The first table below looks at the demand for the Enterprise Architect role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Enterprise Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Enterprise Architect
Rank 372 421 465
Rank change year-on-year
+49 +44
Contract jobs requiring an Enterprise Architect 162 164 119
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.349% 0.281% 0.195%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.379% 0.304% 0.210%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 97 63
Average daily rate £600 £600 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £450
10% offered a daily rate of more than £725 £725 £720
UK excluding London average daily rate £570 £515 £525
% change year-on-year
+10.67% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42733 53947 56601
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.11% 92.50% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24507 29722 30764
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2112 2572 2930
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Enterprise Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Enterprise Architect within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Enterprise Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Enterprise Architect
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Enterprise Architect within the UK.

Enterprise Architect Daily Rate Trend

Enterprise Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Enterprise Architect within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Enterprise Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Enterprise Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Enterprise Architect within the UK.

Enterprise Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Enterprise Architect
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Enterprise Architect within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +46 159 £600 -
London +53 102 £600 -4.00%
South East -6 22 £600 +26.31%
City of London +23 18 £500 -20.00%
East of England +25 10 £456 -11.83%
South West +27 7 £693 +15.41%
Luton - 7 £463 -
Bedfordshire - 7 £463 -
Buckinghamshire +11 6 £700 -
East Midlands 0 6 £608 +8.48%
Berkshire +4 5 £500 -9.09%
Hampshire -19 5 £600 +26.31%
Surrey +17 4 £600 +26.31%
Milton Keynes - 4 £688 -
Dorset - 4 £700 -
North West +16 3 £451 +10.62%
Northamptonshire +14 3 £554 -2.72%
Cambridgeshire +13 3 £425 -17.87%
Reading +12 3 - -
West Midlands +6 3 £588 -32.85%
Wiltshire 0 3 £588 +3.98%
Bournemouth - 3 £700 -
Swindon +2 2 £588 +7.30%
Scotland -10 2 - -
Cheshire - 2 £438 -
Aberdeen - 2 - -
West Sussex +18 1 £415 -13.76%
Birmingham +12 1 £750 +36.36%
Northampton +8 1 £500 -13.56%
Oxfordshire +6 1 £500 +17.64%

Enterprise Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Enterprise Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Enterprise Architect in their job title.

1 135 (44.12%) TOGAF
2 112 (36.60%) Enterprise Architecture
3 86 (28.10%) Finance
4 39 (12.75%) Oracle
5 37 (12.09%) Data Architecture
6 36 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 35 (11.44%) Banking
8 32 (10.46%) Security Cleared
9 27 (8.824%) SOA
10 25 (8.170%) SAP
11 24 (7.843%) Retail
11 24 (7.843%) Migration
11 24 (7.843%) Management Information System
12 23 (7.516%) Zachman Framework
12 23 (7.516%) Enterprise Software
13 21 (6.863%) UML
14 20 (6.536%) Java
14 20 (6.536%) .NET
15 19 (6.209%) Data Warehouse
16 18 (5.882%) Data Modelling
16 18 (5.882%) Business Intelligence
16 18 (5.882%) Data Management
17 17 (5.556%) Technical Architecture
18 16 (5.229%) Microsoft
19 15 (4.902%) SQL
19 15 (4.902%) Degree
19 15 (4.902%) Change Management
19 15 (4.902%) DV Cleared
19 15 (4.902%) SC Cleared
20 14 (4.575%) Business Development

Enterprise Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Enterprise Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Enterprise Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 20 (6.536%) .NET
2 12 (3.922%) XML
3 8 (2.614%) WebSphere
4 7 (2.288%) .NET Framework
4 7 (2.288%) Middleware
4 7 (2.288%) XML Schema
5 4 (1.307%) J2EE
5 4 (1.307%) Web Services
5 4 (1.307%) SOAP
5 4 (1.307%) BAPI
5 4 (1.307%) REST
6 3 (0.980%) WebCenter
6 3 (0.980%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (0.980%) COM
6 3 (0.980%) XSL
6 3 (0.980%) HTML
7 2 (0.654%) JMS
7 2 (0.654%) JDBC
7 2 (0.654%) JSP
7 2 (0.654%) Servlets
Application Platforms
1 12 (3.922%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.288%) ESB
3 4 (1.307%) TeamSite
3 4 (1.307%) WebSphere Application Server
3 4 (1.307%) WebSphere Process Server
3 4 (1.307%) CMS
4 3 (0.980%) WebLogic
4 3 (0.980%) WebLogic Portal
5 2 (0.654%) Documentum
5 2 (0.654%) MS Exchange
5 2 (0.654%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.654%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (0.654%) GlassFish
5 2 (0.654%) JCAPS
5 2 (0.654%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.327%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.327%) Lync
6 1 (0.327%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (0.327%) WorkSite
6 1 (0.327%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 2 (0.654%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.327%) MS Office
2 1 (0.327%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.961%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.307%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.307%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 2 (0.654%) SAP HR
3 2 (0.654%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (0.654%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.327%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.327%) Taleo
4 1 (0.327%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.327%) Oracle CRM
4 1 (0.327%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.327%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.327%) FLEXCUBE
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.307%) Internet
2 3 (0.980%) Unified Communications
2 3 (0.980%) HTTP
3 2 (0.654%) SAN
3 2 (0.654%) Firewall
3 2 (0.654%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.327%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.327%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.327%) NFC
4 1 (0.327%) ATM
4 1 (0.327%) GSM
4 1 (0.327%) LAN
4 1 (0.327%) WAN
4 1 (0.327%) DHCP
4 1 (0.327%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.327%) DNS
4 1 (0.327%) Extranet
4 1 (0.327%) BGP
4 1 (0.327%) MPLS
4 1 (0.327%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.209%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (3.595%) GIS
3 5 (1.634%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.307%) DB2
5 2 (0.654%) VLDB
6 1 (0.327%) Big Data
6 1 (0.327%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.327%) IDOL
6 1 (0.327%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.327%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (0.327%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (0.980%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 2 (0.654%) Visual Studio
2 2 (0.654%) NetBeans
3 1 (0.327%) Talend Open Studio
3 1 (0.327%) Rational Performance Tester
3 1 (0.327%) Appcelerator Titanium
3 1 (0.327%) StarTeam
3 1 (0.327%) PowerBuilder
General
1 86 (28.10%) Finance
2 35 (11.44%) Banking
3 24 (7.843%) Retail
4 12 (3.922%) Telecoms
5 11 (3.595%) Marketing
6 7 (2.288%) Investment Banking
7 5 (1.634%) Retail Banking
8 4 (1.307%) International Banking
9 3 (0.980%) Local Government
9 3 (0.980%) Front Office
9 3 (0.980%) Legal
9 3 (0.980%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.980%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.654%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.327%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.327%) French Language
11 1 (0.327%) Publishing
11 1 (0.327%) Back Office
11 1 (0.327%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.843%) Management Information System
2 23 (7.516%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (2.288%) Mobile App
3 7 (2.288%) Replication
4 6 (1.961%) Open Source
5 5 (1.634%) Credit Risk
6 4 (1.307%) NHS
6 4 (1.307%) Online Banking
6 4 (1.307%) Reference Data
6 4 (1.307%) DataPower
7 3 (0.980%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (0.980%) Mainframe
8 2 (0.654%) N-Tier
8 2 (0.654%) Life Science
8 2 (0.654%) SCADA
8 2 (0.654%) CMDB
8 2 (0.654%) SWIFT
8 2 (0.654%) Data Integration
8 2 (0.654%) Mobile Payment
9 1 (0.327%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.941%) Windows
2 4 (1.307%) Linux
3 3 (0.980%) UNIX
4 2 (0.654%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (0.654%) Solaris
4 2 (0.654%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.327%) Windows 8
5 1 (0.327%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.327%) Android
5 1 (0.327%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.327%) AIX
5 1 (0.327%) Windows XP
5 1 (0.327%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (44.12%) TOGAF
2 112 (36.60%) Enterprise Architecture
3 37 (12.09%) Data Architecture
4 36 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 27 (8.824%) SOA
6 24 (7.843%) Migration
7 23 (7.516%) Zachman Framework
8 21 (6.863%) UML
9 18 (5.882%) Data Modelling
