Enterprise Architect Contracts

Enterprise Architect
UK

The median Enterprise Architect daily rate in the UK is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 350 331 337
Rank change year-on-year -19 +6 +97
Contract jobs requiring an Enterprise Architect 176 264 434
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.60% 0.61% 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.65% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 195 318
10th Percentile £563 £500 £550
25th Percentile £613 £581 £621
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £700 £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £799 £784 £800
90th Percentile £813 £875 £875
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £675 £650
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £70.00
Median hourly rate £100.00 - £76.71
75th Percentile - - £81.50
90th Percentile - - £81.79
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £76.71
% change year-on-year - - -6.30%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Enterprise Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Enterprise Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Enterprise Architect in the UK

Enterprise Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Enterprise Architect.

Daily rate trend for Enterprise Architect in the UK

Enterprise Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Architect over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Enterprise Architect in the UK

Enterprise Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Enterprise Architect.

Hourly rate trend for Enterprise Architect in the UK

Enterprise Architect
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Enterprise Architect within the UK 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
England -9 152 £690 -1.43% 90
London -2 94 £725 +3.57% 34
UK excluding London +32 59 £650 -3.70% 62
Work from Home -14 48 £675 +1.69% 58
South East +49 16 £725 -3.33% 18
Midlands +8 14 £600 -20.00% 11
West Midlands -1 12 £600 -20.00% 9
South West +47 11 £600 -9.09% 14
North of England +4 10 £635 -2.31% 12
North West +16 9 £635 -0.39% 9
East of England +27 4 £675 +3.85% 2
Scotland +10 4 - - 3
Wales - 2 £688 - 2
East Midlands +10 1 £625 +5.04% 2
Yorkshire -3 1 - - 3

Enterprise Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Enterprise Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Enterprise Architect in the job title.

1 71 (40.34%) Enterprise Architecture
2 52 (29.55%) Roadmaps
3 47 (26.70%) TOGAF
4 44 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 40 (22.73%) Azure
6 39 (22.16%) Agile
7 31 (17.61%) Finance
8 27 (15.34%) AWS
8 27 (15.34%) Security Cleared
9 25 (14.20%) Stakeholder Management
9 25 (14.20%) IT Strategy
10 23 (13.07%) Public Sector
11 21 (11.93%) Microsoft
12 20 (11.36%) Degree
13 18 (10.23%) Banking
13 18 (10.23%) DevOps
13 18 (10.23%) SC Cleared
14 17 (9.66%) Analytics
14 17 (9.66%) Business Strategy
15 16 (9.09%) Technology Strategy
15 16 (9.09%) GCP
15 16 (9.09%) Migration
15 16 (9.09%) Google
16 15 (8.52%) TOGAF Certification
16 15 (8.52%) Cloud Security
17 14 (7.95%) CI/CD
17 14 (7.95%) Event-Driven
17 14 (7.95%) Technology Roadmap
17 14 (7.95%) SaaS
17 14 (7.95%) Data Architecture

