Data Architecture Job Trends in South London

Data Architecture
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South London requiring Data Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 88 80
Rank change year-on-year +40 -8 -35
Permanent jobs citing Data Architecture 11 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs in South London 1.72% 0.32% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.09% 0.32% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 11 1 4
10th Percentile £85,000 - £52,000
25th Percentile £95,625 £59,375 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £112,500 £61,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +83.67% -5.77% +33.51%
75th Percentile £143,750 £63,125 £83,750
90th Percentile - - £113,000
London median annual salary £85,000 £100,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -5.26%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South London

Data Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in South London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 526 616 722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 82.19% 97.78% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 206 167 401
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,000 £27,965
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,100 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,125 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £83,750
London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%

Data Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Architecture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South London.

Data Architecture job vacancy trend in South London

Data Architecture
Salary Trend in South London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Data Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Data Architecture

Data Architecture
Salary Histogram in South London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Architecture in South London over the 6 months to 28 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Architecture in South London

Data Architecture
Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Architecture within the South London region over the 6 months to 28 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
Croydon +31 11 £112,500 - 1
Data Architecture
London

Data Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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 10 (90.91%) Azure
1 10 (90.91%) Azure AI
1 10 (90.91%) Azure Machine Learning
1 10 (90.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 10 (90.91%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (90.91%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (90.91%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Data Manager
1 6 (54.55%) Engineering Manager
1 6 (54.55%) Finance Manager
2 5 (45.45%) Architect
2 5 (45.45%) Data Architect
3 4 (36.36%) Azure Architect
3 4 (36.36%) Azure Data Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 10 (90.91%) Agile
2 10 (90.91%) AI
2 10 (90.91%) Data Development
2 10 (90.91%) Data Engineering
2 10 (90.91%) Line Management
2 10 (90.91%) Machine Learning
2 10 (90.91%) Migration
2 10 (90.91%) Regulatory Compliance
2 10 (90.91%) Roadmaps
3 1 (9.09%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (9.09%) Data Management
3 1 (9.09%) Data Modelling
3 1 (9.09%) Data Strategy
3 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
3 1 (9.09%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (9.09%) SEO
3 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
System Software
1 10 (90.91%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Databricks
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft