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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 214 302
Rank change year-on-year +59 +88 -67
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 953 426 303
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.80% 1.30% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.11% 1.44% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 620 287 186
10th Percentile £465 £450 £448
25th Percentile £537 £513 £521
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £648
Median % change year-on-year - -3.55% -0.31%
75th Percentile £725 £725 £750
90th Percentile £825 £825 £865
UK excluding London median daily rate £610 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +1.67% -7.69% +1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 3 5
10th Percentile £20.31 £34.27 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £40.67 £63.75
Median hourly rate £82.75 £52.67 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +57.11% -21.97% -3.57%
75th Percentile £106.81 £77.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £110.75 £90.80 £81.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £82.75 £42.34 £87.00
% change year-on-year +95.46% -51.34% +24.29%

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 45,072 29,587 34,698
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.08% 90.43% 85.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,942 18,578 22,301
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,665 1,596 2,086
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £17.33 £17.31
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £82.80 £68.75 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £24.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +83.17% -40.00% -1.45%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 +59 830 £639 +2.20% 394
London +70 452 £650 - 236
UK excluding London +4 375 £610 +1.67% 194
Work from Home +38 273 £600 - 147
South East -9 122 £625 - 76
North of England -17 104 £600 -1.64% 42
Midlands -21 69 £588 -2.08% 24
Yorkshire -2 58 £675 +10.20% 11
West Midlands -24 51 £600 +0.17% 12
South West -34 42 £650 - 20
North West -39 42 £550 -5.98% 26
Scotland -13 27 £610 +8.49% 9
East Midlands -14 16 £575 -17.86% 12
East of England -11 13 £563 -16.67% 9
North East -34 9 £725 - 5
Wales -18 1 - - 7
Channel Islands - 1 £625 - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £775 - 7

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 44 (4.62%) SAS
2 28 (2.94%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.78%) Confluence
4 13 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.63%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.52%) Apache
7 5 (0.52%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.52%) NetWeaver
7 5 (0.52%) SAP EP
8 2 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.21%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.21%) Camunda
8 2 (0.21%) CMS
8 2 (0.21%) Mule
9 1 (0.10%) CIMPLICITY
9 1 (0.10%) JBoss
9 1 (0.10%) Mendix
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 8 (0.84%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.10%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 36 (3.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (2.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 11 (1.15%) Oracle ERP
4 8 (0.84%) ContrOCC
5 6 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.63%) Primavera
6 5 (0.52%) SAP CRM
7 4 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.31%) Aladdin
8 3 (0.31%) Endur
8 3 (0.31%) Oracle Retail
8 3 (0.31%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.31%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.31%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
9 2 (0.21%) SAP CS
9 2 (0.21%) SAP GRC
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 292 (30.64%) Azure
2 201 (21.09%) AWS
3 89 (9.34%) GCP
4 56 (5.88%) SaaS
5 46 (4.83%) Power Platform
6 41 (4.30%) Entra ID
7 35 (3.67%) Microsoft 365
8 34 (3.57%) Serverless
9 29 (3.04%) PaaS
10 23 (2.41%) OCI
11 19 (1.99%) Azure AI
12 17 (1.78%) IaaS
12 17 (1.78%) Microsoft Copilot
13 16 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
13 16 (1.68%) SuccessFactors
14 14 (1.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 13 (1.36%) GitHub
15 13 (1.36%) Snowflake
16 12 (1.26%) Amazon S3
16 12 (1.26%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.04%) Network Security
2 23 (2.41%) Firewall
3 20 (2.10%) VPN
4 17 (1.78%) WAN
5 14 (1.47%) LAN
6 13 (1.36%) IPsec
7 10 (1.05%) MPLS
8 8 (0.84%) BGP
8 8 (0.84%) SD-WAN
9 6 (0.63%) DNS
9 6 (0.63%) NGFW
9 6 (0.63%) SSL
9 6 (0.63%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.52%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (0.52%) Kerberos
11 4 (0.42%) BIG-IP
11 4 (0.42%) Cisco Firepower
11 4 (0.42%) Radio Access Network
11 4 (0.42%) RFID
12 3 (0.31%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (4.20%) Data Lake
2 37 (3.88%) Metadata
3 30 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (2.62%) Power BI
5 19 (1.99%) NoSQL
6 12 (1.26%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 11 (1.15%) Base SAS
7 11 (1.15%) Oracle Database
7 11 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (1.15%) SQL Server
8 9 (0.94%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 7 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (0.52%) SAS Visual Analytics
12 4 (0.42%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.42%) Semantic Layer
13 3 (0.31%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.31%) Delta Lake
13 3 (0.31%) Geospatial Data
13 3 (0.31%) GIS
Development Applications
1 13 (1.36%) JIRA
2 10 (1.05%) Git
3 6 (0.63%) GitLab
3 6 (0.63%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.52%) Hudson
5 4 (0.42%) ERwin
5 4 (0.42%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.31%) Selenium
7 2 (0.21%) Flyway
7 2 (0.21%) JUnit
7 2 (0.21%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.21%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.21%) Subversion
8 1 (0.10%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.10%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.10%) Postman
General
1 286 (30.01%) Social Skills
2 247 (25.92%) Finance
3 154 (16.16%) Public Sector
4 102 (10.70%) Banking
5 81 (8.50%) Retail
6 80 (8.39%) Analytical Skills
7 60 (6.30%) Influencing Skills
8 41 (4.30%) Legal
9 27 (2.83%) Military
10 26 (2.73%) Aerospace
11 22 (2.31%) Local Government
12 19 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
12 19 (1.99%) Manufacturing
13 17 (1.78%) Telecoms
14 16 (1.68%) Financial Institution
15 15 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
16 13 (1.36%) Marketing
17 12 (1.26%) Law
18 11 (1.15%) Billing
19 9 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 676 (70.93%) Architect
2 226 (23.71%) Solutions Architect
3 153 (16.05%) Enterprise Architect
4 109 (11.44%) Lead
5 77 (8.08%) Technical Architect
6 72 (7.56%) Senior
7 62 (6.51%) Data Architect
8 56 (5.88%) Security Architect
9 52 (5.46%) Lead Architect
10 48 (5.04%) Senior Architect
11 34 (3.57%) Project Manager
12 33 (3.46%) SAP Architect
13 30 (3.15%) ServiceNow Architect
14 23 (2.41%) Cloud Architect
15 22 (2.31%) Technical Leader
16 21 (2.20%) Technical Manager
17 20 (2.10%) Analyst
17 20 (2.10%) Senior Solutions Architect
18 19 (1.99%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
18 19 (1.99%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (7.56%) REST
2 62 (6.51%) Middleware
3 45 (4.72%) SOAP
4 35 (3.67%) .NET
5 24 (2.52%) OAuth
6 22 (2.31%) Web Services
7 21 (2.20%) Kafka
8 16 (1.68%) SAML
9 15 (1.57%) Oracle Fusion
10 14 (1.47%) React
11 13 (1.36%) OpenID
12 12 (1.26%) XML
13 11 (1.15%) JSON
13 11 (1.15%) OAuth2
14 10 (1.05%) AngularJS
15 9 (0.94%) Node.js
15 9 (0.94%) SAP Fiori
16 8 (0.84%) SAPUI5
17 7 (0.73%) SAP PI
18 6 (0.63%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 100 (10.49%) Cloud Native
2 66 (6.93%) Enterprise Software
3 63 (6.61%) Product Ownership
4 37 (3.88%) Onboarding
5 35 (3.67%) CMDB
6 34 (3.57%) AI Agents
7 33 (3.46%) Operational Technology
8 32 (3.36%) Hybrid Cloud
9 27 (2.83%) Management Information System
10 26 (2.73%) Distributed Systems
11 24 (2.52%) Security Posture
12 21 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
12 21 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
13 19 (1.99%) IoT
14 18 (1.89%) Data Centre
15 16 (1.68%) Public Cloud
16 12 (1.26%) FMCG
17 9 (0.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
17 9 (0.94%) Enterprise Cloud
17 9 (0.94%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.78%) Windows
2 13 (1.36%) Linux
3 5 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.42%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.31%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.31%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.21%) Android
6 2 (0.21%) Unix
6 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.10%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (33.37%) Roadmaps
2 261 (27.39%) Stakeholder Management
3 221 (23.19%) TOGAF
4 210 (22.04%) Agile
5 182 (19.10%) Integration Patterns
6 176 (18.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 166 (17.42%) Migration
8 154 (16.16%) Technical Leadership
9 152 (15.95%) Architectural Patterns
10 151 (15.84%) AI
11 132 (13.85%) Decision-Making
12 127 (13.33%) DevOps
13 126 (13.22%) CI/CD
14 123 (12.91%) Cybersecurity
15 121 (12.70%) Analytics
16 113 (11.86%) Architecture Governance
17 108 (11.33%) Data Architecture
18 107 (11.23%) Data Modelling
19 104 (10.91%) Event-Driven
19 104 (10.91%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 70 (7.35%) Python
2 50 (5.25%) SQL
3 46 (4.83%) Java
4 21 (2.20%) JavaScript
5 13 (1.36%) TypeScript
6 12 (1.26%) C#
6 12 (1.26%) PowerShell
7 8 (0.84%) ABAP
8 6 (0.63%) Apex Code
8 6 (0.63%) Bash
8 6 (0.63%) Kotlin
9 4 (0.42%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.31%) Bicep
11 2 (0.21%) Go
11 2 (0.21%) Google Apps Script
11 2 (0.21%) Korn
11 2 (0.21%) Ruby
11 2 (0.21%) Rust
11 2 (0.21%) Scala
12 1 (0.10%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 274 (28.75%) Security Cleared
2 209 (21.93%) SC Cleared
3 56 (5.88%) DV Cleared
4 51 (5.35%) Azure Certification
5 50 (5.25%) Degree
6 32 (3.36%) TOGAF Certification
7 30 (3.15%) AWS Certification
7 30 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
8 28 (2.94%) CISSP
9 19 (1.99%) CISM
10 17 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
11 14 (1.47%) PMP
12 11 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 10 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (0.84%) CCNP
15 7 (0.73%) CCIE
15 7 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (0.73%) PMI Certification
16 5 (0.52%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (7.45%) Data Quality
2 49 (5.14%) GDPR
3 41 (4.30%) GRC
4 37 (3.88%) NIST
5 34 (3.57%) NCSC
6 29 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (1.89%) QA
8 14 (1.47%) PCI DSS
9 12 (1.26%) COBIT
10 11 (1.15%) PMO
11 10 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
12 9 (0.94%) NIST 800
12 9 (0.94%) SLA
13 8 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 8 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.63%) ISO 20022
14 6 (0.63%) ISO 31000
14 6 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 4 (0.42%) SEPA
System Software
1 32 (3.36%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.99%) Docker
3 8 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (0.84%) VMware NSX
4 7 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.42%) RACF
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.10%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.10%) IAG
8 1 (0.10%) KVM
8 1 (0.10%) NFS
8 1 (0.10%) Samba
8 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.10%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 38 (3.99%) Kubernetes
2 26 (2.73%) Terraform
3 17 (1.78%) Ansible
4 12 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.42%) SCCM
7 3 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.21%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.21%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.21%) Puppet
8 2 (0.21%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.10%) CASB
9 1 (0.10%) Istio
9 1 (0.10%) Nagios
9 1 (0.10%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.10%) OpenNMS
9 1 (0.10%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.10%) SCOM
9 1 (0.10%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 180 (18.89%) Microsoft
2 89 (9.34%) Oracle
3 82 (8.60%) SAP
4 63 (6.61%) ServiceNow
5 40 (4.20%) Databricks
6 36 (3.78%) Google
7 34 (3.57%) Salesforce
8 26 (2.73%) BiZZdesign
9 20 (2.10%) Sparx
9 20 (2.10%) Workday
10 18 (1.89%) Zscaler
11 17 (1.78%) VMware
12 14 (1.47%) Ariba
13 13 (1.36%) Cisco
13 13 (1.36%) Informatica
14 11 (1.15%) MuleSoft
15 10 (1.05%) Foundry
15 10 (1.05%) OpenAI
16 9 (0.94%) Palo Alto
17 8 (0.84%) Liquidlogic