Data Architect Jobs in the North West

Data Architect
England > North West

The median Data Architect salary in the North West is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 286 219 284
Rank change year-on-year -67 +65 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Architect 5 72 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.064% 0.72% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.070% 0.76% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1 44 8
10th Percentile - £55,000 £72,250
25th Percentile £82,500 £63,750 £82,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £72,500 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.24% -27.50% +55.04%
75th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £113,125
90th Percentile - - £115,000
England median annual salary £96,250 £82,500 £92,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -10.81% +9.47%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 7,193 9,462 6,909
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.99% 94.63% 89.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3,847 7,265 4,026
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,250 £30,069
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,260 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Data Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Data Architect in the North West

Data Architect
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Architect in the North West.

Salary trend 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 22 May 2025. 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 +11 5 £85,000 +21.43% 13
Data Architect
England

Data Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, Data Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Data Architecture
2 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Accessibility
3 2 (40.00%) ArchiMate
3 2 (40.00%) Architecture Roadmap
3 2 (40.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Microservices
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (40.00%) Data Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Adaptive Web Design
3 2 (40.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Data Management
3 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (40.00%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (20.00%) Banking
4 1 (20.00%) Retail
4 1 (20.00%) NoSQL
4 1 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics

Data Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (20.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (20.00%) NoSQL
General
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Data Architecture
2 3 (60.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Adaptive Web Design
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) ArchiMate
3 2 (40.00%) Architecture Roadmap
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Data Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Data Management
3 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) Microservices
3 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (40.00%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (40.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft