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 20 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 245 | 443 | 373 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +198 | -70 | +70 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Data Architect | 940 | 231 | 434 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.78% | 0.47% | 0.63% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.85% | 0.53% | 0.66% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 647 | 121 | 251 |
| 10th Percentile | £63,335 | £65,000 | £55,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £75,000 | £81,250 | £67,514 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £85,000 | £90,000 | £85,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.56% | +5.88% | -4.23% |
| 75th Percentile | £100,000 | £110,000 | £100,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £108,500 | £118,750 | £117,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £80,000 | £82,500 | £75,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.03% | +10.00% | -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.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 110,883 | 43,839 | 65,925 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 92.32% | 89.78% | 95.36% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 74,898 | 25,844 | 37,668 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,450 | £28,000 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £35,000 | £41,254 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £59,000 | £52,500 | £56,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.38% | -6.25% | -6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £76,250 | £73,750 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £98,750 | £93,750 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £45,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +22.22% | -10.00% | -4.76% |
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 Salary Trend
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 20 October 2026.
Data Architect Top 17 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 20 October 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 | +185 | 872 | £85,000 | -5.56% | 468 |
| UK excluding London | +163 | 476 | £80,000 | -3.03% | 241 |
| London | +98 | 409 | £95,000 | -5.00% | 260 |
| Work from Home | +139 | 304 | £82,500 | -15.38% | 199 |
| North of England | +94 | 200 | £75,000 | -14.29% | 66 |
| Midlands | +18 | 85 | £79,999 | +12.37% | 46 |
| North West | +35 | 84 | £75,000 | - | 32 |
| South East | -4 | 78 | £85,000 | +3.03% | 51 |
| Yorkshire | +28 | 75 | £75,000 | -11.76% | 20 |
| South West | -17 | 74 | £90,000 | +30.43% | 14 |
| West Midlands | +5 | 68 | £80,000 | +12.37% | 38 |
| North East | -36 | 41 | £70,000 | -30.00% | 14 |
| Scotland | +26 | 23 | £105,000 | +5.00% | 40 |
| East Midlands | -34 | 17 | £55,000 | -15.38% | 8 |
| East of England | -29 | 16 | £71,000 | +18.89% | 13 |
| Wales | - | 5 | £130,446 | - | 3 |
| Northern Ireland | -77 | 2 | £100,000 | - | 8 |
Data Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities
For the 6 months to 20 October 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.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Data Architecture | 47.7% | 448 |
| 2 | Data Modelling | 34.3% | 322 |
| 3 | Analytics | 27.0% | 254 |
| 4 | Azure | 24.7% | 232 |
| 5 | Data Governance | 24.1% | 227 |
| 5 | Data Strategy | 24.1% | 227 |
| 7 | AI | 21.7% | 204 |
| 8 | Data Quality | 16.6% | 156 |
| 8 | Metadata | 16.6% | 156 |
| 10 | Roadmaps | 15.6% | 147 |
| 11 | AWS | 14.7% | 138 |
| 11 | Databricks | 14.7% | 138 |
| 13 | Business Intelligence | 14.0% | 132 |
| 14 | SQL | 13.5% | 127 |
| 15 | Lakehouse | 12.9% | 121 |
| 16 | Security Cleared | 11.6% | 109 |
| 17 | Data Engineering | 11.2% | 105 |
| 18 | Microsoft | 10.5% | 99 |
| 19 | Decision-Making | 10.4% | 98 |
| 20 | Metadata Management | 9.5% | 89 |
| 21 | GCP | 9.1% | 86 |
| 22 | Agile | 8.9% | 84 |
| 23 | Data Lake | 8.7% | 82 |
| 23 | ETL | 8.7% | 82 |
| 23 | Machine Learning | 8.7% | 82 |
| 26 | Data Warehouse | 8.4% | 79 |
| 26 | Technical Leadership | 8.4% | 79 |
| 28 | Data Transformation | 8.3% | 78 |
| 29 | CI/CD | 8.2% | 77 |
| 30 | Data Integration | 7.9% | 74 |
Data Architect Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senior Data Architect | 23.9% | 225 |
| 2 | Lead Data Architect | 7.4% | 70 |
| 3 | Artificial Intelligence Architect | 5.5% | 52 |
| 4 | Solutions Architect | 3.4% | 32 |
| 5 | Enterprise Data Architect | 3.1% | 29 |
| 6 | Azure Data Architect | 2.9% | 27 |
| 7 | Data Engineer | 2.3% | 22 |
| 7 | Principal Data Architect | 2.3% | 22 |
| 9 | AWS Data Architect | 2.2% | 21 |
| 9 | Databricks Architect | 2.2% | 21 |
| 11 | Snowflake Architect | 2.1% | 20 |
| 12 | Information Architect | 1.7% | 16 |
| 13 | Data Analytics Architect | 1.4% | 13 |
| 14 | Domain Architect | 1.3% | 12 |
| 14 | GCP Data Architect | 1.3% | 12 |
| 16 | Data Manager | 1.2% | 11 |
| 16 | Platform Architect | 1.2% | 11 |
| 18 | SAP Data Architect | 1.0% | 9 |
| 19 | Lead Enterprise Architect | 0.7% | 7 |
| 19 | Senior Data Engineer | 0.7% | 7 |