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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 239 279
Rank change year-on-year +64 +40 -33
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 728 326 374
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.59% 1.11% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.86% 1.23% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 491 215 253
10th Percentile £463 £495 £475
25th Percentile £513 £555 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £640 £650
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% -1.54% -1.89%
75th Percentile £725 £738 £738
90th Percentile £800 £813 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £627 £650
% change year-on-year -4.31% -3.54% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 1 8
10th Percentile £58.85 - £58.50
25th Percentile £65.00 - £63.75
Median hourly rate £75.00 £100.00 £68.75
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +45.45% -6.27%
75th Percentile £91.32 - £75.44
90th Percentile £100.63 - £88.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £76.25 - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - -4.57%

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 39,057 26,521 37,944
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.17% 90.63% 86.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,711 17,185 24,560
10th Percentile £315 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £636 £638
90th Percentile £725 £744 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £488 £500
% change year-on-year - -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,313 1,013 2,392
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.99 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.38 £19.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £30.81 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.11% -9.40% -5.88%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.00 £58.53
90th Percentile £77.90 £75.19 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.00 £29.00 £33.07
% change year-on-year +27.59% -12.29% -8.15%

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 12 April 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 12 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Enterprise Architecture in the UK

Enterprise Architecture
Top 17 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 12 April 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 +53 618 £625 -3.85% 207
UK excluding London +22 354 £600 -4.31% 137
London +57 281 £625 -3.85% 96
Work from Home +57 209 £550 -9.84% 91
South East +11 109 £650 +3.17% 61
North of England -24 94 £575 -4.17% 33
Midlands -14 71 £544 -9.38% 19
West Midlands -26 54 £553 -7.79% 15
Yorkshire -17 48 £600 - 17
North West -24 42 £550 -2.14% 12
South West -17 41 £650 - 10
Scotland +5 24 £550 -8.03% 6
East Midlands -22 16 £537 -32.88% 4
East of England -27 14 £650 - 8
North East -12 9 £713 -5.00% 4
Wales -10 3 £550 -12.00% 1
Northern Ireland - 3 £500 -

