Enterprise Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in England

Enterprise Solution Architect
UK > England

The median Enterprise Solution Architect daily rate in England is £718, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 530 466 548
Rank change year-on-year -64 +82 +124
Contract jobs requiring an Enterprise Solutions Architect 13 23 16
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.040% 0.087% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.093% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 20 10
10th Percentile £594 £496 £500
25th Percentile £625 £525 £643
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £718 £800 £675
Median % change year-on-year -10.31% +18.52% +8.17%
75th Percentile £834 - £719
90th Percentile £880 - £725
UK median daily rate £718 £800 £675
% change year-on-year -10.31% +18.52% +8.17%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 30,140 24,646 35,463
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.63% 93.03% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,205 15,195 23,928
10th Percentile £300 £300 £275
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,877 735 2,040
10th Percentile £14.83 £15.92 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £17.08
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £36.05
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -2.90% +2.99%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £62.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £29.60 £32.66 £36.05
% change year-on-year -9.36% -9.40% +2.99%

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 1 February 2026.

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 1 February 2026. 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 -38 10 £748 -6.56% 3
North West -27 3 £700 +44.33% 3
North of England -59 3 £700 +44.33% 3
Enterprise Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 February 2026, 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 6 (46.15%) Azure
2 4 (30.77%) AWS
2 4 (30.77%) Roadmaps
2 4 (30.77%) SAP
3 3 (23.08%) AI
3 3 (23.08%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (23.08%) TOGAF
4 2 (15.38%) .NET
4 2 (15.38%) Architecture Roadmap
4 2 (15.38%) Data Architecture
4 2 (15.38%) Guidewire
4 2 (15.38%) IT Strategy
4 2 (15.38%) Java
4 2 (15.38%) Microservices
4 2 (15.38%) Python
4 2 (15.38%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (15.38%) SQL
4 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (15.38%) Technology Strategy
5 1 (7.69%) Agile
5 1 (7.69%) Analytics
5 1 (7.69%) Anthropic Claude
5 1 (7.69%) API Management
5 1 (7.69%) Architectural Design
5 1 (7.69%) Architecture Governance
5 1 (7.69%) Asset Management
5 1 (7.69%) Azure Event Grid
5 1 (7.69%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (7.69%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (7.69%) Azure Monitor

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%) OpenStack
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (7.69%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) Azure
2 4 (30.77%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) Anthropic Claude
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Event Grid
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Machine Learning
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (7.69%) Copilot Studio
3 1 (7.69%) Intacct
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Data Lake
1 1 (7.69%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Claude Code
General
1 6 (46.15%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) .NET
2 1 (7.69%) JSON
2 1 (7.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.69%) AI Agents
2 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.69%) Data Structures
2 1 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.69%) FMCG
2 1 (7.69%) Life Science
2 1 (7.69%) Private Cloud
2 1 (7.69%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Roadmaps
2 3 (23.08%) AI
2 3 (23.08%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (23.08%) TOGAF
3 2 (15.38%) Architecture Roadmap
3 2 (15.38%) Data Architecture
3 2 (15.38%) IT Strategy
3 2 (15.38%) Microservices
3 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (15.38%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (7.69%) Architectural Design
4 1 (7.69%) Architecture Governance
4 1 (7.69%) Business Strategy
4 1 (7.69%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (7.69%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (7.69%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (7.69%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Debt
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (7.69%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Java
1 2 (15.38%) Python
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) GRC
1 1 (7.69%) HIPAA
1 1 (7.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) SAP
2 2 (15.38%) Guidewire
3 1 (7.69%) Foundry
3 1 (7.69%) Google
3 1 (7.69%) IBM
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) OpenAI
3 1 (7.69%) Sage
3 1 (7.69%) Salesforce
3 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow