Enterprise Data Architect Contracts

Enterprise Data Architect
UK

The median Enterprise Data Architect daily rate in the UK is £725, 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 511 542 687
Rank change year-on-year +31 +145 +114
Contract jobs requiring an Enterprise Data Architect 9 40 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.031% 0.092% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.099% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 37 24
10th Percentile £644 £550 £584
25th Percentile £700 £563 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £725 £675
Median % change year-on-year - +7.41% -3.57%
75th Percentile £800 £800 £741
90th Percentile £855 £825 £818
UK excluding London median daily rate - £700 £775
% change year-on-year - -9.68% +19.23%

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%

Enterprise Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Enterprise Data Architect in the UK

Enterprise Data Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Enterprise Data Architect in the UK

Enterprise Data Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Enterprise Data Architect in the UK

Enterprise Data 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 Enterprise Data 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 +30 8 £738 +1.72% 5
London +16 6 £763 +5.17% 4
Work from Home +23 3 £725 +3.57% 5

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

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

1 7 (77.78%) Data Governance
2 5 (55.56%) Azure
3 4 (44.44%) Data Architecture
3 4 (44.44%) Data Quality
3 4 (44.44%) Master Data Management
3 4 (44.44%) Finance
3 4 (44.44%) Migration
3 4 (44.44%) ETL
3 4 (44.44%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
4 3 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (33.33%) Data Modelling
4 3 (33.33%) Degree
4 3 (33.33%) Google
4 3 (33.33%) Data Migration
4 3 (33.33%) AWS
4 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (33.33%) Data Structures
5 2 (22.22%) GCP
5 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
5 2 (22.22%) Data Security
5 2 (22.22%) FMCG
5 2 (22.22%) Metadata Management
5 2 (22.22%) Oracle Database
5 2 (22.22%) Reference Data
5 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
5 2 (22.22%) Use Case
5 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (22.22%) Banking

Enterprise Data 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 (11.11%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) Azure
2 3 (33.33%) AWS
3 2 (22.22%) GCP
3 2 (22.22%) Snowflake
4 1 (11.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (11.11%) Vertex AI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (22.22%) Data Lake
2 2 (22.22%) DB2
2 2 (22.22%) Metadata
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle Database
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle Exadata
2 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
3 1 (11.11%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (11.11%) MongoDB
3 1 (11.11%) NoSQL
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Data Structures
1 3 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (22.22%) FMCG
2 2 (22.22%) Reference Data
3 1 (11.11%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Data Governance
2 4 (44.44%) Data Architecture
2 4 (44.44%) ETL
2 4 (44.44%) Master Data Management
2 4 (44.44%) Migration
3 3 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 3 (33.33%) Data Modelling
4 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
4 2 (22.22%) Data Management
4 2 (22.22%) Data Security
4 2 (22.22%) Database Migration
4 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
4 2 (22.22%) Metadata Management
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) Use Case
5 1 (11.11%) Data Lineage
5 1 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (11.11%) Data Strategy
5 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
5 1 (11.11%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) Data Quality
2 1 (11.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (11.11%) GDPR
2 1 (11.11%) HIPAA
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Google
2 2 (22.22%) IBM
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) SAP
3 1 (11.11%) Workday