Data Architecture Contract Job Trends

Data Architecture
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Data Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 219 247
Rank change year-on-year +70 +28 -5
Contract jobs citing Data Architecture 1,061 414 375
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.95% 1.25% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.30% 1.38% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 712 264 259
10th Percentile £438 £431 £463
25th Percentile £500 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £613
Median % change year-on-year - -2.04% -5.77%
75th Percentile £675 £691 £738
90th Percentile £775 £796 £799
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £544 £550
% change year-on-year +5.80% -1.18% -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 3 7
10th Percentile £32.87 £47.17 £25.44
25th Percentile £51.06 £59.48 £26.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £80.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +196.30% -36.28%
75th Percentile - £83.75 £97.50
90th Percentile £77.13 £86.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £59.48 £26.50
% change year-on-year +17.69% +124.45% +26.19%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Data Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,102 30,004 32,672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.59% 90.46% 86.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,718 18,629 19,703
10th Percentile £325 £294 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,326 1,885 1,303
10th Percentile £13.58 £14.33 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -8.31%
75th Percentile £65.00 £43.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.52 £65.00 £73.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £22.27 £41.25
% change year-on-year +68.43% -46.02% -2.94%

Data Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Data Architecture job vacancy trend in the UK

Data Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Architecture

Data Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Architecture over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Architecture in the UK

Data Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Architecture.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Architecture

Data Architecture
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Architecture over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Architecture in the UK

Data Architecture
Top 17 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 Architecture within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 +75 917 £600 - 1,167
London +35 531 £600 - 761
UK excluding London +70 386 £575 +5.80% 495
Work from Home +51 317 £600 - 484
North of England +17 115 £525 +1.20% 128
Midlands +3 78 £626 +4.38% 80
South East -1 76 £581 -7.00% 93
North West -7 58 £525 +1.20% 77
South West +8 55 £593 +7.73% 57
West Midlands -22 49 £626 +4.25% 59
Yorkshire -1 45 £538 +2.38% 34
Scotland -15 38 £470 -1.05% 83
East Midlands +3 27 £569 +28.79% 21
East of England -12 27 £652 +30.38% 29
North East - 12 £520 - 17
Channel Islands -5 1 £625 -17.76%
Wales -11 1 £475 -24.00% 11

