Enterprise Architect Contracts in Edinburgh

Enterprise Architect
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Enterprise Architect daily rate in Edinburgh is £663, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 - 98
Rank change year-on-year - - +38
Contract jobs requiring an Enterprise Architect 7 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.08% - 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.17% - 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £626 - £615
25th Percentile £628 - £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 - £763
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.69%
75th Percentile £703 - £875
90th Percentile £709 - £943
Scotland median daily rate £650 £825 £700
% change year-on-year -21.21% +17.86% -12.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 598 789 1,095
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.86% 94.15% 95.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 306 432 726
10th Percentile £259 £175 £213
25th Percentile £413 £325 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -0.84%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £538
90th Percentile £593 £637 £600
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 39 11
10th Percentile - £13.45 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.37 £17.71
Median hourly rate £27.35 £18.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +51.94% +1.58% -22.96%
75th Percentile £63.13 £20.05 £30.74
90th Percentile £74.00 £51.00 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £19.71 £18.13 £17.72
% change year-on-year +8.71% +2.31% -34.19%

Enterprise Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings that featured Enterprise Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Enterprise Architect in Edinburgh

Enterprise Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Enterprise Architect in Edinburgh

Enterprise Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 5 August 2025, Enterprise Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Enterprise Architect in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Linux
1 4 (57.14%) TOGAF
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Azure Certification
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Server
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) AWS
2 3 (42.86%) AWS Certification
2 3 (42.86%) Network Security
2 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (42.86%) Banking
2 3 (42.86%) VPN
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) Unix
2 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) CISSP
2 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
2 3 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (42.86%) Firewall
2 3 (42.86%) Identity Management
3 2 (28.57%) Migration
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (28.57%) Citrix
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) VMware
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Management
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps

Enterprise Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) AWS
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
1 3 (42.86%) Network Security
1 3 (42.86%) VPN
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Linux
2 3 (42.86%) Unix
2 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) TOGAF
2 3 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (42.86%) Identity Management
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Cloud Security
3 2 (28.57%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (28.57%) Migration
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Management
3 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
3 2 (28.57%) SIEM
4 1 (14.29%) Business Transformation
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) High Availability
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) AWS Certification
2 3 (42.86%) Azure Certification
2 3 (42.86%) CISSP
3 2 (28.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Citrix
2 2 (28.57%) VMware