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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 238 268 249
Rank change year-on-year +30 -19 -26
Contract jobs citing Data Architecture 420 563 1,015
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.99% 0.98% 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 1.10% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 296 395 694
10th Percentile £429 £463 £488
25th Percentile £516 £525 £559
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 £925 £825 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £600 £650
% change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 2
10th Percentile - £34.63 £88.49
25th Percentile £22.33 £35.00 £88.89
Median hourly rate £29.83 £35.25 £89.56
Median % change year-on-year -15.39% -60.64% +241.18%
75th Percentile £35.00 £36.63 £90.23
90th Percentile - £59.37 £90.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.65 £35.63 £88.22
% change year-on-year -30.81% -59.62% +232.91%

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 36,622 51,397 80,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.09% 89.76% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,613 35,611 56,174
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £439 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,690 1,913
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.77 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.54%

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 20 May 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 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Architecture in the UK

Data Architecture
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 Architecture within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 +28 376 £650 -3.70% 188
London +21 231 £700 - 117
UK excluding London +45 148 £575 -4.17% 118
Work from Home +19 143 £650 -3.70% 83
North of England +46 50 £525 +0.48% 14
North West +36 37 £500 -4.76% 10
Midlands +35 32 £663 +17.78% 15
South West +4 27 £550 -15.38% 17
West Midlands +40 26 £675 +22.73% 14
South East +4 26 £475 -28.30% 34
Scotland +47 14 £588 -9.58% 12
Yorkshire +14 13 £725 +40.73% 1
East Midlands +15 6 £588 +2.17% 1
East of England +1 6 £750 +185.71% 9
North East - 4 £750 - 3
Wales +15 1 - - 10

