Data Architect Job Trends in Glasgow

Data Architect
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Data Architect salary in Glasgow is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 May 2026.

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 50 203
Rank change year-on-year -1 +153 -91
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Architect 14 2 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 1.41% 0.48% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.50% 0.52% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85,000 - £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - £82,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +41.03%
75th Percentile £105,000 - £83,750
90th Percentile £132,500 - -
Scotland median annual salary £95,000 £97,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -2.56% +34.48% +9.85%

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 935 384 3,710
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.35% 92.53% 98.02%
Number of salaries quoted 557 215 829
10th Percentile £29,375 £32,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £42,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £78,750
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -8.70%

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
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Architect in Glasgow over the 6 months to 6 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Architect in Glasgow

Data Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 6 May 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 11 (78.57%) AWS
2 10 (71.43%) Data Architecture
2 10 (71.43%) Data Governance
3 9 (64.29%) Data Engineering
3 9 (64.29%) Data Strategy
4 8 (57.14%) Analytics
5 7 (50.00%) Architectural Design
5 7 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
5 7 (50.00%) Data Design
5 7 (50.00%) Data Quality
5 7 (50.00%) Snowflake
6 5 (35.71%) AI
6 5 (35.71%) Azure
7 4 (28.57%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (28.57%) Python
8 3 (21.43%) Data Modelling
8 3 (21.43%) Salesforce
9 2 (14.29%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (14.29%) Data Lake
9 2 (14.29%) Data Sharing
9 2 (14.29%) Machine Learning
9 2 (14.29%) Meraki
9 2 (14.29%) MQTT
9 2 (14.29%) Neo4j
9 2 (14.29%) pgvector
9 2 (14.29%) Pinecone
9 2 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
10 1 (7.14%) Architecture Roadmap
10 1 (7.14%) Databricks
10 1 (7.14%) Decision-Making

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 11 (78.57%) AWS
2 7 (50.00%) Snowflake
3 5 (35.71%) Azure
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (14.29%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (14.29%) Data Lake
2 2 (14.29%) Neo4j
2 2 (14.29%) Pinecone
3 1 (7.14%) Metadata
General
1 7 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Legal
3 2 (14.29%) Aerospace
3 2 (14.29%) Automotive
3 2 (14.29%) Health Technology
3 2 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) pgvector
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (14.29%) IoT
2 2 (14.29%) Replication
2 2 (14.29%) Robotics
3 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Data Architecture
1 10 (71.43%) Data Governance
2 9 (64.29%) Data Engineering
2 9 (64.29%) Data Strategy
3 8 (57.14%) Analytics
4 7 (50.00%) Architectural Design
4 7 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 7 (50.00%) Data Design
5 5 (35.71%) AI
6 3 (21.43%) Data Modelling
7 2 (14.29%) Data Sharing
7 2 (14.29%) Machine Learning
7 2 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
8 1 (7.14%) Architecture Roadmap
8 1 (7.14%) Decision-Making
8 1 (7.14%) Logical Data Model
8 1 (7.14%) Metadata Management
8 1 (7.14%) Physical Data Model
8 1 (7.14%) Project Delivery
8 1 (7.14%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Salesforce
2 2 (14.29%) Meraki
3 1 (7.14%) Databricks
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft