Enterprise Architect Contract Job Trends in the South West

Enterprise Architect
England > South West

The median Enterprise Architect daily rate in the South West is £716, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 109 104
Rank change year-on-year +13 -5 +47
Contract jobs requiring an Enterprise Architect 23 21 51
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 1.14% 0.86% 1.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.28% 0.93% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 15 30
10th Percentile £578 £559 £609
25th Percentile £600 £714 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £716 £738 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.92% +18.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £803 £756 £650
90th Percentile £846 - £708
England median daily rate £675 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -3.57% - -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - £61.25
25th Percentile - - £65.00
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
75th Percentile - - £80.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - -14.49%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 the South West with a recognized job title 1,803 2,258 3,022
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.35% 92.28% 95.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,023 1,329 2,031
10th Percentile £220 £225 £300
25th Percentile £375 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £503 £538
Median % change year-on-year +1.99% -6.51% +2.38%
75th Percentile £628 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £701 £713
England median daily rate £511 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.73% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 222 306
10th Percentile £14.41 £13.39 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.22 £33.50 £44.44
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.50 £57.33
Median % change year-on-year -61.60% +14.25% -4.45%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.75 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.28% +58.75%

Enterprise Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Enterprise Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Enterprise Architect job vacancy trend in the South West

Enterprise Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Enterprise Architect job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Enterprise Architect job vacancies in the South West

Enterprise Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Architect in the South West over the 6 months to 20 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Enterprise Architect in the South West

Enterprise Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Enterprise Architect job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Enterprise Architect job vacancies in the South West

Enterprise Architect
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Enterprise Architect within the South West region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
Bristol +8 13 £733 +36.37% 4
Wiltshire -2 6 £575 -22.03% 1
Cornwall +1 1 - -
Gloucestershire - 1 £475 - 2
Somerset - 1 - -
Enterprise Architect
England

Enterprise Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 20 October 2025, Enterprise 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 South West region featuring Enterprise Architect in the job title.

1 11 (47.83%) Enterprise Architecture
1 11 (47.83%) Security Cleared
2 10 (43.48%) Roadmaps
3 8 (34.78%) SC Cleared
4 7 (30.43%) Decision-Making
5 6 (26.09%) Architecture Governance
5 6 (26.09%) Microservices
5 6 (26.09%) Strategic Thinking
5 6 (26.09%) Translating Business Requirements
6 5 (21.74%) AWS
6 5 (21.74%) Azure
6 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (17.39%) Data Architecture
7 4 (17.39%) DV Cleared
7 4 (17.39%) Identity Access Management
7 4 (17.39%) Information Architecture
7 4 (17.39%) NIST
7 4 (17.39%) Risk Management
7 4 (17.39%) Security Architecture
7 4 (17.39%) Strategic Roadmap
7 4 (17.39%) Threat Modelling
7 4 (17.39%) TOGAF
7 4 (17.39%) Zachman Framework
8 3 (13.04%) Agile
8 3 (13.04%) Architectural Design
8 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (13.04%) Data Strategy
8 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving

Enterprise Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 5 (21.74%) AWS
1 5 (21.74%) Azure
2 2 (8.70%) GCP
2 2 (8.70%) iPaaS
3 1 (4.35%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (4.35%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 1 (4.35%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) Firewall
1 2 (8.70%) Network Security
1 2 (8.70%) SD-WAN
1 2 (8.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Data Lake
General
1 11 (47.83%) Social Skills
2 7 (30.43%) Public Sector
3 4 (17.39%) Banking
3 4 (17.39%) Finance
4 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Manufacturing
5 2 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Automotive
6 1 (4.35%) Electronics
6 1 (4.35%) Local Government
6 1 (4.35%) Marketing
6 1 (4.35%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) Node.js
1 2 (8.70%) React
2 1 (4.35%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Cloud Native
2 2 (8.70%) Data Centre
2 2 (8.70%) FMCG
2 2 (8.70%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Windows
1 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
1 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Enterprise Architecture
2 10 (43.48%) Roadmaps
3 7 (30.43%) Decision-Making
4 6 (26.09%) Architecture Governance
4 6 (26.09%) Microservices
4 6 (26.09%) Strategic Thinking
4 6 (26.09%) Translating Business Requirements
5 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (17.39%) Data Architecture
6 4 (17.39%) Identity Access Management
6 4 (17.39%) Information Architecture
6 4 (17.39%) Risk Management
6 4 (17.39%) Security Architecture
6 4 (17.39%) Strategic Roadmap
6 4 (17.39%) Threat Modelling
6 4 (17.39%) TOGAF
6 4 (17.39%) Zachman Framework
7 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) TypeScript
2 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (47.83%) Security Cleared
2 8 (34.78%) SC Cleared
3 4 (17.39%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
1 2 (8.70%) SAP
2 1 (4.35%) Salesforce
2 1 (4.35%) webMethods