Data Architect Job Trends in the North West

Data Architect
England > North West

The median Data Architect salary in the North West is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 August 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 245 173
Rank change year-on-year +60 -72 +63
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Architect 69 4 82
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.59% 0.077% 0.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.086% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 67 1 65
10th Percentile £60,900 - £55,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +13.33% -19.14%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £100,000 - -
England median annual salary £85,000 £94,819 £85,000
% change year-on-year -10.36% +11.55% -8.11%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 11,074 4,675 8,030
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.24% 90.29% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 8,295 2,447 5,728
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,925
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £74,987 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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 North West.

Data Architect job vacancy trend in the North West

Data Architect
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in the North West.

Salary distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in the North West

Data Architect
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Architect in the North West over the 6 months to 2 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Architect in the North West

Data Architect
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Architect within the North West region over the 6 months to 2 August 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
Manchester +6 33 £80,000 -5.88% 9
Lancashire - 17 £70,000 - 3
Cheshire - 10 £85,000 - 1
Merseyside - 9 £90,000 - 3
Data Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 August 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 North West region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 33 (47.83%) Data Architecture
2 27 (39.13%) Data Strategy
3 25 (36.23%) Data Modelling
4 22 (31.88%) Analytics
5 17 (24.64%) Azure
6 16 (23.19%) Data Governance
7 15 (21.74%) Architectural Design
7 15 (21.74%) Databricks
8 11 (15.94%) Data Quality
8 11 (15.94%) Power BI
8 11 (15.94%) Power Platform
9 10 (14.49%) Data Engineering
9 10 (14.49%) Decision-Making
10 9 (13.04%) AWS
10 9 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (13.04%) Snowflake
11 8 (11.59%) Agile
11 8 (11.59%) Architectural Patterns
11 8 (11.59%) Enterprise Architecture
12 7 (10.14%) Data Transformation
12 7 (10.14%) DevOps
13 6 (8.70%) AI
13 6 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
13 6 (8.70%) Data Management
13 6 (8.70%) Degree
13 6 (8.70%) Integration Patterns
13 6 (8.70%) Metadata
13 6 (8.70%) Metadata Management
13 6 (8.70%) Microsoft
13 6 (8.70%) Salesforce

Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (4.35%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 17 (24.64%) Azure
2 11 (15.94%) Power Platform
3 9 (13.04%) AWS
3 9 (13.04%) Snowflake
4 5 (7.25%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (5.80%) GCP
6 3 (4.35%) dbt
7 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (1.45%) Collibra
8 1 (1.45%) GitHub
8 1 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.45%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (15.94%) Power BI
2 6 (8.70%) Metadata
3 4 (5.80%) Data Vault
4 3 (4.35%) BigQuery
4 3 (4.35%) Semantic Layer
4 3 (4.35%) SQL Server
4 3 (4.35%) Tableau
5 2 (2.90%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.45%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.45%) Delta Lake
6 1 (1.45%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) MLflow
General
1 12 (17.39%) Public Sector
2 8 (11.59%) Influencing Skills
2 8 (11.59%) Social Skills
3 6 (8.70%) Retail
4 4 (5.80%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.35%) Finance
5 3 (4.35%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.45%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.80%) Cloud Native
1 4 (5.80%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.45%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (47.83%) Data Architecture
2 27 (39.13%) Data Strategy
3 25 (36.23%) Data Modelling
4 22 (31.88%) Analytics
5 16 (23.19%) Data Governance
6 15 (21.74%) Architectural Design
7 10 (14.49%) Data Engineering
7 10 (14.49%) Decision-Making
8 9 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (11.59%) Agile
9 8 (11.59%) Architectural Patterns
9 8 (11.59%) Enterprise Architecture
10 7 (10.14%) Data Transformation
10 7 (10.14%) DevOps
11 6 (8.70%) AI
11 6 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
11 6 (8.70%) Data Management
11 6 (8.70%) Integration Patterns
11 6 (8.70%) Metadata Management
11 6 (8.70%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.90%) Python
1 2 (2.90%) SQL
2 1 (1.45%) R
2 1 (1.45%) Scala
Qualifications
1 6 (8.70%) Degree
2 3 (4.35%) Azure Certification
2 3 (4.35%) TOGAF Certification
3 2 (2.90%) DV Cleared
3 2 (2.90%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.94%) Data Quality
2 4 (5.80%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 4 (5.80%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (21.74%) Databricks
2 6 (8.70%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.70%) Salesforce
3 3 (4.35%) BiZZdesign
3 3 (4.35%) SAP
4 1 (1.45%) Oracle