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 24 February 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 154 210
Rank change year-on-year -16 +56 +69
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Architect 20 40 36
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.27% 0.92% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 1.02% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 17 14 24
10th Percentile - £56,809 £61,381
25th Percentile £80,000 £68,238 £68,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £77,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.13% -6.06% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,750 -
England median annual salary £85,000 £90,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% +9.09% -8.33%

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 6,548 3,923 6,445
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.04% 90.50% 94.86%
Number of salaries quoted 3,879 2,163 5,312
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,486 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,749 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £65,526
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%

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 24 February 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 24 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
Manchester -21 9 £90,000 +12.50% 6
Merseyside -6 7 £90,000 - 1
Lancashire -14 3 £80,000 +30.71% 1
Cheshire - 1 - -
Data Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 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 North West region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 11 (55.00%) Data Architecture
2 10 (50.00%) Data Quality
3 8 (40.00%) AWS
3 8 (40.00%) Azure
3 8 (40.00%) Data Governance
3 8 (40.00%) Data Modelling
3 8 (40.00%) Data Strategy
4 7 (35.00%) Analytics
4 7 (35.00%) Snowflake
5 6 (30.00%) Architectural Design
5 6 (30.00%) Data Engineering
6 5 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
6 5 (25.00%) Data Design
6 5 (25.00%) ETL
7 4 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
7 4 (20.00%) Data Mapping
7 4 (20.00%) Data Migration
7 4 (20.00%) Data Validation
7 4 (20.00%) DB2
7 4 (20.00%) Migration
7 4 (20.00%) Model Validation
7 4 (20.00%) Oracle
7 4 (20.00%) Relational Database
7 4 (20.00%) SQL
7 4 (20.00%) SQL Server
7 4 (20.00%) Validation
8 3 (15.00%) Data Management
8 3 (15.00%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (15.00%) GCP
9 2 (10.00%) Data Integration

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 1 (5.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 8 (40.00%) AWS
1 8 (40.00%) Azure
2 7 (35.00%) Snowflake
3 3 (15.00%) GCP
4 1 (5.00%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (5.00%) Collibra
4 1 (5.00%) dbt
4 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (5.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) DB2
1 4 (20.00%) Relational Database
1 4 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (15.00%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (10.00%) Metadata
4 1 (5.00%) Big Data
4 1 (5.00%) Data Lake
4 1 (5.00%) Power BI
4 1 (5.00%) Tableau
General
1 5 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Banking
3 1 (5.00%) Finance
3 1 (5.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (5.00%) IoT
1 1 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Public Cloud
1 1 (5.00%) Smart Home
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Data Architecture
2 8 (40.00%) Data Governance
2 8 (40.00%) Data Modelling
2 8 (40.00%) Data Strategy
3 7 (35.00%) Analytics
4 6 (30.00%) Architectural Design
4 6 (30.00%) Data Engineering
5 5 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
5 5 (25.00%) Data Design
5 5 (25.00%) ETL
6 4 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
6 4 (20.00%) Data Mapping
6 4 (20.00%) Data Migration
6 4 (20.00%) Data Validation
6 4 (20.00%) Migration
6 4 (20.00%) Model Validation
6 4 (20.00%) Validation
7 3 (15.00%) Data Management
8 2 (10.00%) Data Integration
8 2 (10.00%) Metadata Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.00%) Java
2 1 (5.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Oracle
2 2 (10.00%) Google
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.00%) Databricks
3 1 (5.00%) Informatica
3 1 (5.00%) Salesforce