Principal Data Architect Job Trends in Glasgow

Principal Data Architect
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Principal Data Architect salary in Glasgow is £125,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 March 2026.

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

 6 months to
27 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 - 204
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Data Architect 3 0 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.35% - 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% - 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £117,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £125,000 - -
75th Percentile £132,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £110,000 - -

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 793 387 3,257
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.74% 91.49% 97.90%
Number of salaries quoted 483 217 767
10th Percentile £29,375 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £98,500 £77,500
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -8.70%

Principal Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Principal Data Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Principal Data Architect job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Principal Data Architect Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 27 March 2026, Principal 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 Principal Data Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Data Sharing
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Data Lake
3 1 (33.33%) Data Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Meraki
3 1 (33.33%) MQTT
3 1 (33.33%) Neo4j
3 1 (33.33%) pgvector
3 1 (33.33%) Pinecone

Principal 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 3 (100.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (33.33%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (33.33%) Data Lake
2 1 (33.33%) Neo4j
2 1 (33.33%) Pinecone
General
1 2 (66.67%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (33.33%) Automotive
2 1 (33.33%) Health Technology
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) pgvector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (66.67%) Replication
3 1 (33.33%) IoT
3 1 (33.33%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Data Sharing
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Data Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Meraki
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