Data Architect Job Trends in Berkshire

Data Architect
South East > Berkshire

The median Data Architect salary in Berkshire is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 120 135
Rank change year-on-year +10 +15 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Architect 14 5 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.72% 0.30% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 0.36% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 5
10th Percentile - - £47,550
25th Percentile - £51,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £53,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +69.81% -11.67% -31.43%
75th Percentile - £54,500 £66,000
90th Percentile - - £93,900
South East median annual salary £90,000 £87,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year +2.86% +12.90% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,805 1,372 1,965
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 82.75% 94.11%
Number of salaries quoted 908 710 1,440
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,125 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,509 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.52% +7.64% -4.55%

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Data Architect job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Data Architect
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in Berkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in Berkshire

Data Architect
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Architect within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Maidenhead - 5 - -
Slough - 5 £90,000 - 8
Windsor - 4 - -
Data Architect
South East

Data Architect Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, Data Architect 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 permanent job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 13 (92.86%) AI
1 13 (92.86%) Architectural Design
1 13 (92.86%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
1 13 (92.86%) AWS
1 13 (92.86%) Azure
1 13 (92.86%) Continuous Improvement
1 13 (92.86%) Customer Insight
1 13 (92.86%) Data Architecture
1 13 (92.86%) Data Engineering
1 13 (92.86%) Data Governance
1 13 (92.86%) Data Integration
1 13 (92.86%) Data Modelling
1 13 (92.86%) Data Pipeline
1 13 (92.86%) Data Quality
1 13 (92.86%) Data Science
1 13 (92.86%) Data Strategy
1 13 (92.86%) Data Warehouse
1 13 (92.86%) ETL
1 13 (92.86%) GCP
1 13 (92.86%) Generative AI
1 13 (92.86%) Machine Learning
1 13 (92.86%) Mentoring
1 13 (92.86%) Roadmaps
1 13 (92.86%) Strategic Roadmap

Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 13 (92.86%) AWS
1 13 (92.86%) Azure
1 13 (92.86%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (92.86%) Data Warehouse
General
1 13 (92.86%) Law
1 13 (92.86%) Marketing
2 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) AI
1 13 (92.86%) Architectural Design
1 13 (92.86%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
1 13 (92.86%) Continuous Improvement
1 13 (92.86%) Customer Insight
1 13 (92.86%) Data Architecture
1 13 (92.86%) Data Engineering
1 13 (92.86%) Data Governance
1 13 (92.86%) Data Integration
1 13 (92.86%) Data Modelling
1 13 (92.86%) Data Pipeline
1 13 (92.86%) Data Science
1 13 (92.86%) Data Strategy
1 13 (92.86%) ETL
1 13 (92.86%) Generative AI
1 13 (92.86%) Machine Learning
1 13 (92.86%) Mentoring
1 13 (92.86%) Roadmaps
1 13 (92.86%) Strategic Roadmap
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (92.86%) Data Quality