Data Architect Jobs in the Thames Valley

Data Architect
South East > Thames Valley

The median Data Architect salary in the Thames Valley is £73,238 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 204 221
Rank change year-on-year +33 +17 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Architect 9 40 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.26% 0.60% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.63% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 7 18 23
10th Percentile - - £76,250
25th Percentile £70,467 £60,000 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,238 £61,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.06% -30.29% +52.17%
75th Percentile £83,005 £80,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £86,125 £109,500
South East median annual salary £77,869 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -8.39% - +13.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,845 6,336 5,333
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 83.75% 94.68% 89.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,251 4,430 3,144
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,183 £36,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Data Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Data Architect in the Thames Valley

Data Architect
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Architect in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Data Architect in the Thames Valley

Data Architect
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Architect in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Architect in the Thames Valley

Data Architect
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Architect within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 May 2025. 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
Buckinghamshire +22 9 £73,238 +22.06% 2
Data Architect
South East

Data Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Data Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 8 (88.89%) Data Modelling
1 8 (88.89%) Data Architecture
2 5 (55.56%) Enterprise Architecture
2 5 (55.56%) Information Architecture
2 5 (55.56%) Project Management
2 5 (55.56%) Risk Management
2 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 5 (55.56%) Information Security
2 5 (55.56%) Collaborative Working
2 5 (55.56%) Project Delivery
2 5 (55.56%) Budget Management
2 5 (55.56%) Budgeting
3 3 (33.33%) Data Management
3 3 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (33.33%) Data Engineering
4 2 (22.22%) Digital Analytics
4 2 (22.22%) Azure
4 2 (22.22%) Data Integration
4 2 (22.22%) E-Commerce
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
4 2 (22.22%) IBM Domino
4 2 (22.22%) Analytics
4 2 (22.22%) Data Strategy
4 2 (22.22%) Accessibility
4 2 (22.22%) Snowflake
5 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
5 1 (11.11%) Business Change Management
5 1 (11.11%) Business Case
5 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills

Data Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) IBM Domino
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
1 2 (22.22%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Local Government
2 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Data Architecture
1 8 (88.89%) Data Modelling
2 5 (55.56%) Budget Management
2 5 (55.56%) Budgeting
2 5 (55.56%) Collaborative Working
2 5 (55.56%) Enterprise Architecture
2 5 (55.56%) Information Architecture
2 5 (55.56%) Information Security
2 5 (55.56%) Project Delivery
2 5 (55.56%) Project Management
2 5 (55.56%) Risk Management
3 3 (33.33%) Data Engineering
3 3 (33.33%) Data Management
4 2 (22.22%) Analytics
4 2 (22.22%) Data Integration
4 2 (22.22%) Data Strategy
4 2 (22.22%) Digital Analytics
4 2 (22.22%) E-Commerce
5 1 (11.11%) Business Case
5 1 (11.11%) Business Change Management
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Accessibility
2 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft