Data Architecture
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Architecture over the 6 months to 28 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 256 212 318
Rank change year-on-year -44 +106 +102
Permanent jobs citing Data Architecture 696 2,291 1,441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.28% 1.83% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 1.91% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 516 936 992
10th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £45,125
25th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £57,029
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.34% +7.41%
75th Percentile £97,290 £97,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £130,000 £115,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £72,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +10.77% +4.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,121 120,104 122,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.09% 95.72% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 36,956 73,203 81,032
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,313 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.69% +7.27%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% +4.17%

Data Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Architecture in the UK

Data Architecture
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Architecture.

Salary trend for Data Architecture in the UK

Data Architecture
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Architecture over the 6 months to 28 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Data Architecture in the UK

Data Architecture
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 Architecture within the UK over the 6 months to 28 November 2023. 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 -37 624 £80,000 - 266
London +27 337 £88,750 +4.41% 143
Work from Home +66 334 £80,000 - 121
UK excluding London -120 293 £75,000 +4.17% 129
North of England -70 97 £79,632 +18.85% 41
South East +36 71 £80,000 +6.67% 35
Yorkshire -8 51 £79,632 +28.10% 6
Midlands -67 43 £66,250 -11.67% 28
North West -55 40 £67,500 - 26
South West -12 37 £79,632 +12.16% 11
Scotland -51 36 £70,576 +17.63%
West Midlands -40 35 £67,500 -11.11% 17
East Midlands -9 8 £53,500 -23.57% 11
North East +42 6 £64,480 -21.84% 9
East of England +31 5 £107,500 +43.33% 9
Wales 0 4 £71,042 +18.40% 3

Data Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 74 (10.63%) Apache Airflow
2 60 (8.62%) Apache
3 22 (3.16%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.72%) Confluence
5 3 (0.43%) IIS
5 3 (0.43%) SAS
5 3 (0.43%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.43%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.29%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.14%) Luigi
7 1 (0.14%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 11 (1.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.29%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.57%) HFM
3 4 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.43%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.43%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.29%) Distributed Ledger
5 2 (0.29%) Magento
5 2 (0.29%) Shopify
6 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 303 (43.53%) Azure
2 225 (32.33%) GCP
3 175 (25.14%) AWS
4 121 (17.39%) Power Platform
5 74 (10.63%) PaaS
6 71 (10.20%) Azure Data Factory
7 62 (8.91%) dbt
7 62 (8.91%) SaaS
8 59 (8.48%) IaaS
9 52 (7.47%) Snowflake
10 46 (6.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 18 (2.59%) Amazon S3
12 16 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
13 15 (2.16%) PowerApps
14 13 (1.87%) AWS Step Functions
14 13 (1.87%) Microsoft Purview
15 11 (1.58%) Power Automate
15 11 (1.58%) Serverless
16 9 (1.29%) Datadog
17 8 (1.15%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.29%) FTP
2 1 (0.14%) DNS
2 1 (0.14%) Firewall
2 1 (0.14%) IPsec
2 1 (0.14%) Kerberos
2 1 (0.14%) Network Security
2 1 (0.14%) SSL
2 1 (0.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 232 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 168 (24.14%) Data Lake
3 118 (16.95%) Power BI
4 80 (11.49%) Big Data
5 77 (11.06%) NoSQL
6 76 (10.92%) Amazon Athena
7 72 (10.34%) Metadata
8 63 (9.05%) SQL Server
9 49 (7.04%) Apache Arrow
9 49 (7.04%) Apache Ignite
9 49 (7.04%) Dremio
10 37 (5.32%) Amazon Redshift
11 34 (4.89%) BigQuery
12 29 (4.17%) Azure SQL Database
13 25 (3.59%) BusinessObjects
14 24 (3.45%) Hadoop
15 22 (3.16%) Relational Database
16 20 (2.87%) Amazon QuickSight
16 20 (2.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 20 (2.87%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (2.01%) ERwin
2 8 (1.15%) JIRA
3 7 (1.01%) ER Studio
4 5 (0.72%) PowerDesigner
5 4 (0.57%) Git
6 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.29%) GitLab
7 2 (0.29%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.29%) Subversion
7 2 (0.29%) Toad
7 2 (0.29%) TortoiseSVN
7 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.14%) Jasmine
8 1 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.14%) TeamCity
General
1 269 (38.65%) Finance
2 152 (21.84%) Banking
3 100 (14.37%) Social Skills
4 97 (13.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 76 (10.92%) Analytical Skills
6 49 (7.04%) Front Office
6 49 (7.04%) Investment Banking
7 31 (4.45%) Public Sector
8 27 (3.88%) Retail
9 23 (3.30%) Marketing
10 18 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (2.30%) Law
12 10 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.15%) Financial Institution
13 8 (1.15%) Legal
14 7 (1.01%) Publishing
15 6 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.72%) Advertising
16 5 (0.72%) Telecoms
17 3 (0.43%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 352 (50.57%) Architect
2 203 (29.17%) Data Architect
3 133 (19.11%) Solutions Architect
4 93 (13.36%) Data Engineer
5 91 (13.07%) Senior
6 88 (12.64%) Developer
7 86 (12.36%) Enterprise Architect
8 50 (7.18%) AWS Engineer
8 50 (7.18%) Software Engineer
9 49 (7.04%) AWS Developer
9 49 (7.04%) AWS Software Engineer
9 49 (7.04%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 41 (5.89%) Commercial Architect
11 39 (5.60%) Lead
12 37 (5.32%) Senior Architect
13 36 (5.17%) Enterprise Data Architect
14 35 (5.03%) Analyst
15 31 (4.45%) Consultant
16 30 (4.31%) Data Consultant
17 28 (4.02%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (10.49%) Kafka
2 52 (7.47%) OpenID
3 50 (7.18%) NumPy
3 50 (7.18%) Pandas
4 49 (7.04%) gRPC
4 49 (7.04%) Protocol Buffers
4 49 (7.04%) SciPy
5 48 (6.90%) Web Services
6 47 (6.75%) REST
7 42 (6.03%) JWT
8 26 (3.74%) .NET
9 20 (2.87%) Ajax
10 18 (2.59%) AngularJS
10 18 (2.59%) ASP.NET
10 18 (2.59%) ASP.NET MVC
11 14 (2.01%) Middleware
12 10 (1.44%) EDI
13 9 (1.29%) PySpark
13 9 (1.29%) XML
14 7 (1.01%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 72 (10.34%) Public Cloud
2 52 (7.47%) Blockchain
2 52 (7.47%) Mainframe
3 45 (6.47%) Product Ownership
4 31 (4.45%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (3.45%) Data Structures
6 23 (3.30%) Management Information System
7 19 (2.73%) Data Centre
8 16 (2.30%) Cloud Native
9 15 (2.16%) Renewable Energy
10 14 (2.01%) Reference Data
11 13 (1.87%) Virtual Team
12 12 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
13 11 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
13 11 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (1.58%) Mobile Banking
13 11 (1.58%) Taxonomies
14 9 (1.29%) Private Cloud
15 8 (1.15%) Low-Code
15 8 (1.15%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 53 (7.61%) Unix
2 20 (2.87%) Linux
3 15 (2.16%) Windows
4 9 (1.29%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (45.55%) Data Modelling
2 294 (42.24%) Agile
3 252 (36.21%) Analytics
4 204 (29.31%) Roadmaps
5 190 (27.30%) Data Management
6 157 (22.56%) Business Intelligence
6 157 (22.56%) ETL
7 140 (20.11%) Enterprise Architecture
8 123 (17.67%) Machine Learning
9 113 (16.24%) Artificial Intelligence
10 109 (15.66%) Data Strategy
11 105 (15.09%) Microservices
12 102 (14.66%) Data Governance
13 101 (14.51%) Data Integration
14 100 (14.37%) Data Security
15 98 (14.08%) Data Engineering
16 83 (11.93%) Migration
17 75 (10.78%) Data Science
17 75 (10.78%) IT Strategy
18 74 (10.63%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 208 (29.89%) SQL
2 168 (24.14%) Python
3 73 (10.49%) JavaScript
4 62 (8.91%) Java
5 53 (7.61%) TypeScript
6 29 (4.17%) Scala
7 28 (4.02%) T-SQL
8 26 (3.74%) C#
9 16 (2.30%) Ruby
10 14 (2.01%) PowerShell
11 11 (1.58%) R
12 10 (1.44%) Bash
13 9 (1.29%) Search Processing Language
14 4 (0.57%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 2 (0.29%) MATLAB
16 2 (0.29%) VBA
17 1 (0.14%) C++
17 1 (0.14%) Go
17 1 (0.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 74 (10.63%) Degree
2 65 (9.34%) Security Cleared
3 33 (4.74%) SC Cleared
4 22 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
4 22 (3.16%) DV Cleared
5 21 (3.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 20 (2.87%) Master's Degree
7 16 (2.30%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 9 (1.29%) CCSP
8 9 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (1.29%) CISSP
9 4 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.57%) PhD
10 2 (0.29%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.29%) CFA
10 2 (0.29%) IIBA
10 2 (0.29%) MCSA
11 1 (0.14%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (15.95%) Data Quality
2 26 (3.74%) GDPR
3 5 (0.72%) QA
3 5 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (0.43%) GMP
5 2 (0.29%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.29%) SLA
6 1 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.14%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (1.72%) Docker
2 4 (0.57%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.14%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.14%) RACF
Systems Management
1 59 (8.48%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.59%) Terraform
3 10 (1.44%) Ansible
4 3 (0.43%) Oracle RMAN
4 3 (0.43%) WebSphere Cast Iron
5 1 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.14%) Argo
5 1 (0.14%) Kibana
5 1 (0.14%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.14%) Oozie
5 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 141 (20.26%) Microsoft
2 71 (10.20%) Databricks
3 61 (8.76%) Google
4 52 (7.47%) SAP
5 39 (5.60%) Oracle
6 30 (4.31%) Informatica
7 23 (3.30%) Talend
8 21 (3.02%) Salesforce
9 18 (2.59%) IBM
10 10 (1.44%) Confluent
10 10 (1.44%) Splunk
11 9 (1.29%) AppDynamics
11 9 (1.29%) New Relic
12 8 (1.15%) ServiceNow
13 7 (1.01%) Workday
14 6 (0.86%) MuleSoft
15 4 (0.57%) Anaplan
15 4 (0.57%) OpenAI
15 4 (0.57%) Teradata
15 4 (0.57%) TIBCO