Enterprise Architecture Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Enterprise Architecture
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Enterprise Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 43 42
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +12
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 2 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.56% 0.53% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.64% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 5
10th Percentile £556 - £583
25th Percentile £566 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £625 £700
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% -10.71% +115.38%
75th Percentile £616 - £763
90th Percentile £629 - £778
Wales median daily rate £588 £625 £700
% change year-on-year -6.00% -10.71% +115.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 300 313 343
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 83.57% 82.59% 90.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 173 264
10th Percentile £204 £161 £169
25th Percentile £283 £210 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £413 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -8.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £588
90th Percentile £605 £650 £650
Wales median daily rate £405 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -4.71% - -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 43 25
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.48 £17.40
25th Percentile £14.23 £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £18.18 £25.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.28% -3.85% +30.59%
75th Percentile £20.75 £40.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £32.63 £48.75 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £19.00 £24.33 £26.00
% change year-on-year -21.91% -6.42% +37.17%

Enterprise Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Enterprise Architecture job vacancy trend in South Wales

Enterprise Architecture
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Enterprise Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Enterprise Architecture

Enterprise Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Enterprise Architecture.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Enterprise Architecture

Enterprise Architecture
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Enterprise Architecture within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 28 November 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
Cardiff -1 2 £588 -6.00% 3
Enterprise Architecture
Wales

Enterprise Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR