Data Architecture Contracts

Data Architecture
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Data Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Architecture over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 233 258 242
Rank change year-on-year +25 -16 -23
Contract jobs citing Data Architecture 453 618 1,029
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.04% 1.03% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 1.14% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 316 440 718
10th Percentile £444 £462 £475
25th Percentile £513 £525 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £675 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £788 £750 £750
90th Percentile £919 £801 £815
UK excluding London median daily rate £570 £550 £625
% change year-on-year +3.64% -12.00% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 2
10th Percentile - £31.25 £88.49
25th Percentile £22.33 £35.00 £88.89
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.50 £89.56
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% -60.36% +241.18%
75th Percentile £37.80 £36.75 £90.23
90th Percentile £46.18 £51.20 £90.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.65 £36.13 £88.22
% change year-on-year -31.76% -59.05% +236.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,653 53,977 80,244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.28% 89.91% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,313 37,392 56,301
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,429 1,779 1,937
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.54 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.98 £35.90 £20.00
% change year-on-year +0.21% +79.50% -8.09%

Data Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Architecture in the UK

Data Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Architecture in the UK

Data Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Architecture over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Architecture in the UK

Data Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Architecture in the UK

Data Architecture
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Architecture over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Architecture in the UK

Data Architecture
Top 18 Contract 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 25 April 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 +30 405 £650 -3.70% 164
London +10 245 £700 - 94
UK excluding London +76 166 £570 +3.64% 75
Work from Home +23 161 £613 -9.26% 79
North of England +46 55 £600 +14.29% 14
Midlands +53 40 £600 +9.09% 14
North West +32 36 £543 +2.12% 9
West Midlands +52 32 £600 +9.09% 6
South East +1 30 £475 -26.92% 17
South West +23 26 £550 -18.52% 12
Yorkshire +23 18 £700 +42.86% 5
Scotland +29 15 £575 +17.95% 6
East Midlands +21 8 £675 +28.57% 8
North East +24 6 £750 +42.86% 1
East of England -4 4 £638 +96.15% 9
Northern Ireland - 3 £500 - 1
Wales +12 1 - - 7
Isle of Man - 1 £475 -

Data Architecture
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 22 (4.86%) Apache
2 18 (3.97%) SharePoint
3 15 (3.31%) Apache Airflow
3 15 (3.31%) Apache Spark
4 13 (2.87%) SAS
5 3 (0.66%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.22%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.22%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.22%) CMS
7 1 (0.22%) Confluence
7 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (3.53%) MS Visio
2 10 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.22%) Gliffy
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 34 (7.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 13 (2.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.66%) Primavera
4 3 (0.66%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.66%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.66%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.66%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.44%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.22%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.22%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.22%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.22%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.22%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 127 (28.04%) Azure
2 61 (13.47%) AWS
3 60 (13.25%) Power Platform
4 34 (7.51%) GCP
5 24 (5.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 23 (5.08%) Snowflake
7 21 (4.64%) Azure Data Factory
8 18 (3.97%) dbt
8 18 (3.97%) Dynamics 365
8 18 (3.97%) SaaS
9 12 (2.65%) Microsoft Purview
10 11 (2.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 11 (2.43%) Azure Stack
10 11 (2.43%) Power Automate
11 10 (2.21%) PaaS
12 9 (1.99%) Serverless
13 8 (1.77%) Collibra
13 8 (1.77%) IaaS
14 7 (1.55%) PowerApps
15 6 (1.32%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.10%) Firewall
2 1 (0.22%) IPsec
2 1 (0.22%) Kerberos
2 1 (0.22%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (21.19%) Metadata
2 86 (18.98%) Data Warehouse
3 65 (14.35%) NoSQL
4 58 (12.80%) Power BI
5 47 (10.38%) Data Lake
6 43 (9.49%) Big Data
6 43 (9.49%) Data Vault
7 37 (8.17%) Metadata Repository
8 35 (7.73%) SQL Server
9 18 (3.97%) PostgreSQL
10 17 (3.75%) Relational Database
11 16 (3.53%) Amazon Athena
12 15 (3.31%) Qlik Sense
13 13 (2.87%) Apache Arrow
13 13 (2.87%) Apache Ignite
13 13 (2.87%) Dremio
13 13 (2.87%) Tableau
14 12 (2.65%) Snowflake Schema
14 12 (2.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 10 (2.21%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 16 (3.53%) ERwin
2 7 (1.55%) JIRA
2 7 (1.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 5 (1.10%) Git
4 4 (0.88%) kappa
5 3 (0.66%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.44%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.22%) Toad
7 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 121 (26.71%) Social Skills
2 108 (23.84%) Finance
3 78 (17.22%) Public Sector
4 69 (15.23%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (9.71%) Marketing
6 33 (7.28%) Manufacturing
7 32 (7.06%) Telecoms
8 31 (6.84%) Electronics
9 29 (6.40%) Banking
10 22 (4.86%) Retail
11 19 (4.19%) Presentation Skills
12 17 (3.75%) Influencing Skills
12 17 (3.75%) Investment Banking
13 16 (3.53%) Publishing
14 14 (3.09%) Pharmaceutical
15 13 (2.87%) Front Office
15 13 (2.87%) German Language
16 5 (1.10%) Legal
17 4 (0.88%) Back Office
18 3 (0.66%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 276 (60.93%) Architect
2 211 (46.58%) Data Architect
3 36 (7.95%) Enterprise Architect
3 36 (7.95%) Solutions Architect
4 35 (7.73%) Lead
5 31 (6.84%) Developer
5 31 (6.84%) Senior
6 30 (6.62%) Analyst
7 28 (6.18%) Azure Architect
8 25 (5.52%) Chief Architect
8 25 (5.52%) Chief Data Architect
8 25 (5.52%) Enterprise Data Architect
9 24 (5.30%) Data Analyst
10 20 (4.42%) Azure Data Architect
10 20 (4.42%) Data Engineer
11 16 (3.53%) Data Modeller
11 16 (3.53%) Senior Architect
12 13 (2.87%) Data Manager
13 11 (2.43%) Software Engineer
13 11 (2.43%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.64%) JSON
2 19 (4.19%) XML
3 18 (3.97%) REST
4 14 (3.09%) Pandas
5 13 (2.87%) gRPC
5 13 (2.87%) NumPy
5 13 (2.87%) Protocol Buffers
5 13 (2.87%) SciPy
6 10 (2.21%) SOAP
7 7 (1.55%) AngularJS
7 7 (1.55%) CSS
7 7 (1.55%) HTML
7 7 (1.55%) Kafka
7 7 (1.55%) Node.js
8 6 (1.32%) JSON Schema
8 6 (1.32%) PySpark
9 5 (1.10%) .NET
10 3 (0.66%) Apache Avro
10 3 (0.66%) Middleware
10 3 (0.66%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (12.58%) Reference Data
2 37 (8.17%) Data Structures
3 28 (6.18%) Product Ownership
4 27 (5.96%) Management Information System
5 17 (3.75%) Onboarding
6 15 (3.31%) Data Protection Act
7 11 (2.43%) Wiki
8 9 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.55%) Enterprise Cloud
9 7 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.32%) Data Fabric
10 6 (1.32%) Derivative
10 6 (1.32%) Distributed Computing
10 6 (1.32%) Equities
10 6 (1.32%) Fixed Income
10 6 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.32%) Hedge funds
10 6 (1.32%) Industry 4.0
11 5 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.10%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.99%) Unix
2 8 (1.77%) Linux
3 4 (0.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (52.54%) Data Modelling
2 156 (34.44%) Data Governance
3 122 (26.93%) Analytics
4 119 (26.27%) Business Intelligence
5 111 (24.50%) Data Management
6 106 (23.40%) Data Strategy
7 101 (22.30%) Data Integration
8 87 (19.21%) Agile
9 84 (18.54%) ETL
10 73 (16.11%) Migration
11 71 (15.67%) Problem-Solving
12 59 (13.02%) Data Design
13 55 (12.14%) Roadmaps
14 53 (11.70%) Data Analysis
15 46 (10.15%) Data Lineage
16 45 (9.93%) Data Migration
16 45 (9.93%) UML
17 41 (9.05%) Project Delivery
18 40 (8.83%) Enterprise Architecture
19 36 (7.95%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 106 (23.40%) SQL
2 77 (17.00%) Python
3 22 (4.86%) Scala
4 21 (4.64%) JavaScript
5 20 (4.42%) Java
6 15 (3.31%) TypeScript
7 11 (2.43%) R
7 11 (2.43%) T-SQL
8 9 (1.99%) Ruby
9 7 (1.55%) PL/SQL
10 6 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.66%) C#
12 2 (0.44%) LookML
12 2 (0.44%) XPath
13 1 (0.22%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.22%) Perl
13 1 (0.22%) PHP
13 1 (0.22%) VBA
Qualifications
1 80 (17.66%) Security Cleared
2 68 (15.01%) SC Cleared
3 40 (8.83%) Degree
4 11 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.99%) Azure Certification
5 9 (1.99%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.32%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.88%) CIMA
9 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.22%) ACCA
10 1 (0.22%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.22%) CISM
10 1 (0.22%) CISSP
10 1 (0.22%) PhD
10 1 (0.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (22.30%) Data Quality
2 25 (5.52%) GDPR
3 13 (2.87%) QA
4 8 (1.77%) PMO
5 6 (1.32%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.88%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.22%) CDISC
7 1 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.22%) GRC
7 1 (0.22%) GxP
7 1 (0.22%) HL7
7 1 (0.22%) IFRS
7 1 (0.22%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.44%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.44%) Docker
3 1 (0.22%) Apache Flume
3 1 (0.22%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 3 (0.66%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (0.44%) Terraform
2 2 (0.44%) TIBCO Hawk
3 1 (0.22%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 78 (17.22%) Microsoft
2 62 (13.69%) SAP
3 53 (11.70%) Sparx
4 45 (9.93%) Databricks
5 38 (8.39%) Informatica
6 32 (7.06%) Oracle
7 22 (4.86%) ServiceNow
8 13 (2.87%) Google
9 11 (2.43%) IBM
10 7 (1.55%) Alteryx
10 7 (1.55%) Dataiku
10 7 (1.55%) Trillium
11 6 (1.32%) Remedy
12 5 (1.10%) Autodesk
12 5 (1.10%) IFS
12 5 (1.10%) Talend
13 4 (0.88%) BiZZdesign
13 4 (0.88%) Salesforce
14 3 (0.66%) Ab Initio
14 3 (0.66%) ESRI