Azure Data Architect Contracts

Data Architect - Azure
UK

The median Data Architect - Azure daily rate in the UK 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 547 651 771
Rank change year-on-year +104 +120 -150
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Data Architect 37 46 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.085% 0.083% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.088% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 39 55
10th Percentile £465 £521 £553
25th Percentile £556 £563 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £744 £788 £681
90th Percentile £770 £855 £790
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £613 £625
% change year-on-year -6.12% -2.00% +6.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Azure Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Data Architect in the UK

Azure Data Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Azure Data Architect in the UK

Azure Data Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Azure Data Architect in the UK

Azure Data Architect
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Data Architect within the UK 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
England +79 34 £613 -9.26% 4
London +74 24 £660 -1.49% 2
Work from Home +115 16 £600 -7.69% 4
UK excluding London +31 10 £575 -6.12% 3
North of England +20 6 £500 -9.09% 1
North West +16 4 £525 -4.55% 1
Midlands +17 3 £675 - 1
East Midlands +7 2 £675 - 1
Yorkshire - 2 £450 -
West Midlands +18 1 £600 -
South East +14 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Azure 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 Azure Data Architect in the job title.

1 37 (100.00%) Azure
2 23 (62.16%) Data Modelling
3 21 (56.76%) Data Lake
4 20 (54.05%) Databricks
5 18 (48.65%) Microsoft
6 17 (45.95%) Data Architecture
6 17 (45.95%) Analytics
7 15 (40.54%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (37.84%) SQL
8 14 (37.84%) Social Skills
9 13 (35.14%) Big Data
10 10 (27.03%) Azure Data Factory
10 10 (27.03%) Power BI
10 10 (27.03%) ETL
10 10 (27.03%) Power Platform
11 9 (24.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 9 (24.32%) Business Intelligence
11 9 (24.32%) Data Governance
12 8 (21.62%) DevOps
13 7 (18.92%) Data Strategy
14 6 (16.22%) NoSQL
14 6 (16.22%) Data Quality
14 6 (16.22%) Machine Learning
14 6 (16.22%) Python
14 6 (16.22%) Visualisation
14 6 (16.22%) Finance
14 6 (16.22%) Migration
15 5 (13.51%) Agile
15 5 (13.51%) SC Cleared
15 5 (13.51%) Security Cleared

Azure 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (8.11%) Apache Spark
2 2 (5.41%) Apache
3 1 (2.70%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Aladdin
1 1 (2.70%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 37 (100.00%) Azure
2 10 (27.03%) Azure Data Factory
2 10 (27.03%) Power Platform
3 9 (24.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 3 (8.11%) IaaS
4 3 (8.11%) PaaS
4 3 (8.11%) SaaS
5 2 (5.41%) AWS
5 2 (5.41%) dbt
5 2 (5.41%) GCP
5 2 (5.41%) GitHub
5 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (5.41%) Snowflake
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Functions
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Service Fabric
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Storage
6 1 (2.70%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (56.76%) Data Lake
2 15 (40.54%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (35.14%) Big Data
4 10 (27.03%) Power BI
5 6 (16.22%) NoSQL
6 4 (10.81%) OLAP
6 4 (10.81%) OLTP
7 3 (8.11%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 3 (8.11%) Delta Lake
8 2 (5.41%) Data Hub
8 2 (5.41%) Data Mining
8 2 (5.41%) SQL Server
9 1 (2.70%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (2.70%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (2.70%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (2.70%) Hadoop
9 1 (2.70%) MySQL
9 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Git
General
1 14 (37.84%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.22%) Finance
3 4 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.11%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (8.11%) Financial Institution
5 2 (5.41%) Banking
6 1 (2.70%) Games
6 1 (2.70%) Local Government
6 1 (2.70%) Marketing
6 1 (2.70%) Police
6 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) Middleware
2 2 (5.41%) ADO
2 2 (5.41%) JSON
2 2 (5.41%) JSON Schema
2 2 (5.41%) PySpark
3 1 (2.70%) Apache Avro
3 1 (2.70%) Kafka
3 1 (2.70%) XML
3 1 (2.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Distributed Computing
2 3 (8.11%) Grid Computing
2 3 (8.11%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.41%) Data Structures
3 2 (5.41%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.41%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.70%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.70%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.70%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.70%) NHS
4 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (62.16%) Data Modelling
2 17 (45.95%) Analytics
2 17 (45.95%) Data Architecture
3 10 (27.03%) ETL
4 9 (24.32%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (24.32%) Data Governance
5 8 (21.62%) DevOps
6 7 (18.92%) Data Strategy
7 6 (16.22%) Machine Learning
7 6 (16.22%) Migration
7 6 (16.22%) Visualisation
8 5 (13.51%) Agile
8 5 (13.51%) Data Ingestion
8 5 (13.51%) Open Source
8 5 (13.51%) Performance Optimisation
9 4 (10.81%) Data Engineering
9 4 (10.81%) Data Pipeline
9 4 (10.81%) Logical Data Model
9 4 (10.81%) Physical Data Model
9 4 (10.81%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 14 (37.84%) SQL
2 6 (16.22%) Python
3 2 (5.41%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.70%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.70%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (13.51%) SC Cleared
1 5 (13.51%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.11%) Azure Certification
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) Data Quality
2 3 (8.11%) Accessibility
3 2 (5.41%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (8.11%) Docker
2 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (8.11%) Kubernetes
2 2 (5.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (54.05%) Databricks
2 18 (48.65%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.70%) Google
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle
3 1 (2.70%) SAP