Hybrid/Remote Head of Data Architecture Contract Job Trends

Head of Data Architecture
UK > Work from Home

The median Head of Data Architecture daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 April 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 333 305 -
Rank change year-on-year -28 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Data Architecture 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.017% 0.020% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.021% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £623 - -
25th Percentile £656 £713 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £725 -
75th Percentile £806 £738 -
90th Percentile £848 - -
UK median daily rate £700 £813 £900
% change year-on-year -13.85% -9.72% -

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 11,043 9,520 14,745
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.38% 93.73% 93.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,133 6,505 9,884
10th Percentile £345 £327 £325
25th Percentile £414 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -3.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 499 222 522
10th Percentile £17.00 £14.00 £14.13
25th Percentile £27.01 £19.19 £20.77
Median hourly rate £57.50 £38.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.32% -15.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.75 £62.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £77.25 £75.23
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £31.76 £33.07
% change year-on-year +25.94% -3.95% -26.52%

Head of Data Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Head of Data Architecture job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Head of Data Architecture
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Head of Data Architecture job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Head of Data Architecture job vacancies

Head of Data Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Head of Data Architecture over the 6 months to 6 April 2026.

Head of Data Architecture daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Head of Data Architecture Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 6 April 2026, Head of Data Architecture 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 Head of Data Architecture in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 1 (50.00%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Storage
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning

Head of Data Architecture 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Storage
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (50.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (50.00%) Low-Code
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft