Data Architect Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Data Architect
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Data Architect salary in Buckinghamshire is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 81 79
Rank change year-on-year +24 -2 +33
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Architect 32 21 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 2.41% 2.16% 1.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.64% 2.34% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2 8 14
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £70,467 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £73,238 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.89% +8.50% -3.57%
75th Percentile - £90,000 £83,750
90th Percentile - £91,875 £95,500
South East median annual salary £90,000 £87,500 £78,750
% change year-on-year +2.86% +11.11% +1.61%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Buckinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 1,210 897 1,083
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.98% 92.38% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 768 391 641
10th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £64,375
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £77,500
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 Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Data Architect job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Data Architect
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in Buckinghamshire.

Salary distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in Buckinghamshire

Data Architect
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Architect within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Milton Keynes +1 20 £90,000 +22.89% 3
Newport Pagnell - 12 - -
Data Architect
South East

Data Architect Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 12 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 Buckinghamshire region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 26 (81.25%) Analytics
2 25 (78.13%) Data Architecture
3 24 (75.00%) Azure
3 24 (75.00%) Data Integration
3 24 (75.00%) Data Modelling
3 24 (75.00%) Digital Analytics
3 24 (75.00%) E-Commerce
4 22 (68.75%) Accessibility
4 22 (68.75%) Data Engineering
4 22 (68.75%) Data Management
4 22 (68.75%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (68.75%) Microsoft
4 22 (68.75%) Snowflake
5 4 (12.50%) SQL
6 2 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (6.25%) BigQuery
6 2 (6.25%) Data Governance
6 2 (6.25%) Data Ingestion
6 2 (6.25%) Data Strategy
6 2 (6.25%) ETL
6 2 (6.25%) GCP
6 2 (6.25%) GDPR
6 2 (6.25%) Google
6 2 (6.25%) Python
6 2 (6.25%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (6.25%) Revenue Assurance
6 2 (6.25%) Security Cleared
6 2 (6.25%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (6.25%) Unix

Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 24 (75.00%) Azure
2 22 (68.75%) Snowflake
3 2 (6.25%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (68.75%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (6.25%) BigQuery
General
1 2 (6.25%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (81.25%) Analytics
2 25 (78.13%) Data Architecture
3 24 (75.00%) Data Integration
3 24 (75.00%) Data Modelling
3 24 (75.00%) Digital Analytics
3 24 (75.00%) E-Commerce
4 22 (68.75%) Data Engineering
4 22 (68.75%) Data Management
5 2 (6.25%) Data Governance
5 2 (6.25%) Data Ingestion
5 2 (6.25%) Data Strategy
5 2 (6.25%) ETL
5 2 (6.25%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (6.25%) Revenue Assurance
5 2 (6.25%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) SQL
2 2 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (68.75%) Accessibility
2 2 (6.25%) GDPR
Vendors
1 22 (68.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.25%) Google