Data Architect Jobs in the West Midlands

Data Architect
England > West Midlands

The median Data Architect salary in the West Midlands is £59,300 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 194 253 265
Rank change year-on-year +59 +12 -69
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Architect 53 6 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.71% 0.096% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 0.11% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 35 6 16
10th Percentile - £77,500 £63,125
25th Percentile £52,325 £80,625 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,300 £85,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.24% +13.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £61,250 £86,875 £83,125
90th Percentile £70,000 £88,125 £85,000
England median annual salary £82,500 £92,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year -10.81% +8.82% +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 7,048 5,636 7,006
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.35% 90.15% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 5,268 3,225 4,768
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £37,762
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Architect in the West Midlands

Data Architect
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Architect in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Data Architect 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 18 May 2024.

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 18 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham +41 51 £59,300 -30.24% 4
Warwickshire - 1 £85,000 -
Data Architect
England

Data Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Data Architect 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 permanent job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 41 (77.36%) Data Modelling
1 41 (77.36%) Data Architecture
2 30 (56.60%) Metadata
2 30 (56.60%) Data Design
3 28 (52.83%) Data Management
4 24 (45.28%) Analytics
5 23 (43.40%) Information Management
5 23 (43.40%) Management Information System
6 19 (35.85%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (33.96%) Data Engineering
8 16 (30.19%) Architectural Patterns
9 15 (28.30%) Azure
10 9 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (16.98%) Mentoring
10 9 (16.98%) BigQuery
10 9 (16.98%) GCP
10 9 (16.98%) AWS
10 9 (16.98%) Information Assurance
11 8 (15.09%) ERD
11 8 (15.09%) Data Integration
11 8 (15.09%) Data Security
11 8 (15.09%) Logistics
11 8 (15.09%) Google
11 8 (15.09%) ETL
11 8 (15.09%) Data Governance
11 8 (15.09%) Data Quality
11 8 (15.09%) Analytical Skills
11 8 (15.09%) Innovative Thinking
11 8 (15.09%) Looker
11 8 (15.09%) GDPR

Data Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 15 (28.30%) Azure
2 9 (16.98%) AWS
2 9 (16.98%) GCP
3 1 (1.89%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (56.60%) Metadata
2 19 (35.85%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (16.98%) BigQuery
4 8 (15.09%) Looker
5 4 (7.55%) SQL Server
5 4 (7.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (7.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (3.77%) NoSQL
7 1 (1.89%) Data Vault
7 1 (1.89%) RDBMS
7 1 (1.89%) Relational Database
General
1 8 (15.09%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (13.21%) Social Skills
3 1 (1.89%) Finance
3 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.89%) EDI
1 1 (1.89%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 23 (43.40%) Management Information System
2 8 (15.09%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (7.55%) Replication
4 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (1.89%) NHS
4 1 (1.89%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (77.36%) Data Architecture
1 41 (77.36%) Data Modelling
2 30 (56.60%) Data Design
3 28 (52.83%) Data Management
4 24 (45.28%) Analytics
5 23 (43.40%) Information Management
6 18 (33.96%) Data Engineering
7 16 (30.19%) Architectural Patterns
8 9 (16.98%) Information Assurance
8 9 (16.98%) Mentoring
8 9 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (15.09%) Data Governance
9 8 (15.09%) Data Integration
9 8 (15.09%) Data Security
9 8 (15.09%) ERD
9 8 (15.09%) ETL
9 8 (15.09%) Innovative Thinking
9 8 (15.09%) Logistics
9 8 (15.09%) Platform Engineering
10 7 (13.21%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.43%) SQL
2 4 (7.55%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (9.43%) Degree
2 1 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.89%) DBS Check
2 1 (1.89%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.09%) Data Quality
1 8 (15.09%) GDPR
Vendors
1 8 (15.09%) Google
2 4 (7.55%) NEC
3 2 (3.77%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.89%) Informatica