Principal Data Architect Jobs in the Thames Valley

Principal Data Architect
South East > Thames Valley

The median Principal Data Architect salary in the Thames Valley is £92,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 243 -
Rank change year-on-year +74 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Data Architect 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.033% 0.015% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.016% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £88,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 - -
75th Percentile £96,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £92,500 - -

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 2,511 6,377 5,503
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 81.90% 94.70% 89.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,272 4,541 3,210
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £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% -

Principal Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Data Architect in the Thames Valley

Principal Data Architect
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Principal Data Architect in the Thames Valley

Principal 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 Principal Data Architect within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 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 - 1 £92,500 -
Principal Data Architect
South East

Principal Data Architect Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Principal 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 Principal Data Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) ArchiMate
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Business Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF Certification
1 1 (100.00%) DAMA
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills

Principal 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ArchiMate
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Business Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) DAMA
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF Certification