Principal Data Architect Contract Job Trends

Principal Data Architect
UK

As of 20 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Principal Data Architect daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 590 539 594
Rank change year-on-year -51 +55 +211
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Data Architect 1 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.003% 0.006% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.006% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £487 £769
25th Percentile - £523 £785
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £583 £821
Median % change year-on-year - -29.01% +13.28%
75th Percentile - £642 £860
90th Percentile - £677 £876
UK excluding London median daily rate - £700 -

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 33,545 31,624 41,095
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.00% 92.80% 93.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,197 19,461 27,642
10th Percentile £293 £300 £288
25th Percentile £404 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £643
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,986 989 1,457
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.60 £15.14
25th Percentile £18.08 £21.22 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.93% -25.56% +50.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.69 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.44 £72.55 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +82.48%

Principal Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Principal Data Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Principal Data Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Principal Data Architect
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Principal Data Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Principal Data Architect job vacancies in the UK

Principal Data Architect
Top 2 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Data Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 20 December 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
London +1 1 - -
England -42 1 - -

Principal Data Architect Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, Principal Data Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Principal Data Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EMR
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon Kinesis
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation

Principal Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EMR
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon Kinesis
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon Redshift
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility