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 22 July 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 367 386 442
Rank change year-on-year +19 +56 +100
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Architect 53 6 36
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.24% 0.049% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.053% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 40 5 17
10th Percentile £79,875 £81,000 £87,000
25th Percentile - £93,750 £105,098
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £98,500 £120,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.63% -17.92% +43.28%
75th Percentile £100,000 £132,500 £145,000
90th Percentile - - £180,000
England median annual salary £80,000 £100,500 £100,000
% change year-on-year -20.40% +0.50% +14.29%

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 20,920 11,327 20,470
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 91.69% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 14,442 7,350 14,738
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £116,250
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 22 July 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 22 July 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 +4 9 £90,000 -8.16% 7
Senior Data Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 July 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 (52.83%) Data Architecture
2 22 (41.51%) Analytics
3 19 (35.85%) AI
3 19 (35.85%) Data Modelling
4 18 (33.96%) Data Governance
5 15 (28.30%) Data Strategy
6 14 (26.42%) AWS
7 13 (24.53%) Data Transformation
7 13 (24.53%) Metadata
8 12 (22.64%) Azure
8 12 (22.64%) Data Management
8 12 (22.64%) Migration
8 12 (22.64%) Roadmaps
9 11 (20.75%) Databricks
9 11 (20.75%) GCP
10 10 (18.87%) Data Engineering
10 10 (18.87%) Logical Data Model
10 10 (18.87%) Machine Learning
10 10 (18.87%) Physical Data Model
10 10 (18.87%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (16.98%) Collaborative Culture
11 9 (16.98%) Data Quality
12 8 (15.09%) Agile
12 8 (15.09%) Decision-Making
12 8 (15.09%) Use Case
13 7 (13.21%) Architecture Governance
13 7 (13.21%) AWS Certification
13 7 (13.21%) Azure Certification
13 7 (13.21%) Data Lake
13 7 (13.21%) Data Migration

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 (3.77%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.89%) SAP IBP
2 1 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (26.42%) AWS
2 12 (22.64%) Azure
3 11 (20.75%) GCP
4 3 (5.66%) Intacct
4 3 (5.66%) SaaS
5 2 (3.77%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (3.77%) Serverless
6 1 (1.89%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.77%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (24.53%) Metadata
2 7 (13.21%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.89%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.89%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.89%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Git
General
1 20 (37.74%) Finance
2 9 (16.98%) Social Skills
3 7 (13.21%) Financial Institution
4 6 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.66%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.66%) Retail
6 2 (3.77%) Back Office
6 2 (3.77%) Banking
6 2 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.77%) Military
6 2 (3.77%) Public Speaking
6 2 (3.77%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.89%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 12 (22.64%) Cloud Native
2 7 (13.21%) e-Learning
3 5 (9.43%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.77%) Blog
5 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.89%) Life Science
5 1 (1.89%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (52.83%) Data Architecture
2 22 (41.51%) Analytics
3 19 (35.85%) AI
3 19 (35.85%) Data Modelling
4 18 (33.96%) Data Governance
5 15 (28.30%) Data Strategy
6 13 (24.53%) Data Transformation
7 12 (22.64%) Data Management
7 12 (22.64%) Migration
7 12 (22.64%) Roadmaps
8 10 (18.87%) Data Engineering
8 10 (18.87%) Logical Data Model
8 10 (18.87%) Machine Learning
8 10 (18.87%) Physical Data Model
8 10 (18.87%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (16.98%) Collaborative Culture
10 8 (15.09%) Agile
10 8 (15.09%) Decision-Making
10 8 (15.09%) Use Case
11 7 (13.21%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.77%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (13.21%) AWS Certification
1 7 (13.21%) Azure Certification
2 3 (5.66%) CIPD
2 3 (5.66%) Degree
3 2 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.77%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.77%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.89%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.98%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.89%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (3.77%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (20.75%) Databricks
2 3 (5.66%) Sage
2 3 (5.66%) Salesforce
3 2 (3.77%) Workday
4 1 (1.89%) SAP