Enterprise Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in England

Enterprise Solution Architect
UK > England

The median Enterprise Solution Architect daily rate in England is £638, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 504 502 573
Rank change year-on-year -2 +71 +113
Contract jobs requiring an Enterprise Solutions Architect 13 27 21
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.046% 0.085% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.091% 0.054%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 18 17
10th Percentile £600 £488 £545
25th Percentile £603 £515 £630
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £613 £675
Median % change year-on-year +4.08% -9.26% +7.19%
75th Percentile £713 £647 £725
90th Percentile £863 £683 £734
UK median daily rate £650 £619 £700
% change year-on-year +5.05% -11.61% +10.28%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 25,740 29,700 38,774
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.11% 93.05% 93.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,552 18,117 27,033
10th Percentile £281 £300 £300
25th Percentile £403 £413 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,470 1,227 1,425
10th Percentile £13.84 £15.10 £15.23
25th Percentile £17.30 £21.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +62.04%
75th Percentile £50.94 £67.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.63% -10.39% +68.48%

Enterprise Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Enterprise Solutions Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Enterprise Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in England

Enterprise Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Enterprise Solutions Architect job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Enterprise Solutions Architect job vacancies in England

Enterprise Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Solutions Architect in England over the 6 months to 18 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Enterprise Solutions Architect in England

Enterprise Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Enterprise Solutions Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 18 October 2025. 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
London +16 10 £675 +10.20% 5
South West +18 3 £600 -
Enterprise Solutions Architect
UK

Enterprise Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 18 October 2025, Enterprise Solutions Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Enterprise Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 5 (38.46%) Azure
1 5 (38.46%) Microservices
1 5 (38.46%) Roadmaps
2 4 (30.77%) AWS
3 3 (23.08%) Agile
3 3 (23.08%) Data Architecture
3 3 (23.08%) Data Integration
3 3 (23.08%) Databricks
3 3 (23.08%) Domain-Driven Design
3 3 (23.08%) SAP
4 2 (15.38%) Analytics
4 2 (15.38%) CI/CD
4 2 (15.38%) Data Lake
4 2 (15.38%) Data Modelling
4 2 (15.38%) Kafka
4 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
4 2 (15.38%) Node.js
4 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (15.38%) Python
4 2 (15.38%) React
4 2 (15.38%) SaaS
4 2 (15.38%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
4 2 (15.38%) Software Delivery
4 2 (15.38%) TDD
4 2 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (15.38%) Terraform
4 2 (15.38%) TypeScript
5 1 (7.69%) .NET

Enterprise Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Jupyter
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Azure
2 4 (30.77%) AWS
3 2 (15.38%) SaaS
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (7.69%) GCP
4 1 (7.69%) iPaaS
4 1 (7.69%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Data Lake
2 1 (7.69%) Big Data
2 1 (7.69%) NoSQL
General
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.69%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) Kafka
1 2 (15.38%) Node.js
1 2 (15.38%) React
2 1 (7.69%) .NET
2 1 (7.69%) Hugging Face
2 1 (7.69%) JSON
2 1 (7.69%) Keras
2 1 (7.69%) PyTorch
2 1 (7.69%) TensorFlow
2 1 (7.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) FMCG
2 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.69%) Life Science
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Microservices
1 5 (38.46%) Roadmaps
2 3 (23.08%) Agile
2 3 (23.08%) Data Architecture
2 3 (23.08%) Data Integration
2 3 (23.08%) Domain-Driven Design
3 2 (15.38%) Analytics
3 2 (15.38%) CI/CD
3 2 (15.38%) Data Modelling
3 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (15.38%) Software Delivery
3 2 (15.38%) TDD
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (7.69%) Deep Learning
4 1 (7.69%) DevOps
4 1 (7.69%) ERP
4 1 (7.69%) Order Management
4 1 (7.69%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (7.69%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (7.69%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Python
1 2 (15.38%) TypeScript
2 1 (7.69%) Java
2 1 (7.69%) R
2 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Databricks
1 3 (23.08%) SAP
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) Google
3 1 (7.69%) OpenAI
3 1 (7.69%) Red Hat
3 1 (7.69%) webMethods