Enterprise Architecture Contract Job Trends

Enterprise Architecture
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Enterprise Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 215 301
Rank change year-on-year +77 +86 -65
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 1,115 437 284
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.03% 1.32% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.41% 1.46% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 725 297 160
10th Percentile £465 £450 £445
25th Percentile £531 £504 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £618 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year +2.92% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £713 £718 £742
90th Percentile £820 £825 £826
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £575 £593
% change year-on-year +4.35% -2.95% -5.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 3 3
10th Percentile £20.31 £34.27 -
25th Percentile £70.00 £40.67 £63.75
Median hourly rate £83.50 £52.67 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.53% -21.97% -
75th Percentile £105.50 £77.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £110.75 £90.80 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £83.50 £42.34 -
% change year-on-year +97.24% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,295 29,870 32,935
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.37% 90.52% 85.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,040 18,573 20,019
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £627 £625 £638
90th Percentile £730 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,185 1,844 1,407
10th Percentile £13.72 £14.33 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.33 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £67.25 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.25 £74.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.03 £22.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +77.91% -47.67% +1.18%

Enterprise Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Enterprise Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Enterprise Architecture job vacancy trend in the UK

Enterprise Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Enterprise Architecture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Enterprise Architecture

Enterprise Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Architecture over the 6 months to 25 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Enterprise Architecture in the UK

Enterprise Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Enterprise Architecture.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Enterprise Architecture

Enterprise Architecture
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Enterprise Architecture over the 6 months to 25 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Enterprise Architecture in the UK

Enterprise Architecture
Top 18 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 25 September 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
England +65 979 £625 +2.92% 915
London +69 540 £650 +4.00% 560
UK excluding London +31 432 £600 +4.35% 413
Work from Home +58 317 £600 +3.45% 410
South East +7 138 £550 -4.35% 146
North of England +26 129 £575 +7.08% 100
Midlands -23 78 £626 +4.38% 61
Yorkshire +22 70 £550 - 39
West Midlands -16 56 £627 +4.42% 36
North West -21 55 £600 +20.00% 54
South West -28 45 £650 +13.04% 42
Scotland -11 29 £610 +10.91% 34
East Midlands -12 20 £600 +0.28% 25
East of England -32 12 £600 -25.00% 22
North East -41 4 £627 +14.00% 7
Northern Ireland - 4 £713 - 9
Wales -17 1 £650 +35.42% 2
Channel Islands - 1 £625 - 1

