Data Architect Job Trends in Merseyside

Data Architect
North West > Merseyside

The median Data Architect salary in Merseyside is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 February 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 53 65
Rank change year-on-year -7 +12 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Architect 6 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 0.81% 0.22% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.94% 0.30% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £100,000
75th Percentile £95,000 - -
90th Percentile £98,000 - -
North West median annual salary £90,000 £72,500 £81,066
% change year-on-year +24.14% -10.57% -4.63%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Merseyside

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Merseyside. 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 Merseyside with a recognized job title 640 332 829
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.84% 71.55% 94.10%
Number of salaries quoted 399 185 687
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -2.30% -6.45%
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,850 £75,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Data Architect job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Data Architect
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in Merseyside.

Salary distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in Merseyside

Data Architect
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Architect within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 17 February 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
Liverpool -9 6 £90,000 - 3
Data Architect
North West

Data Architect Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 17 February 2026, 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 Merseyside region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Data Architecture
2 5 (83.33%) Analytics
2 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 5 (83.33%) Data Engineering
2 5 (83.33%) Data Strategy
2 5 (83.33%) Snowflake
3 4 (66.67%) Architectural Design
3 4 (66.67%) Architectural Patterns
3 4 (66.67%) AWS
3 4 (66.67%) Data Design
3 4 (66.67%) Data Governance
3 4 (66.67%) Data Quality
4 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
4 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
4 1 (16.67%) Data Management
4 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft

Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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 5 (83.33%) Azure
1 5 (83.33%) Snowflake
2 4 (66.67%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (66.67%) Influencing Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Data Architecture
2 5 (83.33%) Analytics
2 5 (83.33%) Data Engineering
2 5 (83.33%) Data Strategy
3 4 (66.67%) Architectural Design
3 4 (66.67%) Architectural Patterns
3 4 (66.67%) Data Design
3 4 (66.67%) Data Governance
4 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
4 1 (16.67%) Data Management
4 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft