Enterprise Architecture Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Enterprise Architecture
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Enterprise Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 33 35
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 +5
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 2 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.80% 0.41% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.94% 0.55% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £556 - £676
25th Percentile £566 - £678
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £625 £713
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% -12.28% +119.23%
75th Percentile £616 - £753
90th Percentile £629 - £759
South Wales median daily rate £588 £625 £700
% change year-on-year -6.00% -10.71% +115.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Enterprise Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 212 183 220
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 84.46% 75.62% 91.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 129 172
10th Percentile £213 £156 £179
25th Percentile £290 £210 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -4.12% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £492 £550 £538
90th Percentile £613 £650 £625
South Wales median daily rate £405 £413 £450
% change year-on-year -1.82% -8.33% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 7
10th Percentile - £15.48 £17.60
25th Percentile £13.08 £19.09 £19.63
Median hourly rate £16.00 £25.30 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.76% -2.69% +52.81%
75th Percentile £20.50 £26.08 £34.50
90th Percentile £22.24 £27.50 £47.00
South Wales median hourly rate £18.18 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -27.28% -3.85% +30.59%

Enterprise Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Enterprise Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Enterprise Architecture job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Enterprise Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Enterprise Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Enterprise Architecture

Enterprise Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Enterprise Architecture.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Enterprise Architecture

Enterprise Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR