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 9 August 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 474 406
Rank change year-on-year +227 -68 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Architect 821 227 495
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.78% 0.45% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% 0.51% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 580 116 336
10th Percentile £60,000 £67,044 £55,000
25th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £94,819 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.36% +11.55% -5.56%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £117,500 £110,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +21.43% -12.50%

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 99,120 44,882 78,754
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 89.95% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 67,762 26,708 53,085
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,425
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £48,924 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.31% -2.15% -6.54%

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 9 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Architect in the UK

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 9 August 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 +206 749 £85,000 -10.36% 297
UK excluding London +159 405 £80,000 -5.88% 147
London +105 350 £95,000 -7.32% 185
Work from Home +115 219 £85,000 -10.36% 126
North of England +84 147 £78,500 -17.05% 33
South West +10 76 £85,000 - 17
Midlands +25 75 £80,000 +3.90% 32
North West +58 68 £77,500 - 15
West Midlands +22 66 £80,000 -4.48% 24
South East -8 64 £85,000 -5.56% 30
Yorkshire +4 51 £81,250 -7.14% 13
North East -30 28 £67,500 -32.50% 5
Scotland +15 23 £100,000 +8.11% 18
East of England -13 18 £71,000 +18.89% 8
East Midlands -22 9 £55,000 -15.38% 8
Northern Ireland -71 1 - - 9
Wales - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 9 August 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.

1 395 (48.11%) Data Architecture
2 293 (35.69%) Data Modelling
3 245 (29.84%) Analytics
4 237 (28.87%) Data Governance
4 237 (28.87%) Data Strategy
5 227 (27.65%) Azure
6 197 (24.00%) AI
7 174 (21.19%) Databricks
8 150 (18.27%) Data Quality
9 144 (17.54%) Roadmaps
10 142 (17.30%) AWS
11 124 (15.10%) Metadata
11 124 (15.10%) SQL
12 114 (13.89%) Business Intelligence
13 100 (12.18%) Machine Learning
14 98 (11.94%) Data Engineering
14 98 (11.94%) Security Cleared
15 91 (11.08%) Microsoft
16 89 (10.84%) GCP
17 88 (10.72%) Decision-Making
17 88 (10.72%) Snowflake
18 84 (10.23%) Data Lake
19 82 (9.99%) Python
20 80 (9.74%) Agile
21 75 (9.14%) Data Warehouse
21 75 (9.14%) Logical Data Model
22 74 (9.01%) Migration
23 71 (8.65%) Data Management
23 71 (8.65%) Physical Data Model
24 69 (8.40%) 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 13 (1.58%) Apache Spark
2 10 (1.22%) Apache
3 6 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.61%) Palantir Foundry
4 5 (0.61%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (1.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.61%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.49%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.37%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.24%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.12%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.12%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.12%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 227 (27.65%) Azure
2 142 (17.30%) AWS
3 89 (10.84%) GCP
4 88 (10.72%) Snowflake
5 67 (8.16%) Power Platform
6 66 (8.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 47 (5.72%) Azure Data Factory
8 36 (4.38%) Microsoft Purview
9 29 (3.53%) Amazon S3
10 19 (2.31%) dbt
11 16 (1.95%) Azure AI
12 12 (1.46%) Azure Machine Learning
13 9 (1.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 9 (1.10%) GitHub
14 7 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (0.85%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (0.85%) Serverless
15 6 (0.73%) Amazon Kinesis
15 6 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
15 6 (0.73%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.24%) Internet
1 2 (0.24%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (15.10%) Metadata
2 84 (10.23%) Data Lake
3 75 (9.14%) Data Warehouse
4 62 (7.55%) Power BI
5 44 (5.36%) Data Vault
6 32 (3.90%) Delta Lake
7 27 (3.29%) SQL Server
8 25 (3.05%) Tableau
9 17 (2.07%) Amazon Redshift
10 16 (1.95%) Semantic Layer
11 15 (1.83%) BigQuery
11 15 (1.83%) Snowflake Schema
11 15 (1.83%) Star Schema
12 14 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
13 13 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
14 12 (1.46%) NoSQL
15 9 (1.10%) Amazon Athena
15 9 (1.10%) MongoDB
16 7 (0.85%) Big Data
17 6 (0.73%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (0.97%) MLflow
2 5 (0.61%) Git
2 5 (0.61%) Toad
3 4 (0.49%) ERwin
3 4 (0.49%) GitLab
4 3 (0.37%) JIRA
5 2 (0.24%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.24%) rollup.js
General
1 143 (17.42%) Finance
2 108 (13.15%) Social Skills
3 91 (11.08%) Public Sector
4 59 (7.19%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (3.29%) Law
7 23 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
7 23 (2.80%) Legal
8 21 (2.56%) Retail
9 12 (1.46%) Pharmaceutical
10 11 (1.34%) Financial Institution
11 9 (1.10%) Manufacturing
12 7 (0.85%) Local Government
12 7 (0.85%) Marketing
13 5 (0.61%) Advertising
13 5 (0.61%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.49%) Health Technology
15 3 (0.37%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.37%) Military
15 3 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.56%) PySpark
2 10 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (0.73%) Middleware
4 4 (0.49%) Kafka
5 3 (0.37%) JSON
5 3 (0.37%) REST
5 3 (0.37%) SOAP
5 3 (0.37%) XML
6 2 (0.24%) .NET
6 2 (0.24%) GraphQL
6 2 (0.24%) pgvector
6 2 (0.24%) Snowpark
7 1 (0.12%) Apache NiFi
7 1 (0.12%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.12%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.12%) FIX Protocol
7 1 (0.12%) RESTful
7 1 (0.12%) SAP PI
7 1 (0.12%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 67 (8.16%) Cloud Native
2 24 (2.92%) Data Structures
2 24 (2.92%) Greenfield Project
3 23 (2.80%) Onboarding
4 10 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (1.10%) Data Fabric
6 8 (0.97%) Reference Data
7 7 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (0.73%) Blockchain
8 6 (0.73%) e-Learning
8 6 (0.73%) IoT
8 6 (0.73%) Marketing Technology
8 6 (0.73%) Taxonomies
9 5 (0.61%) NHS
9 5 (0.61%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.49%) Distributed Computing
10 4 (0.49%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (0.49%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.37%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.37%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 395 (48.11%) Data Architecture
2 293 (35.69%) Data Modelling
3 245 (29.84%) Analytics
4 237 (28.87%) Data Governance
4 237 (28.87%) Data Strategy
5 197 (24.00%) AI
6 144 (17.54%) Roadmaps
7 114 (13.89%) Business Intelligence
8 100 (12.18%) Machine Learning
9 98 (11.94%) Data Engineering
10 88 (10.72%) Decision-Making
11 80 (9.74%) Agile
12 75 (9.14%) Logical Data Model
13 74 (9.01%) Migration
14 71 (8.65%) Data Management
14 71 (8.65%) Physical Data Model
15 69 (8.40%) ETL
16 64 (7.80%) Data Integration
17 60 (7.31%) Problem-Solving
18 58 (7.06%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 124 (15.10%) SQL
2 82 (9.99%) Python
3 25 (3.05%) Scala
4 15 (1.83%) Bicep
5 7 (0.85%) R
6 4 (0.49%) Java
7 1 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.12%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 98 (11.94%) Security Cleared
2 55 (6.70%) Degree
3 47 (5.72%) SC Cleared
4 40 (4.87%) DV Cleared
5 32 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (3.65%) Azure Certification
7 15 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (1.83%) SnowPro
8 14 (1.71%) Master's Degree
9 11 (1.34%) AWS Certification
9 11 (1.34%) TOGAF Certification
10 9 (1.10%) CIPD
11 5 (0.61%) SAP Certification
12 2 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.24%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.12%) CCA
13 1 (0.12%) OCP
13 1 (0.12%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (18.27%) Data Quality
2 31 (3.78%) GDPR
3 18 (2.19%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.37%) QA
5 2 (0.24%) IFRS
5 2 (0.24%) IFRS 17
5 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.24%) SLA
5 2 (0.24%) Solvency II
6 1 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.12%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.12%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (0.49%) Docker
3 1 (0.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 23 (2.80%) Terraform
2 6 (0.73%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 174 (21.19%) Databricks
2 91 (11.08%) Microsoft
3 31 (3.78%) SAP
4 29 (3.53%) Salesforce
5 23 (2.80%) Oracle
6 21 (2.56%) Google
7 10 (1.22%) Palantir
8 7 (0.85%) Workday
9 6 (0.73%) Foundry
9 6 (0.73%) Informatica
10 4 (0.49%) Sage
11 3 (0.37%) BiZZdesign
11 3 (0.37%) Guidewire
11 3 (0.37%) OpenAI
12 2 (0.24%) Meraki
12 2 (0.24%) MuleSoft
13 1 (0.12%) Alteryx
13 1 (0.12%) Denodo
13 1 (0.12%) Red Hat
13 1 (0.12%) Sparx