Data Architecture
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 54 (5.09%) Apache Airflow
2 52 (4.90%) Apache Spark
3 40 (3.77%) Apache
4 12 (1.13%) SAS
5 10 (0.94%) Confluence
6 6 (0.57%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.28%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.28%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.19%) Appian
8 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.19%) PowerExchange
9 1 (0.094%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.094%) Camunda
9 1 (0.094%) CIMPLICITY
9 1 (0.094%) FactoryTalk
9 1 (0.094%) JBoss
9 1 (0.094%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.094%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.094%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.094%) Predix
Applications
1 15 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.19%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.094%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.094%) Gliffy
3 1 (0.094%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (1.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 12 (1.13%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.38%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.28%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.28%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.19%) Cerner Millennium
6 2 (0.19%) Endur
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.094%) Maximo
7 1 (0.094%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.094%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.094%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.094%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.094%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.094%) Oracle Utilities
7 1 (0.094%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.094%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 423 (39.87%) Azure
2 283 (26.67%) AWS
3 164 (15.46%) GCP
4 137 (12.91%) Power Platform
5 129 (12.16%) Snowflake
6 106 (9.99%) Azure Data Factory
7 74 (6.97%) dbt
8 66 (6.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 47 (4.43%) Serverless
10 46 (4.34%) Amazon S3
11 39 (3.68%) Microsoft Purview
12 37 (3.49%) AWS Lambda
12 37 (3.49%) Azure Databricks
13 34 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
13 34 (3.20%) GitHub
14 30 (2.83%) SaaS
15 20 (1.89%) Collibra
16 19 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
17 17 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
18 14 (1.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.38%) Broadband
1 4 (0.38%) MQTT
2 3 (0.28%) Network Security
3 2 (0.19%) DSL
4 1 (0.094%) FIX Connectivity
4 1 (0.094%) LTE
4 1 (0.094%) OpenFlow
4 1 (0.094%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.094%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 256 (24.13%) Metadata
2 206 (19.42%) Data Warehouse
3 168 (15.83%) Data Lake
4 125 (11.78%) Power BI
5 54 (5.09%) Delta Lake
5 54 (5.09%) NoSQL
6 46 (4.34%) BigQuery
7 45 (4.24%) Amazon Redshift
8 33 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
9 32 (3.02%) SQL Server
10 31 (2.92%) Tableau
11 28 (2.64%) Data Vault
12 27 (2.54%) Big Data
13 24 (2.26%) Amazon Athena
14 22 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
14 22 (2.07%) Relational Database
14 22 (2.07%) Semantic Layer
15 19 (1.79%) Snowflake Schema
16 18 (1.70%) Star Schema
17 17 (1.60%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 56 (5.28%) Git
2 22 (2.07%) JIRA
3 20 (1.89%) ERwin
4 12 (1.13%) ER Studio
5 11 (1.04%) Jenkins
5 11 (1.04%) MLflow
6 10 (0.94%) GitLab
7 4 (0.38%) Selenium
8 2 (0.19%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.19%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.094%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.094%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.094%) RStudio
9 1 (0.094%) Toad
General
1 358 (33.74%) Social Skills
2 280 (26.39%) Finance
3 157 (14.80%) Public Sector
4 150 (14.14%) Analytical Skills
5 129 (12.16%) Banking
6 53 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
7 28 (2.64%) Retail
8 26 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
9 20 (1.89%) Marketing
10 19 (1.79%) Manufacturing
11 18 (1.70%) Front Office
11 18 (1.70%) Legal
12 16 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (1.41%) Investment Banking
14 14 (1.32%) Local Government
14 14 (1.32%) Military
15 11 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (0.94%) Billing
17 9 (0.85%) Retail Banking
18 8 (0.75%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 629 (59.28%) Architect
2 439 (41.38%) Data Architect
3 146 (13.76%) Data Engineer
4 127 (11.97%) Solutions Architect
5 126 (11.88%) Lead
6 89 (8.39%) Senior
7 56 (5.28%) Enterprise Architect
8 48 (4.52%) Analyst
9 45 (4.24%) Consultant
10 39 (3.68%) Lead Architect
11 33 (3.11%) Azure Architect
12 31 (2.92%) Senior Architect
12 31 (2.92%) Senior Data Engineer
13 29 (2.73%) Azure Data Architect
13 29 (2.73%) Data Consultant
14 28 (2.64%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
15 27 (2.54%) Enterprise Data Architect
16 26 (2.45%) Databricks Architect
17 25 (2.36%) Azure Data Engineer
17 25 (2.36%) Senior Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (6.31%) Terraform
2 58 (5.47%) Kafka
3 55 (5.18%) PySpark
4 31 (2.92%) REST
5 18 (1.70%) Middleware
6 16 (1.51%) JSON
7 15 (1.41%) React
8 13 (1.23%) .NET
8 13 (1.23%) SOAP
9 12 (1.13%) LangChain
10 10 (0.94%) FastAPI
10 10 (0.94%) Lightning Web Components
10 10 (0.94%) YAML
11 9 (0.85%) Node.js
12 8 (0.75%) Apache NiFi
12 8 (0.75%) FHIR
12 8 (0.75%) RESTful
13 7 (0.66%) LangGraph
13 7 (0.66%) pydantic
13 7 (0.66%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 111 (10.46%) Data Structures
2 105 (9.90%) Cloud Native
3 79 (7.45%) Product Ownership
4 47 (4.43%) AI Agents
5 46 (4.34%) Legacy Systems
6 43 (4.05%) Onboarding
7 35 (3.30%) Reference Data
8 33 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
9 31 (2.92%) Taxonomies
10 27 (2.54%) Management Information System
11 25 (2.36%) Data Fabric
12 20 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
13 19 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
14 17 (1.60%) Replication
15 15 (1.41%) Reinsurance
16 13 (1.23%) NHS
17 12 (1.13%) IVR
18 10 (0.94%) CMDB
18 10 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
18 10 (0.94%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.28%) Unix
2 1 (0.094%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 553 (52.12%) Data Modelling
2 401 (37.79%) Data Governance
3 399 (37.61%) Analytics
4 327 (30.82%) AI
5 295 (27.80%) Stakeholder Management
6 257 (24.22%) Data Pipeline
7 244 (23.00%) Roadmaps
8 241 (22.71%) ETL
9 233 (21.96%) Data Engineering
10 227 (21.39%) Migration
11 211 (19.89%) CI/CD
12 205 (19.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 201 (18.94%) Agile
14 194 (18.28%) Data Integration
15 177 (16.68%) Business Intelligence
16 174 (16.40%) Technical Leadership
17 168 (15.83%) Integration Patterns
18 166 (15.65%) DevOps
19 153 (14.42%) Logical Data Model
20 152 (14.33%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 337 (31.76%) SQL
2 219 (20.64%) Python
3 42 (3.96%) Java
4 18 (1.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 17 (1.60%) Scala
6 11 (1.04%) R
7 10 (0.94%) Apex Code
8 6 (0.57%) JavaScript
8 6 (0.57%) Perl
8 6 (0.57%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.47%) Cypher
9 5 (0.47%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.47%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.38%) Bash
10 4 (0.38%) Bicep
11 3 (0.28%) C++
11 3 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.28%) SHACL
11 3 (0.28%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.28%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 230 (21.68%) Security Cleared
2 181 (17.06%) SC Cleared
3 36 (3.39%) Degree
4 34 (3.20%) BPSS Clearance
5 29 (2.73%) Azure Certification
5 29 (2.73%) DV Cleared
6 28 (2.64%) AWS Certification
7 17 (1.60%) TOGAF Certification
8 14 (1.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (0.57%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.57%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.28%) CISSP
14 2 (0.19%) CISA
14 2 (0.19%) Cisco Certification
15 1 (0.094%) CEH
15 1 (0.094%) CIMA
15 1 (0.094%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 355 (33.46%) Data Quality
2 59 (5.56%) GDPR
3 31 (2.92%) QA
4 21 (1.98%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.13%) Solvency II
6 9 (0.85%) IFRS
7 7 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.57%) IFRS 17
8 6 (0.57%) NCSC
9 5 (0.47%) SNOMED CT
10 4 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
10 4 (0.38%) GRC
10 4 (0.38%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 4 (0.38%) NIST
11 3 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.28%) ISO 19650
12 2 (0.19%) MiFID
12 2 (0.19%) PMO
12 2 (0.19%) SEPA
System Software
1 34 (3.20%) Docker
2 4 (0.38%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.094%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 31 (2.92%) Kubernetes
2 10 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (0.66%) Ansible
3 7 (0.66%) Grafana
4 4 (0.38%) Argo
4 4 (0.38%) Istio
5 3 (0.28%) MOM
5 3 (0.28%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.094%) Control-M
7 1 (0.094%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.094%) linkerd
7 1 (0.094%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 243 (22.90%) Databricks
2 163 (15.36%) Microsoft
3 68 (6.41%) Oracle
4 65 (6.13%) Google
5 41 (3.86%) SAP
6 35 (3.30%) Salesforce
7 28 (2.64%) Informatica
8 18 (1.70%) ServiceNow
9 14 (1.32%) Sparx
9 14 (1.32%) Workday
10 12 (1.13%) Talend
11 11 (1.04%) Denodo
11 11 (1.04%) OpenAI
12 9 (0.85%) Foundry
13 8 (0.75%) Adobe
13 8 (0.75%) IFS
13 8 (0.75%) Teradata
14 7 (0.66%) Cerner
15 6 (0.57%) IBM
15 6 (0.57%) MuleSoft