Data Architecture Job Trends

Data Architecture
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Data Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 290 263
Rank change year-on-year +73 -27 -68
Permanent jobs citing Data Architecture 618 532 711
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.01% 1.01% 1.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 1.11% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 331 290 494
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £52,170
25th Percentile £64,439 £63,750 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £84,180 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.97% +5.23% -3.03%
75th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £115,375 £132,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +4.17%

All Process & 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 49,307 48,088 54,172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.63% 90.91% 89.35%
Number of salaries quoted 29,027 23,255 41,501
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Data Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Architecture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Data Architecture job vacancy trend in the UK

Data Architecture
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Architecture

Data Architecture
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Architecture over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

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 20 January 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 +85 555 £80,000 -4.97% 264
UK excluding London +53 299 £70,000 -6.67% 234
London +91 295 £82,500 -13.16% 90
Work from Home +97 213 £80,000 +6.67% 142
South East +27 97 £75,000 -16.67% 94
Midlands +56 69 £67,500 +3.85% 30
West Midlands +54 57 £67,500 - 18
North of England -7 52 £70,932 +12.99% 48
Scotland -4 37 £77,500 -13.89% 13
Yorkshire -6 27 £70,932 +13.49% 19
South West +16 26 £72,000 +1.05% 15
North West -1 18 £70,466 +1.68% 23
East of England +28 15 - - 29
East Midlands -3 12 £45,000 -30.77% 12
North East +9 7 £70,932 +12.99% 7
Wales +1 2 £95,000 +18.75% 8
Northern Ireland -9 1 - - 3

Data Architecture
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 26 (4.21%) Apache Airflow
1 26 (4.21%) Apache Spark
2 15 (2.43%) Apache
3 12 (1.94%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.81%) CMS
5 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.16%) Confluence
6 1 (0.16%) Luigi
6 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.49%) PlantUML
2 3 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.32%) Maya
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 19 (3.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.13%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.32%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.16%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.16%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 346 (55.99%) Azure
2 169 (27.35%) AWS
3 111 (17.96%) Power Platform
4 105 (16.99%) Snowflake
5 84 (13.59%) GCP
6 62 (10.03%) Azure Data Factory
7 37 (5.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 36 (5.83%) dbt
9 33 (5.34%) Azure DevOps
10 23 (3.72%) Collibra
10 23 (3.72%) GitHub
11 22 (3.56%) Serverless
12 20 (3.24%) SaaS
13 19 (3.07%) Amazon S3
14 16 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
15 13 (2.10%) AWS Lambda
16 12 (1.94%) Microsoft Purview
17 11 (1.78%) Amazon Kinesis
18 10 (1.62%) Entra ID
19 8 (1.29%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.49%) Broadband
1 3 (0.49%) Multicast
2 2 (0.32%) Tactical Data Link
3 1 (0.16%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.16%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (25.40%) Metadata
2 144 (23.30%) Data Warehouse
3 117 (18.93%) Data Lake
4 99 (16.02%) Power BI
5 39 (6.31%) SQL Server
6 35 (5.66%) NoSQL
7 29 (4.69%) Tableau
8 22 (3.56%) Relational Database
9 21 (3.40%) Amazon Redshift
10 18 (2.91%) Azure SQL Database
10 18 (2.91%) Data Vault
11 17 (2.75%) Big Data
12 13 (2.10%) Oracle Database
13 12 (1.94%) Delta Lake
14 11 (1.78%) Apache Iceberg
14 11 (1.78%) DynamoDB
14 11 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
15 10 (1.62%) Amazon Athena
15 10 (1.62%) BigQuery
15 10 (1.62%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 35 (5.66%) ERwin
2 28 (4.53%) Git
3 20 (3.24%) ER Studio
4 8 (1.29%) PowerDesigner
5 5 (0.81%) MLflow
5 5 (0.81%) Postman
6 4 (0.65%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.49%) Balsamiq
7 3 (0.49%) JIRA
8 1 (0.16%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 222 (35.92%) Social Skills
2 218 (35.28%) Finance
3 128 (20.71%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (10.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 50 (8.09%) Banking
6 36 (5.83%) Law
7 33 (5.34%) Financial Institution
7 33 (5.34%) Public Sector
8 30 (4.85%) Retail Banking
9 29 (4.69%) Marketing
10 24 (3.88%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (3.40%) Retail
12 16 (2.59%) Legal
13 13 (2.10%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.81%) Billing
14 5 (0.81%) Games
14 5 (0.81%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.65%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.49%) Military
16 3 (0.49%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 300 (48.54%) Architect
2 243 (39.32%) Data Architect
3 115 (18.61%) Lead
4 94 (15.21%) Senior
5 87 (14.08%) Data Engineer
6 51 (8.25%) Lead Architect
7 41 (6.63%) Solutions Architect
8 33 (5.34%) Lead Data Architect
9 25 (4.05%) Analyst
10 24 (3.88%) Data Manager
11 23 (3.72%) Senior Architect
11 23 (3.72%) Senior Data Engineer
12 20 (3.24%) Lead Data Engineer
13 19 (3.07%) Senior Manager
14 18 (2.91%) Data Model Manager
14 18 (2.91%) Lead Solutions Architect
15 17 (2.75%) Data Modeller
15 17 (2.75%) Enterprise Architect
15 17 (2.75%) Senior Data Architect
16 16 (2.59%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.88%) Kafka
2 23 (3.72%) REST
3 18 (2.91%) EDI
4 14 (2.27%) PySpark
5 11 (1.78%) React
6 10 (1.62%) FHIR
7 8 (1.29%) Middleware
7 8 (1.29%) SOAP
8 7 (1.13%) AngularJS
8 7 (1.13%) Lightning Web Components
8 7 (1.13%) Oracle Fusion
8 7 (1.13%) Pandas
8 7 (1.13%) PyTorch
8 7 (1.13%) TensorFlow
8 7 (1.13%) Vue
9 6 (0.97%) CSS
9 6 (0.97%) JSON
10 4 (0.65%) LangChain
10 4 (0.65%) scikit-learn
10 4 (0.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (7.28%) Management Information System
2 40 (6.47%) Cloud Native
3 35 (5.66%) Legacy Systems
4 34 (5.50%) Data Structures
5 33 (5.34%) Product Ownership
6 15 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (2.10%) Low-Code
7 13 (2.10%) Reference Data
8 11 (1.78%) Algorithms
8 11 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (1.78%) Reinsurance
9 10 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
9 10 (1.62%) Life Science
9 10 (1.62%) Omics
10 8 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (1.29%) Public Cloud
11 6 (0.97%) Enterprise Cloud
11 6 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (0.81%) IoT
12 5 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.97%) Linux
2 2 (0.32%) Unix
3 1 (0.16%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (57.61%) Data Modelling
2 290 (46.93%) Data Governance
3 280 (45.31%) Analytics
4 240 (38.83%) Data Strategy
5 175 (28.32%) Agile
6 171 (27.67%) Data Management
7 162 (26.21%) Data Engineering
8 150 (24.27%) AI
8 150 (24.27%) Business Intelligence
9 147 (23.79%) Roadmaps
10 135 (21.84%) Problem-Solving
11 128 (20.71%) Data Integration
12 122 (19.74%) Decision-Making
13 118 (19.09%) ETL
14 115 (18.61%) DevOps
15 113 (18.28%) Data Pipeline
16 102 (16.50%) Metadata Management
17 96 (15.53%) CI/CD
18 80 (12.94%) Coaching
18 80 (12.94%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 186 (30.10%) SQL
2 144 (23.30%) Python
3 17 (2.75%) JavaScript
3 17 (2.75%) PowerShell
3 17 (2.75%) T-SQL
4 14 (2.27%) Java
5 11 (1.78%) Bash
6 8 (1.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 8 (1.29%) Scala
7 7 (1.13%) Apex Code
7 7 (1.13%) C#
7 7 (1.13%) SOQL
8 6 (0.97%) R
9 5 (0.81%) C++
10 3 (0.49%) Bicep
10 3 (0.49%) Go
10 3 (0.49%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.49%) VBScript
11 2 (0.32%) Fortran
12 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 122 (19.74%) Degree
2 44 (7.12%) Azure Certification
3 36 (5.83%) Security Cleared
4 33 (5.34%) AWS Certification
5 27 (4.37%) SC Cleared
6 26 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (3.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (3.56%) TOGAF Certification
9 13 (2.10%) CISSP
9 13 (2.10%) MCSE
10 12 (1.94%) Master's Degree
10 12 (1.94%) OCP
10 12 (1.94%) Oracle Certification
11 10 (1.62%) PhD
12 8 (1.29%) CITP
13 5 (0.81%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.81%) SAP Certification
14 4 (0.65%) DV Cleared
14 4 (0.65%) PMP
15 3 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (22.65%) Data Quality
2 64 (10.36%) Accessibility
3 52 (8.41%) GDPR
4 10 (1.62%) CDISC
4 10 (1.62%) GxP
4 10 (1.62%) HL7
5 9 (1.46%) SLA
6 7 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.97%) QA
8 2 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.32%) IFRS
8 2 (0.32%) IFRS 17
8 2 (0.32%) NIST
8 2 (0.32%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.32%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.16%) GRC
9 1 (0.16%) NCSC
9 1 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 20 (3.24%) Docker
2 7 (1.13%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.32%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 29 (4.69%) Terraform
2 19 (3.07%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.81%) Ansible
4 2 (0.32%) Grafana
4 2 (0.32%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.16%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.16%) Puppet
5 1 (0.16%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 201 (32.52%) Microsoft
2 97 (15.70%) Databricks
3 31 (5.02%) SAP
4 27 (4.37%) Oracle
5 24 (3.88%) Salesforce
6 19 (3.07%) Google
7 9 (1.46%) IBM
7 9 (1.46%) Informatica
7 9 (1.46%) Sparx
8 5 (0.81%) Foundry
8 5 (0.81%) HubSpot
8 5 (0.81%) OpenAI
8 5 (0.81%) Planon
9 4 (0.65%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (0.65%) Dell
9 4 (0.65%) Fortinet
9 4 (0.65%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.32%) Teradata
10 2 (0.32%) Workday
11 1 (0.16%) FIS