Senior Data Architect Job Trends in London

Senior Data Architect
England > London

The median Senior Data Architect salary in London is £110,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 January 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 368 417 423
Rank change year-on-year +49 +6 +209
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Architect 9 14 36
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.062% 0.091% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.098% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 9 12 16
10th Percentile £102,500 - -
25th Percentile - £92,500 £55,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 £122,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% +81.48% -15.63%
75th Percentile - £180,000 £87,500
90th Percentile - - £88,125
England median annual salary £80,000 £88,750 £61,206
% change year-on-year -9.86% +45.00% -23.49%

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 13,156 14,275 18,501
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.23% 92.40% 95.03%
Number of salaries quoted 8,695 8,212 14,904
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £54,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% -1.49%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% -8.80%

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 21 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Data Architect in London

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

For the 6 months to 21 January 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 9 (100.00%) Azure
2 8 (88.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 8 (88.89%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 8 (88.89%) Azure SQL Database
2 8 (88.89%) Data Design
2 8 (88.89%) Data Lake
2 8 (88.89%) Data Mining
2 8 (88.89%) Data Modelling
2 8 (88.89%) Data Strategy
2 8 (88.89%) Data Vault
2 8 (88.89%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (88.89%) Databricks
2 8 (88.89%) Kimball Methodology
2 8 (88.89%) SaaS
2 8 (88.89%) SQL
2 8 (88.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (11.11%) AI
3 1 (11.11%) Analytics
3 1 (11.11%) AWS
3 1 (11.11%) Containerisation
3 1 (11.11%) Data Governance
3 1 (11.11%) Data Science
3 1 (11.11%) Docker
3 1 (11.11%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (11.11%) GCP
3 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
3 1 (11.11%) Machine Learning
3 1 (11.11%) Microservices
3 1 (11.11%) MongoDB
3 1 (11.11%) Redis

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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (100.00%) Azure
2 8 (88.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 8 (88.89%) SaaS
3 1 (11.11%) AWS
3 1 (11.11%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (88.89%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 8 (88.89%) Azure SQL Database
1 8 (88.89%) Data Lake
1 8 (88.89%) Data Mining
1 8 (88.89%) Data Vault
1 8 (88.89%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (11.11%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (11.11%) MongoDB
2 1 (11.11%) Redis
General
1 8 (88.89%) Retail
2 1 (11.11%) Law
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Data Design
1 8 (88.89%) Data Modelling
1 8 (88.89%) Data Strategy
1 8 (88.89%) Kimball Methodology
1 8 (88.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (11.11%) AI
2 1 (11.11%) Analytics
2 1 (11.11%) Containerisation
2 1 (11.11%) Data Governance
2 1 (11.11%) Data Science
2 1 (11.11%) Machine Learning
2 1 (11.11%) Microservices
2 1 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Databricks