Azure Data Architect Contracts

Data Architect - Azure
UK

The median Data Architect - Azure daily rate in the UK is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 541 634 765
Rank change year-on-year +93 +131 -198
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Data Architect 35 50 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.082% 0.088% 0.096%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% 0.093% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 42 56
10th Percentile £443 £523 £538
25th Percentile £563 £563 £605
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £649
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +0.19% +12.83%
75th Percentile £750 £778 £700
90th Percentile £780 £848 £801
UK excluding London median daily rate £675 £550 £625
% change year-on-year +22.73% -12.00% +5.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,484 53,902 83,447
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.62% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,682 37,660 58,636
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,662 1,503 2,044
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.38 £15.76
Median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.44 £76.20 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Azure Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Azure Data Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Data Architect in the UK

Azure Data Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Data Architect.

Daily rate trend for Azure Data Architect in the UK

Azure Data Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Data Architect over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Data Architect in the UK

Azure Data Architect
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Data Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +101 31 £638 -1.92% 5
London +87 23 £600 -9.77% 4
Work from Home +117 15 £695 +11.20% 5
UK excluding London +59 8 £675 +22.73% 1
North of England +28 5 £650 +18.18% 1
Midlands +29 3 £675 -
North West +19 3 £750 +36.36% 1
Yorkshire - 2 £450 -
East Midlands - 2 £675 -
West Midlands +26 1 £600 -

Azure Data Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, Azure Data Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Azure Data Architect in the job title.

1 35 (100.00%) Azure
2 23 (65.71%) Data Modelling
3 19 (54.29%) Microsoft
3 19 (54.29%) Data Lake
3 19 (54.29%) Databricks
4 17 (48.57%) Data Architecture
5 16 (45.71%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (45.71%) Analytics
6 14 (40.00%) Social Skills
7 13 (37.14%) Big Data
8 12 (34.29%) SQL
9 11 (31.43%) ETL
10 10 (28.57%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (25.71%) Power Platform
11 9 (25.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 9 (25.71%) Power BI
11 9 (25.71%) Data Governance
12 8 (22.86%) Python
12 8 (22.86%) DevOps
13 7 (20.00%) Data Strategy
13 7 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
14 6 (17.14%) Migration
14 6 (17.14%) Data Quality
14 6 (17.14%) Visualisation
14 6 (17.14%) NoSQL
15 5 (14.29%) Machine Learning
15 5 (14.29%) Data Ingestion
15 5 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
15 5 (14.29%) Data Integration
15 5 (14.29%) Agile

Azure Data Architect Skill Set
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 3 (8.57%) Apache Spark
2 2 (5.71%) Apache
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Aladdin
1 1 (2.86%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 35 (100.00%) Azure
2 10 (28.57%) Azure Data Factory
3 9 (25.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 9 (25.71%) Power Platform
4 3 (8.57%) IaaS
4 3 (8.57%) PaaS
4 3 (8.57%) SaaS
5 2 (5.71%) AWS
5 2 (5.71%) dbt
5 2 (5.71%) GCP
5 2 (5.71%) GitHub
5 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (5.71%) Snowflake
6 1 (2.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (54.29%) Data Lake
2 16 (45.71%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (37.14%) Big Data
4 9 (25.71%) Power BI
5 6 (17.14%) NoSQL
6 4 (11.43%) Delta Lake
6 4 (11.43%) OLAP
6 4 (11.43%) OLTP
7 3 (8.57%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 2 (5.71%) SQL Server
9 1 (2.86%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (2.86%) Data Mining
9 1 (2.86%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (2.86%) Hadoop
9 1 (2.86%) Metadata
9 1 (2.86%) Parquet
9 1 (2.86%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Git
General
1 14 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.43%) Finance
3 3 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.57%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (8.57%) Financial Institution
4 2 (5.71%) Banking
5 1 (2.86%) Games
5 1 (2.86%) Local Government
5 1 (2.86%) Marketing
5 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.57%) Middleware
1 3 (8.57%) PySpark
2 2 (5.71%) ADO
2 2 (5.71%) JSON
2 2 (5.71%) JSON Schema
3 1 (2.86%) Apache Avro
3 1 (2.86%) XML
3 1 (2.86%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Distributed Computing
2 3 (8.57%) Grid Computing
3 2 (5.71%) Data Structures
3 2 (5.71%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.71%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.86%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.86%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.86%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.86%) NHS
4 1 (2.86%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (65.71%) Data Modelling
2 17 (48.57%) Data Architecture
3 16 (45.71%) Analytics
4 11 (31.43%) ETL
5 9 (25.71%) Data Governance
6 8 (22.86%) DevOps
7 7 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (20.00%) Data Strategy
8 6 (17.14%) Migration
8 6 (17.14%) Visualisation
9 5 (14.29%) Agile
9 5 (14.29%) Data Ingestion
9 5 (14.29%) Data Integration
9 5 (14.29%) Machine Learning
9 5 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
9 5 (14.29%) Roadmaps
10 4 (11.43%) CI/CD
10 4 (11.43%) Data Pipeline
10 4 (11.43%) Data Security
10 4 (11.43%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 12 (34.29%) SQL
2 8 (22.86%) Python
3 1 (2.86%) R
3 1 (2.86%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (11.43%) SC Cleared
1 4 (11.43%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.57%) Azure Certification
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (17.14%) Data Quality
2 3 (8.57%) Accessibility
3 2 (5.71%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (8.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (8.57%) Kubernetes
2 2 (5.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (54.29%) Databricks
1 19 (54.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.86%) Google