Lead Data Architect Jobs in London

Lead Data Architect
England > London

The median Lead Data Architect salary in London is £84,335 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 May 2025.

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

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 397 505 598
Rank change year-on-year +108 +93 +267
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Data Architect 4 3 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.031% 0.013% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.014% 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 11
10th Percentile £81,137 £102,000 £83,750
25th Percentile £81,206 £105,000 £88,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £84,335 £110,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £109,299 - £137,500
90th Percentile £122,470 - £142,500
England median annual salary £84,258 £90,000 £110,000
% change year-on-year -6.38% -18.18% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,599 22,211 32,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.15% 94.13% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7,448 16,662 24,070
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Lead Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Data Architect in London

Lead Data Architect
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Lead Data Architect in London

Lead Data Architect
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Data Architect in London over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead Data Architect in London

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 2025, Lead 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 London region featuring Lead Data Architect in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (75.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Data Management
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Data Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Data Development
3 1 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Data Sharing
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Apache Spark
3 1 (25.00%) Logical Data Model
3 1 (25.00%) Power BI
3 1 (25.00%) Databricks
3 1 (25.00%) Conceptual Models
3 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Apache
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence

Lead Data Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (25.00%) Back Office
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Architecture
1 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Data Management
2 2 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Conceptual Models
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Data Collection
3 1 (25.00%) Data Development
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Data Sharing
3 1 (25.00%) Logical Data Model
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Databricks