Enterprise Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 50 (4.48%) SAS
2 26 (2.33%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.79%) Confluence
4 13 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.99%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.90%) Apache
7 6 (0.54%) NetWeaver
8 5 (0.45%) Anypoint
8 5 (0.45%) CMS
8 5 (0.45%) Mule
8 5 (0.45%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.36%) Apache Superset
9 4 (0.36%) SAP EP
10 3 (0.27%) Mendix
11 2 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.18%) IBM HTTP Server
11 2 (0.18%) nginx
11 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.18%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 14 (1.26%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.090%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 46 (4.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 12 (1.08%) Oracle ERP
4 10 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.72%) ContrOCC
6 6 (0.54%) Primavera
7 5 (0.45%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.36%) SAP CRM
9 3 (0.27%) Cloudability
9 3 (0.27%) Endur
9 3 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.27%) SAP CO
9 3 (0.27%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
9 3 (0.27%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.18%) Actimize
10 2 (0.18%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 388 (34.80%) Azure
2 246 (22.06%) AWS
3 122 (10.94%) GCP
4 78 (7.00%) Power Platform
5 69 (6.19%) SaaS
6 66 (5.92%) Entra ID
7 55 (4.93%) Microsoft 365
8 37 (3.32%) Serverless
9 34 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
10 28 (2.51%) GitHub
11 26 (2.33%) Microsoft Copilot
12 24 (2.15%) Azure AI
12 24 (2.15%) PaaS
13 23 (2.06%) iPaaS
13 23 (2.06%) OCI
14 22 (1.97%) Dynamics 365
15 20 (1.79%) Boomi
15 20 (1.79%) Snowflake
16 19 (1.70%) Microsoft Purview
17 18 (1.61%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 30 (2.69%) Network Security
2 29 (2.60%) Firewall
3 22 (1.97%) WAN
4 19 (1.70%) VPN
5 14 (1.26%) LAN
6 12 (1.08%) HTTP
7 10 (0.90%) BGP
8 9 (0.81%) MPLS
9 8 (0.72%) DNS
9 8 (0.72%) SD-WAN
10 7 (0.63%) IPsec
11 6 (0.54%) NGFW
11 6 (0.54%) TCP/IP
12 5 (0.45%) 5G
12 5 (0.45%) Cisco Nexus
12 5 (0.45%) Modbus
12 5 (0.45%) Radio Access Network
13 4 (0.36%) 4G
13 4 (0.36%) Cisco Firepower
13 4 (0.36%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (5.83%) Metadata
2 55 (4.93%) Data Lake
3 33 (2.96%) Data Warehouse
4 31 (2.78%) Power BI
5 19 (1.70%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.17%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 12 (1.08%) Base SAS
8 10 (0.90%) SQL Server
9 9 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (0.81%) Big Data
10 8 (0.72%) Neo4j
10 8 (0.72%) SAP HANA
11 7 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (0.63%) Delta Lake
11 7 (0.63%) Semantic Layer
12 6 (0.54%) Geospatial Data
12 6 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (0.54%) SAP BW
13 5 (0.45%) Amazon Athena
13 5 (0.45%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 18 (1.61%) JIRA
2 12 (1.08%) Git
2 12 (1.08%) Jenkins
3 11 (0.99%) GitLab
4 6 (0.54%) ERwin
5 4 (0.36%) Hudson
6 3 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.27%) Terragrunt
7 2 (0.18%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.18%) Postman
7 2 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.18%) Subversion
7 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.090%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.090%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.090%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.090%) Mockito
General
1 397 (35.61%) Social Skills
2 294 (26.37%) Finance
3 180 (16.14%) Public Sector
4 105 (9.42%) Banking
5 102 (9.15%) Analytical Skills
6 98 (8.79%) Retail
7 86 (7.71%) Influencing Skills
8 42 (3.77%) Legal
9 32 (2.87%) Aerospace
9 32 (2.87%) Manufacturing
10 31 (2.78%) Military
11 23 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
12 22 (1.97%) Local Government
12 22 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
13 21 (1.88%) Telecoms
14 18 (1.61%) Marketing
15 17 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
16 16 (1.43%) Billing
17 11 (0.99%) Financial Institution
17 11 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 798 (71.57%) Architect
2 270 (24.22%) Solutions Architect
3 179 (16.05%) Enterprise Architect
4 137 (12.29%) Lead
5 84 (7.53%) Data Architect
6 83 (7.44%) Technical Architect
7 68 (6.10%) Senior
8 64 (5.74%) Lead Architect
9 56 (5.02%) Security Architect
10 44 (3.95%) Senior Architect
11 40 (3.59%) SAP Architect
12 35 (3.14%) Technical Leader
13 34 (3.05%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
13 34 (3.05%) Project Manager
14 30 (2.69%) Cloud Architect
14 30 (2.69%) Integration Architect
15 28 (2.51%) ServiceNow Architect
16 27 (2.42%) Azure Architect
17 25 (2.24%) Analyst
18 23 (2.06%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (7.44%) REST
2 71 (6.37%) Middleware
3 45 (4.04%) SOAP
4 39 (3.50%) Terraform
5 36 (3.23%) .NET
6 34 (3.05%) OAuth
7 33 (2.96%) Kafka
8 21 (1.88%) SAML
9 19 (1.70%) JSON
9 19 (1.70%) XML
10 17 (1.52%) JWT
11 16 (1.43%) Oracle Fusion
11 16 (1.43%) React
12 15 (1.35%) OAuth2
12 15 (1.35%) OpenID
12 15 (1.35%) SAP Fiori
13 13 (1.17%) GraphQL
13 13 (1.17%) Node.js
13 13 (1.17%) SAPUI5
13 13 (1.17%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 147 (13.18%) Cloud Native
2 88 (7.89%) Enterprise Software
3 64 (5.74%) Product Ownership
4 59 (5.29%) Onboarding
5 52 (4.66%) AI Agents
6 43 (3.86%) Hybrid Cloud
7 39 (3.50%) CMDB
8 36 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
9 33 (2.96%) Operational Technology
10 32 (2.87%) Management Information System
11 29 (2.60%) Data Centre
12 27 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
13 23 (2.06%) Security Posture
14 21 (1.88%) IoT
15 20 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
15 20 (1.79%) Public Cloud
16 17 (1.52%) FMCG
17 15 (1.35%) Marketing Technology
18 13 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
18 13 (1.17%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.97%) Windows
2 16 (1.43%) Linux
3 10 (0.90%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.27%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.27%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.18%) Android
6 2 (0.18%) Unix
7 1 (0.090%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.090%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 416 (37.31%) Stakeholder Management
2 397 (35.61%) Roadmaps
3 246 (22.06%) TOGAF
4 223 (20.00%) AI
5 214 (19.19%) Agile
6 213 (19.10%) Integration Patterns
7 209 (18.74%) Technical Leadership
8 206 (18.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 203 (18.21%) Migration
10 179 (16.05%) Architecture Governance
11 169 (15.16%) Decision-Making
12 162 (14.53%) Analytics
13 160 (14.35%) Architectural Patterns
14 159 (14.26%) Cybersecurity
15 156 (13.99%) DevOps
16 150 (13.45%) CI/CD
17 145 (13.00%) Data Architecture
18 133 (11.93%) Event-Driven
19 127 (11.39%) Data Modelling
20 123 (11.03%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 72 (6.46%) Python
2 49 (4.39%) SQL
3 48 (4.30%) Java
4 23 (2.06%) JavaScript
5 16 (1.43%) C#
5 16 (1.43%) TypeScript
6 13 (1.17%) PowerShell
7 11 (0.99%) ABAP
8 6 (0.54%) Bash
9 5 (0.45%) Bicep
10 4 (0.36%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.27%) Korn
12 2 (0.18%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.18%) Rust
12 2 (0.18%) Scala
13 1 (0.090%) DAML
13 1 (0.090%) Go
13 1 (0.090%) Groovy
13 1 (0.090%) Solidity
13 1 (0.090%) Swift
Qualifications
1 302 (27.09%) Security Cleared
2 230 (20.63%) SC Cleared
3 63 (5.65%) Azure Certification
4 62 (5.56%) Degree
5 53 (4.75%) TOGAF Certification
6 47 (4.22%) DV Cleared
7 34 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 33 (2.96%) CISSP
9 31 (2.78%) AWS Certification
10 25 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
11 20 (1.79%) PMP
12 19 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
13 17 (1.52%) CISM
14 14 (1.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 12 (1.08%) PMI Certification
16 8 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 7 (0.63%) CCIE
17 7 (0.63%) Master's Degree
17 7 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
18 6 (0.54%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (8.88%) Data Quality
2 51 (4.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 50 (4.48%) GRC
4 42 (3.77%) GDPR
5 40 (3.59%) NIST
6 33 (2.96%) NCSC
7 21 (1.88%) QA
8 17 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
9 14 (1.26%) PMO
10 12 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 11 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 11 (0.99%) NIST 800
12 8 (0.72%) COBIT
12 8 (0.72%) SLA
13 6 (0.54%) Accessibility
13 6 (0.54%) ISO 31000
13 6 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 6 (0.54%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.27%) GxP
System Software
1 39 (3.50%) Active Directory
2 24 (2.15%) Docker
3 13 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.63%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.27%) vSphere
6 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.18%) IAG
7 1 (0.090%) NFS
7 1 (0.090%) Samba
7 1 (0.090%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.090%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 59 (5.29%) Kubernetes
2 20 (1.79%) Ansible
3 13 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.45%) Grafana
6 3 (0.27%) SCCM
7 2 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.18%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.18%) Puppet
7 2 (0.18%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.090%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.090%) CASB
8 1 (0.090%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.090%) Nagios
8 1 (0.090%) OpenNMS
8 1 (0.090%) SCOM
8 1 (0.090%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 237 (21.26%) Microsoft
2 105 (9.42%) SAP
3 100 (8.97%) Oracle
4 73 (6.55%) ServiceNow
5 61 (5.47%) Databricks
6 60 (5.38%) Google
7 41 (3.68%) Salesforce
8 27 (2.42%) MuleSoft
9 23 (2.06%) VMware
9 23 (2.06%) Workday
10 22 (1.97%) Informatica
11 20 (1.79%) IBM
11 20 (1.79%) Sparx
12 19 (1.70%) BiZZdesign
13 18 (1.61%) OpenAI
14 17 (1.52%) Cisco
15 16 (1.43%) Zscaler
16 15 (1.35%) Foundry
17 14 (1.26%) Ariba
18 11 (0.99%) Adobe