Data Warehouse Architect Contracts

Data Warehousing Architect (DWH Architect)
UK

The median Data Warehousing Architect (DWH Architect) daily rate in the UK is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 517 580 711
Rank change year-on-year +63 +131 +132
Contract jobs requiring a Data Warehouse Architect 3 2 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.010% 0.005% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.005% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 7
10th Percentile - - £573
25th Percentile - £675 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £700 £665
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +5.26% +6.40%
75th Percentile £748 £725 £700
90th Percentile £806 - £728
UK excluding London median daily rate - £700 £500
% change year-on-year - +40.00% -14.89%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Data Warehouse Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Warehouse Architect in the UK

Data Warehouse Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Warehouse Architect in the UK

Data Warehouse Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Warehouse Architect over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Warehouse Architect in the UK

Data Warehouse Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Warehouse Architect in the UK

Data Warehouse Architect
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Warehouse Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 +57 2 £748 +6.79% 3
Work from Home +41 2 £748 +6.79%
London - 2 £748 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Data Warehouse 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 Warehouse Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) SAP
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Metadata Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Transformation
3 1 (33.33%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (33.33%) Power BI
3 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
3 1 (33.33%) Sparx
3 1 (33.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Metadata
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) IBM
3 1 (33.33%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (33.33%) Informatica
3 1 (33.33%) PowerCenter
3 1 (33.33%) ERwin
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation

Data Warehouse 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (33.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (33.33%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (33.33%) Metadata
2 1 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) PowerCenter
2 1 (33.33%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) ERwin
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Metadata Management
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) IBM
2 1 (33.33%) Informatica
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Sparx