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 £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 August 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
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 293 321 398
Rank change year-on-year +28 +77 +162
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an Azure Data Architect 15 12 21
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.15% 0.093% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.099% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 19
10th Percentile - £475 £535
25th Percentile £575 £525 £597
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £731 £735 £681
90th Percentile £738 £785 £703
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £650
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,246 12,122 20,089
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.82% 93.56% 94.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,084 8,042 14,191
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £415 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -0.94% -2.75%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 305 339 485
10th Percentile £13.10 £18.30 £16.98
25th Percentile £16.63 £29.25 £24.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.61 £68.75
90th Percentile £69.86 £75.00 £79.68
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.63
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.44% +67.81%

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 Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Azure Data Architect job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Azure Data Architect job vacancies

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 26 August 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 26 August 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 hybrid or remote work options featuring Azure Data Architect in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Azure
2 9 (60.00%) Data Architecture
2 9 (60.00%) Data Lake
3 8 (53.33%) Azure Data Factory
3 8 (53.33%) Data Modelling
4 7 (46.67%) SQL
4 7 (46.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 6 (40.00%) Data Strategy
5 6 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
5 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
6 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
6 5 (33.33%) Analytics
6 5 (33.33%) ETL
6 5 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (33.33%) Data Management
6 5 (33.33%) Databricks
7 4 (26.67%) Power BI
7 4 (26.67%) Power Platform
7 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
7 4 (26.67%) Data Design
7 4 (26.67%) Migration
7 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (26.67%) SQL Server
7 4 (26.67%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (26.67%) Data Governance
8 3 (20.00%) Process Improvement
8 3 (20.00%) Data Quality
8 3 (20.00%) Master Data Management
8 3 (20.00%) T-SQL

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 (6.67%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (100.00%) Azure
2 8 (53.33%) Azure Data Factory
3 7 (46.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 4 (26.67%) Power Platform
5 2 (13.33%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (13.33%) SaaS
5 2 (13.33%) Snowflake
6 1 (6.67%) AWS
6 1 (6.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (6.67%) Azure Functions
6 1 (6.67%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (6.67%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (6.67%) Azure Storage
6 1 (6.67%) GCP
6 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (6.67%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (60.00%) Data Lake
2 6 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (26.67%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (26.67%) Power BI
3 4 (26.67%) SQL Server
4 3 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (6.67%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (6.67%) Big Data
5 1 (6.67%) Data Mining
5 1 (6.67%) Data Vault
5 1 (6.67%) Delta Lake
5 1 (6.67%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) ERwin
2 2 (13.33%) GCC
General
1 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.67%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) Middleware
1 1 (6.67%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) CMDB
1 1 (6.67%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Data Architecture
2 8 (53.33%) Data Modelling
3 6 (40.00%) Data Strategy
4 5 (33.33%) Analytics
4 5 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (33.33%) Data Management
4 5 (33.33%) ETL
5 4 (26.67%) Data Design
5 4 (26.67%) Data Governance
5 4 (26.67%) Migration
5 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (20.00%) Master Data Management
6 3 (20.00%) Process Improvement
7 2 (13.33%) Data Engineering
7 2 (13.33%) Data Integration
7 2 (13.33%) Design Patterns
7 2 (13.33%) GAP Analysis
7 2 (13.33%) Roadmaps
7 2 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
8 1 (6.67%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) SQL
2 3 (20.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (6.67%) Java
3 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 3 (20.00%) Azure Certification
3 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.67%) HL7
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (33.33%) Databricks
3 1 (6.67%) Aveksa
3 1 (6.67%) CyberArk
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle