Data Architect Job Trends

Data Architect
UK

The median Data Architect salary in the UK is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 July 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 466 410
Rank change year-on-year +222 -56 +60
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Architect 785 238 540
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.78% 0.48% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% 0.54% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 568 124 359
10th Percentile £60,572 £67,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £96,250 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.69% +13.24% -5.56%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £117,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £82,500 £85,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -2.94% +13.33% -6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 94,832 44,261 86,457
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.34% 90.17% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 64,920 26,252 60,421
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £54,389
Median % change year-on-year - +1.12% -9.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,219
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.21%

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Data Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Data Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Data Architect
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in the UK

Data Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Architect over the 6 months to 24 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Architect in the UK

Data Architect
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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
England +194 717 £85,000 -11.69% 245
UK excluding London +150 388 £82,500 -2.94% 135
London +119 337 £90,000 -13.67% 138
Work from Home +107 207 £85,000 -10.18% 115
North of England +73 139 £80,000 -15.47% 38
South West +9 74 £85,000 - 13
Midlands +16 72 £80,000 -1.84% 23
North West +59 70 £80,000 -5.88% 15
West Midlands +14 64 £81,250 -4.41% 19
South East +7 59 £85,000 -5.56% 36
Yorkshire -1 45 £80,000 -15.47% 13
Scotland +26 25 £95,000 +2.70% 8
North East -29 24 £70,000 -30.00% 10
East of England +3 18 £71,000 +18.89% 7
East Midlands -24 8 £55,000 -15.38% 3
Wales - 1 - - 1

Data Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 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 featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 366 (46.62%) Data Architecture
2 269 (34.27%) Data Modelling
3 233 (29.68%) Data Governance
4 228 (29.04%) Data Strategy
5 226 (28.79%) Analytics
6 216 (27.52%) Azure
7 176 (22.42%) AI
8 158 (20.13%) Databricks
9 147 (18.73%) Data Quality
10 142 (18.09%) AWS
11 128 (16.31%) Roadmaps
12 117 (14.90%) SQL
13 109 (13.89%) Metadata
14 102 (12.99%) Business Intelligence
15 92 (11.72%) Data Engineering
15 92 (11.72%) Machine Learning
16 88 (11.21%) GCP
16 88 (11.21%) Security Cleared
17 85 (10.83%) Snowflake
18 81 (10.32%) Decision-Making
19 80 (10.19%) Data Lake
19 80 (10.19%) Microsoft
20 73 (9.30%) Logical Data Model
20 73 (9.30%) Migration
21 72 (9.17%) Python
22 71 (9.04%) Agile
23 69 (8.79%) Physical Data Model
24 68 (8.66%) Data Warehouse
25 67 (8.54%) Data Management
25 67 (8.54%) ETL

Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 12 (1.53%) Apache Spark
2 11 (1.40%) Apache
3 6 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.64%) Palantir Foundry
4 5 (0.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (1.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.51%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.51%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.38%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.25%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.13%) Exchequer
5 1 (0.13%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.13%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.13%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 216 (27.52%) Azure
2 142 (18.09%) AWS
3 88 (11.21%) GCP
4 85 (10.83%) Snowflake
5 63 (8.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 60 (7.64%) Power Platform
7 41 (5.22%) Azure Data Factory
8 29 (3.69%) Microsoft Purview
9 27 (3.44%) Amazon S3
10 19 (2.42%) dbt
11 16 (2.04%) Azure AI
12 12 (1.53%) Azure Machine Learning
13 9 (1.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 6 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (0.76%) GitHub
14 6 (0.76%) SaaS
15 5 (0.64%) Azure DevOps
15 5 (0.64%) GitHub Actions
16 4 (0.51%) Intacct
16 4 (0.51%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.25%) Internet
1 2 (0.25%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (13.89%) Metadata
2 80 (10.19%) Data Lake
3 68 (8.66%) Data Warehouse
4 55 (7.01%) Power BI
5 40 (5.10%) Data Vault
6 26 (3.31%) Delta Lake
6 26 (3.31%) SQL Server
7 21 (2.68%) Tableau
8 16 (2.04%) Amazon Redshift
9 15 (1.91%) BigQuery
10 13 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
10 13 (1.66%) Snowflake Schema
11 12 (1.53%) NoSQL
11 12 (1.53%) Star Schema
12 11 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
13 10 (1.27%) Amazon Athena
13 10 (1.27%) Semantic Layer
14 9 (1.15%) MongoDB
15 7 (0.89%) Big Data
16 6 (0.76%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (0.76%) MLflow
2 5 (0.64%) Git
2 5 (0.64%) Toad
3 3 (0.38%) ERwin
4 2 (0.25%) GitLab
4 2 (0.25%) JIRA
4 2 (0.25%) rollup.js
5 1 (0.13%) ER Studio
General
1 141 (17.96%) Finance
2 103 (13.12%) Social Skills
3 90 (11.46%) Public Sector
4 53 (6.75%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (3.18%) Influencing Skills
7 24 (3.06%) Law
8 20 (2.55%) Retail
9 19 (2.42%) Legal
10 13 (1.66%) Financial Institution
11 9 (1.15%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (0.76%) Local Government
14 5 (0.64%) Advertising
14 5 (0.64%) Marketing
14 5 (0.64%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.51%) Banking
16 3 (0.38%) Health Technology
17 2 (0.25%) Presentation Skills
17 2 (0.25%) Public Speaking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.04%) PySpark
2 10 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (0.76%) Middleware
4 3 (0.38%) Kafka
4 3 (0.38%) REST
4 3 (0.38%) SOAP
5 2 (0.25%) .NET
5 2 (0.25%) JSON
5 2 (0.25%) pgvector
5 2 (0.25%) Snowpark
5 2 (0.25%) XML
6 1 (0.13%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.13%) FIX Protocol
6 1 (0.13%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.13%) SAP PI
6 1 (0.13%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 57 (7.26%) Cloud Native
2 23 (2.93%) Onboarding
3 22 (2.80%) Data Structures
3 22 (2.80%) Greenfield Project
4 10 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (1.15%) Data Fabric
6 8 (1.02%) Reference Data
7 7 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (0.89%) e-Learning
8 6 (0.76%) Taxonomies
9 5 (0.64%) IoT
9 5 (0.64%) NHS
9 5 (0.64%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.51%) Blockchain
10 4 (0.51%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.51%) Marketing Technology
11 3 (0.38%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.38%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.38%) Reinsurance
11 3 (0.38%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (46.62%) Data Architecture
2 269 (34.27%) Data Modelling
3 233 (29.68%) Data Governance
4 228 (29.04%) Data Strategy
5 226 (28.79%) Analytics
6 176 (22.42%) AI
7 128 (16.31%) Roadmaps
8 102 (12.99%) Business Intelligence
9 92 (11.72%) Data Engineering
9 92 (11.72%) Machine Learning
10 81 (10.32%) Decision-Making
11 73 (9.30%) Logical Data Model
11 73 (9.30%) Migration
12 71 (9.04%) Agile
13 69 (8.79%) Physical Data Model
14 67 (8.54%) Data Management
14 67 (8.54%) ETL
15 56 (7.13%) Architectural Patterns
15 56 (7.13%) Data Integration
16 54 (6.88%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 117 (14.90%) SQL
2 72 (9.17%) Python
3 17 (2.17%) Scala
4 12 (1.53%) Bicep
5 4 (0.51%) R
6 2 (0.25%) Java
7 1 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 88 (11.21%) Security Cleared
2 53 (6.75%) Degree
3 42 (5.35%) SC Cleared
4 37 (4.71%) DV Cleared
5 28 (3.57%) Azure Certification
6 27 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.53%) AWS Certification
7 12 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.53%) SnowPro
8 10 (1.27%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.27%) TOGAF Certification
9 9 (1.15%) CIPD
10 5 (0.64%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.13%) CCA
12 1 (0.13%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (18.73%) Data Quality
2 29 (3.69%) GDPR
3 15 (1.91%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.38%) QA
5 2 (0.25%) IFRS
5 2 (0.25%) IFRS 17
5 2 (0.25%) SLA
5 2 (0.25%) Solvency II
6 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.13%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (0.38%) Docker
3 1 (0.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 19 (2.42%) Terraform
2 5 (0.64%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 158 (20.13%) Databricks
2 80 (10.19%) Microsoft
3 31 (3.95%) SAP
4 28 (3.57%) Salesforce
5 23 (2.93%) Oracle
6 21 (2.68%) Google
7 10 (1.27%) Palantir
8 6 (0.76%) Foundry
8 6 (0.76%) Informatica
9 5 (0.64%) Workday
10 4 (0.51%) Sage
11 3 (0.38%) BiZZdesign
11 3 (0.38%) Guidewire
11 3 (0.38%) OpenAI
12 2 (0.25%) Meraki
12 2 (0.25%) MuleSoft
13 1 (0.13%) Alteryx