Hybrid/Remote Enterprise Data Architect Contract Job Trends

Enterprise Data Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Enterprise Data Architect daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £595, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 May 2026.

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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 331 287 329
Rank change year-on-year -44 +42 +117
Contract jobs requiring an Enterprise Data Architect 4 3 15
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.033% 0.032% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.034% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 15
10th Percentile £520 £703 £550
25th Percentile £533 £706 £555
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £725 £700
Median % change year-on-year -17.93% +3.57% +5.66%
75th Percentile £734 £906 £738
90th Percentile £886 £1,008 £825
UK median daily rate £750 £725 £700
% change year-on-year +3.45% +3.57% +3.70%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work 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 11,446 8,904 13,715
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.57% 93.69% 93.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,297 6,062 9,256
10th Percentile £350 £331 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.19% -1.90% -2.78%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 557 207 564
10th Percentile £17.47 £14.00 £14.26
25th Percentile £31.25 £15.73 £22.71
Median hourly rate £57.50 £33.99 £44.74
Median % change year-on-year +69.19% -24.04% -14.78%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.63 £64.65
90th Percentile £84.00 £75.00 £75.18
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £27.52 £36.50
% change year-on-year +54.46% -24.62% -18.89%

Enterprise Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Enterprise Data Architect' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Enterprise Data Architect job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Enterprise Data Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Enterprise Data Architect job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Enterprise Data Architect job vacancies

Enterprise Data Architect
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Enterprise Data Architect over the 6 months to 26 May 2026.

Enterprise Data Architect daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Enterprise Data Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 26 May 2026, Enterprise 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Enterprise Data Architect in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Data Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Data Integration
2 3 (75.00%) Data Lake
2 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) ETL
2 3 (75.00%) GDPR
2 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (75.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 2 (50.00%) Architecture Governance
3 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (50.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 2 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (50.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (50.00%) Data Engineering
3 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (50.00%) Databricks
3 2 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (50.00%) Master Data Management
3 2 (50.00%) Metadata
3 2 (50.00%) Metadata Management
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) SQL
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 2 (50.00%) Zachman Framework
4 1 (25.00%) AI

Enterprise Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Data Lake
2 2 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (50.00%) Metadata
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Distributed Computing
1 2 (50.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Data Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Data Integration
2 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) ETL
2 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (75.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 2 (50.00%) Architecture Governance
3 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (50.00%) Data Engineering
3 2 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (50.00%) Master Data Management
3 2 (50.00%) Metadata Management
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 2 (50.00%) Zachman Framework
4 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (25.00%) DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Databricks
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft