Enterprise Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in England

Enterprise Solution Architect
UK > England

The median Enterprise Solution Architect daily rate in England is £709, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 547 464 554
Rank change year-on-year -83 +90 +80
Contract jobs requiring an Enterprise Solutions Architect 29 21 16
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.079% 0.085% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.091% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 19 11
10th Percentile £520 £492 £510
25th Percentile £553 £520 £555
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £709 £800 £650
Median % change year-on-year -11.41% +23.08% +4.00%
75th Percentile £803 - £713
90th Percentile £845 - £725
UK median daily rate £709 £800 £650
% change year-on-year -11.41% +23.08% +4.00%

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 33,880 22,988 35,176
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.02% 93.03% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,370 15,076 23,537
10th Percentile £310 £300 £270
25th Percentile £413 £408 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £621 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £748
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,235 770 2,274
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.41 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% +7.69% -23.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.45 £77.59 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £33.06 £32.50
% change year-on-year +5.88% +1.71% -23.53%

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 14 March 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 14 March 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 -56 16 £748 -6.56% 3
North West -29 10 £700 +40.00% 3
North of England -62 10 £700 +40.00% 3
West Midlands - 2 - - 2
Midlands - 2 - - 2
South East - 1 £638 - 2
Enterprise Solutions Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 March 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 7 (24.14%) Azure
2 5 (17.24%) AI
2 5 (17.24%) Enterprise Architecture
2 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) Roadmaps
2 5 (17.24%) SAP
2 5 (17.24%) TOGAF
3 4 (13.79%) AWS
3 4 (13.79%) Integration Patterns
4 3 (10.34%) Data Architecture
4 3 (10.34%) Guidewire
4 3 (10.34%) IT Strategy
4 3 (10.34%) Security Architecture
4 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (10.34%) Technology Strategy
5 2 (6.90%) Agile
5 2 (6.90%) API Management
5 2 (6.90%) Application Security
5 2 (6.90%) Architecture Governance
5 2 (6.90%) Architecture Roadmap
5 2 (6.90%) Azure Event Grid
5 2 (6.90%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (6.90%) Azure Machine Learning
5 2 (6.90%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (6.90%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (6.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (6.90%) Business Case
5 2 (6.90%) Copilot Studio
5 2 (6.90%) Foundry

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 (3.45%) OpenStack
Business Applications
1 2 (6.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (3.45%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (3.45%) SAP FSCM
2 1 (3.45%) SAP GRC
2 1 (3.45%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 7 (24.14%) Azure
2 4 (13.79%) AWS
3 2 (6.90%) Azure Event Grid
3 2 (6.90%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (6.90%) Azure Machine Learning
3 2 (6.90%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (6.90%) Azure Service Bus
3 2 (6.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (6.90%) Copilot Studio
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (3.45%) Anthropic Claude
4 1 (3.45%) Intacct
4 1 (3.45%) SaaS
4 1 (3.45%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) Network Security
2 1 (3.45%) Firewall
2 1 (3.45%) LAN
2 1 (3.45%) RFID
2 1 (3.45%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Claude Code
General
1 6 (20.69%) Finance
2 4 (13.79%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Banking
3 2 (6.90%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Local Government
4 1 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.45%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) .NET
1 1 (3.45%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.90%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.45%) AI Agents
2 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.45%) FMCG
2 1 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.45%) Life Science
2 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.45%) Private Cloud
2 1 (3.45%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (17.24%) AI
1 5 (17.24%) Enterprise Architecture
1 5 (17.24%) Roadmaps
1 5 (17.24%) TOGAF
2 4 (13.79%) Integration Patterns
3 3 (10.34%) Data Architecture
3 3 (10.34%) IT Strategy
3 3 (10.34%) Security Architecture
3 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (10.34%) Technology Strategy
4 2 (6.90%) Agile
4 2 (6.90%) Machine Learning
4 2 (6.90%) Migration
4 2 (6.90%) Privileged Access Management
4 2 (6.90%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (6.90%) SDLC
4 2 (6.90%) SIEM
4 2 (6.90%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (6.90%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) Java
1 1 (3.45%) Python
1 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) GRC
1 1 (3.45%) HIPAA
1 1 (3.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
1 5 (17.24%) SAP
2 3 (10.34%) Guidewire
3 2 (6.90%) Foundry
3 2 (6.90%) Okta
3 2 (6.90%) Oracle
3 2 (6.90%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.45%) Google
4 1 (3.45%) IBM
4 1 (3.45%) OpenAI
4 1 (3.45%) Sage
4 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.45%) Temenos