Data Architect Job Trends in the North West

Data Architect
England > North West

The median Data Architect salary in the North West is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2026.

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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 228 215
Rank change year-on-year +31 -13 +57
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Architect 40 8 69
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.38% 0.17% 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.20% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 37 5 43
10th Percentile £59,250 - £55,000
25th Percentile £80,000 £56,809 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +14.29% -26.32%
75th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £100,000
90th Percentile - £104,000 -
England median annual salary £85,000 £94,637 £82,500
% change year-on-year -10.18% +14.71% -10.81%

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 9,559 4,079 8,908
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.74% 88.18% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 6,566 2,140 7,112
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £27,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £89,500 £84,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £53,847
% change year-on-year -5.17% +7.71% -11.44%

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 15 May 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 15 May 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 +2 18 £90,000 +9.09% 6
Merseyside - 13 £90,000 -
Cheshire - 6 £91,250 -
Lancashire +23 3 £80,000 +30.71% 3
Data Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 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 21 (52.50%) Data Architecture
2 20 (50.00%) Data Strategy
3 16 (40.00%) Analytics
4 15 (37.50%) Data Modelling
4 15 (37.50%) Data Quality
5 14 (35.00%) Data Governance
6 13 (32.50%) Architectural Design
6 13 (32.50%) Azure
7 12 (30.00%) AWS
7 12 (30.00%) Snowflake
8 10 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
8 10 (25.00%) Data Engineering
9 9 (22.50%) Databricks
10 7 (17.50%) Data Design
10 7 (17.50%) Data Management
10 7 (17.50%) Metadata
10 7 (17.50%) Metadata Management
10 7 (17.50%) Migration
10 7 (17.50%) Power BI
10 7 (17.50%) Power Platform
11 6 (15.00%) Data Migration
11 6 (15.00%) Data Transformation
11 6 (15.00%) SQL Server
12 5 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
12 5 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
12 5 (12.50%) Decision-Making
12 5 (12.50%) ETL
12 5 (12.50%) GCP
12 5 (12.50%) Integration Patterns
12 5 (12.50%) 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 (7.50%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (2.50%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 13 (32.50%) Azure
2 12 (30.00%) AWS
2 12 (30.00%) Snowflake
3 7 (17.50%) Power Platform
4 5 (12.50%) GCP
5 4 (10.00%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (10.00%) dbt
6 2 (5.00%) Collibra
7 1 (2.50%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (2.50%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (17.50%) Metadata
1 7 (17.50%) Power BI
2 6 (15.00%) SQL Server
3 4 (10.00%) DB2
3 4 (10.00%) Relational Database
4 3 (7.50%) BigQuery
4 3 (7.50%) Data Vault
4 3 (7.50%) Semantic Layer
4 3 (7.50%) Tableau
5 2 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (2.50%) Data Lake
General
1 7 (17.50%) Influencing Skills
2 5 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 5 (12.50%) Retail
3 4 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.00%) Finance
3 4 (10.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (7.50%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.50%) Banking
5 1 (2.50%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.50%) Cloud Native
2 2 (5.00%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.50%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (52.50%) Data Architecture
2 20 (50.00%) Data Strategy
3 16 (40.00%) Analytics
4 15 (37.50%) Data Modelling
5 14 (35.00%) Data Governance
6 13 (32.50%) Architectural Design
7 10 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
7 10 (25.00%) Data Engineering
8 7 (17.50%) Data Design
8 7 (17.50%) Data Management
8 7 (17.50%) Metadata Management
8 7 (17.50%) Migration
9 6 (15.00%) Data Migration
9 6 (15.00%) Data Transformation
10 5 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (12.50%) Decision-Making
10 5 (12.50%) ETL
10 5 (12.50%) Integration Patterns
11 4 (10.00%) Model Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.00%) SQL
2 1 (2.50%) Java
2 1 (2.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (7.50%) Azure Certification
1 3 (7.50%) Degree
2 2 (5.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (37.50%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.50%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.50%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 3 (7.50%) Terraform
2 1 (2.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (22.50%) Databricks
2 5 (12.50%) Salesforce
3 4 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (10.00%) Oracle
4 2 (5.00%) SAP
5 1 (2.50%) Google
5 1 (2.50%) Informatica