Enterprise Data Architect Job Trends

Enterprise Data Architect
UK

The median Enterprise Data Architect salary in the UK is £109,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 632 688 696
Rank change year-on-year +56 +8 +234
Permanent jobs requiring an Enterprise Data Architect 10 19 39
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.017% 0.036% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.038% 0.073%
Number of salaries quoted 6 12 27
10th Percentile £60,000 - £57,655
25th Percentile £71,563 £100,000 £67,489
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £109,750 £105,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.52% +10.53% -20.83%
75th Percentile £118,000 £120,938 £111,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £123,750 £116,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - £105,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year - +31.25% +10.34%

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 53,744 49,685 53,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.63% 92.91% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 33,208 25,763 41,197
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Enterprise Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Enterprise Data Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Enterprise Data Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Enterprise Data Architect
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Enterprise Data Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Enterprise Data Architect job vacancies in the UK

Enterprise Data Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Data Architect over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Enterprise Data Architect in the UK

Enterprise Data Architect
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Enterprise Data Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 +77 8 £116,000 -1.28% 5
London +55 5 £116,000 +5.45% 5
UK excluding London +38 3 - -
East Midlands - 3 - -
Midlands - 3 - -
Work from Home +61 1 £120,000 +2.13% 1

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

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, Enterprise 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 Enterprise Data Architect in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Data Architecture
2 6 (60.00%) TOGAF
3 5 (50.00%) Data Strategy
4 4 (40.00%) Data Governance
4 4 (40.00%) Data Modelling
4 4 (40.00%) Decision-Making
4 4 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (30.00%) AI
5 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
6 2 (20.00%) Analytics
6 2 (20.00%) Architecture Roadmap
6 2 (20.00%) Azure
6 2 (20.00%) Customer Experience
6 2 (20.00%) Data Ingestion
6 2 (20.00%) Data Lake
6 2 (20.00%) Data Management
6 2 (20.00%) Data Quality
6 2 (20.00%) ERP
6 2 (20.00%) Machine Learning
6 2 (20.00%) Master Data Management
6 2 (20.00%) OCI
6 2 (20.00%) Oracle
6 2 (20.00%) Oracle CX
6 2 (20.00%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (20.00%) PaaS
6 2 (20.00%) SaaS
6 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
6 2 (20.00%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (20.00%) Zachman Framework

Enterprise 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 1 (10.00%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
1 2 (20.00%) OCI
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle CX
1 2 (20.00%) PaaS
1 2 (20.00%) SaaS
2 1 (10.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (10.00%) Serverless
2 1 (10.00%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (10.00%) DynamoDB
2 1 (10.00%) Metadata
General
1 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Retail
3 2 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Law
4 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (20.00%) Data Fabric
3 1 (10.00%) Data Structures
3 1 (10.00%) FMCG
3 1 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Data Architecture
2 6 (60.00%) TOGAF
3 5 (50.00%) Data Strategy
4 4 (40.00%) Data Governance
4 4 (40.00%) Data Modelling
4 4 (40.00%) Decision-Making
4 4 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (30.00%) AI
5 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
6 2 (20.00%) Analytics
6 2 (20.00%) Architecture Roadmap
6 2 (20.00%) Customer Experience
6 2 (20.00%) Data Ingestion
6 2 (20.00%) Data Management
6 2 (20.00%) ERP
6 2 (20.00%) Machine Learning
6 2 (20.00%) Master Data Management
6 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
6 2 (20.00%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Java
1 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (10.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) Databricks
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft