Data Architect jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-08-31, Skillenai has indexed 53 job postings with the title “Data Architect” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is data modeling.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-31
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+How many Data Architect jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 53 job postings with the title “Data Architect” over the 90 days ending 2026-08-31.
+What skills do Data Architect jobs require?
Across Data Architect postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-08-31, the skills mentioned most often are data modeling, data governance, Data architecture, data quality, SQL.
+Which cities are hiring the most Data Architect?
As of 2026-08-31, Data Architect postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Machelen, Mexico City, Arlington, Brazil, Columbus.
+Is Data Architect a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 53 Data Architect postings over the 90 days ending 2026-08-31. The skill mentioned most often in Data Architect postings is data modeling, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Data Architect postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Data Architect
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| data modeling | 30 | 56.6% |
| data governance | 27 | 50.9% |
| Data architecture | 20 | 37.7% |
| data quality | 18 | 34.0% |
| SQL | 17 | 32.1% |
| ETL | 15 | 28.3% |
| Python | 13 | 24.5% |
| AWS | 11 | 20.8% |
| ELT | 9 | 17.0% |
| Azure | 9 | 17.0% |
| Spark | 8 | 15.1% |
| MDM | 8 | 15.1% |
| dimensional modeling | 7 | 13.2% |
| Snowflake | 7 | 13.2% |
| data ingestion | 6 | 11.3% |
Top metros hiring Data Architect
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Machelen | 3 | 5.7% |
| Mexico City | 3 | 5.7% |
| Arlington | 2 | 3.8% |
| Brazil | 2 | 3.8% |
| Columbus | 2 | 3.8% |
| La Argentina | 2 | 3.8% |
| London | 2 | 3.8% |
| Raleigh | 2 | 3.8% |
| Rosemont | 2 | 3.8% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-31, matching postings whose canonical role is “Data Architect”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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- Data Architect
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- 2026-08-31
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