Data Architect Job Trends in the Midlands

Data Architect
England > Midlands

The median Data Architect salary in the Midlands is £74,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 230 191
Rank change year-on-year +37 -39 +86
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Architect 31 16 39
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.40% 0.25% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.27% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 21 12 26
10th Percentile £56,750 £65,253 £52,325
25th Percentile £60,000 £69,382 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £77,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.52% +10.71% -7.89%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £79,375
90th Percentile - £91,550 £84,625
England median annual salary £85,000 £90,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% -11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 7,094 6,010 5,385
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.69% 94.19% 94.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,323 2,791 4,449
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £52,500 £49,750
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.53% -5.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,614 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Data Architect job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Data Architect
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in the Midlands

Data Architect
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Architect in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Architect in the Midlands

Data Architect
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Architect within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
West Midlands +31 24 £74,000 -4.52% 8
East Midlands -2 7 £65,000 -23.53% 1
Data Architect
England

Data Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 14 January 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 Midlands region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 22 (70.97%) Data Modelling
2 21 (67.74%) Data Architecture
3 11 (35.48%) Azure
3 11 (35.48%) Information Management
4 10 (32.26%) Data Governance
4 10 (32.26%) Data Strategy
4 10 (32.26%) EDI
5 9 (29.03%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (29.03%) Data Management
6 8 (25.81%) Architectural Patterns
7 7 (22.58%) Analytics
7 7 (22.58%) Power BI
7 7 (22.58%) Power Platform
7 7 (22.58%) Sparx
7 7 (22.58%) Strategic Thinking
8 6 (19.35%) Agile
8 6 (19.35%) Metadata
9 5 (16.13%) AI
9 5 (16.13%) Master Data Management
9 5 (16.13%) Migration
9 5 (16.13%) Oracle
9 5 (16.13%) Oracle Fusion
10 4 (12.90%) Business Transformation
10 4 (12.90%) Data Integration
10 4 (12.90%) Data Quality
10 4 (12.90%) PaaS
10 4 (12.90%) SaaS
11 3 (9.68%) Building Information Modelling
11 3 (9.68%) Data Migration
11 3 (9.68%) Enterprise Architecture

Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (3.23%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 11 (35.48%) Azure
2 7 (22.58%) Power Platform
3 4 (12.90%) PaaS
3 4 (12.90%) SaaS
4 2 (6.45%) OCI
4 2 (6.45%) Oracle CX
5 1 (3.23%) AWS
5 1 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) Firewall
1 1 (3.23%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (3.23%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (22.58%) Power BI
2 6 (19.35%) Metadata
3 2 (6.45%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (6.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 2 (6.45%) Oracle Database
3 2 (6.45%) Oracle ODI
4 1 (3.23%) DynamoDB
4 1 (3.23%) GIS
4 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (32.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 7 (22.58%) Social Skills
3 6 (19.35%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.90%) Finance
5 2 (6.45%) Legal
6 1 (3.23%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (32.26%) EDI
2 5 (16.13%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (9.68%) REST
4 2 (6.45%) SOAP
5 1 (3.23%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) Management Information System
2 3 (9.68%) Reference Data
3 2 (6.45%) Cloud Native
3 2 (6.45%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (70.97%) Data Modelling
2 21 (67.74%) Data Architecture
3 11 (35.48%) Information Management
4 10 (32.26%) Data Governance
4 10 (32.26%) Data Strategy
5 9 (29.03%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (29.03%) Data Management
6 8 (25.81%) Architectural Patterns
7 7 (22.58%) Analytics
7 7 (22.58%) Strategic Thinking
8 6 (19.35%) Agile
9 5 (16.13%) AI
9 5 (16.13%) Master Data Management
9 5 (16.13%) Migration
10 4 (12.90%) Business Transformation
10 4 (12.90%) Data Integration
11 3 (9.68%) Data Migration
11 3 (9.68%) Enterprise Architecture
11 3 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
11 3 (9.68%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.68%) SQL
2 2 (6.45%) PL/SQL
2 2 (6.45%) Python
3 1 (3.23%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (3.23%) CTC Cleared
1 1 (3.23%) DBS Check
1 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
1 1 (3.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.45%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) Sparx
2 5 (16.13%) Oracle
3 2 (6.45%) Databricks
4 1 (3.23%) Cisco
4 1 (3.23%) HP
4 1 (3.23%) Juniper
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.23%) VMware