Enterprise Architecture Contracts in the South West

Enterprise Architecture
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Enterprise Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Enterprise Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 99 107
Rank change year-on-year +28 +8 +24
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 41 52 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.46% 1.64% 1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.71% 1.98% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 41 35
10th Percentile £455 £500 £556
25th Percentile £562 £530 £579
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £580
Median % change year-on-year - +12.07% -1.28%
75th Percentile £675 £681 £666
90th Percentile £688 £738 £723
England median daily rate £630 £650 £658
% change year-on-year -3.08% -1.22% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 10
10th Percentile - - £69.63
25th Percentile £51.34 - -
Median hourly rate £52.67 - £70.00
75th Percentile £54.01 - £80.81
90th Percentile - - £81.55
England median hourly rate £76.34 £67.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +13.09% -3.57% -14.49%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,513 2,622 3,087
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.76% 82.79% 89.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 934 1,680 2,254
10th Percentile £225 £231 £313
25th Percentile £400 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £650
90th Percentile £688 £700 £723
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 343 317
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.88 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.51 £29.75 £15.40
Median hourly rate £48.46 £55.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.89% -8.33% +23.10%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £83.31
England median hourly rate £28.08 £36.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.08% -2.67% +50.00%

Enterprise Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Enterprise Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Enterprise Architecture in the South West

Enterprise Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Enterprise Architecture in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Enterprise Architecture in the South West

Enterprise Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Architecture in the South West over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Enterprise Architecture in the South West

Enterprise Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Enterprise Architecture in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Enterprise Architecture in the South West

Enterprise Architecture
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 Architecture within the South West region over the 6 months to 23 May 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 +7 18 £578 -11.15% 26
Somerset - 12 £650 - 15
Gloucestershire +19 4 £550 -12.00% 28
Wiltshire +31 1 £650 -17.46% 16
Enterprise Architecture
England

Enterprise Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.44%) Confluence
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.44%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.44%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (29.27%) Azure
2 5 (12.20%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (9.76%) Azure Logic Apps
3 4 (9.76%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (9.76%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.88%) Azure App Service
4 2 (4.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (4.88%) Azure Storage
4 2 (4.88%) IaaS
4 2 (4.88%) PaaS
4 2 (4.88%) SaaS
5 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.88%) Firewall
2 1 (2.44%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) JIRA
General
1 15 (36.59%) Finance
2 7 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (14.63%) Social Skills
4 5 (12.20%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.88%) Banking
5 2 (4.88%) Military
6 1 (2.44%) Electronics
6 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.44%) Marketing
6 1 (2.44%) Publishing
6 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (53.66%) Architect
2 12 (29.27%) Lead
2 12 (29.27%) Solutions Architect
3 9 (21.95%) Enterprise Architect
4 5 (12.20%) Azure Architect
4 5 (12.20%) Designer
4 5 (12.20%) Service Designer
5 4 (9.76%) Business Solution Architect
5 4 (9.76%) Dynamics 365 Architect
5 4 (9.76%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
6 2 (4.88%) Senior
6 2 (4.88%) Senior Architect
6 2 (4.88%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.88%) Senior VMware Architect
6 2 (4.88%) VMware Architect
7 1 (2.44%) Analyst
7 1 (2.44%) Business Analyst
7 1 (2.44%) Business Systems Analyst
7 1 (2.44%) Technical Analyst
7 1 (2.44%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) ARM Templates
2 1 (2.44%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 14 (34.15%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.88%) Enterprise Cloud
2 2 (4.88%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.44%) Android
1 1 (2.44%) Apple iOS
1 1 (2.44%) Mac OS
1 1 (2.44%) Windows
1 1 (2.44%) Windows 10
1 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
1 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (34.15%) Target Operating Model
2 13 (31.71%) Business Strategy
2 13 (31.71%) Collaborative Working
2 13 (31.71%) Contract Negotiation
2 13 (31.71%) Systems Engineering
3 8 (19.51%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (19.51%) Translating Business Requirements
4 7 (17.07%) Migration
4 7 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (14.63%) ITSM
5 6 (14.63%) Service Management
5 6 (14.63%) Service Migration
5 6 (14.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (14.63%) Use Case
6 5 (12.20%) Agile
6 5 (12.20%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (12.20%) Data Architecture
6 5 (12.20%) Identity Access Management
6 5 (12.20%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.88%) Bicep
2 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.44%) VB
2 1 (2.44%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 29 (70.73%) Security Cleared
2 26 (63.41%) SC Cleared
3 5 (12.20%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.88%) Degree
4 2 (4.88%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (2.44%) CISSP
5 1 (2.44%) MCP
5 1 (2.44%) MCSA
5 1 (2.44%) MCSE
5 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.76%) NIST
2 1 (2.44%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.44%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (9.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.44%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.44%) BitLocker
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) Terraform
2 1 (2.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.76%) VMware
3 2 (4.88%) Pega
4 1 (2.44%) McAfee
4 1 (2.44%) SAP
4 1 (2.44%) Symantec