Data Architecture Jobs

Data Architecture
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Architecture over the 6 months to 4 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 271 185 323
Rank change year-on-year -86 +138 +23
Permanent jobs citing Data Architecture 1,094 1,878 2,160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.03% 2.00% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 2.09% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 601 890 929
10th Percentile £52,325 £46,570 £46,335
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,932 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.09% +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £95,000 £106,250 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £140,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 88,299 89,649 163,421
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.45% 95.47% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,362 54,142 83,553
10th Percentile £29,290 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.10%

Data Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Architecture in the UK

Data Architecture
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Architecture.

Salary trend for Data Architecture in the UK

Data Architecture
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Architecture over the 6 months to 4 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Architecture in the UK

Data Architecture
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Architecture within the UK over the 6 months to 4 June 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
England -94 914 £80,000 -3.03% 179
UK excluding London -59 684 £75,000 +15.38% 79
Work from Home -65 430 £79,932 -3.11% 91
London -85 366 £90,000 -2.96% 109
North of England -21 226 £79,932 -0.09% 24
South East -11 119 £85,000 +47.83% 9
North West -43 114 £75,000 +25.00% 14
Scotland -35 108 £65,000 -27.78% 11
Midlands -78 107 £59,300 +22.08% 15
West Midlands -77 75 £59,300 +23.45% 11
Yorkshire +13 72 £79,932 -0.40% 6
South West -20 72 £55,250 -16.92% 7
North East +23 40 £79,932 +3.14% 4
East Midlands -14 32 £45,000 -25.00% 4
Wales +20 27 £55,000 -8.33% 4
Northern Ireland - 13 - - 6
East of England -66 11 £110,000 +37.50% 3
Isle of Man - 2 £82,500 -

Data Architecture
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 38 (3.47%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (2.29%) Apache
3 20 (1.83%) Apache Spark
4 9 (0.82%) SharePoint
5 6 (0.55%) Confluence
6 4 (0.37%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 4 (0.37%) SAS
7 3 (0.27%) IIS
8 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.18%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.091%) Appian
9 1 (0.091%) CMS
Applications
1 13 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.55%) Trello
4 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.091%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.27%) Primavera
5 3 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.18%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.091%) Maximo
7 1 (0.091%) Odoo
7 1 (0.091%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 465 (42.50%) Azure
2 367 (33.55%) AWS
3 215 (19.65%) GCP
4 209 (19.10%) Power Platform
5 60 (5.48%) Azure Data Factory
6 55 (5.03%) Snowflake
7 34 (3.11%) dbt
8 33 (3.02%) Serverless
9 32 (2.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 31 (2.83%) PowerApps
11 28 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
11 28 (2.56%) SaaS
12 24 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
12 24 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
13 18 (1.65%) Matillion
14 17 (1.55%) Amazon S3
15 16 (1.46%) GitHub
16 13 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
17 11 (1.01%) AWS Lambda
17 11 (1.01%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (0.27%) Firewall
3 2 (0.18%) Broadband
3 2 (0.18%) Internet
3 2 (0.18%) LAN
3 2 (0.18%) VPN
3 2 (0.18%) WAN
3 2 (0.18%) Wireless
4 1 (0.091%) HTTP
4 1 (0.091%) Intranet
4 1 (0.091%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 379 (34.64%) Data Warehouse
2 184 (16.82%) Power BI
3 154 (14.08%) Data Lake
4 145 (13.25%) Metadata
5 136 (12.43%) BigQuery
6 122 (11.15%) Tableau
7 118 (10.79%) Looker
8 60 (5.48%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 44 (4.02%) Data Vault
9 44 (4.02%) SQL Server
10 32 (2.93%) Amazon Redshift
10 32 (2.93%) Azure SQL Database
10 32 (2.93%) Big Data
11 25 (2.29%) NoSQL
12 19 (1.74%) Relational Database
13 18 (1.65%) Amazon Athena
14 16 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 15 (1.37%) MongoDB
15 15 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
16 12 (1.10%) Apache Ignite
Development Applications
1 32 (2.93%) Git
2 15 (1.37%) JIRA
3 12 (1.10%) GitLab
4 9 (0.82%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.46%) ERwin
6 3 (0.27%) MLflow
7 2 (0.18%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.18%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.091%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.091%) Vagrant
General
1 401 (36.65%) Finance
2 301 (27.51%) Analytical Skills
3 274 (25.05%) Social Skills
4 124 (11.33%) Marketing
5 100 (9.14%) Presentation Skills
6 99 (9.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 69 (6.31%) Public Sector
8 68 (6.22%) Banking
9 61 (5.58%) Law
10 49 (4.48%) Retail
11 33 (3.02%) Retail Banking
12 30 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
13 26 (2.38%) Financial Institution
13 26 (2.38%) Legal
14 17 (1.55%) Games
14 17 (1.55%) Investment Banking
15 15 (1.37%) Front Office
16 11 (1.01%) Fire and Rescue
16 11 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.55%) Billing
Job Titles
1 595 (54.39%) Architect
2 435 (39.76%) Data Architect
3 170 (15.54%) Senior
4 122 (11.15%) Consultant
5 118 (10.79%) Lead
6 117 (10.69%) Solutions Architect
7 105 (9.60%) Data Engineer
8 88 (8.04%) Principal Architect
9 77 (7.04%) Senior Architect
10 65 (5.94%) Senior Data Architect
11 60 (5.48%) Data Consultant
12 54 (4.94%) Principal Data Architect
13 50 (4.57%) Senior Consultant
14 48 (4.39%) Analyst
15 47 (4.30%) Senior Technology Consultant
15 47 (4.30%) Technology Consultant
16 44 (4.02%) Developer
16 44 (4.02%) Enterprise Architect
17 32 (2.93%) Data Analyst
18 30 (2.74%) Java Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (2.10%) PySpark
2 19 (1.74%) HTML
3 17 (1.55%) .NET
3 17 (1.55%) Kafka
3 17 (1.55%) Pandas
4 13 (1.19%) NumPy
5 12 (1.10%) gRPC
5 12 (1.10%) Protocol Buffers
5 12 (1.10%) SciPy
6 10 (0.91%) Middleware
7 5 (0.46%) Apache Beam
7 5 (0.46%) CSS
7 5 (0.46%) J2EE
8 4 (0.37%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.37%) GraphQL
8 4 (0.37%) RESTful
9 3 (0.27%) HTML5
9 3 (0.27%) HTML5 Canvas
9 3 (0.27%) JSON
9 3 (0.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 124 (11.33%) Self-Motivation
2 84 (7.68%) Management Information System
3 72 (6.58%) Product Ownership
4 64 (5.85%) Cloud Native
5 29 (2.65%) Credit Risk
6 28 (2.56%) Reference Data
7 19 (1.74%) Algorithms
8 18 (1.65%) Taxonomies
9 15 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
9 15 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
10 14 (1.28%) Cyberattack
10 14 (1.28%) Data Structures
11 13 (1.19%) Onboarding
12 12 (1.10%) Derivative
12 12 (1.10%) Equities
12 12 (1.10%) Fixed Income
12 12 (1.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 12 (1.10%) Hedge funds
13 11 (1.01%) Client/Server
13 11 (1.01%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.27%) Unix
1 3 (0.27%) Windows
2 1 (0.091%) Android
2 1 (0.091%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.091%) Linux
2 1 (0.091%) Solaris
2 1 (0.091%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 541 (49.45%) Data Modelling
2 370 (33.82%) Data Governance
3 332 (30.35%) Analytics
4 293 (26.78%) ETL
5 288 (26.33%) Problem-Solving
6 281 (25.69%) Roadmaps
7 271 (24.77%) Data Engineering
8 261 (23.86%) Business Intelligence
9 245 (22.39%) Mentoring
10 232 (21.21%) Agile
11 227 (20.75%) Data Management
12 221 (20.20%) Data Integration
13 174 (15.90%) Data Strategy
14 169 (15.45%) Strategic Roadmap
15 162 (14.81%) Data Analysis
16 155 (14.17%) Data Security
17 150 (13.71%) Data Science
18 149 (13.62%) Decision-Making
19 141 (12.89%) DevOps
20 133 (12.16%) Innovative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 302 (27.61%) SQL
2 163 (14.90%) Python
3 68 (6.22%) Java
4 37 (3.38%) T-SQL
5 30 (2.74%) Scala
6 22 (2.01%) R
7 19 (1.74%) JavaScript
8 17 (1.55%) TypeScript
9 12 (1.10%) C#
9 12 (1.10%) Ruby
10 11 (1.01%) PowerShell
11 5 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.37%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.27%) VB
14 2 (0.18%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.091%) Bicep
15 1 (0.091%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.091%) VBA
Qualifications
1 108 (9.87%) Degree
2 81 (7.40%) Azure Certification
3 74 (6.76%) Security Cleared
4 69 (6.31%) AWS Certification
5 57 (5.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 44 (4.02%) Master's Degree
7 35 (3.20%) DV Cleared
8 26 (2.38%) SC Cleared
9 15 (1.37%) CISSP
10 10 (0.91%) PhD
11 9 (0.82%) DBS Check
11 9 (0.82%) MBA
12 6 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.55%) IIBA
13 5 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.37%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.18%) CIMA
15 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
15 2 (0.18%) SnowPro
15 2 (0.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 292 (26.69%) Data Quality
2 163 (14.90%) GDPR
3 22 (2.01%) Accessibility
4 18 (1.65%) QA
5 12 (1.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 6 (0.55%) SLA
7 4 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.27%) PMO
8 3 (0.27%) PSD2
8 3 (0.27%) SNOMED CT
9 2 (0.18%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.18%) HL7
10 1 (0.091%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.091%) Solvency II
System Software
1 13 (1.19%) Docker
2 6 (0.55%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.18%) HDFS
4 1 (0.091%) LXC
4 1 (0.091%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (1.46%) Terraform
2 10 (0.91%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.27%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.091%) Argo
5 1 (0.091%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 148 (13.53%) Google
2 128 (11.70%) Microsoft
3 79 (7.22%) Databricks
4 24 (2.19%) Oracle
5 15 (1.37%) SAP
6 14 (1.28%) Sparx
7 12 (1.10%) Informatica
8 7 (0.64%) Teradata
9 6 (0.55%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.46%) Talend
11 4 (0.37%) Dell
12 3 (0.27%) Ab Initio
13 2 (0.18%) Alteryx
13 2 (0.18%) Aruba
13 2 (0.18%) Cognos
13 2 (0.18%) Facebook
13 2 (0.18%) IBM
13 2 (0.18%) MicroStrategy
13 2 (0.18%) SnapLogic
13 2 (0.18%) Twitter