Data Architect Job Trends in Glasgow

Data Architect
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Data Architect salary in Glasgow is £125,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 September 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 81 146
Rank change year-on-year +11 +65 -70
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Architect 5 2 19
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.40% 0.28% 0.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.29% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £103,500 - -
25th Percentile £108,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £125,000 £100,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - -
75th Percentile £132,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £100,000 £92,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +8.11% +27.59% -8.96%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 1,174 688 2,128
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.70% 94.77% 97.88%
Number of salaries quoted 710 287 715
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,900 £32,600
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,500 £53,772
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -0.51% -2.23%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Data Architect job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Data Architect
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in Glasgow.

Salary distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in Glasgow

Data Architect Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 3 September 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 Glasgow region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) AI
1 4 (80.00%) AWS
1 4 (80.00%) Lakehouse
1 4 (80.00%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (80.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (40.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Data Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (40.00%) Data Lake
2 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) Data Sharing
2 2 (40.00%) Data Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (40.00%) Meraki
2 2 (40.00%) MQTT
2 2 (40.00%) Neo4j
2 2 (40.00%) pgvector
2 2 (40.00%) Pinecone
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Architecture

Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 4 (80.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (40.00%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (40.00%) Data Lake
2 2 (40.00%) Neo4j
2 2 (40.00%) Pinecone
General
1 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (40.00%) Automotive
1 2 (40.00%) Health Technology
1 2 (40.00%) Legal
1 2 (40.00%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) pgvector
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (40.00%) IoT
2 2 (40.00%) Replication
2 2 (40.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) AI
1 4 (80.00%) Lakehouse
2 2 (40.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Data Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) Data Sharing
2 2 (40.00%) Data Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Python
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Meraki