Enterprise Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (1.70%) CMS
2 2 (1.14%) Confluence
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.57%) SAS
3 1 (0.57%) Smallworld
Applications
1 2 (1.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.14%) Aladdin
2 2 (1.14%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.14%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.57%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.57%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.57%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (0.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 40 (22.73%) Azure
2 27 (15.34%) AWS
3 16 (9.09%) GCP
4 14 (7.95%) SaaS
5 13 (7.39%) PaaS
6 12 (6.82%) IaaS
7 7 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (2.27%) GitHub
9 4 (2.27%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (1.70%) Boomi
10 3 (1.70%) Entra ID
11 2 (1.14%) iPaaS
11 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (1.14%) OCI
11 2 (1.14%) Power Platform
11 2 (1.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 2 (1.14%) Serverless
11 2 (1.14%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.70%) BGP
1 3 (1.70%) IPsec
1 3 (1.70%) LAN
1 3 (1.70%) MPLS
1 3 (1.70%) SSL
1 3 (1.70%) WAN
2 2 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.57%) GPON
3 1 (0.57%) Modbus
3 1 (0.57%) MQTT
3 1 (0.57%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.41%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (3.41%) NoSQL
2 5 (2.84%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.70%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.70%) DB2
3 3 (1.70%) Metadata
3 3 (1.70%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.70%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.14%) Oracle Exadata
4 2 (1.14%) Power BI
5 1 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.57%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.57%) Big Data
5 1 (0.57%) GIS
5 1 (0.57%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (1.14%) Git
1 2 (1.14%) JIRA
2 1 (0.57%) git-flow
2 1 (0.57%) Jenkins
General
1 44 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 31 (17.61%) Finance
3 23 (13.07%) Public Sector
4 18 (10.23%) Banking
5 13 (7.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (5.68%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (3.98%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.84%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.70%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.70%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.14%) Billing
10 2 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.14%) Retail
11 1 (0.57%) Automotive
11 1 (0.57%) Back Office
11 1 (0.57%) Electronics
11 1 (0.57%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.57%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.57%) Legal
11 1 (0.57%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.84%) Middleware
1 5 (2.84%) REST
2 4 (2.27%) .NET
2 4 (2.27%) XML
3 3 (1.70%) .NET Framework
3 3 (1.70%) JDBC
3 3 (1.70%) JSON
3 3 (1.70%) Kafka
3 3 (1.70%) LDAP
3 3 (1.70%) ODBC
3 3 (1.70%) SAML
3 3 (1.70%) SOAP
3 3 (1.70%) Web Services
4 1 (0.57%) EDI
4 1 (0.57%) IBM Integration Bus
4 1 (0.57%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.57%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.57%) Spring
4 1 (0.57%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.57%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.98%) Data Structures
1 7 (3.98%) Onboarding
2 6 (3.41%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (3.41%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (2.84%) Enterprise Cloud
4 4 (2.27%) Cloud Native
4 4 (2.27%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (2.27%) Operational Technology
5 3 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.70%) FMCG
5 3 (1.70%) Reference Data
6 2 (1.14%) IoT
6 2 (1.14%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.14%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.14%) NHS
6 2 (1.14%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.14%) SCADA
6 2 (1.14%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.57%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.27%) Linux
2 2 (1.14%) Windows
3 1 (0.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (40.34%) Enterprise Architecture
2 52 (29.55%) Roadmaps
3 47 (26.70%) TOGAF
4 39 (22.16%) Agile
5 25 (14.20%) IT Strategy
5 25 (14.20%) Stakeholder Management
6 18 (10.23%) DevOps
7 17 (9.66%) Analytics
7 17 (9.66%) Business Strategy
8 16 (9.09%) Migration
8 16 (9.09%) Technology Strategy
9 15 (8.52%) Cloud Security
10 14 (7.95%) CI/CD
10 14 (7.95%) Data Architecture
10 14 (7.95%) Event-Driven
10 14 (7.95%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 14 (7.95%) Technology Roadmap
11 13 (7.39%) Computer Science
11 13 (7.39%) Data Governance
11 13 (7.39%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.70%) Java
1 3 (1.70%) SQL
2 2 (1.14%) Python
3 1 (0.57%) Apex Code
3 1 (0.57%) Bash
3 1 (0.57%) Bicep
3 1 (0.57%) COBOL
3 1 (0.57%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.57%) Magik
Qualifications
1 27 (15.34%) Security Cleared
2 20 (11.36%) Degree
3 18 (10.23%) SC Cleared
4 15 (8.52%) TOGAF Certification
5 10 (5.68%) CISSP
5 10 (5.68%) DV Cleared
6 9 (5.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.84%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.70%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.70%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.14%) CCNP
9 2 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.14%) CISM
9 2 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.14%) SAFe Agilist
10 1 (0.57%) ISSAP
10 1 (0.57%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.39%) NIST
2 6 (3.41%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.84%) GDPR
4 4 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.70%) SLA
6 2 (1.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (1.14%) NCSC
6 2 (1.14%) PMO
7 1 (0.57%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.57%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.57%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.57%) QA
7 1 (0.57%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.70%) Docker
3 2 (1.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (3.41%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.70%) Ansible
2 3 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (1.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (11.93%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.09%) Google
3 14 (7.95%) SAP
4 8 (4.55%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.41%) Oracle
6 5 (2.84%) Cisco
6 5 (2.84%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.84%) VMware
7 4 (2.27%) IBM
7 4 (2.27%) OpenText
7 4 (2.27%) Qualtrics
8 3 (1.70%) Dell
8 3 (1.70%) MuleSoft
8 3 (1.70%) SnapLogic
8 3 (1.70%) Virgin Media
9 2 (1.14%) BiZZdesign
9 2 (1.14%) Citrix
9 2 (1.14%) Databricks
9 2 (1.14%) Pega
9 2 (1.14%) Sparx