Architect 469 579 989
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.08% 0.98% 1.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.17% 1.04% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 414 667
10th Percentile £500 £513 £525
25th Percentile £555 £600 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £685 £675 £688
Median % change year-on-year +1.48% -1.82% +14.58%
75th Percentile £775 £775 £763
90th Percentile £890 £850 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £675 £650 £625
% change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 0
10th Percentile £52.50 £46.35 -
25th Percentile £56.25 £61.50 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £66.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £66.00 -
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

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 40,246 55,892 84,695
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,216 39,044 59,517
10th Percentile £279 £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 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,676 1,569 2,074
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £64.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.16 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.11% +115.96% +2.74%

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Architect in the UK

Data Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Architect in the UK

Data Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Architect over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Architect in the UK

Data Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Architect.

Hourly rate trend for Data Architect in the UK

Data Architect
Top 16 Contract 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 6 May 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
England +52 420 £700 - 106
London +42 278 £700 - 53
Work from Home +55 168 £650 -3.70% 67
UK excluding London +60 141 £675 +3.85% 57
North of England +52 44 £700 +16.67% 16
Midlands +59 39 £590 +2.61% 8
West Midlands +43 31 £575 -4.17% 4
North West +48 30 £663 +10.42% 10
South West +11 28 £663 -6.85% 5
South East -1 18 £700 +7.69% 15
Yorkshire +25 15 £704 +17.33% 5
Scotland +39 12 £683 -9.00% 4
East of England +3 9 £850 +223.81% 4
East Midlands +24 8 £700 +21.74% 4
North East +19 3 £850 - 1
Wales +12 1 - - 5

Data Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, 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 Data Architect in the job title.

1 266 (56.72%) Data Modelling
2 207 (44.14%) Data Architecture
3 162 (34.54%) Data Governance
4 156 (33.26%) Azure
5 133 (28.36%) Data Warehouse
6 131 (27.93%) Data Strategy
7 118 (25.16%) Business Intelligence
8 103 (21.96%) Finance
9 101 (21.54%) Analytics
10 99 (21.11%) Security Cleared
11 98 (20.90%) Data Integration
12 94 (20.04%) Data Management
12 94 (20.04%) Public Sector
13 93 (19.83%) Social Skills
14 90 (19.19%) Data Quality
15 89 (18.98%) Metadata
16 85 (18.12%) Microsoft
17 84 (17.91%) NoSQL
18 82 (17.48%) AWS
19 81 (17.27%) ETL
20 80 (17.06%) Migration
20 80 (17.06%) SC Cleared
21 76 (16.20%) SQL
22 73 (15.57%) Power BI
22 73 (15.57%) Power Platform
23 62 (13.22%) Sparx
24 58 (12.37%) Databricks
25 57 (12.15%) Data Lake
26 56 (11.94%) Data Design
27 55 (11.73%) Agile

