Data Architect Contracts in the Midlands

Data Architect
England > Midlands

The median Data Architect daily rate in the Midlands is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 143 149
Rank change year-on-year +29 +6 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Data Architect 27 15 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.92% 0.47% 1.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.99% 0.49% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 10 44
10th Percentile - £534 £540
25th Percentile £450 £541 £595
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £613 £604
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +1.41% +3.91%
75th Percentile £700 £666 £678
90th Percentile £725 £688 £746
England median daily rate £675 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -3.57% - +12.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,719 3,042 4,799
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 94.50% 95.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,809 2,147 3,499
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £338 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +1.05% +15.85%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £569
90th Percentile £675 £692 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 113 146
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.63
25th Percentile £14.09 £15.00 £14.67
Median hourly rate £19.00 £20.71 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.23% +13.45% +21.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £51.91 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Architect in the Midlands

Data Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Data Architect in the Midlands

Data Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Architect in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Architect in the Midlands

Data Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Architect in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Data Architect in the Midlands

Data Architect
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Architect within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
West Midlands +31 22 £590 -1.67% 2
East Midlands +6 5 £675 +8.00% 4
Data Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, 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 across the Midlands region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 14 (51.85%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (48.15%) Migration
3 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
4 10 (37.04%) Data Architecture
4 10 (37.04%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (37.04%) ETL
5 9 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 9 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (33.33%) Power Platform
5 9 (33.33%) Analytics
5 9 (33.33%) Power BI
6 8 (29.63%) Data Modelling
6 8 (29.63%) Data Mining
6 8 (29.63%) Azure
7 7 (25.93%) Data Migration
7 7 (25.93%) CAD
7 7 (25.93%) Roadmaps
8 6 (22.22%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (22.22%) Data Structures
8 6 (22.22%) Data Management
8 6 (22.22%) SQL
8 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
8 6 (22.22%) Data Quality
9 5 (18.52%) Root Cause Analysis
9 5 (18.52%) Tableau
9 5 (18.52%) Degree
9 5 (18.52%) Computer Science
9 5 (18.52%) Dimensional Modelling
9 5 (18.52%) Information Management

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

Applications
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 8 (29.63%) Azure
3 4 (14.81%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (7.41%) AWS
4 2 (7.41%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (7.41%) GCP
5 1 (3.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (37.04%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (33.33%) Power BI
3 8 (29.63%) Data Mining
4 5 (18.52%) Data Lake
4 5 (18.52%) Tableau
5 4 (14.81%) Big Data
6 3 (11.11%) NoSQL
7 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
8 1 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (3.70%) Data Vault
8 1 (3.70%) DB2
8 1 (3.70%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (3.70%) Metadata
8 1 (3.70%) Metadata Repository
8 1 (3.70%) OLAP
8 1 (3.70%) OLTP
8 1 (3.70%) Oracle OLAP
8 1 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (3.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 14 (51.85%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.81%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.41%) Finance
5 1 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) RESTful
1 1 (3.70%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Data Structures
1 6 (22.22%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (18.52%) Management Information System
3 2 (7.41%) NHS
4 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.70%) FMCG
4 1 (3.70%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (48.15%) Migration
2 10 (37.04%) Data Architecture
2 10 (37.04%) ETL
3 9 (33.33%) Analytics
3 9 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (29.63%) Data Modelling
5 7 (25.93%) CAD
5 7 (25.93%) Data Migration
5 7 (25.93%) Roadmaps
6 6 (22.22%) Data Management
7 5 (18.52%) Balanced Scorecard
7 5 (18.52%) Coaching
7 5 (18.52%) Computer Science
7 5 (18.52%) Data Analytics
7 5 (18.52%) Dimensional Modelling
7 5 (18.52%) Information Management
7 5 (18.52%) Mentoring
7 5 (18.52%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (18.52%) Scorecard
Programming Languages
1 6 (22.22%) SQL
2 1 (3.70%) PL/SQL
2 1 (3.70%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (18.52%) Degree
2 4 (14.81%) Security Cleared
3 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (22.22%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (18.52%) Autodesk
3 2 (7.41%) Databricks
3 2 (7.41%) Oracle
4 1 (3.70%) Infor
4 1 (3.70%) Talend