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 19 March 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 229 270
Rank change year-on-year +26 +41 +67
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Architect 83 33 93
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.67% 0.47% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 0.54% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 51 20 62
10th Percentile - £51,500 £57,368
25th Percentile £82,500 £70,467 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £88,750 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.41% +10.94% -
75th Percentile - £94,063 £95,000
90th Percentile - £98,125 £103,375
England median annual salary £85,000 £94,637 £82,500
% change year-on-year -10.18% +14.71% -9.59%

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 11,564 6,057 13,537
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 86.04% 93.80%
Number of salaries quoted 7,662 3,624 10,296
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.19%

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 19 March 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 19 March 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
East Sussex +27 39 £90,000 +63.64% 2
Thames Valley +23 38 £85,000 +16.06% 3
Buckinghamshire +12 35 £85,000 +16.06%
Surrey -22 3 £90,000 -12.20%
Kent -24 2 £79,250 -10.70% 1
Oxfordshire - 2 - -
Hampshire -6 1 - - 3
Berkshire -8 1 £90,000 +69.81% 3
Data Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 March 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 65 (78.31%) Azure
2 45 (54.22%) Data Modelling
3 41 (49.40%) Data Warehouse
4 39 (46.99%) Databricks
5 38 (45.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 33 (39.76%) Data Architecture
7 25 (30.12%) Analytics
7 25 (30.12%) Data Engineering
8 24 (28.92%) Digital Analytics
8 24 (28.92%) E-Commerce
9 23 (27.71%) Data Integration
9 23 (27.71%) Microsoft
9 23 (27.71%) Snowflake
10 22 (26.51%) Accessibility
10 22 (26.51%) Data Management
11 21 (25.30%) SQL
12 20 (24.10%) Python
12 20 (24.10%) Stakeholder Management
13 19 (22.89%) Data Governance
13 19 (22.89%) Data Quality
13 19 (22.89%) ETL
14 18 (21.69%) Data Security
14 18 (21.69%) Performance Tuning
14 18 (21.69%) Problem-Solving
14 18 (21.69%) Technical Leadership
15 5 (6.02%) Data Strategy
16 4 (4.82%) Metadata
17 3 (3.61%) AWS
17 3 (3.61%) Logical Data Model
18 2 (2.41%) Agile

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.20%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 65 (78.31%) Azure
2 38 (45.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 23 (27.71%) Snowflake
4 3 (3.61%) AWS
5 2 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.20%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (49.40%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (4.82%) Metadata
3 2 (2.41%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.20%) Big Data
4 1 (1.20%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.20%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (1.20%) Power BI
4 1 (1.20%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 19 (22.89%) Social Skills
2 8 (9.64%) Public Sector
3 3 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (2.41%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.20%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (54.22%) Data Modelling
2 33 (39.76%) Data Architecture
3 25 (30.12%) Analytics
3 25 (30.12%) Data Engineering
4 24 (28.92%) Digital Analytics
4 24 (28.92%) E-Commerce
5 23 (27.71%) Data Integration
6 22 (26.51%) Data Management
7 20 (24.10%) Stakeholder Management
8 19 (22.89%) Data Governance
8 19 (22.89%) ETL
9 18 (21.69%) Data Security
9 18 (21.69%) Performance Tuning
9 18 (21.69%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (21.69%) Technical Leadership
10 5 (6.02%) Data Strategy
11 3 (3.61%) Logical Data Model
12 2 (2.41%) Community of Practice
12 2 (2.41%) Physical Data Model
12 2 (2.41%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 21 (25.30%) SQL
2 20 (24.10%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (2.41%) Degree
2 1 (1.20%) DV Cleared
2 1 (1.20%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.20%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (26.51%) Accessibility
2 19 (22.89%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 39 (46.99%) Databricks
2 23 (27.71%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.20%) Google