Data Architect Job Trends in the South East

Data Architect
England > South East

The median Data Architect salary in the South East is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 July 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 261 258
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 +45
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Architect 60 34 101
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.37% 0.39% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.44% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 49 10 63
10th Percentile £76,000 £80,250 £55,000
25th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £60,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £90,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +2.86% +2.94%
75th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £96,875
90th Percentile - £107,125 £97,500
England median annual salary £85,000 £94,819 £85,000
% change year-on-year -10.36% +11.55% -8.11%

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 15,461 7,768 13,912
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.63% 89.46% 94.15%
Number of salaries quoted 10,934 4,342 9,663
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 27 July 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 27 July 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 +10 31 £80,000 -11.11% 7
Berkshire +16 17 £90,000 -7.69% 4
East Sussex 0 14 £87,500 -2.78%
Buckinghamshire -7 14 £77,500 -13.89% 3
Hampshire -35 8 £85,000 +3.03% 6
West Sussex -15 5 £85,000 +17.24%
Kent -23 2 £68,500 -16.97%
Data Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 July 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 31 (51.67%) Data Architecture
2 29 (48.33%) Azure
2 29 (48.33%) Data Modelling
3 26 (43.33%) Databricks
4 19 (31.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 19 (31.67%) ETL
5 16 (26.67%) Data Strategy
6 15 (25.00%) Computer Science
6 15 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (25.00%) Degree
7 13 (21.67%) Data Quality
8 12 (20.00%) Data Governance
8 12 (20.00%) Data Security
8 12 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (20.00%) Python
8 12 (20.00%) SQL
8 12 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
9 11 (18.33%) Logical Data Model
9 11 (18.33%) Metadata
9 11 (18.33%) Performance Tuning
9 11 (18.33%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (18.33%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (15.00%) Physical Data Model
11 8 (13.33%) Accessibility
11 8 (13.33%) Agile
11 8 (13.33%) AI
11 8 (13.33%) Community of Practice
11 8 (13.33%) Roadmaps
11 8 (13.33%) Scrum
11 8 (13.33%) Technical Architecture

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 2 (3.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 29 (48.33%) Azure
2 19 (31.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 3 (5.00%) AWS
4 2 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.67%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (18.33%) Metadata
3 2 (3.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.67%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.67%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.67%) Git
General
1 11 (18.33%) Public Sector
1 11 (18.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (13.33%) Law
3 7 (11.67%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.67%) Cloud Native
2 5 (8.33%) Data Fabric
3 2 (3.33%) Taxonomies
4 1 (1.67%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.67%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (51.67%) Data Architecture
2 29 (48.33%) Data Modelling
3 19 (31.67%) ETL
4 16 (26.67%) Data Strategy
5 15 (25.00%) Computer Science
6 12 (20.00%) Data Governance
6 12 (20.00%) Data Security
6 12 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
7 11 (18.33%) Logical Data Model
7 11 (18.33%) Performance Tuning
7 11 (18.33%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (18.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (15.00%) Physical Data Model
9 8 (13.33%) Agile
9 8 (13.33%) AI
9 8 (13.33%) Community of Practice
9 8 (13.33%) Scrum
9 8 (13.33%) Technical Architecture
9 8 (13.33%) Technology Strategy
9 8 (13.33%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 12 (20.00%) Python
1 12 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 15 (25.00%) Degree
2 7 (11.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.67%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (21.67%) Data Quality
2 8 (13.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.67%) GDPR
3 1 (1.67%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (1.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 26 (43.33%) Databricks
2 3 (5.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.67%) Oracle