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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.35%) Apache Spark
3 9 (1.92%) Apache
4 5 (1.07%) SAS
5 2 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.43%) CMS
5 2 (0.43%) Confluence
5 2 (0.43%) GemFire
Applications
1 17 (3.62%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 44 (9.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 12 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.64%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.64%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.21%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.21%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 156 (33.26%) Azure
2 82 (17.48%) AWS
3 73 (15.57%) Power Platform
4 32 (6.82%) Snowflake
5 29 (6.18%) GCP
6 24 (5.12%) Azure Data Factory
7 20 (4.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 19 (4.05%) Microsoft Purview
9 16 (3.41%) Azure Stack
9 16 (3.41%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (3.20%) Amazon S3
11 12 (2.56%) Serverless
12 11 (2.35%) Amazon Kinesis
12 11 (2.35%) SaaS
13 10 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
13 10 (2.13%) OCI
14 9 (1.92%) dbt
15 7 (1.49%) PaaS
16 6 (1.28%) Amazon EMR
17 5 (1.07%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.43%) LAN
1 2 (0.43%) WAN
2 1 (0.21%) Firewall
2 1 (0.21%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (28.36%) Data Warehouse
2 89 (18.98%) Metadata
3 84 (17.91%) NoSQL
4 73 (15.57%) Power BI
5 57 (12.15%) Data Lake
6 48 (10.23%) Big Data
7 46 (9.81%) Data Vault
8 37 (7.89%) Metadata Repository
9 31 (6.61%) SQL Server
10 28 (5.97%) Tableau
11 22 (4.69%) Relational Database
12 17 (3.62%) Snowflake Schema
12 17 (3.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 16 (3.41%) OLAP
13 16 (3.41%) OLTP
14 15 (3.20%) PostgreSQL
15 14 (2.99%) BigQuery
15 14 (2.99%) Data Mining
16 13 (2.77%) RDBMS
17 11 (2.35%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 39 (8.32%) ERwin
2 13 (2.77%) ER Studio
3 7 (1.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 6 (1.28%) JIRA
5 4 (0.85%) Git
5 4 (0.85%) kappa
6 3 (0.64%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.43%) IntelliJ
7 2 (0.43%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.43%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.43%) Postman
8 1 (0.21%) Terragrunt
General
1 103 (21.96%) Finance
2 94 (20.04%) Public Sector
3 93 (19.83%) Social Skills
4 46 (9.81%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (8.96%) Manufacturing
6 40 (8.53%) Marketing
7 37 (7.89%) Telecoms
8 34 (7.25%) Electronics
9 30 (6.40%) Banking
10 18 (3.84%) Publishing
10 18 (3.84%) Retail
11 10 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.85%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.64%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.64%) Automotive
15 3 (0.64%) Law
15 3 (0.64%) Legal
15 3 (0.64%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (7.04%) JSON
2 22 (4.69%) XML
3 20 (4.26%) Kafka
4 19 (4.05%) REST
5 13 (2.77%) JSON Schema
6 7 (1.49%) PySpark
7 6 (1.28%) Apache Avro
8 5 (1.07%) Middleware
8 5 (1.07%) SOAP
8 5 (1.07%) YAML
9 3 (0.64%) GraphQL
9 3 (0.64%) Spring Boot
10 2 (0.43%) ADO
10 2 (0.43%) Apache NiFi
10 2 (0.43%) CSS
10 2 (0.43%) jQuery
10 2 (0.43%) Node.js
10 2 (0.43%) Spring
10 2 (0.43%) Swagger
10 2 (0.43%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 52 (11.09%) Reference Data
2 39 (8.32%) Data Structures
3 23 (4.90%) Data Protection Act
4 21 (4.48%) Management Information System
5 20 (4.26%) Product Ownership
6 18 (3.84%) Onboarding
7 14 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (2.77%) Wiki
9 11 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.71%) Data Centre
10 8 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.49%) Taxonomies
12 6 (1.28%) Distributed Computing
12 6 (1.28%) NHS
13 5 (1.07%) CMDB
13 5 (1.07%) Data Fabric
13 5 (1.07%) Freedom of Information
13 5 (1.07%) Freedom of Information Act
13 5 (1.07%) Industry 4.0
Processes & Methodologies
1 266 (56.72%) Data Modelling
2 207 (44.14%) Data Architecture
3 162 (34.54%) Data Governance
4 131 (27.93%) Data Strategy
5 118 (25.16%) Business Intelligence
6 101 (21.54%) Analytics
7 98 (20.90%) Data Integration
8 94 (20.04%) Data Management
9 81 (17.27%) ETL
10 80 (17.06%) Migration
11 56 (11.94%) Data Design
12 55 (11.73%) Agile
13 53 (11.30%) Data Migration
14 48 (10.23%) Roadmaps
15 46 (9.81%) Data Lineage
15 46 (9.81%) Problem-Solving
16 43 (9.17%) Data Protection
17 41 (8.74%) UML
18 40 (8.53%) Physical Data Model
19 38 (8.10%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 76 (16.20%) SQL
2 37 (7.89%) Python
3 13 (2.77%) Java
4 9 (1.92%) T-SQL
5 3 (0.64%) C#
5 3 (0.64%) Scala
6 2 (0.43%) Bicep
6 2 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.43%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.43%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.43%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.43%) R
6 2 (0.43%) U-SQL
7 1 (0.21%) VB
Qualifications
1 99 (21.11%) Security Cleared
2 80 (17.06%) SC Cleared
3 21 (4.48%) Degree
4 15 (3.20%) DV Cleared
5 11 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.64%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.64%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.43%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.21%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.21%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.21%) CITP
9 1 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (19.19%) Data Quality
2 38 (8.10%) GDPR
3 9 (1.92%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.85%) QA
5 3 (0.64%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.21%) HL7
System Software
1 3 (0.64%) Docker
2 1 (0.21%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.21%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 4 (0.85%) Terraform
2 3 (0.64%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.43%) Ambari
3 2 (0.43%) Ansible
3 2 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.43%) Oozie
Vendors
1 85 (18.12%) Microsoft
2 62 (13.22%) Sparx
3 58 (12.37%) Databricks
4 49 (10.45%) SAP
5 44 (9.38%) Oracle
6 30 (6.40%) Informatica
7 22 (4.69%) Google
8 20 (4.26%) ServiceNow
9 14 (2.99%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.49%) Talend
11 6 (1.28%) Remedy
12 5 (1.07%) Autodesk
13 3 (0.64%) Ab Initio
13 3 (0.64%) BiZZdesign
13 3 (0.64%) Brio
13 3 (0.64%) IBM
13 3 (0.64%) Teradata
14 2 (0.43%) Adobe
14 2 (0.43%) Nexthink
14 2 (0.43%) Omniture