Senior Data Architect Job Trends in London

Senior Data Architect
England > London

The median Senior Data Architect salary in London is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 August 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 377 388 428
Rank change year-on-year +11 +40 +95
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Architect 63 5 32
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.26% 0.041% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.045% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 50 4 18
10th Percentile £77,625 £78,875 £105,098
25th Percentile - £88,438 £120,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £113,750 £137,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.88% -17.27% +64.18%
75th Percentile £100,000 £132,500 £180,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £80,000 £102,500 £114,769
% change year-on-year -21.95% -10.69% +31.16%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 22,106 11,181 18,627
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.88% 91.69% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 15,131 7,245 12,863
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,825 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £70,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +2.84% -3.42%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £118,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

Senior Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Senior Data Architect job vacancy trend in London

Senior Data Architect
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Senior Data Architect job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Data Architect job vacancies in London

Senior Data Architect
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Data Architect in London over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Data Architect in London

Senior Data Architect
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Data Architect within the London region over the 6 months to 12 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +2 9 £90,000 -7.69% 4
West London - 1 - - 2
Senior Data Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 August 2026, Senior 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 London region featuring Senior Data Architect in the job title.

1 28 (44.44%) Data Architecture
2 21 (33.33%) AI
2 21 (33.33%) Analytics
3 18 (28.57%) Data Modelling
4 17 (26.98%) Data Governance
5 14 (22.22%) Data Strategy
6 13 (20.63%) AWS
7 12 (19.05%) Data Transformation
7 12 (19.05%) Machine Learning
7 12 (19.05%) Metadata
7 12 (19.05%) Roadmaps
8 11 (17.46%) Azure
8 11 (17.46%) Data Management
8 11 (17.46%) Migration
9 10 (15.87%) Databricks
9 10 (15.87%) Decision-Making
9 10 (15.87%) GCP
10 9 (14.29%) Data Engineering
10 9 (14.29%) Data Quality
10 9 (14.29%) Logical Data Model
10 9 (14.29%) Physical Data Model
10 9 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (12.70%) Collaborative Culture
11 8 (12.70%) Use Case
12 7 (11.11%) Agile
12 7 (11.11%) Architecture Governance
13 6 (9.52%) Architecture Roadmap
13 6 (9.52%) AWS Certification
13 6 (9.52%) Azure Certification
13 6 (9.52%) Data Lake

Senior Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (3.17%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.59%) SAP IBP
2 1 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (20.63%) AWS
2 11 (17.46%) Azure
3 10 (15.87%) GCP
4 3 (4.76%) Intacct
4 3 (4.76%) SaaS
5 2 (3.17%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (3.17%) Serverless
6 1 (1.59%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.17%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (19.05%) Metadata
2 6 (9.52%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.59%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.59%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.59%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Git
General
1 19 (30.16%) Finance
2 8 (12.70%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (12.70%) Social Skills
3 6 (9.52%) Financial Institution
4 3 (4.76%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.76%) Retail
5 2 (3.17%) Back Office
5 2 (3.17%) Banking
5 2 (3.17%) Health Technology
5 2 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.17%) Law
5 2 (3.17%) Military
5 2 (3.17%) Public Speaking
5 2 (3.17%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.17%) Wearables
6 1 (1.59%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.59%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 11 (17.46%) Cloud Native
2 6 (9.52%) e-Learning
3 5 (7.94%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.17%) Blog
4 2 (3.17%) IoT
5 1 (1.59%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.59%) Life Science
5 1 (1.59%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.59%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (44.44%) Data Architecture
2 21 (33.33%) AI
2 21 (33.33%) Analytics
3 18 (28.57%) Data Modelling
4 17 (26.98%) Data Governance
5 14 (22.22%) Data Strategy
6 12 (19.05%) Data Transformation
6 12 (19.05%) Machine Learning
6 12 (19.05%) Roadmaps
7 11 (17.46%) Data Management
7 11 (17.46%) Migration
8 10 (15.87%) Decision-Making
9 9 (14.29%) Data Engineering
9 9 (14.29%) Logical Data Model
9 9 (14.29%) Physical Data Model
9 9 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (12.70%) Collaborative Culture
10 8 (12.70%) Use Case
11 7 (11.11%) Agile
11 7 (11.11%) Architecture Governance
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (9.52%) AWS Certification
1 6 (9.52%) Azure Certification
2 4 (6.35%) SC Cleared
2 4 (6.35%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.76%) CIPD
3 3 (4.76%) Degree
4 2 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.59%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.59%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (3.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (15.87%) Databricks
2 3 (4.76%) Sage
2 3 (4.76%) Salesforce
3 2 (3.17%) Workday
4 1 (1.59%) SAP