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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 123 112
Rank change year-on-year +58 -11 +30
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 34 12 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.33% 0.46% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.51% 0.53% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 6 22
10th Percentile £378 £600 £575
25th Percentile £454 £602 £602
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £647 £675
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% -4.22% +22.45%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £719
90th Percentile £805 £725 £749
South East median daily rate £625 £647 £678
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.64% +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 1,353 2,277 2,567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.86% 86.64% 90.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 845 1,262 1,750
10th Percentile £300 £213 £313
25th Percentile £406 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £606
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +1.95% +0.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 166 66
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.09 £16.88
25th Percentile £14.28 £19.25 £24.86
Median hourly rate £25.23 £45.00 £52.30
Median % change year-on-year -43.94% -13.96% +200.23%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.42 £69.05
90th Percentile £79.16 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £27.76 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.56% -5.00% +127.79%

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 29 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 29 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 +52 29 £600 -20.00% 81
Buckinghamshire +13 5 £600 -6.70% 30
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 3 (8.82%) Smallworld
2 2 (5.88%) ArcGIS
2 2 (5.88%) Camunda
2 2 (5.88%) Oracle Spatial
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (11.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (8.82%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 11 (32.35%) Azure
2 10 (29.41%) AWS
3 4 (11.76%) PaaS
3 4 (11.76%) SaaS
4 3 (8.82%) AWS Data Pipeline
5 2 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (5.88%) Entra ID
5 2 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (5.88%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.94%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.82%) GPON
2 2 (5.88%) 4G
2 2 (5.88%) 5G
2 2 (5.88%) DOCSIS
2 2 (5.88%) HTTP
2 2 (5.88%) LTE
2 2 (5.88%) MPLS
2 2 (5.88%) MQTT
2 2 (5.88%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (5.88%) TCP/IP
2 2 (5.88%) VoIP
2 2 (5.88%) xDSL
3 1 (2.94%) Broadband
3 1 (2.94%) Converged Networks
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.71%) Data Lake
2 3 (8.82%) Big Data
2 3 (8.82%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (8.82%) GIS
3 2 (5.88%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (5.88%) MySQL
3 2 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (5.88%) RDBMS
3 2 (5.88%) Relational Database
3 2 (5.88%) Spatial Data
General
1 15 (44.12%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.65%) Telecoms
3 5 (14.71%) Retail
4 4 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (11.76%) Finance
5 3 (8.82%) Financial Institution
5 3 (8.82%) General Ledger
6 2 (5.88%) Automotive
6 2 (5.88%) Billing
6 2 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Banking
7 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Legal
7 1 (2.94%) Local Government
7 1 (2.94%) Marketing
7 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 23 (67.65%) Architect
2 10 (29.41%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (14.71%) Security Engineer
3 5 (14.71%) Senior
4 4 (11.76%) Enterprise Architect
5 3 (8.82%) AWS Architect
5 3 (8.82%) GIS Architect
5 3 (8.82%) Lead
5 3 (8.82%) Salesforce Architect
5 3 (8.82%) SAP Architect
5 3 (8.82%) Senior Security Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) AWS Data Architect
6 2 (5.88%) Data Architect
6 2 (5.88%) Designer
6 2 (5.88%) Lead Architect
6 2 (5.88%) Lead Solutions Architect
6 2 (5.88%) OSS Architect
6 2 (5.88%) SAP Solutions Architect
6 2 (5.88%) Senior Architect
6 2 (5.88%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (20.59%) Web Services
2 5 (14.71%) Middleware
3 4 (11.76%) PostGIS
3 4 (11.76%) REST
4 2 (5.88%) JSON
4 2 (5.88%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (5.88%) XML
5 1 (2.94%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (11.76%) TM Forum
3 3 (8.82%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (5.88%) Cloud Native
4 2 (5.88%) Data Centre
4 2 (5.88%) Frameworx
4 2 (5.88%) Infotainment
4 2 (5.88%) Mobile App
4 2 (5.88%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.94%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.94%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.76%) Linux
2 3 (8.82%) Unix
3 1 (2.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (38.24%) Roadmaps
2 11 (32.35%) Agile
2 11 (32.35%) Migration
2 11 (32.35%) TOGAF
3 8 (23.53%) Validation
4 7 (20.59%) Data Modelling
4 7 (20.59%) Microservices
4 7 (20.59%) Strategic Roadmap
4 7 (20.59%) Technical Leadership
5 6 (17.65%) Collaborative Working
5 6 (17.65%) Data Governance
5 6 (17.65%) Data Migration
5 6 (17.65%) Information Security
5 6 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (14.71%) Analytics
6 5 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (14.71%) Security Architecture
6 5 (14.71%) SOA
7 4 (11.76%) Architectural Design
7 4 (11.76%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.76%) Python
2 3 (8.82%) Magik
2 3 (8.82%) SQL
3 2 (5.88%) Apex Code
4 1 (2.94%) Java
4 1 (2.94%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (14.71%) CISM
1 5 (14.71%) CISSP
1 5 (14.71%) Degree
2 4 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 3 (8.82%) Master's Degree
3 3 (8.82%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.88%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.94%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) OASIS TOSCA
2 1 (2.94%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.94%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (5.88%) Amdocs OSS
1 2 (5.88%) Ansible
1 2 (5.88%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) Salesforce
2 4 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.76%) SAP
3 3 (8.82%) Oracle
4 2 (5.88%) Amdocs
4 2 (5.88%) Ericsson
4 2 (5.88%) ESRI
4 2 (5.88%) Huawei
4 2 (5.88%) NetCracker
4 2 (5.88%) Nokia
4 2 (5.88%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.88%) VMware
5 1 (2.94%) BiZZdesign
5 1 (2.94%) Cisco
5 1 (2.94%) Dynatrace
5 1 (2.94%) IBM
5 1 (2.94%) Sparx