Enterprise Architecture Contracts

Enterprise Architecture
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Enterprise Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Enterprise Architecture over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 276 249 250
Rank change year-on-year -27 +1 -5
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 373 648 1,030
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.86% 1.08% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 1.21% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 419 708
10th Percentile £463 £513 £493
25th Percentile £525 £579 £552
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £663 £650
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +1.92% +8.33%
75th Percentile £738 £738 £740
90th Percentile £825 £813 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £625 £600
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +2.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 2
10th Percentile £58.50 £61.50 £72.50
25th Percentile £63.75 £65.75 £75.12
Median hourly rate £67.50 £70.00 £81.86
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% -14.49% +68.78%
75th Percentile £75.44 £80.63 £86.23
90th Percentile £88.00 £81.50 £87.42
UK excluding London median hourly rate £78.50 £70.00 £81.86
% change year-on-year +12.14% -14.49% +68.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Enterprise Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Enterprise Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Enterprise Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Enterprise Architecture in the UK

Enterprise Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Enterprise Architecture.

Daily rate trend for Enterprise Architecture in the UK

Enterprise Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Architecture over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Enterprise Architecture in the UK

Enterprise Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Enterprise Architecture.

Hourly rate trend for Enterprise Architecture in the UK

Enterprise Architecture
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Enterprise Architecture over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Enterprise Architecture in the UK

Enterprise Architecture
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Enterprise Architecture within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 -6 321 £650 -2.26% 131
UK excluding London +2 164 £650 +4.00% 76
London -6 161 £650 -7.14% 58
Work from Home -1 127 £636 -2.23% 58
South West +22 56 £650 +12.26% 11
North of England +18 40 £725 +18.76% 24
North West +19 26 £675 +12.50% 13
Midlands +16 21 £573 -4.58% 11
South East -16 20 £643 -5.15% 18
East of England +10 19 £663 -1.85% 7
West Midlands +27 18 £573 -8.40% 6
Scotland +29 12 £646 -3.22% 6
Yorkshire +2 9 £800 +32.09% 5
North East +20 5 £897 +39.60% 6
East Midlands +15 3 £765 +45.71% 5
Wales +12 2 £569 +19.74% 1

