Data Architecture Contracts

Data Architecture
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Data Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Architecture over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 257 279 251
Rank change year-on-year +22 -28 -29
Contract jobs citing Data Architecture 409 532 982
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.94% 0.96% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 1.07% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 296 377 665
10th Percentile £433 £463 £493
25th Percentile £513 £525 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £675 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £788 £755 £760
90th Percentile £919 £825 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -12.00% - +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 2
10th Percentile - £34.78 £88.49
25th Percentile £22.33 £35.00 £88.89
Median hourly rate £29.83 £35.38 £89.56
Median % change year-on-year -15.69% -60.50% +241.18%
75th Percentile £35.00 £40.06 £90.23
90th Percentile - £59.60 £90.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.65 £35.63 £88.22
% change year-on-year -30.81% -59.62% +232.91%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,914 49,809 79,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.21% 89.64% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,592 34,469 55,846
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,564 1,687 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Architecture in the UK

Data Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Architecture over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Architecture in the UK

Data Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Architecture in the UK

Data Architecture
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Architecture over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Architecture in the UK

Data Architecture
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Architecture within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +16 361 £650 -3.70% 158
London +5 229 £700 - 96
UK excluding London +41 139 £550 -12.00% 71
Work from Home +12 126 £650 -1.89% 75
North of England +53 54 £525 +2.94% 23
North West +38 41 £500 -4.31% 16
Midlands +32 24 £688 +19.57% 11
South East -3 24 £475 -27.62% 9
South West +1 23 £550 -15.38% 4
West Midlands +24 18 £700 +27.27% 8
Scotland +48 14 £588 -26.53% 10
Yorkshire +14 13 £725 +50.99% 4
East of England -7 7 £675 +157.14% 4
East Midlands +11 6 £588 -2.08% 3
North East - 4 £750 - 3
Wales +16 1 - - 3

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 16 (3.91%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.67%) Apache
3 13 (3.18%) Apache Spark
4 11 (2.69%) SAS
5 8 (1.96%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.73%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.24%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.24%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.24%) CMS
8 1 (0.24%) Confluence
8 1 (0.24%) IIS
8 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (3.91%) MS Visio
2 9 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.49%) Gliffy
3 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 29 (7.09%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 11 (2.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.73%) Primavera
5 2 (0.49%) BusinessWorks
5 2 (0.49%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.24%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.24%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.24%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.24%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.24%) Shopify
6 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 131 (32.03%) Azure
2 67 (16.38%) Power Platform
3 60 (14.67%) AWS
4 25 (6.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 24 (5.87%) Azure Data Factory
6 21 (5.13%) GCP
7 19 (4.65%) SaaS
7 19 (4.65%) Snowflake
8 16 (3.91%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (3.18%) dbt
9 13 (3.18%) Microsoft Purview
10 11 (2.69%) Azure Stack
11 10 (2.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 10 (2.44%) PaaS
11 10 (2.44%) Power Automate
12 9 (2.20%) Collibra
13 8 (1.96%) IaaS
13 8 (1.96%) Serverless
14 7 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
15 6 (1.47%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.22%) Firewall
2 1 (0.24%) EIGRP
2 1 (0.24%) IPsec
2 1 (0.24%) Kerberos
2 1 (0.24%) MPLS
2 1 (0.24%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.24%) SSL
2 1 (0.24%) VPLS
2 1 (0.24%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (22.00%) Data Warehouse
2 81 (19.80%) Metadata
3 68 (16.63%) NoSQL
4 64 (15.65%) Power BI
5 55 (13.45%) Data Lake
6 44 (10.76%) Data Vault
7 43 (10.51%) SQL Server
8 37 (9.05%) Big Data
9 36 (8.80%) Metadata Repository
10 18 (4.40%) PostgreSQL
11 15 (3.67%) Qlik Sense
11 15 (3.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 13 (3.18%) Azure SQL Database
13 12 (2.93%) Snowflake Schema
14 11 (2.69%) Data Mining
14 11 (2.69%) Relational Database
14 11 (2.69%) Tableau
15 9 (2.20%) MongoDB
16 8 (1.96%) Hadoop
16 8 (1.96%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 9 (2.20%) ERwin
2 7 (1.71%) JIRA
2 7 (1.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 5 (1.22%) Git
4 2 (0.49%) ER Studio
4 2 (0.49%) kappa
4 2 (0.49%) PowerDesigner
4 2 (0.49%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.24%) Ant
5 1 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.24%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.24%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 106 (25.92%) Social Skills
2 95 (23.23%) Finance
3 58 (14.18%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (14.18%) Public Sector
4 42 (10.27%) Marketing
5 28 (6.85%) Telecoms
6 27 (6.60%) Manufacturing
7 25 (6.11%) Electronics
8 22 (5.38%) Banking
9 17 (4.16%) Presentation Skills
10 15 (3.67%) Publishing
11 14 (3.42%) Retail
12 13 (3.18%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (3.18%) Pharmaceutical
13 10 (2.44%) German Language
14 8 (1.96%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.47%) Front Office
16 4 (0.98%) Back Office
16 4 (0.98%) Retail Banking
17 3 (0.73%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 247 (60.39%) Architect
2 174 (42.54%) Data Architect
3 34 (8.31%) Solutions Architect
4 31 (7.58%) Lead
4 31 (7.58%) Senior
5 27 (6.60%) Analyst
6 26 (6.36%) Enterprise Architect
7 25 (6.11%) Chief Architect
7 25 (6.11%) Chief Data Architect
8 24 (5.87%) Azure Architect
9 22 (5.38%) Data Analyst
10 21 (5.13%) Data Engineer
11 20 (4.89%) Developer
12 17 (4.16%) Azure Data Architect
12 17 (4.16%) Enterprise Data Architect
13 15 (3.67%) Data Modeller
14 14 (3.42%) AWS Architect
14 14 (3.42%) Senior Architect
15 11 (2.69%) Head of Architecture
16 10 (2.44%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.89%) JSON
2 19 (4.65%) REST
3 18 (4.40%) XML
4 9 (2.20%) SOAP
5 8 (1.96%) Pandas
6 7 (1.71%) AngularJS
6 7 (1.71%) CSS
6 7 (1.71%) HTML
6 7 (1.71%) Node.js
6 7 (1.71%) NumPy
7 6 (1.47%) gRPC
7 6 (1.47%) JSON Schema
7 6 (1.47%) Protocol Buffers
7 6 (1.47%) PySpark
7 6 (1.47%) SciPy
8 5 (1.22%) .NET
8 5 (1.22%) Kafka
9 3 (0.73%) Apache Avro
9 3 (0.73%) Middleware
9 3 (0.73%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (13.94%) Reference Data
2 35 (8.56%) Data Structures
3 23 (5.62%) Management Information System
3 23 (5.62%) Product Ownership
4 16 (3.91%) Onboarding
5 8 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (1.71%) Enterprise Cloud
7 6 (1.47%) Derivative
7 6 (1.47%) Distributed Computing
7 6 (1.47%) Equities
7 6 (1.47%) Fixed Income
7 6 (1.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (1.47%) Hedge funds
8 4 (0.98%) Data Centre
8 4 (0.98%) FMCG
8 4 (0.98%) Industry 4.0
8 4 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (0.98%) Wiki
9 3 (0.73%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.73%) Unix
1 3 (0.73%) Windows
2 2 (0.49%) Linux
2 2 (0.49%) VMS
3 1 (0.24%) Android
3 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (53.30%) Data Modelling
2 142 (34.72%) Data Governance
3 116 (28.36%) Analytics
4 113 (27.63%) Business Intelligence
5 96 (23.47%) Data Management
6 88 (21.52%) Data Integration
7 87 (21.27%) Data Strategy
8 86 (21.03%) ETL
9 78 (19.07%) Agile
10 65 (15.89%) Problem-Solving
11 63 (15.40%) Migration
12 51 (12.47%) Data Design
12 51 (12.47%) Roadmaps
13 45 (11.00%) UML
14 44 (10.76%) Data Analysis
14 44 (10.76%) Data Lineage
15 41 (10.02%) Data Engineering
15 41 (10.02%) Data Migration
16 39 (9.54%) Project Delivery
16 39 (9.54%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 100 (24.45%) SQL
2 54 (13.20%) Python
3 15 (3.67%) Scala
4 14 (3.42%) JavaScript
5 13 (3.18%) Java
6 11 (2.69%) T-SQL
7 8 (1.96%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.47%) C#
8 6 (1.47%) Ruby
9 5 (1.22%) PL/SQL
9 5 (1.22%) R
10 3 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.49%) XPath
12 1 (0.24%) Go
12 1 (0.24%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.24%) PHP
12 1 (0.24%) VBA
Qualifications
1 62 (15.16%) Security Cleared
2 52 (12.71%) SC Cleared
3 33 (8.07%) Degree
4 11 (2.69%) Azure Certification
5 9 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.20%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.71%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.98%) CIMA
8 3 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.49%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.24%) ACCA
10 1 (0.24%) CISM
10 1 (0.24%) CISSP
10 1 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (22.00%) Data Quality
2 17 (4.16%) GDPR
3 10 (2.44%) QA
4 8 (1.96%) PMO
5 6 (1.47%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.73%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.24%) CDISC
7 1 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.24%) GRC
7 1 (0.24%) GxP
7 1 (0.24%) HL7
7 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (0.98%) Docker
3 3 (0.73%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.24%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.24%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 5 (1.22%) Kubernetes
1 5 (1.22%) Terraform
2 2 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (0.49%) TIBCO Hawk
3 1 (0.24%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 81 (19.80%) Microsoft
2 57 (13.94%) SAP
3 42 (10.27%) Databricks
4 41 (10.02%) Sparx
5 32 (7.82%) Informatica
6 31 (7.58%) Oracle
7 17 (4.16%) ServiceNow
8 10 (2.44%) Google
9 9 (2.20%) IBM
9 9 (2.20%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.96%) Alteryx
11 7 (1.71%) Dataiku
11 7 (1.71%) Remedy
11 7 (1.71%) Trillium
12 5 (1.22%) Autodesk
12 5 (1.22%) IFS
12 5 (1.22%) Talend
13 4 (0.98%) MuleSoft
14 3 (0.73%) BiZZdesign
14 3 (0.73%) ESRI