Enterprise Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in England

Enterprise Solution Architect
UK > England

The median Enterprise Solution Architect daily rate in England is £713, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 June 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 539 473 542
Rank change year-on-year -66 +69 +53
Contract jobs requiring an Enterprise Solutions Architect 53 15 13
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.13% 0.062% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.067% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 12 9
10th Percentile £506 £599 £510
25th Percentile £542 £608 £595
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 £675 £630
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +7.14% -9.22%
75th Percentile £788 £800 £675
90th Percentile £800 - £685
UK median daily rate £713 £675 £640
% change year-on-year +5.56% +5.47% -7.78%

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 38,958 22,345 34,300
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.37% 92.42% 92.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,051 14,722 22,516
10th Percentile £325 £290 £285
25th Percentile £413 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,739 957 2,592
10th Percentile £15.79 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.30 £18.20 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.78 £29.33 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +56.09% -22.82% -15.56%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £28.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +60.71% -25.33% -16.67%

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 6 June 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 6 June 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 -50 32 £675 -15.63% 27
North of England -59 15 £750 +20.97% 4
North West -30 12 £700 +12.90% 3
Midlands -55 3 - - 1
West Midlands -57 3 - -
Yorkshire - 3 £750 -
South East - 2 £631 - 11
South West -24 1 £750 - 2
Enterprise Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 June 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 8 (15.09%) Enterprise Architecture
2 7 (13.21%) TOGAF
3 6 (11.32%) Azure
3 6 (11.32%) Integration Patterns
3 6 (11.32%) Microsoft
4 5 (9.43%) AI
4 5 (9.43%) Migration
4 5 (9.43%) Roadmaps
4 5 (9.43%) ServiceNow
4 5 (9.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (7.55%) Network Security
5 4 (7.55%) Oracle
5 4 (7.55%) SDLC
5 4 (7.55%) Security Architecture
5 4 (7.55%) Security Cleared
5 4 (7.55%) Security Operations
5 4 (7.55%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (7.55%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (7.55%) Translating Business Requirements
6 3 (5.66%) Application Security
6 3 (5.66%) AWS
6 3 (5.66%) Azure Event Grid
6 3 (5.66%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (5.66%) Azure Service Bus
6 3 (5.66%) Business Case
6 3 (5.66%) Data Architecture
6 3 (5.66%) Data Ingestion
6 3 (5.66%) Guidewire
6 3 (5.66%) Machine Learning
6 3 (5.66%) Okta

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 (1.89%) OpenStack
Business Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (1.89%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
2 1 (1.89%) SAP FSCM
2 1 (1.89%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (1.89%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.32%) Azure
2 3 (5.66%) AWS
2 3 (5.66%) Azure Event Grid
2 3 (5.66%) Azure Logic Apps
2 3 (5.66%) Azure Service Bus
3 2 (3.77%) Azure Machine Learning
3 2 (3.77%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (3.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (3.77%) Copilot Studio
3 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.89%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.89%) SaaS
4 1 (1.89%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.55%) Network Security
2 2 (3.77%) 3GPP
2 2 (3.77%) RFID
3 1 (1.89%) Converged Networks
3 1 (1.89%) DKIM
3 1 (1.89%) DMARC
3 1 (1.89%) Firewall
3 1 (1.89%) LAN
3 1 (1.89%) MPLS
3 1 (1.89%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (1.89%) SMS
3 1 (1.89%) WAN
General
1 13 (24.53%) Telecoms
2 5 (9.43%) Finance
3 4 (7.55%) Social Skills
4 3 (5.66%) Banking
4 3 (5.66%) Retail
5 2 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.89%) Local Government
6 1 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.77%) Middleware
2 1 (1.89%) Kafka
2 1 (1.89%) REST
2 1 (1.89%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.55%) Mainframe
2 2 (3.77%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.77%) TM Forum
3 1 (1.89%) AI Agents
3 1 (1.89%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.89%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.89%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.89%) Private Cloud
3 1 (1.89%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (15.09%) Enterprise Architecture
2 7 (13.21%) TOGAF
3 6 (11.32%) Integration Patterns
4 5 (9.43%) AI
4 5 (9.43%) Migration
4 5 (9.43%) Roadmaps
4 5 (9.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (7.55%) SDLC
5 4 (7.55%) Security Architecture
5 4 (7.55%) Security Operations
5 4 (7.55%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (7.55%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (7.55%) Translating Business Requirements
6 3 (5.66%) Application Security
6 3 (5.66%) Business Case
6 3 (5.66%) Data Ingestion
6 3 (5.66%) Machine Learning
6 3 (5.66%) Privileged Access Management
6 3 (5.66%) SIEM
6 3 (5.66%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 4 (7.55%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.66%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.77%) Degree
3 2 (3.77%) Master's Degree
3 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.89%) MBA
4 1 (1.89%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.89%) GRC
1 1 (1.89%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (11.32%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.43%) ServiceNow
3 4 (7.55%) Oracle
4 3 (5.66%) Guidewire
4 3 (5.66%) Okta
4 3 (5.66%) SAP
5 2 (3.77%) Foundry
5 2 (3.77%) Salesforce
5 2 (3.77%) Temenos
6 1 (1.89%) Google
6 1 (1.89%) MuleSoft