Azure Data Architect Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Data Architect - Azure
UK > Work from Home

The median Data Architect - Azure daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £520, 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 295 330 453
Rank change year-on-year +35 +123 +125
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Data Architect 9 15 24
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.091% 0.098% 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% 0.10% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 19
10th Percentile £481 £550 £548
25th Percentile £485 £575 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £695 £650
Median % change year-on-year -25.18% +6.92% +4.00%
75th Percentile £606 £750 £681
90th Percentile £655 £800 £795
UK median daily rate £575 £675 £650
% change year-on-year -14.81% +3.85% +1.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Azure Data Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Azure Data Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Azure Data Architect trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Azure Data Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Azure Data Architect.

Azure Data Architect daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Data Architect
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Azure Data Architect over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Azure Data Architect daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Data Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Azure 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Azure Data Architect in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Azure
2 5 (55.56%) Data Architecture
2 5 (55.56%) Data Modelling
3 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
3 4 (44.44%) AWS
3 4 (44.44%) Data Lake
3 4 (44.44%) Power BI
3 4 (44.44%) Power Platform
4 3 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (33.33%) Databricks
4 3 (33.33%) Data Governance
4 3 (33.33%) Machine Learning
4 3 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (33.33%) Data Integration
4 3 (33.33%) SQL
5 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
5 2 (22.22%) ETL
5 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (22.22%) Data Security
5 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
5 2 (22.22%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (22.22%) React
5 2 (22.22%) Azure Machine Learning
5 2 (22.22%) Neo4j
5 2 (22.22%) Data Strategy
5 2 (22.22%) Storage Management
5 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
5 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
5 2 (22.22%) Metadata

Azure Data Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (11.11%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 9 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (44.44%) AWS
2 4 (44.44%) Power Platform
3 3 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (22.22%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (11.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (11.11%) Azure Functions
5 1 (11.11%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (11.11%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (11.11%) Azure Storage
5 1 (11.11%) GCP
5 1 (11.11%) SaaS
5 1 (11.11%) Serverless
5 1 (11.11%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) Data Lake
1 4 (44.44%) Power BI
2 3 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (22.22%) Metadata
3 2 (22.22%) Neo4j
4 1 (11.11%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (11.11%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (11.11%) Big Data
4 1 (11.11%) Data Mining
4 1 (11.11%) Data Vault
4 1 (11.11%) Hadoop
4 1 (11.11%) NoSQL
General
1 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) French Language
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Plotly
1 2 (22.22%) React
2 1 (11.11%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Data Architecture
1 5 (55.56%) Data Modelling
2 3 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 3 (33.33%) Data Integration
2 3 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (22.22%) Data Security
3 2 (22.22%) Data Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) Data Visualisation
3 2 (22.22%) ETL
3 2 (22.22%) Storage Management
3 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
4 1 (11.11%) Data Management
4 1 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (11.11%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 1 (11.11%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
3 1 (11.11%) Java
3 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) HL7
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Databricks
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft