114 Data Architect jobs in the United Kingdom

Data Architect

• £80,000 – £110,000 Salary
• London or Gloucester (On-site 4 days/week)
• Active UK*C / eDV Clearance Required
• UK Nationals Only

At Opensourced®, we’re representing a specialist engineering consultancy at the heart of the UK’s Defence and Security ecosystem, delivering complex, high-impact solutions across geospatial intelligence, and mission data systems.

They’re a trusted partner to government and industry alike known for transforming fragmented data into actionable intelligence that enables faster, more informed decisions on the front line.

Now, due to continued project success and growing demand across major frameworks, they’re looking to appoint a cleared Data Architect to help shape and deliver next-generation data-driven capabilities.

The Opportunity

You’ll take a leading role in designing secure, scalable data architectures that sit at the core of mission systems integrating complex data streams and enabling smarter decision-making across Defence and Intelligence programmes.

Working in small, agile teams, you’ll:

• Define and deliver enterprise-level data strategies and architectures.
• Design frameworks for data modelling, transformation, and governance.
• Lead on solution design for analytics, AI, and automation initiatives.
• Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary technical teams and senior stakeholders.
• Contribute to IP development and innovation across data engineering and insight solutions.

What You’ll Bring

• Proven background as a Data Architect or similar data-led engineering role.
• Strong technical capability across data modelling, integration, governance, and transformation.
• Experience with AWS (S3, Glue, Redshift, Lambda, Kinesis) and/or Azure (ADF, Synapse, Fabric).
• Familiarity with modern data platforms (e.g. Databricks, Snowflake, or Lakehouse environments).
• Ability to operate confidently in highly secure, mission-focused settings.

Why Join?

• Work on meaningful security projects with real-world impact.
• Join a culture built on trust, innovation, and collaboration.
• Access to cutting-edge tech, professional development, and progression pathways.
• Competitive package, flexible benefits, and a workplace recognised among the UK’s Top 100 Companies to Work For.

To learn more or apply confidentially, contact Luke Parry at

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• Design, support and guide the upgrade, management, and archiving of data in line with data policies.
• Define and maintain data technology architecture, covering metadata, integration, BI, and data warehousing.
• Support and contribute to data dictionaries and metadata repositories.
• Drive alignment between data design and business needs, ensuring compliance with governance standards.

• Create, update, and reverse-engineer data models
• Align data architecture to business problems and enterprise-wide standards

• Ensure compliance with data policies
• Develop, assess and enforce data standards

• Perform impact analysis for data and system integration
• Maintain accurate metadata repositories

• Perform data profiling and analysis of source systems
• Present insights clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Create visualisations and basic presentations

• Support planning with a strategic lens
• Stay informed of new tools and innovative approaches to data

• Investigate data issues, identify patterns and implement remedies

Data Architect – Azure / Data Lake / Fabric

Location: Central London (Hybrid, 2 days per week onsite)

Contract: Initial 3 months, likely extension to 12 months

Day Rate: £600 per day (Outside IR35)

Overview

We are seeking a skilled Data Architect to join a large-scale data warehousing project with a leading Higher Education partner , working via a specialist consultancy. This role offers an exciting opportunity to shape and deliver cutting-edge data architecture within a complex, enterprise-scale environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust data architecture solutions on Microsoft Azure .
• Develop and optimise MSFT Data Lake and MSFT Fabric infrastructure to support enterprise-level data processing and analytics.
• Collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and stakeholders to define best practices and ensure seamless data integration.
• Support the delivery of a scalable, secure, and efficient data warehouse that underpins strategic reporting and insights.
• Provide architectural guidance throughout the project lifecycle, from design to deployment.

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a Data Architect on large-scale data projects.
• Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure , Data Lake , and Fabric technologies.
• Hands-on experience with data modelling, governance, and architecture frameworks.
• Excellent stakeholder communication and collaboration skills.
• Prior experience within higher education or large, data-rich organisations is advantageous.

If you’re an experienced Data Architect with deep Microsoft Azure expertise and a passion for data innovation, this is an opportunity to make a significant impact on a high-profile transformation project.

DATA ARCHITECT

Up to £90,000

MANCHESTER (Hybrid)

This opportunity is ideal for a hands-on Data Architect who wants to shape a growing data function while remaining close to the technology. You'll play a key role in migrating from On-Prem to Azure and help define the future data architecture across the business.

THE COMPANY:

A leading digital consumer brand with millions of active users, heavily investing in their data strategy as part of a wider transformation programme. Data is at the heart of their five-year plan, and this is a chance to join right at the start of that journey, building out a modern Azure-based data platform.

THE ROLE:

As the Data Architect, you will:

• Lead the migration from On-Prem to Azure, delivering a new data warehouse.
• Define architectural standards, patterns, and best practices across the data estate.
• Work closely with BI and Data Engineers to deliver scalable solutions.
• Remain hands-on with SQL and Azure technologies.
• Support the design of new, greenfield data initiatives once the migration is complete.
• Act as the first permanent architect hire - shaping the future direction of the data architecture function.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

A successful Data Architect will have the following:

• Strong SQL and Azure experience.
• Background in Online, eCommerce, or Digital environments
• Databricks experience (desirable).
• Confident working autonomously within a lean data team.
• Experience handling large-scale customer data environments.
• Exposure to On-Prem → Cloud migrations (advantageous).

THE BENEFITS:

You will receive a competitive salary of up to £90,000, dependent on experience.

HOW TO APPLY:

Please register your interest by sending your CV to Molly Bird via the apply link on this page.

Job Title: Data Architect, Manager CL7

Locations: Manchester/London/Bristol

Salary: Competitive salary and package (Depending on level of experience)

Please Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance which requires 5 years continuous UK address history at the point of application.

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognised worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

Job Qualifications

Key responsibilities of the role are summarised below:

• Define the architecture for high profile, public facing, government, and private sector projects, including providing architectural and technical leadership
• Define data strategy, data migration approach, data integration approach, data models and data design for any given client
• Investigate and thoroughly understand the current live applications and systems at any given client site
• Ensure that the scope, context and constraints are documented and accepted
• Define and document strategies, standards and guidelines to direct the build and deployment of systems
• Ensure that agreed upon architectural principles and standards are applied to the finished system or product
• Define a strategic Data Model across the enterprise and products
• Propose technical solutions for storing data in distributed systems
• Create a model that works for small micro-services as well as big-data storage solutions in line with national infrastructure standards and frameworks
• Govern and support technical delivery of those solutions
• Line manage, mentor, train and develop others

Qualifications:

• You will have a strong architecture and software engineering background, have led teams of engineers or other architects and be able to contribute to our internal data strategy and thought leadership
• In addition you will have:
• Experience with defining data strategy, data migration approach, data integration approach
• Experience being a hands on data architect (only when needed with programme languages Java, Scala and Python)
• Experience with Big Data technologies
• Experience with AWS and services
• Experience with both open source and vendor data platforms.
• Experience with data architecture, architectural concepts, methodologies and approaches.
• Experience with microservices architecture
• Experience of designing for both structured and unstructured data
• An understanding of non-functional drivers for design
• Experience with data modelling
• Strong background in Java and REST Services - ability to design solutions as well as review code

As a technology consultancy, we look for people who can deliver both exceptional technical solutions and work as true partners to the organisations we support. To do this you must be able to:

• Communicate effectively verbally and in writing, demonstrated through:
• Effectively explain complex technical solutions to a non-technical audience
• Writing meaningfully to deliver clear information, and guidance
• Giving impactful presentations, articulating clearly key points

Demonstrate critical thinking by:

• Analysing and evaluating information
• Using information gathered to present solutions and reach decisions
• Displaying familiarity and comfort with a breadth of technologies (appropriate to the level of the role) and an appreciation of how they can be combined and applied to solve customer problems

Work in partnership with others to:

• Effectively manage both internal and external stakeholders to ensure synergy
• Collaborate meaningfully with all parties to ensure outcomes are reached effectively

Whilst having experience in a consultancy is beneficial, demonstrable experience in working with clients/external partners in other settings will always be considered.

What’s in it for you

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services.

We combine unmatched experience and specialized capabilities across more than 40 industries — powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers.

With 509,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture brings continuous innovation to help clients improve their performance and create lasting value across their enterprises. Visit us at

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Data Architect to work closely with business and technology stakeholders, translating their needs into scalable, performant, and reliable data-driven solutions. You will design enterprise-wide data architectures, develop governance strategies, and deliver modern data capabilities that enable actionable insights and long-term business value.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholders to identify requirements, conduct discoveries, and design data-driven solutions that align with business and technology strategies.
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear, concise insights for stakeholders.
• Design and implement enterprise-wide data architectures, ensuring scalability, security, and performance.
• Define and develop data strategies, governance frameworks, and operating models spanning technology, people, and processes.
• Build and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models for databases, data warehouses, and data lakes.
• Enable seamless data integration across platforms using APIs, middleware, and event-driven architectures, incorporating structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data sources.
• Contribute to the development and productionisation of new data capabilities through discovery, prototyping, and solution delivery.
• Deliver customer value by ensuring solutions are context-aware and business-aligned.

Qualifications & Experience

Technical:

• Proven hands-on experience with data platforms (Azure, AWS, Informatica).
• Strong understanding of data modelling approaches (e.g., Kimball, Star Schema, Data Vault).
• Proficiency in cloud and DataOps solutions, particularly within Azure or AWS ecosystems, including event streaming (Azure Event Hubs, Kafka).
• Experience with Big Data solutions (Hadoop, Cassandra).
• Knowledge of compliance standards (GDPR, ISO 22701) and architecture frameworks (TOGAF, DAMA).
• Skilled in using architecture tools (Visio, Draw.io, Archi, SparxEA).

General:

• Eligible for UK Security Clearance.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in data-focused roles, with at least 2 years in data architecture across public and/or private sectors.
• Demonstrated leadership and mentoring abilities, with experience supporting pre-sales and practice growth.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
• Active participation in data standards bodies, open-source projects, or industry forums is a plus.

Role- Technical Data Architect

Location- Remote (UK)

Employment type- Contract

Expectations on the role :

· Hands on Experience on design & architecture of the Data Platform, Technical components and Data Engg. related activities for supporting the key capabilities

o Technical Data Architecture

o Data Ingestion framework ( Batch/ Micro Batch processing )

o Data Contract & Data management( including DQ, metadata & lineage)

o Delivery, Scaling & Op Model

· Discovery/ assessment along with the Data platform requirements

o Identify and document the relevant data sources to be used for collection & ingestion, cataloging , defining Data management. This includes assessing data quality, accessibility, data contract and lineage including any other potential capability evaluation

o Analyze existing Data pipeline and data workflows to determine the integration points and any design considerations/ framework and patterns for the data factory as per the need for TSA and Non-TSA batch business/ technical requirements for both batch and micro-batch processing.

· Define the E2E Data architecture framework

· Define Solution patterns for Data collection & ingestion, Data transformation and curation and Data consumption layer using native GCP data services, e.g Cloud Datafusion, Dataproc, Dataflow, Dataplex, Data streams and BQ

· Define the Solution design to support Self service ingestion capability of the CSV files for the business users including any ad hoc demand for Data Processing.

· Support the Automation Code samples and examples produced during MVP phase to address Data pipeline build including Data Platform capabilities

Contract Opportunity: Data Architect (Financial Services)

Location:
Southwest England (Hybrid – 2 days per week onsite)

Day Rate:
£600–£700 per day (Outside IR35)

Duration:
6 Months (with potential extension)

About the Role

We're seeking an experienced
Data Architect
to join a leading
financial services organisation
on a 6-month contract. This role will play a key part in shaping and delivering robust data solutions, collaborating closely with data engineers and the central data office to drive the company's data strategy forward.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable, high-quality
  data architecture
  solutions.
• Collaborate with
  data engineers
  , analysts, and stakeholders to define and implement technical designs.
• Develop and maintain
  data models
  , ensuring data quality, integrity, and accessibility.
• Provide pragmatic solutions that align with business goals and technical best practices.
• Support the ongoing enhancement of the organisation's
  data platforms and infrastructure
  .

Skills & Experience Required

• Proven experience as a
  Data Architect
  in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong experience with
  data modelling tools
  (e.g.
  Erwin
  ).
• Hands-on experience with
  Snowflake
  (highly desirable).
• Good understanding of
  ETL processes
  – familiarity with tools such as
  Matillion
  ,
  Talend
  , or
  MuleSoft
  is advantageous.
• Broader experience with
  data warehouses
  and cloud-based architectures.
• Strong grasp of
  high-level data concepts
  and best practices.
• A
  pragmatic and collaborative
  approach to delivering results.

Data Architect – Azure / Data Lake / Fabric

Location:
Central London (Hybrid, 2 days per week onsite)

Contract:
Initial 3 months, likely extension to 12 months

Day Rate:
£600 per day (Outside IR35)

Overview

We are seeking a
skilled Data Architect
to join a large-scale
data warehousing project
with a
leading Higher Education partner
, working via a specialist consultancy. This role offers an exciting opportunity to shape and deliver cutting-edge data architecture within a complex, enterprise-scale environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust data architecture solutions on
  Microsoft Azure
  .
• Develop and optimise
  MSFT Data Lake
  and
  MSFT Fabric
  infrastructure to support enterprise-level data processing and analytics.
• Collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and stakeholders to define best practices and ensure seamless data integration.
• Support the delivery of a scalable, secure, and efficient data warehouse that underpins strategic reporting and insights.
• Provide architectural guidance throughout the project lifecycle, from design to deployment.

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a
  Data Architect
  on large-scale data projects.
• Strong expertise in
  Microsoft Azure
  ,
  Data Lake
  , and
  Fabric
  technologies.
• Hands-on experience with data modelling, governance, and architecture frameworks.
• Excellent stakeholder communication and collaboration skills.
• Prior experience within higher education or large, data-rich organisations is advantageous.

If you're an experienced Data Architect with deep Microsoft Azure expertise and a passion for data innovation, this is an opportunity to make a significant impact on a high-profile transformation project.