Data Architect Jobs 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 23 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 203 118
Rank change year-on-year +121 -85 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Architect 4 22 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.57% 0.59% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.60% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £81,250 £54,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £82,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% +41.03% -10.00%
75th Percentile - £83,750 £64,625
90th Percentile - - £65,750
Scotland median annual salary £92,500 £73,750 £66,000
% change year-on-year +25.42% +11.74% +1.54%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 624 3,683 1,298
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.02% 98.08% 86.48%
Number of salaries quoted 257 1,001 638
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings that featured Data Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Data Architect in Glasgow

Data Architect
Salary Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Architect in Glasgow.

Salary trend for Data Architect in Glasgow

Data Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 23 June 2025, Data Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Glasgow region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Data Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Power BI
3 1 (25.00%) Terraform
3 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
3 1 (25.00%) Databricks
3 1 (25.00%) Reference Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (25.00%) Network Virtualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Data Science
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Metadata
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) Use Case

Data Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Apache
1 1 (25.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) Metadata
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (50.00%) Data Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (25.00%) Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Science
2 1 (25.00%) Dimensional Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Logical Data Model
2 1 (25.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (25.00%) Presales
2 1 (25.00%) Reference Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Databricks
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft