Data Architect Job Trends in Glasgow

Data Architect
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Data Architect salary in Glasgow is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 February 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 64 158
Rank change year-on-year +12 +94 -43
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Architect 4 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.55% 0.47% 0.056%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.48% 0.057%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85,000 - £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £82,500
75th Percentile £95,000 - £83,750
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £90,000 £100,000 £81,066
% change year-on-year -10.00% +23.36% -5.74%

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 662 626 1,748
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.31% 97.05% 97.82%
Number of salaries quoted 388 274 604
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,050 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £77,500
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -12.99%

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 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 5 February 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 (100.00%) Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 3 (75.00%) Architectural Design
2 3 (75.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 3 (75.00%) AWS
2 3 (75.00%) Data Design
2 3 (75.00%) Data Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Data Quality
2 3 (75.00%) Data Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) Snowflake
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Databricks
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Logical Data Model
3 1 (25.00%) Metadata
3 1 (25.00%) Metadata Management
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (25.00%) Physical Data Model
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) TOGAF

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 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) AWS
2 3 (75.00%) Snowflake
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Metadata
General
1 3 (75.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 3 (75.00%) Architectural Design
2 3 (75.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 3 (75.00%) Data Design
2 3 (75.00%) Data Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Data Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Logical Data Model
3 1 (25.00%) Metadata Management
3 1 (25.00%) Physical Data Model
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Databricks
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft