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 30 September 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 378 380 427
Rank change year-on-year +2 +47 +44
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Architect 78 7 27
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.30% 0.060% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.065% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 71 7 17
10th Percentile £80,000 £85,250 £99,559
25th Percentile - £101,875 £120,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £110,000 £135,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -18.52% +121.31%
75th Percentile £100,000 - £180,000
90th Percentile - £119,000 -
England median annual salary £80,000 £110,000 £120,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% -8.33% +93.55%

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 23,928 10,698 17,851
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 91.04% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 16,205 6,931 10,984
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -3.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 30 September 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 30 September 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 +13 11 £90,000 -7.69% 8
West London - 1 - -
Senior Data Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 September 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 32 (41.03%) Data Architecture
2 25 (32.05%) AI
3 22 (28.21%) Analytics
4 17 (21.79%) Data Governance
5 16 (20.51%) Data Modelling
6 14 (17.95%) Roadmaps
7 13 (16.67%) Data Quality
7 13 (16.67%) Machine Learning
8 12 (15.38%) Data Strategy
8 12 (15.38%) Metadata
9 11 (14.10%) Security Cleared
10 10 (12.82%) Azure
10 10 (12.82%) Decision-Making
10 10 (12.82%) Metadata Management
11 8 (10.26%) Architecture Roadmap
11 8 (10.26%) CI/CD
11 8 (10.26%) Use Case
12 7 (8.97%) Architecture Governance
12 7 (8.97%) AWS
12 7 (8.97%) Data Transformation
12 7 (8.97%) Logical Data Model
12 7 (8.97%) Migration
12 7 (8.97%) Physical Data Model
12 7 (8.97%) Stakeholder Management
13 6 (7.69%) AI Transformation
13 6 (7.69%) Data Integration
13 6 (7.69%) Data Management
13 6 (7.69%) DevOps
13 6 (7.69%) Integration Patterns
13 6 (7.69%) Lakehouse

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (2.56%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.28%) SAP IBP
2 1 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (12.82%) Azure
2 7 (8.97%) AWS
3 4 (5.13%) GCP
3 4 (5.13%) Intacct
3 4 (5.13%) Serverless
4 3 (3.85%) SaaS
5 2 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.28%) Azure API Management
6 1 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.28%) Azure Functions
6 1 (1.28%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.28%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.28%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.28%) Azure Storage
6 1 (1.28%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.28%) GitHub
6 1 (1.28%) PaaS
6 1 (1.28%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.28%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.56%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (15.38%) Metadata
2 3 (3.85%) Semantic Layer
3 2 (2.56%) Star Schema
4 1 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.28%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.28%) Power BI
4 1 (1.28%) Redis
4 1 (1.28%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.28%) SAP BW
4 1 (1.28%) SAP HANA
4 1 (1.28%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.85%) Git
General
1 16 (20.51%) Finance
2 12 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (6.41%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.13%) Retail
4 4 (5.13%) Social Skills
5 3 (3.85%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.56%) Back Office
6 2 (2.56%) Health Technology
6 2 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.56%) Law
6 2 (2.56%) Legal
6 2 (2.56%) Military
6 2 (2.56%) Public Speaking
6 2 (2.56%) Wearables
7 1 (1.28%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.28%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.28%) Middleware
1 1 (1.28%) REST
1 1 (1.28%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.97%) Cloud Native
2 6 (7.69%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.56%) Blog
3 2 (2.56%) Distributed Architecture
3 2 (2.56%) IoT
4 1 (1.28%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.28%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.28%) Life Science
4 1 (1.28%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.28%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (1.28%) Reference Data
4 1 (1.28%) Reinsurance
4 1 (1.28%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (41.03%) Data Architecture
2 25 (32.05%) AI
3 22 (28.21%) Analytics
4 17 (21.79%) Data Governance
5 16 (20.51%) Data Modelling
6 14 (17.95%) Roadmaps
7 13 (16.67%) Machine Learning
8 12 (15.38%) Data Strategy
9 10 (12.82%) Decision-Making
9 10 (12.82%) Metadata Management
10 8 (10.26%) Architecture Roadmap
10 8 (10.26%) CI/CD
10 8 (10.26%) Use Case
11 7 (8.97%) Architecture Governance
11 7 (8.97%) Data Transformation
11 7 (8.97%) Logical Data Model
11 7 (8.97%) Migration
11 7 (8.97%) Physical Data Model
11 7 (8.97%) Stakeholder Management
12 6 (7.69%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.85%) SQL
2 1 (1.28%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 11 (14.10%) Security Cleared
2 6 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.41%) DV Cleared
4 3 (3.85%) CIPD
4 3 (3.85%) Degree
5 2 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.28%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.28%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.28%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.28%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.28%) Grafana
Vendors
1 5 (6.41%) Databricks
2 4 (5.13%) Sage
2 4 (5.13%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.56%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.56%) Workday
4 1 (1.28%) Dynatrace
4 1 (1.28%) Oracle
4 1 (1.28%) SAP