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

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 235 268 245
Rank change year-on-year +33 -23 -20
Contract jobs citing Data Architecture 432 573 1,021
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.01% 0.99% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 1.10% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 399 713
10th Percentile £433 £456 £476
25th Percentile £513 £525 £558
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 £550 £625
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 2
10th Percentile - £31.25 £88.49
25th Percentile £22.33 £35.00 £88.89
Median hourly rate £29.83 £35.50 £89.56
Median % change year-on-year -15.99% -60.36% +241.18%
75th Percentile £35.00 £36.75 £90.23
90th Percentile - £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 36,956 52,182 79,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.29% 89.83% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,793 36,175 55,967
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
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% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,727 1,890
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

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 7 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 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Architecture in the UK

Data Architecture
Top 17 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 7 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 +22 385 £650 -3.70% 164
London +11 238 £700 - 92
Work from Home +35 153 £625 -7.41% 80
UK excluding London +72 152 £575 +4.55% 86
North of England +41 51 £550 +4.76% 10
North West +41 36 £525 - 7
Midlands +56 35 £600 +9.09% 18
West Midlands +46 28 £600 +9.09% 12
South East +6 27 £475 -26.92% 12
South West +13 26 £550 -15.38% 15
Yorkshire +23 15 £750 +45.63% 3
Scotland +48 14 £588 +20.56% 8
East Midlands +22 7 £588 +11.90% 6
East of England -8 4 £638 +142.86% 10
North East - 4 £750 -
Northern Ireland - 3 £500 - 7
Wales +14 1 - - 8

