Chief Data Architect Contracts

Chief Data Architect
UK

The median Chief Data Architect daily rate in the UK is £900 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 550 670 848
Rank change year-on-year +120 +178 -177
Contract jobs requiring a Chief Data Architect 26 14 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.061% 0.025% 0.001%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% 0.026% 0.001%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 11 1
10th Percentile £838 £650 -
25th Percentile £875 £794 £925
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £1,050 £950
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +18.75%
75th Percentile £925 £1,088 £975
90th Percentile £975 £1,150 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £1,075 -

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%

Chief Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Chief Data Architect in the UK

Chief Data Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Chief Data Architect in the UK

Chief Data Architect
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Chief 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 +126 26 £900 -14.29% 1
London +123 26 £900 +12.50% 1
Work from Home +114 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, Chief 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 Chief Data Architect in the job title.

1 25 (96.15%) Data Modelling
1 25 (96.15%) Data Architecture
1 25 (96.15%) Data Strategy
1 25 (96.15%) Data Design
2 24 (92.31%) Data Vault
2 24 (92.31%) Metadata
2 24 (92.31%) Metadata Repository
2 24 (92.31%) NoSQL
2 24 (92.31%) UML
3 21 (80.77%) Data Integration
3 21 (80.77%) Data Governance
4 20 (76.92%) Business Strategy
4 20 (76.92%) Reference Data
5 18 (69.23%) SC Cleared
5 18 (69.23%) Security Cleared
6 16 (61.54%) Digital Marketing
6 16 (61.54%) Marketing
6 16 (61.54%) SAP
6 16 (61.54%) Business Intelligence
6 16 (61.54%) Electronics
6 16 (61.54%) Telecoms
6 16 (61.54%) Finance
6 16 (61.54%) Manufacturing
6 16 (61.54%) Programme Management
6 16 (61.54%) Public Sector
7 7 (26.92%) Sparx
7 7 (26.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 4 (15.38%) Onboarding
8 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
9 1 (3.85%) Strategic Thinking

Chief 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:

Business Applications
1 7 (26.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (92.31%) Data Vault
1 24 (92.31%) Metadata
1 24 (92.31%) Metadata Repository
1 24 (92.31%) NoSQL
General
1 16 (61.54%) Electronics
1 16 (61.54%) Finance
1 16 (61.54%) Manufacturing
1 16 (61.54%) Marketing
1 16 (61.54%) Public Sector
1 16 (61.54%) Telecoms
2 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 20 (76.92%) Reference Data
2 4 (15.38%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (96.15%) Data Architecture
1 25 (96.15%) Data Design
1 25 (96.15%) Data Modelling
1 25 (96.15%) Data Strategy
2 24 (92.31%) UML
3 21 (80.77%) Data Governance
3 21 (80.77%) Data Integration
4 20 (76.92%) Business Strategy
5 16 (61.54%) Business Intelligence
5 16 (61.54%) Digital Marketing
5 16 (61.54%) Programme Management
6 1 (3.85%) Data Analysis
6 1 (3.85%) Problem Management
6 1 (3.85%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 18 (69.23%) SC Cleared
1 18 (69.23%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 16 (61.54%) SAP
2 7 (26.92%) Sparx