Zachman Framework Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Zachman Framework
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Zachman Framework skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 329 383
Rank change year-on-year -33 +54 +84
Contract jobs citing Zachman Framework 31 28 18
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.19% 0.092%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.21% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 21 14
10th Percentile £516 £500 £600
25th Percentile £594 £525 £602
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £656 £628 £743
Median % change year-on-year +4.49% -15.47% +6.14%
75th Percentile £778 £738 £1,041
90th Percentile £800 £743 £1,150
UK median daily rate £669 £630 £650
% change year-on-year +6.15% -3.08% -5.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Zachman Framework 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 15,617 13,041 17,394
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 86.01% 86.97% 88.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,535 7,668 11,224
10th Percentile £220 £235 £250
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.60% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,767 762 1,227
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.03 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.50 £32.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.69% -26.97% +39.06%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.01 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £71.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
% change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%

Zachman Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Zachman Framework job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Zachman Framework
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Zachman Framework
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Zachman Framework in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Zachman Framework in the UK excluding London

Zachman Framework
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Zachman Framework
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 Zachman Framework within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
South East -34 11 £750 +21.95% 4
Midlands -32 9 £650 -18.75% 1
West Midlands -27 6 £631 -21.09% 1
South West -5 5 £613 -12.50%
East Midlands - 3 £800 -
Scotland +4 2 £648 +17.82%
North of England -49 2 £523 -11.06%
East of England - 2 £800 -
North East - 2 £523 -
Zachman Framework
UK

Zachman Framework
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:

Business Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (3.23%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 15 (48.39%) Azure
2 6 (19.35%) AWS
2 6 (19.35%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (16.13%) Azure Data Factory
3 5 (16.13%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (16.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 5 (16.13%) Power Platform
3 5 (16.13%) SaaS
4 3 (9.68%) GCP
5 1 (3.23%) Boomi
5 1 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (16.13%) Data Mining
1 5 (16.13%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (16.13%) Power BI
2 2 (6.45%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (38.71%) Social Skills
2 8 (25.81%) Finance
3 5 (16.13%) Banking
3 5 (16.13%) Public Sector
4 4 (12.90%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (9.68%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Back Office
6 1 (3.23%) Marketing
6 1 (3.23%) Retail
6 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (100.00%) Architect
2 17 (54.84%) Enterprise Architect
3 7 (22.58%) Solutions Architect
4 6 (19.35%) Business Architect
5 5 (16.13%) Azure Architect
5 5 (16.13%) Dynamics 365 Architect
5 5 (16.13%) TOGAF Architect
5 5 (16.13%) TOGAF Enterprise Architect
6 3 (9.68%) Security Architect
7 2 (6.45%) Lead
7 2 (6.45%) Lead Architect
8 1 (3.23%) Applications Architect
8 1 (3.23%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
8 1 (3.23%) Chief Architect
8 1 (3.23%) Chief Enterprise Architect
8 1 (3.23%) Cloud Solutions Architect
8 1 (3.23%) CRM Architect
8 1 (3.23%) IT Architect
8 1 (3.23%) IT Security Architect
8 1 (3.23%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.23%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.68%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (6.45%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.23%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (3.23%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.23%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 25 (80.65%) Enterprise Architecture
3 15 (48.39%) Roadmaps
4 10 (32.26%) Business Intelligence
4 10 (32.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 8 (25.81%) Agile
5 8 (25.81%) Microservices
5 8 (25.81%) Strategic Roadmap
6 7 (22.58%) ITIL
7 6 (19.35%) Architectural Patterns
7 6 (19.35%) Business Analysis
7 6 (19.35%) Business Strategy
7 6 (19.35%) Data Modelling
7 6 (19.35%) DevOps
8 5 (16.13%) Analytics
8 5 (16.13%) Architecture Governance
8 5 (16.13%) IT Strategy
8 5 (16.13%) Project Delivery
8 5 (16.13%) Records Management
8 5 (16.13%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 9 (29.03%) Security Cleared
2 6 (19.35%) SC Cleared
3 3 (9.68%) Degree
4 2 (6.45%) DV Cleared
4 2 (6.45%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (3.23%) AWS Certification
5 1 (3.23%) CISA
5 1 (3.23%) CISM
5 1 (3.23%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (12.90%) NIST
3 3 (9.68%) GDPR
3 3 (9.68%) ISO 9001
3 3 (9.68%) NCSC
4 2 (6.45%) COBIT
5 1 (3.23%) GAMP
5 1 (3.23%) HIPAA
5 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (3.23%) PCI DSS
5 1 (3.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (25.81%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.90%) Sparx
3 3 (9.68%) Salesforce
4 2 (6.45%) BiZZdesign
4 2 (6.45%) Oracle
5 1 (3.23%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud