Enterprise Architecture Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Enterprise Architecture
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Enterprise Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 32 50
Rank change year-on-year -10 +18 +26
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 11 7 5
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 2.28% 3.40% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.89% 3.63% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 4
10th Percentile - £625 £587
25th Percentile £513 £636 £623
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £743 £643
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% +15.55% +15.61%
75th Percentile £630 - £657
90th Percentile £639 - £683
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £575 £743 £643
% change year-on-year -22.62% +15.55% +15.61%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

Enterprise Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 380 193 428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 78.84% 93.69% 87.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 146 313
10th Percentile £268 £256 £276
25th Percentile £390 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £640 £650 £660
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £500 £501 £475
% change year-on-year -0.10% +5.37% -1.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 3 29
10th Percentile £15.69 £13.10 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £14.75 £18.00
Median hourly rate £18.32 £18.70 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% -19.45% +60.10%
75th Percentile £29.61 £19.60 £30.00
90th Percentile £36.00 £20.14 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.32 £38.25 £24.00
% change year-on-year -52.10% +59.38% +50.00%

Enterprise Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Enterprise Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Enterprise Architecture job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Enterprise Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Enterprise Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Enterprise Architecture

Enterprise Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) AWS
General
1 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
2 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Architect
2 5 (45.45%) Technical Architect
3 4 (36.36%) Designer
3 4 (36.36%) Senior
3 4 (36.36%) Service Designer
4 3 (27.27%) Lead
5 2 (18.18%) Lead Designer
5 2 (18.18%) Lead Service Designer
5 2 (18.18%) Senior Designer
5 2 (18.18%) Senior Service Designer
6 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (9.09%) Lead Product Manager
6 1 (9.09%) Product Lead
6 1 (9.09%) Product Manager
6 1 (9.09%) Senior Architect
6 1 (9.09%) Senior Manager
6 1 (9.09%) Senior Product Manager
6 1 (9.09%) Senior Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Product Ownership
2 2 (18.18%) Public Cloud
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
3 1 (9.09%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) ITIL
2 5 (45.45%) Agile
2 5 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (45.45%) Roadmaps
3 4 (36.36%) Service Design
3 4 (36.36%) TOGAF
4 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (27.27%) DevOps
4 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (27.27%) IT Strategy
4 3 (27.27%) Microservices
4 3 (27.27%) Technology Strategy
5 2 (18.18%) Behavioural Analytics
5 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security
5 2 (18.18%) Containerisation
5 2 (18.18%) Design Patterns
5 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
5 2 (18.18%) Runbook
5 2 (18.18%) SOAR
5 2 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) Security Cleared
2 8 (72.73%) DV Cleared
3 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
4 3 (27.27%) CCNP
4 3 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (27.27%) MCSE
4 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) NCSC
1 3 (27.27%) NIST
2 1 (9.09%) COBIT
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) VMware
2 2 (18.18%) Darktrace
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft