Data Architect Job Trends in the South East

Data Architect
England > South East

The median Data Architect salary in the South East is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 February 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 246 267
Rank change year-on-year +45 +21 +75
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Architect 70 56 78
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.64% 0.64% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.72% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 36 26 61
10th Percentile - £60,750 £56,000
25th Percentile £82,500 £70,467 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £87,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +9.38% +1.59%
75th Percentile - £94,688 £95,000
90th Percentile - £95,625 £100,000
England median annual salary £85,000 £90,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% -11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 10,052 7,777 11,297
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 89.11% 94.69%
Number of salaries quoted 6,389 3,983 8,580
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,296 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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 South East.

Data Architect job vacancy trend in the South East

Data Architect
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in the South East

Data Architect
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Architect in the South East over the 6 months to 2 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Architect in the South East

Data Architect
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Architect within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 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
Thames Valley +14 36 £90,000 +22.89% 2
Buckinghamshire +17 33 £90,000 +22.89% 2
East Sussex +30 29 £90,000 +63.64% 2
Surrey +1 3 £90,000 -
Oxfordshire - 2 - -
Hampshire +16 1 - -
Berkshire -4 1 £90,000 +69.81%
Kent -12 1 £90,000 +1.41%
Data Architect
England

Data Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 2 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 South East region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 54 (77.14%) Azure
2 39 (55.71%) Data Modelling
3 36 (51.43%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (42.86%) Data Architecture
5 29 (41.43%) Databricks
6 28 (40.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 27 (38.57%) Analytics
8 25 (35.71%) Data Integration
9 24 (34.29%) Digital Analytics
9 24 (34.29%) E-Commerce
10 23 (32.86%) Data Engineering
10 23 (32.86%) Snowflake
11 22 (31.43%) Accessibility
11 22 (31.43%) Data Management
11 22 (31.43%) Microsoft
12 18 (25.71%) SQL
13 17 (24.29%) Python
14 16 (22.86%) Data Governance
14 16 (22.86%) ETL
15 15 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
15 15 (21.43%) Technical Leadership
16 13 (18.57%) Data Quality
16 13 (18.57%) Data Security
16 13 (18.57%) Performance Tuning
16 13 (18.57%) Problem-Solving
17 3 (4.29%) Data Strategy
17 3 (4.29%) Google
17 3 (4.29%) Security Cleared
18 2 (2.86%) Azure SQL Database
18 2 (2.86%) BigQuery

Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 54 (77.14%) Azure
2 28 (40.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 23 (32.86%) Snowflake
4 2 (2.86%) GCP
5 1 (1.43%) AWS
5 1 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.43%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (51.43%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.86%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (2.86%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.43%) Big Data
3 1 (1.43%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.43%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (1.43%) Metadata
3 1 (1.43%) Power BI
3 1 (1.43%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (8.57%) Public Sector
3 2 (2.86%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.86%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (55.71%) Data Modelling
2 30 (42.86%) Data Architecture
3 27 (38.57%) Analytics
4 25 (35.71%) Data Integration
5 24 (34.29%) Digital Analytics
5 24 (34.29%) E-Commerce
6 23 (32.86%) Data Engineering
7 22 (31.43%) Data Management
8 16 (22.86%) Data Governance
8 16 (22.86%) ETL
9 15 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
9 15 (21.43%) Technical Leadership
10 13 (18.57%) Data Security
10 13 (18.57%) Performance Tuning
10 13 (18.57%) Problem-Solving
11 3 (4.29%) Data Strategy
12 2 (2.86%) Data Ingestion
12 2 (2.86%) Regulatory Compliance
12 2 (2.86%) Revenue Assurance
13 1 (1.43%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 18 (25.71%) SQL
2 17 (24.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (4.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.43%) DV Cleared
2 1 (1.43%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (31.43%) Accessibility
2 13 (18.57%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.86%) GDPR
Vendors
1 29 (41.43%) Databricks
2 22 (31.43%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.29%) Google