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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 280 174 319
Rank change year-on-year -106 +145 +37
Permanent jobs citing Data Architecture 1,050 2,173 1,938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.06% 2.15% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 2.25% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 603 905 883
10th Percentile £52,325 £46,335 £46,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,932 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.09% +10.34% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £105,250 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £140,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £63,635 £61,250
% change year-on-year +17.86% +3.89% +2.08%

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 84,917 96,578 150,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.59% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,883 56,844 82,330
10th Percentile £29,008 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,190 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.12% +1.98% +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% +9.38%

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 10 May 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 10 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
England -88 888 £80,000 -3.03% 145
UK excluding London -105 641 £75,000 +17.86% 75
Work from Home -106 415 £79,932 -5.96% 73
London -68 364 £90,000 -5.26% 85
North of England -30 213 £79,932 +3.14% 10
South East -32 115 £85,000 +45.92% 8
North West -60 106 £75,000 +7.14% 6
Scotland -47 100 £67,788 -24.68% 9
Midlands -103 100 £59,300 +22.08% 13
West Midlands -86 72 £59,300 +23.45% 8
South West -36 69 £63,773 -5.52% 14
Yorkshire +16 68 £79,932 -0.09% 2
North East +10 39 £79,932 +3.14% 2
East Midlands -21 28 £45,000 -25.00% 5
Wales +11 23 £55,000 -8.33% 7
East of England -74 11 £110,000 +37.50% 8
Northern Ireland +30 9 - - 7
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 40 (3.81%) Apache Airflow
2 27 (2.57%) Apache
3 18 (1.71%) Apache Spark
4 9 (0.86%) SharePoint
5 7 (0.67%) Confluence
6 4 (0.38%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 3 (0.29%) SAS
8 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.19%) IIS
8 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.095%) Appian
9 1 (0.095%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.095%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.57%) Trello
4 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.095%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (1.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.48%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.29%) Primavera
5 3 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.19%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.095%) Maximo
7 1 (0.095%) Odoo
7 1 (0.095%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 428 (40.76%) Azure
2 331 (31.52%) AWS
3 212 (20.19%) GCP
4 178 (16.95%) Power Platform
5 59 (5.62%) Azure Data Factory
5 59 (5.62%) Snowflake
6 35 (3.33%) Serverless
7 34 (3.24%) dbt
8 32 (3.05%) PowerApps
9 29 (2.76%) Dynamics 365
9 29 (2.76%) SaaS
10 27 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
11 25 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
12 24 (2.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 20 (1.90%) Matillion
14 18 (1.71%) GitHub
15 17 (1.62%) Amazon S3
16 13 (1.24%) Azure Logic Apps
16 13 (1.24%) Cloud Computing
16 13 (1.24%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (0.29%) Firewall
3 2 (0.19%) Broadband
3 2 (0.19%) Internet
3 2 (0.19%) LAN
3 2 (0.19%) VPN
3 2 (0.19%) WAN
3 2 (0.19%) Wireless
4 1 (0.095%) HTTP
4 1 (0.095%) Intranet
4 1 (0.095%) IPsec
4 1 (0.095%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.095%) RIP
4 1 (0.095%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 334 (31.81%) Data Warehouse
2 152 (14.48%) Power BI
3 150 (14.29%) Metadata
4 138 (13.14%) BigQuery
5 136 (12.95%) Data Lake
6 119 (11.33%) Looker
7 96 (9.14%) Tableau
8 47 (4.48%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 45 (4.29%) SQL Server
10 34 (3.24%) Big Data
11 33 (3.14%) Amazon Redshift
12 30 (2.86%) Azure SQL Database
13 25 (2.38%) NoSQL
14 20 (1.90%) Relational Database
15 19 (1.81%) Amazon Athena
15 19 (1.81%) Data Vault
16 17 (1.62%) MongoDB
17 16 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
18 14 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 13 (1.24%) Dremio
Development Applications
1 33 (3.14%) Git
2 16 (1.52%) JIRA
3 14 (1.33%) GitLab
4 9 (0.86%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.48%) ERwin
6 3 (0.29%) MLflow
6 3 (0.29%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.19%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.19%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.095%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.095%) Vagrant
General
1 370 (35.24%) Finance
2 296 (28.19%) Analytical Skills
3 262 (24.95%) Social Skills
4 120 (11.43%) Marketing
5 101 (9.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 72 (6.86%) Public Sector
7 70 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
8 68 (6.48%) Banking
9 62 (5.90%) Law
10 51 (4.86%) Retail
11 30 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
11 30 (2.86%) Retail Banking
12 25 (2.38%) Legal
13 23 (2.19%) Financial Institution
14 18 (1.71%) Games
14 18 (1.71%) Investment Banking
15 16 (1.52%) Front Office
16 13 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
17 11 (1.05%) Fire and Rescue
18 6 (0.57%) Billing
Job Titles
1 580 (55.24%) Architect
2 419 (39.90%) Data Architect
3 161 (15.33%) Senior
4 124 (11.81%) Solutions Architect
5 117 (11.14%) Lead
6 106 (10.10%) Data Engineer
7 100 (9.52%) Consultant
8 81 (7.71%) Senior Architect
9 68 (6.48%) Senior Data Architect
10 64 (6.10%) Principal Architect
11 50 (4.76%) Analyst
11 50 (4.76%) Data Consultant
12 44 (4.19%) Developer
13 40 (3.81%) Enterprise Architect
14 38 (3.62%) Senior Consultant
15 35 (3.33%) Senior Technology Consultant
15 35 (3.33%) Technology Consultant
16 30 (2.86%) Java Architect
16 30 (2.86%) Principal Data Architect
17 29 (2.76%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.10%) .NET
1 22 (2.10%) PySpark
2 19 (1.81%) Pandas
3 18 (1.71%) HTML
3 18 (1.71%) Kafka
4 14 (1.33%) NumPy
5 13 (1.24%) gRPC
5 13 (1.24%) Protocol Buffers
5 13 (1.24%) SciPy
6 9 (0.86%) Middleware
7 6 (0.57%) Apache Beam
8 5 (0.48%) J2EE
9 4 (0.38%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.38%) CSS
9 4 (0.38%) JSON
9 4 (0.38%) RESTful
9 4 (0.38%) Web Services
10 3 (0.29%) HTML5
10 3 (0.29%) HTML5 Canvas
10 3 (0.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 124 (11.81%) Self-Motivation
2 77 (7.33%) Management Information System
3 70 (6.67%) Product Ownership
4 65 (6.19%) Cloud Native
5 28 (2.67%) Credit Risk
6 26 (2.48%) Reference Data
6 26 (2.48%) Taxonomies
7 19 (1.81%) Algorithms
8 15 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
9 14 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
9 14 (1.33%) Cyberattack
9 14 (1.33%) Data Structures
10 12 (1.14%) Client/Server
10 12 (1.14%) Derivative
10 12 (1.14%) Equities
10 12 (1.14%) Fixed Income
10 12 (1.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 12 (1.14%) Hedge funds
10 12 (1.14%) Onboarding
10 12 (1.14%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.48%) Windows
2 3 (0.29%) Unix
3 2 (0.19%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.095%) Android
4 1 (0.095%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.095%) Linux
4 1 (0.095%) Solaris
4 1 (0.095%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 527 (50.19%) Data Modelling
2 364 (34.67%) Data Governance
3 301 (28.67%) Analytics
4 298 (28.38%) ETL
5 268 (25.52%) Data Engineering
6 261 (24.86%) Problem-Solving
7 251 (23.90%) Roadmaps
8 245 (23.33%) Mentoring
9 230 (21.90%) Business Intelligence
10 229 (21.81%) Agile
11 217 (20.67%) Data Management
12 212 (20.19%) Data Integration
13 168 (16.00%) Data Strategy
14 152 (14.48%) Data Security
15 143 (13.62%) Strategic Roadmap
16 140 (13.33%) Decision-Making
17 138 (13.14%) Data Analysis
18 130 (12.38%) Innovative Thinking
19 127 (12.10%) Data Science
20 119 (11.33%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 301 (28.67%) SQL
2 168 (16.00%) Python
3 69 (6.57%) Java
4 38 (3.62%) T-SQL
5 32 (3.05%) Scala
6 25 (2.38%) R
7 20 (1.90%) JavaScript
8 19 (1.81%) TypeScript
9 17 (1.62%) C#
10 13 (1.24%) Ruby
11 11 (1.05%) PowerShell
12 6 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.29%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.29%) VB
14 2 (0.19%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.19%) VBA
15 1 (0.095%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 98 (9.33%) Degree
2 84 (8.00%) Security Cleared
3 62 (5.90%) Azure Certification
4 53 (5.05%) AWS Certification
5 49 (4.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 39 (3.71%) Master's Degree
7 34 (3.24%) DV Cleared
8 30 (2.86%) SC Cleared
9 15 (1.43%) CISSP
10 11 (1.05%) PhD
11 9 (0.86%) DBS Check
11 9 (0.86%) MBA
12 8 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.57%) IIBA
15 4 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 4 (0.38%) PMI Certification
16 2 (0.19%) CFA
16 2 (0.19%) CIMA
16 2 (0.19%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 286 (27.24%) Data Quality
2 164 (15.62%) GDPR
3 20 (1.90%) Accessibility
4 17 (1.62%) QA
5 11 (1.05%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 6 (0.57%) SLA
7 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.29%) PMO
8 3 (0.29%) PSD2
8 3 (0.29%) SNOMED CT
9 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.19%) HL7
10 1 (0.095%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.095%) GMP
10 1 (0.095%) Solvency II
System Software
1 12 (1.14%) Docker
2 8 (0.76%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.095%) HDFS
4 1 (0.095%) LXC
4 1 (0.095%) RACF
Systems Management
1 15 (1.43%) Terraform
2 10 (0.95%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.19%) Argo
4 2 (0.19%) Kubeflow
4 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.095%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.095%) WebSphere Cast Iron
Vendors
1 153 (14.57%) Google
2 135 (12.86%) Microsoft
3 82 (7.81%) Databricks
4 24 (2.29%) Oracle
5 16 (1.52%) SAP
6 14 (1.33%) Sparx
7 12 (1.14%) Informatica
8 7 (0.67%) Teradata
9 5 (0.48%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.48%) Talend
10 4 (0.38%) Dell
11 3 (0.29%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.29%) Facebook
11 3 (0.29%) IBM
11 3 (0.29%) Twitter
12 2 (0.19%) Ab Initio
12 2 (0.19%) Aruba
12 2 (0.19%) Cognos
12 2 (0.19%) MicroStrategy
12 2 (0.19%) SnapLogic