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 17 (4.05%) Apache
2 15 (3.57%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.86%) SAS
4 10 (2.38%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (2.38%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.71%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.24%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.24%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.24%) CMS
7 1 (0.24%) Confluence
7 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (3.81%) MS Visio
2 10 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.24%) Gliffy
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 29 (6.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 13 (3.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.71%) Primavera
4 3 (0.71%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.48%) BusinessWorks
5 2 (0.48%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.48%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.24%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.24%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.24%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.24%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.24%) Shopify
6 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 128 (30.48%) Azure
2 63 (15.00%) Power Platform
3 59 (14.05%) AWS
4 26 (6.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 25 (5.95%) GCP
6 24 (5.71%) Azure Data Factory
7 19 (4.52%) SaaS
7 19 (4.52%) Snowflake
8 18 (4.29%) Dynamics 365
9 15 (3.57%) dbt
10 12 (2.86%) Microsoft Purview
11 11 (2.62%) Azure Stack
12 10 (2.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 10 (2.38%) Collibra
12 10 (2.38%) PaaS
12 10 (2.38%) Power Automate
13 9 (2.14%) Serverless
14 8 (1.90%) IaaS
15 6 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
15 6 (1.43%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.19%) Firewall
2 1 (0.24%) IPsec
2 1 (0.24%) Kerberos
2 1 (0.24%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (21.19%) Metadata
2 83 (19.76%) Data Warehouse
3 62 (14.76%) NoSQL
4 61 (14.52%) Power BI
5 53 (12.62%) Data Lake
6 44 (10.48%) Data Vault
7 39 (9.29%) SQL Server
8 38 (9.05%) Metadata Repository
9 36 (8.57%) Big Data
10 17 (4.05%) PostgreSQL
11 15 (3.57%) Qlik Sense
12 14 (3.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 13 (3.10%) Relational Database
14 12 (2.86%) Snowflake Schema
15 11 (2.62%) Amazon Athena
16 9 (2.14%) Apache Arrow
16 9 (2.14%) Apache Ignite
16 9 (2.14%) Data Mining
16 9 (2.14%) Dremio
16 9 (2.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (3.81%) ERwin
2 7 (1.67%) JIRA
2 7 (1.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 5 (1.19%) Git
4 4 (0.95%) kappa
5 3 (0.71%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.48%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.24%) Ant
7 1 (0.24%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.24%) Toad
7 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 111 (26.43%) Social Skills
2 103 (24.52%) Finance
3 69 (16.43%) Public Sector
4 55 (13.10%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (11.43%) Marketing
6 34 (8.10%) Manufacturing
7 33 (7.86%) Telecoms
8 31 (7.38%) Electronics
9 20 (4.76%) Banking
9 20 (4.76%) Retail
10 18 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
11 15 (3.57%) Publishing
12 14 (3.33%) Pharmaceutical
13 13 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (2.86%) German Language
15 9 (2.14%) Front Office
15 9 (2.14%) Investment Banking
16 5 (1.19%) Legal
17 4 (0.95%) Back Office
18 3 (0.71%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 255 (60.71%) Architect
2 190 (45.24%) Data Architect
3 36 (8.57%) Solutions Architect
4 35 (8.33%) Enterprise Architect
5 33 (7.86%) Lead
6 28 (6.67%) Analyst
6 28 (6.67%) Senior
7 26 (6.19%) Enterprise Data Architect
8 25 (5.95%) Chief Architect
8 25 (5.95%) Chief Data Architect
9 24 (5.71%) Azure Architect
10 23 (5.48%) Data Analyst
10 23 (5.48%) Developer
11 19 (4.52%) Data Engineer
12 17 (4.05%) Azure Data Architect
13 14 (3.33%) Data Manager
13 14 (3.33%) Data Modeller
14 13 (3.10%) Senior Architect
15 11 (2.62%) Head of Architecture
15 11 (2.62%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.76%) JSON
2 19 (4.52%) XML
3 18 (4.29%) REST
4 10 (2.38%) Pandas
4 10 (2.38%) SOAP
5 9 (2.14%) gRPC
5 9 (2.14%) NumPy
5 9 (2.14%) Protocol Buffers
5 9 (2.14%) SciPy
6 7 (1.67%) AngularJS
6 7 (1.67%) CSS
6 7 (1.67%) HTML
6 7 (1.67%) Kafka
6 7 (1.67%) Node.js
7 6 (1.43%) JSON Schema
7 6 (1.43%) PySpark
8 5 (1.19%) .NET
9 3 (0.71%) Apache Avro
9 3 (0.71%) Middleware
9 3 (0.71%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (13.57%) Reference Data
2 34 (8.10%) Data Structures
3 26 (6.19%) Product Ownership
4 25 (5.95%) Management Information System
5 16 (3.81%) Onboarding
6 14 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
7 10 (2.38%) Wiki
8 7 (1.67%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.43%) Derivative
9 6 (1.43%) Distributed Computing
9 6 (1.43%) Equities
9 6 (1.43%) Fixed Income
9 6 (1.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.43%) Hedge funds
9 6 (1.43%) Industry 4.0
9 6 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.19%) IoT
10 5 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.95%) Data Centre
11 4 (0.95%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.71%) Unix
1 3 (0.71%) Windows
2 2 (0.48%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (53.81%) Data Modelling
2 155 (36.90%) Data Governance
3 117 (27.86%) Business Intelligence
4 116 (27.62%) Analytics
5 104 (24.76%) Data Management
6 102 (24.29%) Data Strategy
7 95 (22.62%) Data Integration
8 84 (20.00%) ETL
9 83 (19.76%) Agile
10 65 (15.48%) Migration
11 62 (14.76%) Problem-Solving
12 55 (13.10%) Roadmaps
13 52 (12.38%) Data Design
14 47 (11.19%) Data Analysis
15 46 (10.95%) Data Lineage
16 45 (10.71%) Data Migration
16 45 (10.71%) UML
17 38 (9.05%) Data Engineering
17 38 (9.05%) Project Delivery
18 37 (8.81%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 99 (23.57%) SQL
2 61 (14.52%) Python
3 17 (4.05%) JavaScript
4 16 (3.81%) Java
5 15 (3.57%) Scala
6 11 (2.62%) TypeScript
7 10 (2.38%) T-SQL
8 7 (1.67%) R
8 7 (1.67%) Ruby
9 4 (0.95%) C#
9 4 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.95%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.48%) XPath
11 1 (0.24%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.24%) PHP
11 1 (0.24%) VBA
Qualifications
1 66 (15.71%) Security Cleared
2 55 (13.10%) SC Cleared
3 34 (8.10%) Degree
4 10 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (2.38%) DV Cleared
5 8 (1.90%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.19%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (0.95%) CIMA
8 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.24%) ACCA
9 1 (0.24%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.24%) CISM
9 1 (0.24%) CISSP
9 1 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (22.86%) Data Quality
2 24 (5.71%) GDPR
3 11 (2.62%) QA
4 8 (1.90%) PMO
5 6 (1.43%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.95%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.24%) CDISC
7 1 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.24%) GRC
7 1 (0.24%) GxP
7 1 (0.24%) HL7
7 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.48%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.48%) Docker
3 1 (0.24%) Apache Flume
3 1 (0.24%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 3 (0.71%) Kubernetes
1 3 (0.71%) Terraform
2 2 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (0.48%) TIBCO Hawk
3 1 (0.24%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 79 (18.81%) Microsoft
2 64 (15.24%) SAP
3 47 (11.19%) Databricks
3 47 (11.19%) Sparx
4 33 (7.86%) Informatica
5 31 (7.38%) Oracle
6 17 (4.05%) ServiceNow
7 11 (2.62%) Google
8 10 (2.38%) IBM
9 8 (1.90%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.67%) Alteryx
10 7 (1.67%) Dataiku
10 7 (1.67%) Remedy
10 7 (1.67%) Trillium
11 5 (1.19%) Autodesk
11 5 (1.19%) IFS
11 5 (1.19%) Talend
12 3 (0.71%) Ab Initio
12 3 (0.71%) Adobe
12 3 (0.71%) ESRI