Data Architecture Job Trends in Dorset

Data Architecture
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring Data Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 56 51
Rank change year-on-year +6 -5 +43
Permanent jobs citing Data Architecture 5 4 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 1.14% 0.71% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 0.84% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile £53,950 - £74,125
25th Percentile £59,125 £52,500 £74,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,850 £55,000 £78,750
Median % change year-on-year +10.64% -30.16% -28.41%
75th Percentile £97,500 £57,500 £82,188
90th Percentile - - £82,375
South West median annual salary £72,500 £66,887 £76,383
% change year-on-year +8.39% -12.43% +9.12%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Dorset

Data Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 363 474 334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 82.50% 83.89% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 224 296 287
10th Percentile £27,426 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £27,750 £42,344 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £56,563 £60,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £85,000
South West median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - +10.00%

Data Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Architecture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Data Architecture job vacancy trend in Dorset

Data Architecture
Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Data Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Data Architecture

Data Architecture
Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Architecture in Dorset over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Architecture in Dorset

Data Architecture
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Architecture within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 5 November 2025. 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
Bournemouth +12 2 £95,000 +72.73% 1
Weymouth - 2 £60,850 -
Data Architecture
South West

Data Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) AWS
3 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Big Data
1 2 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (40.00%) Geospatial Data
1 2 (40.00%) Metadata
1 2 (40.00%) Metadata Repository
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) AWS Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Cloud Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Data Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Software Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (40.00%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (40.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (40.00%) Data Management
1 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (40.00%) Data Transformation
1 2 (40.00%) DevOps
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (40.00%) IT Strategy
1 2 (40.00%) Master Data Management
1 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (40.00%) Microservices
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (40.00%) Software Architecture
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (40.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 2 (40.00%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft