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

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 267 249 254
Rank change year-on-year -18 +5 -11
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 375 634 1,005
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.87% 1.09% 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 1.21% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 406 684
10th Percentile £463 £500 £500
25th Percentile £525 £575 £558
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.33%
75th Percentile £738 £738 £744
90th Percentile £825 £813 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £625 £600
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +0.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 13 2
10th Percentile - £61.50 £72.50
25th Percentile £63.75 £66.25 £75.12
Median hourly rate £67.50 £70.00 £81.86
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% -14.49% +68.78%
75th Percentile £83.81 £80.25 £86.23
90th Percentile £88.00 £81.40 £87.42
UK excluding London median hourly rate £87.50 £70.00 £81.86
% change year-on-year +25.00% -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 37,097 52,247 79,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.81% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,888 36,212 55,718
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
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% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,719 1,895
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.23 £15.58
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 12 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -19 321 £650 -1.14% 159
London -7 165 £650 -7.14% 69
UK excluding London 0 162 £650 +4.00% 108
Work from Home -13 126 £613 -5.77% 95
South West +11 52 £650 +12.07% 15
North of England +18 39 £725 +19.79% 34
North West +32 25 £675 +29.19% 20
Midlands +25 22 £575 -4.17% 15
West Midlands +15 19 £575 -8.00% 6
East of England +5 19 £663 +4.74% 8
South East -24 19 £647 -4.64% 17
Scotland +36 15 £619 +3.21% 13
Yorkshire +5 9 £800 +30.48% 5
North East +15 5 £897 +39.60% 9
East Midlands +20 3 £765 +45.71% 9
Wales +14 2 £569 -5.21% 4

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 14 (3.73%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.87%) Confluence
3 5 (1.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (1.07%) ArcGIS
4 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.53%) CMS
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.27%) Drupal
6 1 (0.27%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.27%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.27%) WebLogic
Applications
1 13 (3.47%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 19 (5.07%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 7 (1.87%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (1.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.33%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.53%) Shopify
4 2 (0.53%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.27%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle AGIS
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 74 (19.73%) Azure
2 58 (15.47%) AWS
3 32 (8.53%) SaaS
4 27 (7.20%) PaaS
5 23 (6.13%) IaaS
6 17 (4.53%) Power Platform
7 13 (3.47%) GCP
8 12 (3.20%) Cloud Computing
8 12 (3.20%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (2.13%) Boomi
11 6 (1.60%) Serverless
12 5 (1.33%) Apigee
12 5 (1.33%) Kong
13 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (1.07%) OneDrive
14 3 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
14 3 (0.80%) iPaaS
14 3 (0.80%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
15 2 (0.53%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.60%) WAN
2 11 (2.93%) VoIP
3 9 (2.40%) PBX
3 9 (2.40%) SDH
4 8 (2.13%) Firewall
4 8 (2.13%) LAN
5 7 (1.87%) SAN
6 6 (1.60%) VSAN
7 4 (1.07%) Junos
8 3 (0.80%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (0.80%) Network Security
9 2 (0.53%) 4G
9 2 (0.53%) 5G
9 2 (0.53%) BGP
9 2 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.53%) OSPF
9 2 (0.53%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.53%) VPN
9 2 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.27%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.00%) Metadata
2 11 (2.93%) NoSQL
2 11 (2.93%) Power BI
3 9 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (2.40%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.13%) Data Vault
4 8 (2.13%) OLAP
4 8 (2.13%) OLTP
4 8 (2.13%) Pentaho
4 8 (2.13%) Qlik Sense
4 8 (2.13%) QlikView
4 8 (2.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.60%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.33%) 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 1 (0.27%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 20 (5.33%) JIRA
1 20 (5.33%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (0.53%) kappa
2 2 (0.53%) 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
1 115 (30.67%) Social Skills
2 110 (29.33%) Finance
3 65 (17.33%) Public Sector
4 48 (12.80%) Banking
5 45 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
6 39 (10.40%) Telecoms
7 25 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