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 18 (4.17%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.94%) Apache
3 14 (3.24%) Apache Spark
4 13 (3.01%) SAS
5 10 (2.31%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.69%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.23%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.23%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.23%) CMS
8 1 (0.23%) Confluence
8 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (3.70%) MS Visio
2 10 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.23%) Gliffy
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 33 (7.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 13 (3.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.69%) Primavera
4 3 (0.69%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.69%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.69%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.69%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.46%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.23%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.23%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.23%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.23%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.23%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 125 (28.94%) Azure
2 63 (14.58%) Power Platform
3 58 (13.43%) AWS
4 26 (6.02%) GCP
5 24 (5.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 21 (4.86%) Azure Data Factory
7 20 (4.63%) Snowflake
8 18 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
8 18 (4.17%) SaaS
9 14 (3.24%) dbt
10 12 (2.78%) Microsoft Purview
11 11 (2.55%) Azure Stack
11 11 (2.55%) Power Automate
12 10 (2.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 10 (2.31%) Collibra
12 10 (2.31%) PaaS
13 9 (2.08%) Serverless
14 8 (1.85%) IaaS
15 7 (1.62%) PowerApps
16 5 (1.16%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.16%) Firewall
2 1 (0.23%) IPsec
2 1 (0.23%) Kerberos
2 1 (0.23%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (21.53%) Metadata
2 81 (18.75%) Data Warehouse
3 63 (14.58%) NoSQL
4 61 (14.12%) Power BI
5 48 (11.11%) Data Lake
6 44 (10.19%) Data Vault
7 40 (9.26%) Big Data
8 38 (8.80%) Metadata Repository
9 37 (8.56%) SQL Server
10 17 (3.94%) PostgreSQL
11 15 (3.47%) Qlik Sense
12 14 (3.24%) Relational Database
13 13 (3.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 13 (3.01%) Tableau
14 12 (2.78%) Snowflake Schema
15 11 (2.55%) Amazon Athena
16 9 (2.08%) Apache Arrow
16 9 (2.08%) Apache Ignite
16 9 (2.08%) Data Mining
16 9 (2.08%) Dremio
Development Applications
1 17 (3.94%) ERwin
2 7 (1.62%) JIRA
2 7 (1.62%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 5 (1.16%) Git
4 4 (0.93%) kappa
5 3 (0.69%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.46%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.23%) Toad
7 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 113 (26.16%) Social Skills
2 105 (24.31%) Finance
3 74 (17.13%) Public Sector
4 61 (14.12%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (11.11%) Marketing
6 36 (8.33%) Manufacturing
7 35 (8.10%) Telecoms
8 33 (7.64%) Electronics
9 25 (5.79%) Banking
10 20 (4.63%) Retail
11 19 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (3.70%) Publishing
13 14 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (3.01%) Investment Banking
14 13 (3.01%) Pharmaceutical
15 12 (2.78%) German Language
16 9 (2.08%) Front Office
17 5 (1.16%) Legal
18 4 (0.93%) Back Office
19 3 (0.69%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 267 (61.81%) Architect
2 202 (46.76%) Data Architect
3 38 (8.80%) Enterprise Architect
4 37 (8.56%) Solutions Architect
5 33 (7.64%) Lead
6 30 (6.94%) Senior
7 29 (6.71%) Analyst
8 28 (6.48%) Developer
8 28 (6.48%) Enterprise Data Architect
9 26 (6.02%) Chief Architect
9 26 (6.02%) Chief Data Architect
10 24 (5.56%) Azure Architect
10 24 (5.56%) Data Analyst
11 17 (3.94%) Azure Data Architect
11 17 (3.94%) Data Engineer
12 15 (3.47%) Senior Architect
13 14 (3.24%) Data Manager
13 14 (3.24%) Data Modeller
14 11 (2.55%) Head of Architecture
14 11 (2.55%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.86%) JSON
2 19 (4.40%) XML
3 18 (4.17%) REST
4 10 (2.31%) Pandas
4 10 (2.31%) SOAP
5 9 (2.08%) gRPC
5 9 (2.08%) NumPy
5 9 (2.08%) Protocol Buffers
5 9 (2.08%) SciPy
6 7 (1.62%) AngularJS
6 7 (1.62%) CSS
6 7 (1.62%) HTML
6 7 (1.62%) Kafka
6 7 (1.62%) Node.js
7 6 (1.39%) JSON Schema
7 6 (1.39%) PySpark
8 5 (1.16%) .NET
9 3 (0.69%) Apache Avro
9 3 (0.69%) Middleware
9 3 (0.69%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (13.43%) Reference Data
2 33 (7.64%) Data Structures
3 26 (6.02%) Product Ownership
4 25 (5.79%) Management Information System
5 17 (3.94%) Onboarding
6 16 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (2.78%) Wiki
8 7 (1.62%) Enterprise Cloud
8 7 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.39%) Derivative
9 6 (1.39%) Distributed Computing
9 6 (1.39%) Equities
9 6 (1.39%) Fixed Income
9 6 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.39%) Hedge funds
9 6 (1.39%) Industry 4.0
9 6 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.16%) Data Fabric
10 5 (1.16%) IoT
11 4 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.85%) Unix
2 7 (1.62%) Linux
3 3 (0.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (53.47%) Data Modelling
2 158 (36.57%) Data Governance
3 119 (27.55%) Analytics
4 118 (27.31%) Business Intelligence
5 107 (24.77%) Data Management
6 105 (24.31%) Data Strategy
7 96 (22.22%) Data Integration
8 83 (19.21%) ETL
9 80 (18.52%) Agile
10 66 (15.28%) Migration
11 65 (15.05%) Problem-Solving
12 52 (12.04%) Data Design
12 52 (12.04%) Roadmaps
13 50 (11.57%) Data Analysis
14 47 (10.88%) Data Lineage
15 46 (10.65%) UML
16 44 (10.19%) Data Migration
17 40 (9.26%) Project Delivery
18 38 (8.80%) Enterprise Architecture
18 38 (8.80%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 101 (23.38%) SQL
2 68 (15.74%) Python
3 20 (4.63%) Scala
4 17 (3.94%) JavaScript
5 16 (3.70%) Java
6 11 (2.55%) T-SQL
6 11 (2.55%) TypeScript
7 9 (2.08%) R
8 7 (1.62%) Ruby
9 6 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (1.16%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.69%) C#
12 2 (0.46%) XPath
13 1 (0.23%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.23%) PHP
13 1 (0.23%) VBA
Qualifications
1 73 (16.90%) Security Cleared
2 62 (14.35%) SC Cleared
3 36 (8.33%) Degree
4 10 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.08%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.85%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.16%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.93%) CIMA
9 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.23%) ACCA
10 1 (0.23%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.23%) CISM
10 1 (0.23%) CISSP
10 1 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (22.69%) Data Quality
2 26 (6.02%) GDPR
3 13 (3.01%) QA
4 8 (1.85%) PMO
5 6 (1.39%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.93%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.23%) CDISC
7 1 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.23%) GRC
7 1 (0.23%) GxP
7 1 (0.23%) HL7
7 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.46%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.46%) Docker
3 1 (0.23%) Apache Flume
3 1 (0.23%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 3 (0.69%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (0.46%) Terraform
2 2 (0.46%) TIBCO Hawk
3 1 (0.23%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 78 (18.06%) Microsoft
2 65 (15.05%) SAP
3 54 (12.50%) Sparx
4 46 (10.65%) Databricks
5 35 (8.10%) Informatica
6 31 (7.18%) Oracle
7 19 (4.40%) ServiceNow
8 11 (2.55%) Google
9 10 (2.31%) IBM
10 7 (1.62%) Alteryx
10 7 (1.62%) Dataiku
10 7 (1.62%) Trillium
11 6 (1.39%) Remedy
12 5 (1.16%) Autodesk
12 5 (1.16%) IFS
12 5 (1.16%) Salesforce
12 5 (1.16%) Talend
13 3 (0.69%) BiZZdesign
13 3 (0.69%) ESRI
13 3 (0.69%) Workday