Senior Data Architect Job Trends in Sheffield

Senior Data Architect
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Senior Data Architect salary in Sheffield is £75,466 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 June 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 - 86
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Architect 4 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 0.47% - 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% - 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - £58,128
25th Percentile £64,439 - £60,107
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,466 - £65,603
75th Percentile £80,000 - £68,901
90th Percentile - - £69,560
South Yorkshire median annual salary £75,466 - £65,603

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 817 290 1,195
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.00% 96.67% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 669 204 945
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £31,094 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,563 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,500 £78,750
South Yorkshire median annual salary £49,884 £46,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +7.28% -2.11% +5.56%

Senior Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Data Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Senior Data Architect job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Senior Data Architect
Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for Senior Data Architect job vacancies in Sheffield.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Data Architect job vacancies in Sheffield

Senior Data Architect Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 9 June 2026, Senior 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 Sheffield region featuring Senior Data Architect in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Architectural Design
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (50.00%) Coaching
1 2 (50.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
1 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (50.00%) Data Management
1 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (50.00%) Data Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) DevOps
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (50.00%) GCP
1 2 (50.00%) Google
1 2 (50.00%) Master Data Management
1 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (50.00%) Metadata
1 2 (50.00%) Metadata Management
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft

Senior Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Metadata
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Architectural Design
1 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (50.00%) Coaching
1 2 (50.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
1 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (50.00%) Data Management
1 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (50.00%) Data Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) DevOps
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (50.00%) Master Data Management
1 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (50.00%) Metadata Management
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Google
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft