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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 207 310
Rank change year-on-year +77 +103 -71
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 1,187 455 273
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.15% 1.37% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.53% 1.51% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 779 295 148
10th Percentile £473 £450 £445
25th Percentile £531 £509 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% -4.00% -5.84%
75th Percentile £717 £725 £738
90th Percentile £825 £825 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +4.35% - -9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 2 0
10th Percentile £20.31 £32.13 -
25th Percentile £68.88 £35.33 -
Median hourly rate £84.25 £42.34 -
Median % change year-on-year +99.01% - -
75th Percentile £110.75 £49.00 -
90th Percentile - £52.00 -
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 46,911 30,121 32,352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.81% 90.54% 86.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,189 18,721 19,488
10th Percentile £325 £296 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,476 1,911 1,239
10th Percentile £13.51 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.75 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £37.24 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.07% -37.13% -10.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £42.79 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £66.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.24 £22.27 £40.00
% change year-on-year +67.26% -44.34% -8.88%

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 16 October 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 16 October 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 16 October 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 +74 1,038 £625 +0.81% 177
London +65 557 £650 +4.00% 98
UK excluding London +51 474 £600 +4.35% 110
Work from Home +55 337 £600 +4.35% 96
North of England +39 158 £600 +11.37% 27
South East +12 141 £550 -4.35% 46
Midlands -19 86 £626 +4.38% 14
Yorkshire +36 82 £550 -6.38% 17
North West -8 63 £600 +11.73% 8
West Midlands -15 63 £626 +4.38% 12
South West -25 48 £650 +13.04% 12
Scotland -5 33 £600 +0.42% 6
East Midlands -6 21 £600 +0.28% 2
North East -23 17 £650 +18.18% 2
East of England -26 14 £550 -31.25% 6
Northern Ireland - 3 £650 -
Wales -16 1 £650 +35.42%
Channel Islands - 1 £625 -

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 51 (4.30%) SAS
2 29 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 26 (2.19%) Confluence
4 13 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.93%) Apache
5 11 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.93%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.51%) NetWeaver
7 5 (0.42%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.42%) CMS
7 5 (0.42%) Mule
7 5 (0.42%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.34%) Apache Superset
8 4 (0.34%) SAP EP
9 3 (0.25%) Mendix
9 3 (0.25%) nginx
9 3 (0.25%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 3 (0.25%) WebLogic Portal
9 3 (0.25%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.25%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 15 (1.26%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.084%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.084%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.084%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 55 (4.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.60%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 16 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 14 (1.18%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.67%) ContrOCC
6 7 (0.59%) SAP MM
7 6 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
7 6 (0.51%) Primavera
7 6 (0.51%) SAP CO
7 6 (0.51%) SAP FI
7 6 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (0.42%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
9 4 (0.34%) SAP CRM
10 3 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
10 3 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
10 3 (0.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 411 (34.63%) Azure
2 255 (21.48%) AWS
3 131 (11.04%) GCP
4 84 (7.08%) Power Platform
5 71 (5.98%) SaaS
6 69 (5.81%) Entra ID
7 60 (5.05%) Microsoft 365
8 44 (3.71%) Serverless
9 43 (3.62%) Azure DevOps
10 39 (3.29%) GitHub
11 32 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
12 28 (2.36%) Microsoft Copilot
12 28 (2.36%) OCI
13 27 (2.27%) iPaaS
13 27 (2.27%) PaaS
14 25 (2.11%) Azure AI
15 22 (1.85%) Boomi
16 20 (1.68%) Azure Data Factory
16 20 (1.68%) Azure Service Bus
16 20 (1.68%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 34 (2.86%) Network Security
2 28 (2.36%) Firewall
3 22 (1.85%) WAN
4 19 (1.60%) VPN
5 15 (1.26%) LAN
6 13 (1.10%) HTTP
7 10 (0.84%) BGP
7 10 (0.84%) DNS
8 9 (0.76%) MPLS
8 9 (0.76%) SD-WAN
9 7 (0.59%) IPsec
10 6 (0.51%) NGFW
10 6 (0.51%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.42%) 5G
11 5 (0.42%) Internet
11 5 (0.42%) Modbus
11 5 (0.42%) Radio Access Network
12 4 (0.34%) 4G
12 4 (0.34%) Cisco Nexus
12 4 (0.34%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (6.15%) Metadata
2 57 (4.80%) Data Lake
3 41 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
4 36 (3.03%) Power BI
5 19 (1.60%) NoSQL
6 14 (1.18%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 13 (1.10%) Base SAS
7 13 (1.10%) SQL Server
8 10 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (0.84%) SAP HANA
9 9 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (0.76%) Big Data
9 9 (0.76%) Semantic Layer
10 8 (0.67%) Delta Lake
11 7 (0.59%) Neo4j
11 7 (0.59%) SAP BW
12 6 (0.51%) Amazon Athena
12 6 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
12 6 (0.51%) Oracle Database
12 6 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (2.02%) JIRA
2 15 (1.26%) Git
2 15 (1.26%) Jenkins
3 11 (0.93%) GitLab
4 5 (0.42%) ERwin
5 3 (0.25%) Claude Code
5 3 (0.25%) PowerDesigner
5 3 (0.25%) Terragrunt
6 2 (0.17%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.17%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.17%) Hudson
6 2 (0.17%) Mockito
6 2 (0.17%) Postman
6 2 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.17%) Subversion
6 2 (0.17%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.084%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.084%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.084%) Rational DOORS
General
1 423 (35.64%) Social Skills
2 324 (27.30%) Finance
3 199 (16.76%) Public Sector
4 114 (9.60%) Banking
5 108 (9.10%) Analytical Skills
6 93 (7.83%) Influencing Skills
7 92 (7.75%) Retail
8 38 (3.20%) Legal
9 36 (3.03%) Manufacturing
10 31 (2.61%) Military
11 30 (2.53%) Aerospace
12 29 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
13 24 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
14 23 (1.94%) Local Government
15 21 (1.77%) Telecoms
16 18 (1.52%) Marketing
17 17 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
18 15 (1.26%) Billing
19 13 (1.10%) Investment Banking
20 11 (0.93%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 841 (70.85%) Architect
2 280 (23.59%) Solutions Architect
3 184 (15.50%) Enterprise Architect
4 149 (12.55%) Lead
5 98 (8.26%) Technical Architect
6 93 (7.83%) Data Architect
7 87 (7.33%) Senior
8 70 (5.90%) Lead Architect
9 56 (4.72%) Senior Architect
10 55 (4.63%) Security Architect
11 47 (3.96%) SAP Architect
12 40 (3.37%) Technical Leader
13 36 (3.03%) Project Manager
14 34 (2.86%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
15 33 (2.78%) Integration Architect
16 29 (2.44%) Azure Architect
16 29 (2.44%) Technical Manager
17 28 (2.36%) Analyst
18 27 (2.27%) Cloud Architect
19 24 (2.02%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (7.08%) REST
2 77 (6.49%) Middleware
3 51 (4.30%) Terraform
4 45 (3.79%) SOAP
5 34 (2.86%) OAuth
6 33 (2.78%) Kafka
7 31 (2.61%) .NET
8 21 (1.77%) SAML
9 20 (1.68%) SAP Fiori
10 19 (1.60%) JSON
10 19 (1.60%) Oracle Fusion
11 18 (1.52%) XML
12 17 (1.43%) JWT
13 15 (1.26%) SAPUI5
14 14 (1.18%) Node.js
14 14 (1.18%) Swagger
15 13 (1.10%) GraphQL
15 13 (1.10%) OAuth2
15 13 (1.10%) OpenAPI
15 13 (1.10%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 159 (13.40%) Cloud Native
2 94 (7.92%) Enterprise Software
3 67 (5.64%) Product Ownership
4 64 (5.39%) Onboarding
5 59 (4.97%) AI Agents
6 46 (3.88%) Hybrid Cloud
7 42 (3.54%) Distributed Systems
8 37 (3.12%) CMDB
9 36 (3.03%) Operational Technology
10 31 (2.61%) Management Information System
11 27 (2.27%) Data Centre
11 27 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
12 25 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
13 22 (1.85%) IoT
13 22 (1.85%) Security Posture
14 19 (1.60%) Public Cloud
14 19 (1.60%) Taxonomies
15 18 (1.52%) FMCG
16 16 (1.35%) Marketing Technology
17 15 (1.26%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.85%) Windows
2 11 (0.93%) Linux
3 10 (0.84%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.25%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.25%) macOS
5 2 (0.17%) Android
6 1 (0.084%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.084%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.084%) Unix
6 1 (0.084%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.084%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 473 (39.85%) Stakeholder Management
2 442 (37.24%) Roadmaps
3 257 (21.65%) TOGAF
4 234 (19.71%) AI
5 227 (19.12%) Migration
6 223 (18.79%) Agile
7 222 (18.70%) Technical Leadership
8 220 (18.53%) Integration Patterns
9 215 (18.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 203 (17.10%) Architecture Governance
11 184 (15.50%) Decision-Making
12 176 (14.83%) Analytics
12 176 (14.83%) DevOps
13 169 (14.24%) Architectural Patterns
13 169 (14.24%) Cybersecurity
14 161 (13.56%) CI/CD
15 156 (13.14%) Data Architecture
16 140 (11.79%) Event-Driven
17 135 (11.37%) Data Modelling
18 130 (10.95%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 69 (5.81%) Python
2 58 (4.89%) SQL
3 45 (3.79%) Java
4 26 (2.19%) JavaScript
5 19 (1.60%) TypeScript
6 18 (1.52%) C#
7 16 (1.35%) PowerShell
8 11 (0.93%) ABAP
9 8 (0.67%) Bicep
10 6 (0.51%) Bash
11 4 (0.34%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.34%) Korn
12 2 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.17%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.17%) Rust
12 2 (0.17%) Scala
13 1 (0.084%) DAML
13 1 (0.084%) Go
13 1 (0.084%) Solidity
13 1 (0.084%) Swift
Qualifications
1 314 (26.45%) Security Cleared
2 241 (20.30%) SC Cleared
3 66 (5.56%) Degree
4 62 (5.22%) Azure Certification
5 55 (4.63%) TOGAF Certification
6 47 (3.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 47 (3.96%) DV Cleared
7 33 (2.78%) CISSP
8 32 (2.70%) AWS Certification
9 27 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
10 22 (1.85%) PMP
11 19 (1.60%) CISM
12 18 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (1.26%) PMI Certification
14 13 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 8 (0.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 8 (0.67%) Master's Degree
16 7 (0.59%) CCIE
17 6 (0.51%) CCSP
17 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (9.35%) Data Quality
2 51 (4.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 48 (4.04%) GDPR
3 48 (4.04%) GRC
4 37 (3.12%) NIST
5 34 (2.86%) NCSC
6 26 (2.19%) QA
7 17 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (1.18%) PMO
9 12 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 11 (0.93%) NIST 800
11 10 (0.84%) Accessibility
12 8 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 8 (0.67%) SLA
13 6 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (0.42%) PCI DSS
15 4 (0.34%) COBIT
16 3 (0.25%) ISO 31000
16 3 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 19770
16 3 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 36 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 25 (2.11%) Docker
3 13 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.51%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.25%) vSphere
7 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.17%) IAG
7 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.084%) NFS
8 1 (0.084%) Samba
8 1 (0.084%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.084%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 61 (5.14%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.60%) Ansible
3 15 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (0.84%) Grafana
5 4 (0.34%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.17%) Puppet
6 2 (0.17%) SCCM
6 2 (0.17%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.084%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.084%) CASB
7 1 (0.084%) Check_MK
7 1 (0.084%) Nagios
7 1 (0.084%) OpenNMS
7 1 (0.084%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 252 (21.23%) Microsoft
2 122 (10.28%) SAP
3 110 (9.27%) Oracle
4 70 (5.90%) ServiceNow
5 68 (5.73%) Google
6 62 (5.22%) Databricks
7 42 (3.54%) Salesforce
8 28 (2.36%) MuleSoft
9 23 (1.94%) VMware
9 23 (1.94%) Workday
10 22 (1.85%) Informatica
11 21 (1.77%) OpenAI
12 20 (1.68%) BiZZdesign
12 20 (1.68%) IBM
13 19 (1.60%) Sparx
14 16 (1.35%) Cisco
14 16 (1.35%) Zscaler
15 15 (1.26%) Ariba
16 14 (1.18%) Foundry
17 13 (1.10%) Adobe