Data Architecture Jobs

Data Architecture
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Data Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 327 265 194
Rank change year-on-year -62 -71 +134
Permanent jobs citing Data Architecture 615 679 2,470
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.86% 1.27% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 1.35% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 366 502 936
10th Percentile £47,813 £55,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% - +10.34%
75th Percentile £97,500 £97,290 £97,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £130,000 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £76,250 £72,000
% change year-on-year -1.64% +5.90% +10.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 62,866 50,261 118,879
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 87.89% 94.08% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 29,357 36,398 72,456
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,784 £52,500 £53,406
% change year-on-year +4.35% -1.70% +6.81%

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 6 December 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Architecture in the UK

Data Architecture
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 Architecture within the UK over the 6 months to 6 December 2024. 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 -65 537 £84,335 +5.42% 231
UK excluding London -34 312 £75,000 -1.64% 97
London -35 274 £90,000 - 142
Work from Home -78 190 £75,000 -6.25% 155
South East +2 103 £90,000 +12.50% 26
North of England -57 75 £62,779 -21.16% 25
Scotland +8 48 £75,000 +6.27% 5
North West -37 48 £69,300 +2.67% 17
Midlands -43 31 £63,889 -5.35% 22
West Midlands -44 29 £61,992 -8.16% 19
South West -10 27 £75,000 -5.82% 13
Yorkshire -8 21 £62,500 -21.51% 8
East of England -42 17 £95,000 -11.63% 4
Wales +28 10 £66,199 -6.82% 3
North East -37 6 £62,779 -2.64% 2
East Midlands -32 2 £65,000 +21.50% 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £46,000 - 1

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 40 (6.50%) Apache Spark
2 27 (4.39%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (1.95%) Apache
4 11 (1.79%) SAS
5 7 (1.14%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.65%) Luigi
7 3 (0.49%) Confluence
8 2 (0.33%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.16%) Apache Pulsar
9 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 9 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.98%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.49%) Oracle Smart View
6 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.33%) Trello
7 1 (0.16%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 13 (2.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.65%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.49%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 3 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.33%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 226 (36.75%) Azure
2 163 (26.50%) AWS
3 105 (17.07%) Power Platform
4 85 (13.82%) GCP
5 66 (10.73%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 64 (10.41%) Snowflake
7 54 (8.78%) Azure Data Factory
8 30 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
9 28 (4.55%) SaaS
10 22 (3.58%) Dynamics 365
11 16 (2.60%) Amazon S3
11 16 (2.60%) dbt
11 16 (2.60%) Serverless
12 14 (2.28%) PaaS
13 13 (2.11%) PowerApps
14 12 (1.95%) Microsoft Purview
15 11 (1.79%) Power Automate
16 9 (1.46%) Amazon EMR
16 9 (1.46%) GitHub
16 9 (1.46%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.81%) 5G
1 5 (0.81%) DNS
2 3 (0.49%) Internet
3 1 (0.16%) Broadband
3 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.16%) VPN
3 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (27.32%) Data Warehouse
2 102 (16.59%) Power BI
3 101 (16.42%) Data Lake
4 74 (12.03%) Metadata
5 55 (8.94%) Big Data
6 54 (8.78%) NoSQL
7 45 (7.32%) SQL Server
8 41 (6.67%) Tableau
9 26 (4.23%) PostgreSQL
10 25 (4.07%) Amazon Redshift
11 23 (3.74%) Azure SQL Database
11 23 (3.74%) MongoDB
12 21 (3.41%) Relational Database
13 20 (3.25%) Hadoop
13 20 (3.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 15 (2.44%) BigQuery
14 15 (2.44%) Data Vault
14 15 (2.44%) RDBMS
14 15 (2.44%) Snowflake Schema
15 12 (1.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (3.41%) Jenkins
2 19 (3.09%) Git
3 11 (1.79%) JIRA
4 8 (1.30%) ERwin
4 8 (1.30%) Visual Studio
5 7 (1.14%) Bitbucket
5 7 (1.14%) GitLab
6 4 (0.65%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.33%) LSMW
7 2 (0.33%) MagicDraw
7 2 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.33%) Terragrunt
7 2 (0.33%) Vagrant
8 1 (0.16%) kappa
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
General
1 201 (32.68%) Finance
2 193 (31.38%) Social Skills
3 105 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (7.15%) Influencing Skills
5 43 (6.99%) Public Sector
6 41 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 37 (6.02%) Banking
8 32 (5.20%) Retail
9 21 (3.41%) Law
10 14 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (2.11%) Marketing
11 13 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (1.79%) Financial Institution
13 10 (1.63%) Legal
13 10 (1.63%) Retail Banking
13 10 (1.63%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.65%) Advertising
15 4 (0.65%) Local Government
15 4 (0.65%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 270 (43.90%) Architect
2 180 (29.27%) Data Architect
3 106 (17.24%) Lead
3 106 (17.24%) Senior
4 104 (16.91%) Data Engineer
5 62 (10.08%) Solutions Architect
6 43 (6.99%) Data Manager
7 39 (6.34%) Senior Architect
8 35 (5.69%) Lead Architect
9 26 (4.23%) Developer
9 26 (4.23%) Enterprise Architect
10 25 (4.07%) Senior Manager
11 23 (3.74%) Analyst
12 22 (3.58%) Analytics Manager
13 21 (3.41%) Consultant
13 21 (3.41%) Senior Data Architect
13 21 (3.41%) Senior Data Engineer
14 18 (2.93%) Azure Engineer
14 18 (2.93%) Data Analytics Manager
15 17 (2.76%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (6.99%) Kafka
2 18 (2.93%) PySpark
3 16 (2.60%) Pandas
4 9 (1.46%) NumPy
4 9 (1.46%) pytest
5 7 (1.14%) .NET
5 7 (1.14%) PyArrow
6 6 (0.98%) Lightning Web Components
6 6 (0.98%) XML
7 5 (0.81%) Middleware
7 5 (0.81%) SQLAlchemy
7 5 (0.81%) Visualforce
8 4 (0.65%) .NET Framework
8 4 (0.65%) REST
8 4 (0.65%) XBRL
9 3 (0.49%) HTML
9 3 (0.49%) Node.js
9 3 (0.49%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (0.49%) Web Services
10 2 (0.33%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 34 (5.53%) Data Structures
2 32 (5.20%) Management Information System
3 27 (4.39%) Public Cloud
4 21 (3.41%) Cloud Native
5 16 (2.60%) Product Ownership
6 13 (2.11%) Data Fabric
7 12 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (1.63%) Reference Data
9 9 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.30%) Distributed Architecture
10 8 (1.30%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.14%) IoT
11 7 (1.14%) Taxonomies
12 6 (0.98%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.98%) Driving Licence
12 6 (0.98%) NHS
13 5 (0.81%) Algorithms
14 3 (0.49%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.14%) Linux
1 7 (1.14%) Unix
1 7 (1.14%) Windows
2 5 (0.81%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.16%) CoreOS
3 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (44.72%) Data Modelling
2 254 (41.30%) Analytics
3 197 (32.03%) Data Governance
4 191 (31.06%) Data Management
5 182 (29.59%) Roadmaps
6 181 (29.43%) Business Intelligence
6 181 (29.43%) Data Strategy
7 166 (26.99%) Agile
8 154 (25.04%) Data Engineering
9 151 (24.55%) ETL
10 120 (19.51%) Data Pipeline
10 120 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
11 101 (16.42%) Decision-Making
12 97 (15.77%) DevOps
13 95 (15.45%) Mentoring
14 93 (15.12%) Machine Learning
15 83 (13.50%) Data Integration
16 78 (12.68%) Visualisation
17 77 (12.52%) Stakeholder Management
18 75 (12.20%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 203 (33.01%) SQL
2 142 (23.09%) Python
3 29 (4.72%) Java
4 17 (2.76%) T-SQL
5 15 (2.44%) PL/SQL
5 15 (2.44%) PowerShell
5 15 (2.44%) Scala
6 11 (1.79%) R
7 9 (1.46%) JavaScript
8 8 (1.30%) C#
8 8 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 7 (1.14%) Bash
10 6 (0.98%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.65%) Go
11 4 (0.65%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.65%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.49%) Bicep
12 3 (0.49%) C++
13 1 (0.16%) ABAP
13 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 92 (14.96%) Degree
2 39 (6.34%) Security Cleared
3 37 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
4 32 (5.20%) SC Cleared
5 28 (4.55%) Azure Certification
6 24 (3.90%) Master's Degree
7 15 (2.44%) AWS Certification
7 15 (2.44%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.49%) CISSP
10 3 (0.49%) SnowPro
11 2 (0.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.33%) CCSK
11 2 (0.33%) CCSP
11 2 (0.33%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.33%) IIBA
11 2 (0.33%) ISSAP
12 1 (0.16%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 201 (32.68%) Data Quality
2 35 (5.69%) Accessibility
2 35 (5.69%) GDPR
3 13 (2.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 13 (2.11%) PCI DSS
4 10 (1.63%) QA
5 7 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.81%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.65%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.49%) GRC
8 3 (0.49%) NCSC
9 2 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.33%) HL7
10 1 (0.16%) COBIT
10 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.16%) NIST
10 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 34 (5.53%) Docker
2 11 (1.79%) HDFS
3 3 (0.49%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.33%) Apache Flume
4 2 (0.33%) LXC
5 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 43 (6.99%) Kubernetes
2 25 (4.07%) Terraform
3 3 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.33%) Matomo
4 2 (0.33%) Oozie
5 1 (0.16%) Ansible
5 1 (0.16%) Rancher
5 1 (0.16%) yum
Vendors
1 120 (19.51%) Microsoft
2 99 (16.10%) Databricks
3 35 (5.69%) Google
4 26 (4.23%) Informatica
4 26 (4.23%) Salesforce
5 25 (4.07%) Oracle
6 20 (3.25%) SAP
7 13 (2.11%) Red Hat
8 9 (1.46%) Cognos
8 9 (1.46%) IBM
9 5 (0.81%) Talend
10 4 (0.65%) MuleSoft
10 4 (0.65%) Teradata
11 3 (0.49%) Foundry
11 3 (0.49%) Palantir
11 3 (0.49%) Sparx
11 3 (0.49%) StreamSets
12 2 (0.33%) Facebook
12 2 (0.33%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.33%) Twitter