Enterprise 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 15 (4.02%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.88%) Confluence
3 5 (1.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (1.07%) ArcGIS
4 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.54%) CMS
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.27%) Drupal
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.27%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.27%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.27%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (3.49%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (5.63%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 7 (1.88%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (1.34%) Temenos T24
5 3 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.54%) Shopify
7 1 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.27%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle AGIS
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.27%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 71 (19.03%) Azure
2 53 (14.21%) AWS
3 32 (8.58%) SaaS
4 27 (7.24%) PaaS
5 22 (5.90%) IaaS
6 15 (4.02%) Power Platform
7 13 (3.49%) GCP
8 11 (2.95%) Cloud Computing
9 9 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (2.14%) Boomi
11 7 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (1.88%) Serverless
12 6 (1.61%) Kong
13 5 (1.34%) Apigee
14 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (1.07%) OneDrive
15 3 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
15 3 (0.80%) iPaaS
15 3 (0.80%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 3 (0.80%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.17%) WAN
2 11 (2.95%) VoIP
3 10 (2.68%) LAN
4 9 (2.41%) PBX
4 9 (2.41%) SDH
5 8 (2.14%) SAN
6 7 (1.88%) Firewall
7 6 (1.61%) VSAN
8 5 (1.34%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (1.07%) Junos
10 3 (0.80%) ADSL
10 3 (0.80%) Network Security
10 3 (0.80%) VDSL
11 2 (0.54%) 4G
11 2 (0.54%) 5G
11 2 (0.54%) BGP
11 2 (0.54%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (0.54%) OSPF
11 2 (0.54%) VPN
11 2 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.02%) Metadata
2 11 (2.95%) NoSQL
2 11 (2.95%) Power BI
3 9 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (2.41%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.14%) Data Vault
4 8 (2.14%) OLAP
4 8 (2.14%) OLTP
4 8 (2.14%) Pentaho
4 8 (2.14%) Qlik Sense
4 8 (2.14%) QlikView
4 8 (2.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.61%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.34%) Oracle OLAP
7 4 (1.07%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.07%) GIS
8 3 (0.80%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.80%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.54%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (5.36%) JIRA
1 20 (5.36%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (0.54%) kappa
2 2 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.27%) Git
3 1 (0.27%) GitLab
3 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.27%) Maven
3 1 (0.27%) SonarQube
General
1 114 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 106 (28.42%) Finance
3 64 (17.16%) Public Sector
4 47 (12.60%) Banking
5 40 (10.72%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (10.72%) Telecoms
6 21 (5.63%) Influencing Skills
6 21 (5.63%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (4.29%) Manufacturing
7 16 (4.29%) Marketing
8 15 (4.02%) Legal
9 14 (3.75%) Aerospace
10 11 (2.95%) Publishing
11 10 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (2.41%) Electronics
13 8 (2.14%) Local Government
13 8 (2.14%) Retail
14 7 (1.88%) Digital Economy
14 7 (1.88%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 279 (74.80%) Architect
2 97 (26.01%) Enterprise Architect
3 95 (25.47%) Solutions Architect
4 28 (7.51%) Security Architect
5 19 (5.09%) Data Architect
5 19 (5.09%) Project Manager
6 18 (4.83%) Lead
6 18 (4.83%) Senior
7 17 (4.56%) Cloud Architect
7 17 (4.56%) Technical Architect
8 15 (4.02%) Business Architect
9 14 (3.75%) Senior Architect
10 12 (3.22%) Lead Architect
11 11 (2.95%) Network Architect
11 11 (2.95%) Security Manager
12 10 (2.68%) Enterprise Security Architect
12 10 (2.68%) Security Project Manager
13 9 (2.41%) AWS Architect
13 9 (2.41%) Consultant
14 8 (2.14%) Enterprise Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.49%) Web Services
2 11 (2.95%) J2EE
3 10 (2.68%) Kafka
4 8 (2.14%) SOAP
5 6 (1.61%) .NET
5 6 (1.61%) RabbitMQ
5 6 (1.61%) REST
6 5 (1.34%) IBM Integration Bus
6 5 (1.34%) SailPoint
6 5 (1.34%) Spring
7 4 (1.07%) Apache Camel
7 4 (1.07%) GraphQL
7 4 (1.07%) JSON
7 4 (1.07%) Lightning Web Components
7 4 (1.07%) Middleware
7 4 (1.07%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.07%) Spring Integration
8 3 (0.80%) DAO
9 2 (0.54%) ADO
9 2 (0.54%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 48 (12.87%) Management Information System
2 12 (3.22%) Data Centre
2 12 (3.22%) Public Cloud
2 12 (3.22%) VxBlock/Vblock
3 10 (2.68%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (2.68%) Mobile App
3 10 (2.68%) Onboarding
3 10 (2.68%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.41%) Blackberry
4 9 (2.41%) Reference Data
4 9 (2.41%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (1.88%) Enterprise Cloud
7 6 (1.61%) PKI
8 5 (1.34%) CMDB
8 5 (1.34%) DataPower
8 5 (1.34%) IoT
8 5 (1.34%) Legacy Applications
8 5 (1.34%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.07%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.68%) Windows
2 3 (0.80%) Linux
3 1 (0.27%) Android
3 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (32.71%) Roadmaps
2 109 (29.22%) TOGAF
3 108 (28.95%) Agile
4 69 (18.50%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (16.62%) IT Strategy
6 57 (15.28%) Project Delivery
7 53 (14.21%) Business Strategy
8 52 (13.94%) ArchiMate
9 49 (13.14%) Stakeholder Management
10 46 (12.33%) Migration
11 45 (12.06%) ITIL
12 41 (10.99%) Decision-Making
12 41 (10.99%) Technology Strategy
13 40 (10.72%) Computer Science
14 39 (10.46%) Cybersecurity
15 38 (10.19%) Architectural Design
15 38 (10.19%) Data Architecture
16 37 (9.92%) Strategic Roadmap
17 33 (8.85%) Digital Strategy
18 31 (8.31%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 18 (4.83%) SQL
2 14 (3.75%) Java
3 8 (2.14%) T-SQL
4 5 (1.34%) JavaScript
4 5 (1.34%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.07%) Python
6 3 (0.80%) C#
7 1 (0.27%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 97 (26.01%) Security Cleared
2 73 (19.57%) SC Cleared
3 65 (17.43%) Degree
4 26 (6.97%) CISSP
4 26 (6.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (5.63%) CISM
5 21 (5.63%) TOGAF Certification
6 20 (5.36%) DV Cleared
7 17 (4.56%) CISA
8 15 (4.02%) SANS
9 14 (3.75%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (2.95%) CRISC
10 11 (2.95%) HND
10 11 (2.95%) Master's Degree
11 10 (2.68%) CCNP
12 5 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.34%) GIAC
13 4 (1.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (1.07%) Azure Certification
13 4 (1.07%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (2.68%) NIST
3 9 (2.41%) GDPR
4 8 (2.14%) NCSC
5 7 (1.88%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.34%) GRC
7 4 (1.07%) QA
8 3 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (0.80%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.54%) COBIT
9 2 (0.54%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.54%) PMO
10 1 (0.27%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.27%) GxP
10 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.27%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (4.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (2.14%) vSphere
3 6 (1.61%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.80%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (3.22%) VxRail
2 6 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (1.61%) vCenter Server
3 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.07%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.07%) PingFederate
4 4 (1.07%) PowerCLI
5 3 (0.80%) Terraform
Vendors
1 63 (16.89%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.85%) Cisco
3 26 (6.97%) IBM
3 26 (6.97%) VMware
4 24 (6.43%) Sparx
5 23 (6.17%) Oracle
6 22 (5.90%) Juniper
6 22 (5.90%) Nokia
7 21 (5.63%) SAP
8 18 (4.83%) Google
9 16 (4.29%) ServiceNow
10 14 (3.75%) BiZZdesign
11 13 (3.49%) Dell
12 11 (2.95%) Salesforce
13 9 (2.41%) Avaya
13 9 (2.41%) Ericsson
13 9 (2.41%) Informatica
13 9 (2.41%) Ribbon
14 7 (1.88%) BMC
14 7 (1.88%) Remedy