8 21 (5.60%) Influencing Skills
9 18 (4.80%) Marketing
10 17 (4.53%) Legal
10 17 (4.53%) Manufacturing
11 14 (3.73%) Aerospace
12 11 (2.93%) Publishing
13 10 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 9 (2.40%) Electronics
15 8 (2.13%) Local Government
15 8 (2.13%) Retail
16 7 (1.87%) Aeronautics
16 7 (1.87%) Digital Economy
17 6 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 280 (74.67%) Architect
2 97 (25.87%) Solutions Architect
3 96 (25.60%) Enterprise Architect
4 29 (7.73%) Security Architect
5 22 (5.87%) Lead
6 19 (5.07%) Cloud Architect
6 19 (5.07%) Data Architect
7 17 (4.53%) Technical Architect
8 16 (4.27%) Senior
9 15 (4.00%) Business Architect
9 15 (4.00%) Project Manager
10 12 (3.20%) Lead Architect
10 12 (3.20%) Senior Architect
11 11 (2.93%) AWS Architect
12 10 (2.67%) Consultant
12 10 (2.67%) Designer
13 9 (2.40%) Enterprise Security Architect
13 9 (2.40%) Network Architect
14 8 (2.13%) Security Manager
14 8 (2.13%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.20%) Web Services
2 10 (2.67%) J2EE
2 10 (2.67%) Kafka
3 8 (2.13%) SOAP
4 6 (1.60%) .NET
4 6 (1.60%) RabbitMQ
5 5 (1.33%) IBM Integration Bus
5 5 (1.33%) REST
5 5 (1.33%) SailPoint
5 5 (1.33%) Spring
6 4 (1.07%) Apache Camel
6 4 (1.07%) GraphQL
6 4 (1.07%) Middleware
6 4 (1.07%) Spring Boot
6 4 (1.07%) Spring Integration
7 3 (0.80%) DAO
7 3 (0.80%) JSON
7 3 (0.80%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.53%) ADO
8 2 (0.53%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 45 (12.00%) Management Information System
2 12 (3.20%) Product Ownership
2 12 (3.20%) VxBlock/Vblock
3 11 (2.93%) Public Cloud
4 10 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
4 10 (2.67%) Mobile App
4 10 (2.67%) Onboarding
5 9 (2.40%) Blackberry
5 9 (2.40%) Data Centre
5 9 (2.40%) Reference Data
5 9 (2.40%) Video Conferencing
6 8 (2.13%) CMDB
6 8 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.87%) Enterprise Cloud
8 6 (1.60%) PKI
9 5 (1.33%) DataPower
9 5 (1.33%) IoT
9 5 (1.33%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (1.33%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.07%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.40%) Windows
2 3 (0.80%) Linux
3 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (32.00%) Roadmaps
2 112 (29.87%) Agile
3 110 (29.33%) TOGAF
4 70 (18.67%) Problem-Solving
5 64 (17.07%) IT Strategy
6 55 (14.67%) Business Strategy
7 52 (13.87%) Project Delivery
8 51 (13.60%) ArchiMate
9 48 (12.80%) ITIL
9 48 (12.80%) Stakeholder Management
10 46 (12.27%) Migration
11 42 (11.20%) Technology Strategy
12 39 (10.40%) Data Architecture
12 39 (10.40%) Decision-Making
13 38 (10.13%) Computer Science
13 38 (10.13%) Strategic Roadmap
14 37 (9.87%) Architectural Design
15 34 (9.07%) Cybersecurity
16 33 (8.80%) Digital Strategy
17 32 (8.53%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 20 (5.33%) SQL
2 13 (3.47%) Java
3 8 (2.13%) T-SQL
4 5 (1.33%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.07%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.07%) Python
6 3 (0.80%) C#
7 1 (0.27%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 93 (24.80%) Security Cleared
2 71 (18.93%) SC Cleared
3 65 (17.33%) Degree
4 26 (6.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (5.87%) CISSP
6 21 (5.60%) TOGAF Certification
7 20 (5.33%) DV Cleared
8 19 (5.07%) CISM
9 13 (3.47%) SANS
10 12 (3.20%) CISA
10 12 (3.20%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (3.20%) Master's Degree
11 11 (2.93%) HND
12 10 (2.67%) CCNP
13 9 (2.40%) CRISC
14 6 (1.60%) Azure Certification
14 6 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (1.07%) AWS Certification
15 4 (1.07%) Chartered Engineer
15 4 (1.07%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.67%) GDPR
1 10 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (2.13%) NCSC
2 8 (2.13%) NIST
3 7 (1.87%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.33%) GRC
5 3 (0.80%) QA
6 2 (0.53%) COBIT
6 2 (0.53%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.53%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (0.53%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.53%) PMO
7 1 (0.27%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.27%) GxP
7 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (0.27%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (2.13%) vSphere
3 5 (1.33%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.80%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (3.20%) VxRail
2 6 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (1.60%) vCenter Server
3 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.07%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.07%) PingFederate
4 4 (1.07%) PowerCLI
5 3 (0.80%) Terraform
Vendors
1 65 (17.33%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.27%) Cisco
3 26 (6.93%) IBM
4 25 (6.67%) Oracle
4 25 (6.67%) VMware
5 24 (6.40%) SAP
6 22 (5.87%) Juniper
6 22 (5.87%) Nokia
7 21 (5.60%) Sparx
8 18 (4.80%) Google
9 15 (4.00%) ServiceNow
10 13 (3.47%) BiZZdesign
10 13 (3.47%) Dell
11 10 (2.67%) Salesforce
12 9 (2.40%) Avaya
12 9 (2.40%) Ericsson
12 9 (2.40%) Informatica
12 9 (2.40%) Ribbon
13 7 (1.87%) BMC
13 7 (1.87%) Remedy