ArchiMate Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

ArchiMate
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ArchiMate skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 329 329
Rank change year-on-year -26 0 +82
Contract jobs citing ArchiMate 43 19 76
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.23% 0.13% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.15% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 18 40
10th Percentile £500 £519 £518
25th Percentile £519 £577 £589
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £613 £675
Median % change year-on-year -1.22% -9.26% +12.50%
75th Percentile £744 £739 £706
90th Percentile £788 £752 £780
UK median daily rate £603 £613 £675
% change year-on-year -1.63% -9.26% +3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 24
10th Percentile £86.50 - -
25th Percentile £88.75 - £56.49
Median hourly rate £95.00 - £56.91
75th Percentile £101.75 - £70.00
90th Percentile £104.30 - £78.13
UK median hourly rate £95.00 - £56.91

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

ArchiMate 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,656 12,718 17,001
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 85.47% 87.41% 87.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,603 7,458 10,932
10th Percentile £222 £240 £250
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £691
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,718 726 1,229
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.58 £30.45 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -22.58% -32.65% +44.86%
75th Percentile £51.43 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.29 £73.66 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +27.14%

ArchiMate
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ArchiMate relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

ArchiMate job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ArchiMate
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ArchiMate.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ArchiMate

ArchiMate
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ArchiMate in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ArchiMate in the UK excluding London

ArchiMate
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ArchiMate.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ArchiMate

ArchiMate
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ArchiMate within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
South East +10 23 £700 +11.11% 6
South West -12 9 £540 -10.00% 8
Midlands - 9 £675 - 1
West Midlands - 5 £625 -
East Midlands - 4 £800 - 1
Scotland +10 2 £673 -0.37% 1
North of England -53 2 £500 - 4
East of England - 2 - - 3
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
North East - 1 £500 -
ArchiMate
UK

ArchiMate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.33%) Alfresco
1 1 (2.33%) CMS
1 1 (2.33%) Documentum
1 1 (2.33%) Oracle Workflow
1 1 (2.33%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (2.33%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 20 (46.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 16 (37.21%) Azure
2 14 (32.56%) AWS
3 1 (2.33%) GCP
3 1 (2.33%) IaaS
3 1 (2.33%) PaaS
3 1 (2.33%) SaaS
3 1 (2.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.65%) DWDM
1 2 (4.65%) SDH
2 1 (2.33%) HTTP
2 1 (2.33%) IPsec
2 1 (2.33%) Kerberos
2 1 (2.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.98%) Metadata
2 1 (2.33%) EDMS
2 1 (2.33%) Pentaho
2 1 (2.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (9.30%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (4.65%) MSI
3 1 (2.33%) Git
General
1 20 (46.51%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.93%) Public Sector
3 6 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (13.95%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (6.98%) Aerospace
4 3 (6.98%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.65%) Military
5 2 (4.65%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.33%) Finance
6 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 30 (69.77%) Architect
2 9 (20.93%) Solutions Architect
3 7 (16.28%) Enterprise Architect
3 7 (16.28%) Technical Architect
4 4 (9.30%) Security Architect
5 2 (4.65%) Lead
5 2 (4.65%) Lead Architect
5 2 (4.65%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (4.65%) Telecoms Architect
6 1 (2.33%) Chief Architect
6 1 (2.33%) Chief Enterprise Architect
6 1 (2.33%) Data Engineer
6 1 (2.33%) Information Architect
6 1 (2.33%) SAS Engineer
6 1 (2.33%) Senior
6 1 (2.33%) Senior Architect
6 1 (2.33%) Senior Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.33%) .NET
1 1 (2.33%) Node.js
1 1 (2.33%) OAuth
1 1 (2.33%) OAuth2
1 1 (2.33%) OpenID
1 1 (2.33%) SAML
1 1 (2.33%) Web Services
1 1 (2.33%) XACML
1 1 (2.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.95%) Cloud Native
2 2 (4.65%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.65%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.33%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.33%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (2.33%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.33%) Linux
1 1 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (2.33%) Windows
1 1 (2.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (74.42%) TOGAF
2 20 (46.51%) Roadmaps
3 16 (37.21%) Agile
3 16 (37.21%) Enterprise Architecture
4 14 (32.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 11 (25.58%) UML
6 8 (18.60%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (18.60%) Service Design
7 7 (16.28%) Architecture Governance
7 7 (16.28%) BPMN
7 7 (16.28%) Decision-Making
7 7 (16.28%) DevSecOps
7 7 (16.28%) MODAF
7 7 (16.28%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 6 (13.95%) Architectural Patterns
8 6 (13.95%) Technology Roadmap
9 5 (11.63%) Business Strategy
9 5 (11.63%) ITIL
10 4 (9.30%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (9.30%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.33%) Java
1 1 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (58.14%) Security Cleared
2 19 (44.19%) SC Cleared
3 7 (16.28%) TOGAF Certification
4 6 (13.95%) AWS Certification
4 6 (13.95%) Azure Certification
4 6 (13.95%) DV Cleared
5 4 (9.30%) Degree
6 2 (4.65%) CISSP
7 1 (2.33%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (2.33%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (2.33%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.33%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.98%) ISO 9001
1 3 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.65%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.33%) Def Stans
3 1 (2.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (2.33%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (46.51%) Sparx
2 6 (13.95%) Cisco
3 5 (11.63%) BiZZdesign
4 4 (9.30%) VMware
5 2 (4.65%) F5
5 2 (4.65%) IBM
5 2 (4.65%) Juniper
5 2 (4.65%) Microsoft
5 2 (4.65%) Nokia
5 2 (4.65%) Oracle
5 2 (4.65%) Palo Alto
6 1 (2.33%) Denodo
6 1 (2.33%) OpenText
6 1 (2.33%) Red Hat