Data Architect Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Data Architect
South East > West Sussex

The median Data Architect daily rate in West Sussex is £492, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 26 -
Rank change year-on-year -11 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Architect 9 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 2.55% 2.52% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.75% 2.92% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 0
10th Percentile - £469 -
25th Percentile - £470 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £548 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.14% - -
75th Percentile £596 £638 -
90th Percentile £658 - -
South East median daily rate £575 £550 £700
% change year-on-year +4.55% -21.43% +7.69%

All Contract IT Job Roles
West Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Sussex. 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 West Sussex with a recognized job title 327 137 228
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 86.16% 95.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 91 177
10th Percentile £280 £214 £281
25th Percentile £358 £304 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £440 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.59% -2.22% +8.70%
75th Percentile £575 £537 £525
90th Percentile £675 £627 £600
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £508
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.57% +1.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 24 14
10th Percentile - - £14.69
25th Percentile £13.13 £15.50 £18.20
Median hourly rate £23.00 £18.82 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.21% -12.47% -2.98%
75th Percentile £50.00 £20.69 £27.81
90th Percentile £60.00 £55.50 £29.00
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £31.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +58.73% -37.00% -

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Data Architect job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Data Architect
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in West Sussex.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in West Sussex

Data Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Architect in West Sussex over the 6 months to 22 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Architect in West Sussex

Data Architect
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Architect within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 22 June 2026. 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
Horsham - 9 £492 - 4
Data Architect
South East

Data Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex

For the 6 months to 22 June 2026, 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 across the West Sussex region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 9 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
2 8 (88.89%) Data Architecture
3 7 (77.78%) Databricks
4 6 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (55.56%) Use Case
6 3 (33.33%) AI
6 3 (33.33%) Architectural Design
6 3 (33.33%) Azure
6 3 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (33.33%) ERwin
6 3 (33.33%) Machine Learning
6 3 (33.33%) Power BI
6 3 (33.33%) Power Platform
7 2 (22.22%) Analytics
7 2 (22.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (22.22%) Data Quality
7 2 (22.22%) Flink
7 2 (22.22%) Fraud Detection
7 2 (22.22%) Generative AI
7 2 (22.22%) Migration
7 2 (22.22%) MLOps
7 2 (22.22%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
7 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
7 2 (22.22%) Semantic Layer
7 2 (22.22%) Storytelling
7 2 (22.22%) Target Operating Model
8 1 (11.11%) AI Transformation
8 1 (11.11%) Anomaly Detection
8 1 (11.11%) Ataccama

Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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 3 (33.33%) Azure
1 3 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 2 (22.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Machine Learning
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Power BI
2 2 (22.22%) Flink
2 2 (22.22%) Semantic Layer
3 1 (11.11%) Ataccama
3 1 (11.11%) Delta Lake
3 1 (11.11%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) ERwin
General
1 7 (77.78%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Middleware
1 1 (11.11%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 9 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
2 8 (88.89%) Data Architecture
3 6 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (55.56%) Use Case
5 3 (33.33%) AI
5 3 (33.33%) Architectural Design
5 3 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (33.33%) Machine Learning
6 2 (22.22%) Analytics
6 2 (22.22%) Fraud Detection
6 2 (22.22%) Generative AI
6 2 (22.22%) Migration
6 2 (22.22%) MLOps
6 2 (22.22%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
6 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
6 2 (22.22%) Storytelling
6 2 (22.22%) Target Operating Model
7 1 (11.11%) Data Management
7 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Databricks
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft