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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 302 276 169
Rank change year-on-year -26 -107 +150
Permanent jobs citing Data Architecture 564 1,077 2,133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.03% 1.05% 2.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 1.25% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 281 590 908
10th Percentile £55,000 £52,325 £46,335
25th Percentile £63,875 £62,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £79,932 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.09% -0.09% +6.67%
75th Percentile £101,250 £95,000 £106,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £136,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £73,238 £75,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year -2.35% +18.11% +1.60%

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 51,242 86,144 93,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.71% 84.33% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 25,211 60,433 55,406
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%

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 May 2025.

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 28 May 2025. 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 -30 494 £81,500 +1.88% 1,590
UK excluding London -9 326 £73,238 -2.35% 1,441
London +9 205 £100,000 +11.11% 377
Work from Home -69 162 £75,000 -6.17% 1,073
South East +107 144 £73,238 -13.84% 451
Midlands +17 62 £65,000 +9.61% 248
North of England -105 45 £75,000 -6.17% 316
West Midlands +32 42 £75,000 +26.48% 135
Scotland +54 37 £74,870 +15.18% 102
Yorkshire +19 28 £75,000 -6.17% 124
South West +72 26 £60,000 +8.11% 154
East Midlands +27 20 £63,500 +41.11% 95
North West -90 19 £75,000 - 146
Northern Ireland +36 6 - - 18
East of England +36 4 £80,000 -27.27% 181
Wales +22 2 £80,000 +45.45% 29
North East +11 2 - - 46

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 38 (6.74%) Apache Spark
2 22 (3.90%) Apache Airflow
3 15 (2.66%) Apache
4 9 (1.60%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.71%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.71%) Luigi
6 3 (0.53%) SAS
7 2 (0.35%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 10 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.06%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (1.77%) Raiser’s Edge
2 6 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.89%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.53%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.35%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.18%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.18%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 274 (48.58%) Azure
2 163 (28.90%) AWS
3 109 (19.33%) GCP
4 95 (16.84%) Power Platform
5 78 (13.83%) Snowflake
6 62 (10.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 44 (7.80%) Azure Data Factory
8 22 (3.90%) Microsoft Purview
9 21 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
10 15 (2.66%) Power Automate
11 14 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (2.48%) OpenShift
12 13 (2.30%) dbt
13 10 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
13 10 (1.77%) SaaS
13 10 (1.77%) Serverless
14 9 (1.60%) Amazon S3
14 9 (1.60%) PowerApps
15 8 (1.42%) Collibra
16 7 (1.24%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.35%) ADSL2
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (29.79%) Data Warehouse
2 117 (20.74%) Data Lake
3 87 (15.43%) Power BI
4 85 (15.07%) Metadata
5 40 (7.09%) NoSQL
6 37 (6.56%) Tableau
7 32 (5.67%) Big Data
8 28 (4.96%) Hadoop
9 26 (4.61%) SQL Server
10 22 (3.90%) Amazon Redshift
11 18 (3.19%) BigQuery
12 15 (2.66%) Azure SQL Database
13 14 (2.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 11 (1.95%) Relational Database
15 9 (1.60%) Delta Lake
16 7 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
16 7 (1.24%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
17 6 (1.06%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
17 6 (1.06%) Data Vault
17 6 (1.06%) Looker
Development Applications
1 15 (2.66%) Git
2 13 (2.30%) ERwin
3 12 (2.13%) JIRA
4 10 (1.77%) ER Studio
5 6 (1.06%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.89%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.35%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.35%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.18%) GitLab
8 1 (0.18%) LSMW
8 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 205 (36.35%) Finance
2 133 (23.58%) Social Skills
3 110 (19.50%) Law
4 100 (17.73%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (10.28%) Banking
6 49 (8.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (4.08%) Financial Institution
8 21 (3.72%) Influencing Skills
8 21 (3.72%) Retail Banking
9 19 (3.37%) Retail
10 18 (3.19%) Public Sector
11 13 (2.30%) Marketing
12 12 (2.13%) Legal
13 9 (1.60%) Advertising
14 6 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.06%) Private Banking
15 5 (0.89%) Back Office
15 5 (0.89%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
17 3 (0.53%) Billing
Job Titles
1 238 (42.20%) Architect
2 169 (29.96%) Data Architect
3 145 (25.71%) Lead
4 94 (16.67%) Senior
5 73 (12.94%) Data Engineer
6 35 (6.21%) Senior Data Engineer
7 34 (6.03%) Enterprise Architect
8 33 (5.85%) Solutions Architect
9 28 (4.96%) Lead Architect
10 21 (3.72%) Data Manager
11 17 (3.01%) Developer
12 16 (2.84%) Azure Engineer
13 13 (2.30%) Head of Architecture
13 13 (2.30%) Lead Data Engineer
14 11 (1.95%) Azure Data Engineer
14 11 (1.95%) Principal Architect
15 10 (1.77%) Database Manager
15 10 (1.77%) Lead Data Architect
15 10 (1.77%) Principal Data Architect
15 10 (1.77%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (6.38%) Kafka
2 24 (4.26%) PySpark
3 14 (2.48%) REST
4 13 (2.30%) Middleware
5 11 (1.95%) SOAP
6 8 (1.42%) .NET
6 8 (1.42%) ADO
6 8 (1.42%) MERN Stack
6 8 (1.42%) WebSockets
7 6 (1.06%) EDI
7 6 (1.06%) PyArrow
8 5 (0.89%) .NET Framework
8 5 (0.89%) HTML
8 5 (0.89%) Lightning Web Components
8 5 (0.89%) RESTful
9 4 (0.71%) ASP.NET
9 4 (0.71%) ASP.NET Core
9 4 (0.71%) CSS
9 4 (0.71%) Entity Framework
9 4 (0.71%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 46 (8.16%) Product Ownership
2 28 (4.96%) Cloud Native
3 24 (4.26%) Management Information System
4 21 (3.72%) Data Structures
5 20 (3.55%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (2.48%) Taxonomies
7 11 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.42%) Private Cloud
9 5 (0.89%) Mobile App
9 5 (0.89%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.71%) Biopharmaceutical
10 4 (0.71%) Life Science
10 4 (0.71%) Low-Code
10 4 (0.71%) Reference Data
11 3 (0.53%) Data Fabric
11 3 (0.53%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (0.53%) NHS
11 3 (0.53%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.53%) Reinsurance
12 2 (0.35%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.06%) Unix
2 5 (0.89%) Windows
3 1 (0.18%) Linux
3 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 289 (51.24%) Data Modelling
2 254 (45.04%) Analytics
3 199 (35.28%) Data Strategy
4 193 (34.22%) Data Governance
5 185 (32.80%) Roadmaps
6 182 (32.27%) Data Management
7 157 (27.84%) Business Intelligence
8 152 (26.95%) Agile
9 128 (22.70%) ETL
10 126 (22.34%) Data Engineering
11 112 (19.86%) Problem-Solving
12 111 (19.68%) Data Pipeline
13 106 (18.79%) Decision-Making
14 85 (15.07%) Artificial Intelligence
15 78 (13.83%) Technical Leadership
16 73 (12.94%) Stakeholder Management
17 72 (12.77%) DevOps
18 64 (11.35%) Metadata Management
19 63 (11.17%) Data Science
20 62 (10.99%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 190 (33.69%) SQL
2 122 (21.63%) Python
3 26 (4.61%) Java
4 17 (3.01%) Scala
5 16 (2.84%) C#
6 15 (2.66%) R
7 11 (1.95%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (1.06%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.89%) Apex Code
9 5 (0.89%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.71%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.53%) VB
12 2 (0.35%) Bicep
12 2 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.35%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.35%) SOQL
13 1 (0.18%) C++
13 1 (0.18%) Go
13 1 (0.18%) JCL
Qualifications
1 107 (18.97%) Degree
2 43 (7.62%) Azure Certification
3 34 (6.03%) AWS Certification
4 28 (4.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (3.55%) Master's Degree
6 17 (3.01%) Security Cleared
7 13 (2.30%) SC Cleared
8 10 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.53%) CITP
10 3 (0.53%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.53%) MBA
11 2 (0.35%) Postgraduate
11 2 (0.35%) Tableau Certification
12 1 (0.18%) CFA
12 1 (0.18%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.18%) PhD
12 1 (0.18%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (20.21%) Data Quality
2 62 (10.99%) Accessibility
3 45 (7.98%) GDPR
4 32 (5.67%) QA
5 16 (2.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 8 (1.42%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.35%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.18%) GRC
10 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.18%) MiFID
System Software
1 16 (2.84%) Docker
2 10 (1.77%) HDFS
3 6 (1.06%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 24 (4.26%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.95%) Terraform
3 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.18%) Ansible
4 1 (0.18%) Matomo
Vendors
1 136 (24.11%) Microsoft
2 76 (13.48%) Databricks
3 63 (11.17%) SAP
4 42 (7.45%) Google
5 25 (4.43%) Informatica
6 23 (4.08%) IBM
6 23 (4.08%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.95%) Oracle
8 7 (1.24%) Avaloq
8 7 (1.24%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.06%) Sparx
10 5 (0.89%) Teradata
11 3 (0.53%) Foundry
11 3 (0.53%) Guidewire
11 3 (0.53%) Palantir
11 3 (0.53%) Talend
12 2 (0.35%) Fiserv
12 2 (0.35%) IFS
12 2 (0.35%) iManage
12 2 (0.35%) TSYS