Enterprise Architecture Contracts in the Thames Valley

Enterprise Architecture
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 134 118
Rank change year-on-year +64 -16 +21
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 32 11 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.12% 0.41% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.28% 0.47% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 6 22
10th Percentile £392 £600 £553
25th Percentile £563 £602 £586
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £647 £700
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -7.64% +33.33%
75th Percentile £743 £700 £733
90th Percentile £807 £725 £749
South East median daily rate £630 £643 £678
% change year-on-year -2.03% -5.15% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.50
Median hourly rate - - £63.00
75th Percentile - - £64.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - - £63.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Enterprise Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Enterprise Architecture in the Thames Valley

Enterprise Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Enterprise Architecture in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Enterprise Architecture in the Thames Valley

Enterprise Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Architecture in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Enterprise Architecture in the Thames Valley

Enterprise Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Enterprise Architecture in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Enterprise Architecture in the Thames Valley

Enterprise Architecture
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire +50 25 £600 -20.00% 16
Buckinghamshire +18 7 £743 +15.55% 7
Enterprise Architecture
South East

Enterprise Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.13%) Smallworld
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (3.13%) Avolution ABACUS
2 1 (3.13%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 14 (43.75%) Azure
2 13 (40.63%) AWS
3 4 (12.50%) PaaS
3 4 (12.50%) SaaS
4 3 (9.38%) AWS Data Pipeline
4 3 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (6.25%) Entra ID
5 2 (6.25%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (3.13%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) HTTP
1 2 (6.25%) MQTT
1 2 (6.25%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.13%) Broadband
2 1 (3.13%) GPON
2 1 (3.13%) LAN
2 1 (3.13%) VSAN
2 1 (3.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.38%) Data Lake
1 3 (9.38%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (6.25%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (6.25%) MySQL
2 2 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (6.25%) RDBMS
2 2 (6.25%) Relational Database
3 1 (3.13%) Big Data
3 1 (3.13%) GIS
General
1 14 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 3 (9.38%) Billing
3 3 (9.38%) Retail
4 2 (6.25%) Automotive
4 2 (6.25%) Finance
5 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.13%) General Ledger
5 1 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Legal
5 1 (3.13%) Marketing
5 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 23 (71.88%) Architect
2 8 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (15.63%) Enterprise Architect
3 5 (15.63%) Principal Architect
3 5 (15.63%) Security Engineer
3 5 (15.63%) Senior
4 4 (12.50%) SAP Architect
5 3 (9.38%) AWS Architect
5 3 (9.38%) Lead
5 3 (9.38%) Salesforce Architect
5 3 (9.38%) Senior Security Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) AWS Data Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Designer
6 2 (6.25%) Lead Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Lead Solutions Architect
6 2 (6.25%) SAP Enterprise Architect
6 2 (6.25%) SAP Solutions Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Senior Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Solutions Designer
6 2 (6.25%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (21.88%) Web Services
2 4 (12.50%) REST
3 2 (6.25%) JSON
3 2 (6.25%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (6.25%) Middleware
3 2 (6.25%) PostGIS
3 2 (6.25%) XML
4 1 (3.13%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Hybrid Cloud
1 5 (15.63%) Public Cloud
2 3 (9.38%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (6.25%) Data Centre
3 2 (6.25%) Frameworx
3 2 (6.25%) Infotainment
3 2 (6.25%) Mobile App
3 2 (6.25%) TM Forum
4 1 (3.13%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.13%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.13%) PKI
4 1 (3.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.50%) Linux
2 3 (9.38%) Unix
3 1 (3.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (40.63%) Agile
2 12 (37.50%) Roadmaps
3 11 (34.38%) TOGAF
4 9 (28.13%) IT Strategy
5 7 (21.88%) ITIL
5 7 (21.88%) Microservices
6 6 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (18.75%) Technical Leadership
6 6 (18.75%) Technology Strategy
6 6 (18.75%) Validation
7 5 (15.63%) CI/CD
7 5 (15.63%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (15.63%) Information Security
7 5 (15.63%) Migration
7 5 (15.63%) Security Architecture
7 5 (15.63%) SOA
7 5 (15.63%) Strategic Roadmap
7 5 (15.63%) User Experience
8 4 (12.50%) CRM
8 4 (12.50%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) Python
2 3 (9.38%) SQL
3 2 (6.25%) Apex Code
4 1 (3.13%) Java
4 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.13%) Magik
Qualifications
1 9 (28.13%) Security Cleared
2 8 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (15.63%) CCNP
3 5 (15.63%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (15.63%) CISM
3 5 (15.63%) CISSP
4 4 (12.50%) Degree
4 4 (12.50%) MCSE
4 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (6.25%) DV Cleared
6 1 (3.13%) AWS Certification
6 1 (3.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.13%) CCDA
6 1 (3.13%) CCDP
6 1 (3.13%) CCNA
6 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.13%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) NCSC
1 4 (12.50%) NIST
2 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (9.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.13%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 7 (21.88%) VMware
2 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.63%) Salesforce
2 5 (15.63%) SAP
3 3 (9.38%) Cisco
4 2 (6.25%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.13%) BiZZdesign
5 1 (3.13%) Dynatrace
5 1 (3.13%) IBM
5 1 (3.13%) Oracle
5 1 (3.13%) Palo Alto
5 1 (3.13%) Sparx