Data Architect Job Trends in the West Midlands

Data Architect
England > West Midlands

The median Data Architect salary in the West Midlands is £74,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 January 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 185 158
Rank change year-on-year +35 -27 +78
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Architect 23 13 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.44% 0.31% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.33% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 19 10 17
10th Percentile £56,700 £64,181 £52,430
25th Percentile £58,375 £68,146 £56,809
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £76,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% +8.93% -12.50%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,188 £80,000
90th Percentile - £94,300 £84,350
England median annual salary £85,000 £90,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% -11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 4,735 3,950 3,266
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.63% 93.34% 93.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,719 1,892 2,733
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.04%

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Data Architect job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Data Architect
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in the West Midlands

Data Architect
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Architect in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Architect in the West Midlands

Data Architect
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Architect within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 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
Birmingham +30 17 £74,000 +0.63% 5
Staffordshire -8 4 £62,500 - 4
Warwickshire +23 2 £75,596 -2.46% 1
Data Architect
England

Data Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 6 January 2026, 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 17 (73.91%) Data Modelling
2 16 (69.57%) Data Architecture
3 11 (47.83%) Azure
3 11 (47.83%) Information Management
4 10 (43.48%) EDI
5 8 (34.78%) Data Management
6 7 (30.43%) Architectural Patterns
6 7 (30.43%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (30.43%) Data Strategy
6 7 (30.43%) Power BI
6 7 (30.43%) Power Platform
6 7 (30.43%) Sparx
7 6 (26.09%) Strategic Thinking
8 5 (21.74%) Agile
8 5 (21.74%) Data Governance
8 5 (21.74%) Master Data Management
9 4 (17.39%) Analytics
9 4 (17.39%) Metadata
10 3 (13.04%) AI
10 3 (13.04%) Building Information Modelling
10 3 (13.04%) Business Transformation
10 3 (13.04%) Metadata Management
11 2 (8.70%) Architectural Design
11 2 (8.70%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (8.70%) Databricks
11 2 (8.70%) Reverse Engineering
12 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
12 1 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (4.35%) Cisco
12 1 (4.35%) CTC Cleared

Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (47.83%) Azure
2 7 (30.43%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) Firewall
1 1 (4.35%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (4.35%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (30.43%) Power BI
2 4 (17.39%) Metadata
3 2 (8.70%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (4.35%) GIS
4 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (43.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Finance
3 2 (8.70%) Legal
4 1 (4.35%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (43.48%) EDI
2 1 (4.35%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Management Information System
2 3 (13.04%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (73.91%) Data Modelling
2 16 (69.57%) Data Architecture
3 11 (47.83%) Information Management
4 8 (34.78%) Data Management
5 7 (30.43%) Architectural Patterns
5 7 (30.43%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (30.43%) Data Strategy
6 6 (26.09%) Strategic Thinking
7 5 (21.74%) Agile
7 5 (21.74%) Data Governance
7 5 (21.74%) Master Data Management
8 4 (17.39%) Analytics
9 3 (13.04%) AI
9 3 (13.04%) Building Information Modelling
9 3 (13.04%) Business Transformation
9 3 (13.04%) Metadata Management
10 2 (8.70%) Architectural Design
10 2 (8.70%) Reverse Engineering
11 1 (4.35%) Data Design
11 1 (4.35%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) Python
1 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) CTC Cleared
1 1 (4.35%) DBS Check
1 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) Sparx
2 2 (8.70%) Databricks
3 1 (4.35%) Cisco
3 1 (4.35%) HP
3 1 (4.35%) Juniper
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.35%) VMware