9 18 (5.882%) Business Intelligence
9 18 (5.882%) Data Management
10 17 (5.556%) Technical Architecture
11 15 (4.902%) Change Management
12 14 (4.575%) Business Development
12 14 (4.575%) E-Commerce
13 12 (3.922%) MODAF
13 12 (3.922%) Security Architecture
14 11 (3.595%) Data Migration
15 10 (3.268%) Master Data Management
16 9 (2.941%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 20 (6.536%) Java
2 15 (4.902%) SQL
3 13 (4.248%) C
4 6 (1.961%) C#
5 3 (0.980%) XPath
6 1 (0.327%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.327%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.327%) Ada
Qualifications
1 32 (10.46%) Security Cleared
2 15 (4.902%) Degree
2 15 (4.902%) DV Cleared
2 15 (4.902%) SC Cleared
3 3 (0.980%) BC Cleared
3 3 (0.980%) CISSP
4 1 (0.327%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (0.327%) CCIE
4 1 (0.327%) CCNP
4 1 (0.327%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.327%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (0.327%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.634%) PCI DSS
1 5 (1.634%) QA
2 4 (1.307%) COBIT
3 2 (0.654%) SLA
3 2 (0.654%) HL7
4 1 (0.327%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.327%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (0.980%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (0.980%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.327%) XenApp
2 1 (0.327%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (0.327%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (1.307%) Tivoli
1 4 (1.307%) Tivoli Monitoring
2 2 (0.654%) Data Guard
3 1 (0.327%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 39 (12.75%) Oracle
2 25 (8.170%) SAP
3 16 (5.229%) Microsoft
4 7 (2.288%) IBM
5 6 (1.961%) HP
6 4 (1.307%) Remedy
6 4 (1.307%) BMC
6 4 (1.307%) Informatica
6 4 (1.307%) Cisco
6 4 (1.307%) Citrix
6 4 (1.307%) LogLogic
7 3 (0.980%) VMware
8 2 (0.654%) NetApp
8 2 (0.654%) Hitachi
8 2 (0.654%) Juniper
8 2 (0.654%) Apple
8 2 (0.654%) EMC
8 2 (0.654%) JBoss
8 2 (0.654%) Business Objects
8 2 (0.654%) Open Text
London
Core Requirements Experience working with large consultancies / government focused organisation Agile understanding / working manor Solid enterprise architecture experience Road mapping / excellent documentation skills Dealings with large end suppliers...
Roc Search
Posted: 21 May 2013
England
Help develop appreciation of EAb. Create roadmap for enterprise architecture as a practice for Customerc. Engage with business to ensure roadmap comes togetherWorking in the Technology and Architecture...
Williams McKinley Ltd
Rate: £450 - £490 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Luton, South East
Our client, a leading consultancy, currently requires an experienced Enterprise Architect to join one of its top clients in Luton.The successful Enterprise Architect will be required to...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £550.00 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Luton, South East
Demonstrable experience and understanding of delivering: Enterprise architecture Strategy Experience and understanding of at least one of the following: Enterprise Architecture Technology architecture Understanding of architecture methods (e...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Ipswich, Suffolk
My client has a requirement for a Blackberry Messaging Architect to work on a month long contract initially. The BES Architect must have experience with the designing and...
Square One Resources
Rate: From £400 to £450 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
City of London
Architecture Change Management. Oversee the maintenance of one or more aspects of the Enterprise Architecture.5... TOGAF 8 or 9 certified3 Credible experience of delivery of one or...
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 1 May 2013
City of London
Skills/experiences:- - Extensive experience with either Oracle, SQL Sever or Netezza - Extensive experience in enterprise architecture - Excellent stakeholder management skills - Developing information/Data strategy/Frameworks - Extensive data experience...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £550 - £570 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Skills/experiences:- - Extensive experience with either Oracle, SQL Sever or Netezza - Extensive experience in enterprise architecture - Excellent stakeholder management skills - Developing information/Data strategy/Frameworks - Extensive data experience...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £550 - £600 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Build/Test of connectors: Import WSDL and XSD... Co-ordination with relevant stakeholders - SOA SME, BPA SME, DSMs, Solution Architects, BPA and SOA Developmeant teams, Pega System team,...
Coal IT Services
Rate: Rate Negotiable
Posted: 22 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
The right candidate must have strong knowledge of retail banking products and services, channels, industry trends and current issues/challenges. Good knowledge of retail banking operations - applications, front...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: market day rate
Posted: 22 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
6 months Day Rate : £500 - £600pd dep on experience MUST BE SC CLEARED... This is a senior contract within the business that will take full ownership of designing...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Rate: 500 - 600
Posted: 20 May 2013