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 37 (5.08%) SharePoint
2 22 (3.02%) SAS
3 17 (2.34%) Confluence
4 9 (1.24%) Camunda
4 9 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.82%) Appian
5 6 (0.82%) NetWeaver
5 6 (0.82%) SAP EP
6 5 (0.69%) Apache
7 3 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.41%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.41%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.41%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.27%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.27%) CMS
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.14%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.55%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 31 (4.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 23 (3.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.96%) SAP CRM
5 3 (0.41%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.41%) Oracle Retail
5 3 (0.41%) SAP GRC
6 2 (0.27%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.27%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.14%) Actimize
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.14%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.14%) Summit
7 1 (0.14%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.14%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 238 (32.69%) Azure
2 163 (22.39%) AWS
3 66 (9.07%) GCP
4 56 (7.69%) SaaS
5 41 (5.63%) Power Platform
6 37 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
7 32 (4.40%) Serverless
8 26 (3.57%) Entra ID
9 25 (3.43%) PaaS
10 24 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (2.88%) Azure Logic Apps
11 21 (2.88%) IaaS
12 20 (2.75%) Microsoft Copilot
12 20 (2.75%) OCI
13 17 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
14 15 (2.06%) Azure AI
14 15 (2.06%) GitHub
14 15 (2.06%) Microsoft Purview
14 15 (2.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 13 (1.79%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.34%) Firewall
2 13 (1.79%) VPN
3 12 (1.65%) SD-WAN
4 11 (1.51%) WAN
5 10 (1.37%) DNS
5 10 (1.37%) IPsec
6 9 (1.24%) Network Security
7 7 (0.96%) LAN
7 7 (0.96%) MPLS
8 6 (0.82%) DHCP
8 6 (0.82%) Kerberos
8 6 (0.82%) SSL
9 5 (0.69%) BGP
9 5 (0.69%) Internet
10 4 (0.55%) BIG-IP
10 4 (0.55%) Intranet
10 4 (0.55%) MQTT
10 4 (0.55%) RFID
10 4 (0.55%) VLAN
10 4 (0.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (3.85%) Data Lake
2 27 (3.71%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (3.43%) Metadata
4 23 (3.16%) Oracle Database
5 21 (2.88%) Power BI
6 20 (2.75%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 13 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (1.65%) SQL Server
9 9 (1.24%) NoSQL
10 8 (1.10%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.69%) Metadata Repository
11 5 (0.69%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 3 (0.41%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.41%) DocumentDB
12 3 (0.41%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.41%) Oracle Exadata
12 3 (0.41%) Oracle ODI
12 3 (0.41%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (3.02%) JIRA
2 16 (2.20%) Jenkins
3 12 (1.65%) Git
3 12 (1.65%) GitLab
4 8 (1.10%) Selenium
5 7 (0.96%) JUnit
6 3 (0.41%) ERwin
6 3 (0.41%) Hudson
6 3 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (0.41%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.41%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.27%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.27%) Flyway
7 2 (0.27%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.14%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.14%) gulp
8 1 (0.14%) LSMW
8 1 (0.14%) Postman
8 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.14%) Yeoman
General
1 220 (30.22%) Social Skills
2 178 (24.45%) Finance
3 107 (14.70%) Public Sector
4 70 (9.62%) Banking
5 69 (9.48%) Analytical Skills
6 48 (6.59%) Influencing Skills
7 35 (4.81%) Legal
7 35 (4.81%) Retail
8 24 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
9 17 (2.34%) Telecoms
10 16 (2.20%) Military
10 16 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (1.79%) Aerospace
12 12 (1.65%) Financial Institution
13 11 (1.51%) Billing
14 10 (1.37%) Manufacturing
15 8 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (1.10%) Law
15 8 (1.10%) Marketing
16 6 (0.82%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 513 (70.47%) Architect
2 163 (22.39%) Solutions Architect
3 141 (19.37%) Enterprise Architect
4 67 (9.20%) Lead
5 60 (8.24%) Technical Architect
6 49 (6.73%) Senior
7 33 (4.53%) Security Architect
8 32 (4.40%) Lead Architect
9 31 (4.26%) Data Architect
10 26 (3.57%) Senior Architect
10 26 (3.57%) ServiceNow Architect
11 25 (3.43%) SAP Architect
12 24 (3.30%) Consultant
13 21 (2.88%) Azure Architect
14 20 (2.75%) Analyst
15 18 (2.47%) Applications Architect
15 18 (2.47%) Cloud Architect
15 18 (2.47%) Designer
16 17 (2.34%) Project Manager
17 16 (2.20%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (8.65%) REST
2 33 (4.53%) Middleware
3 31 (4.26%) SOAP
4 28 (3.85%) .NET
5 21 (2.88%) Web Services
6 16 (2.20%) OAuth
7 15 (2.06%) AngularJS
8 13 (1.79%) Kafka
8 13 (1.79%) React
9 12 (1.65%) Microsoft Graph
10 10 (1.37%) OAuth2
10 10 (1.37%) SAML
11 9 (1.24%) Node.js
11 9 (1.24%) OpenID
11 9 (1.24%) Oracle Fusion
11 9 (1.24%) SAP Fiori
12 8 (1.10%) A2A Protocol
12 8 (1.10%) LangChain
12 8 (1.10%) LangGraph
12 8 (1.10%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 56 (7.69%) Cloud Native
2 54 (7.42%) Product Ownership
3 31 (4.26%) CMDB
4 28 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
5 19 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
6 18 (2.47%) Data Centre
6 18 (2.47%) Data Protection Act
6 18 (2.47%) Operational Technology
7 17 (2.34%) Onboarding
8 16 (2.20%) IoT
9 14 (1.92%) AI Agents
9 14 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
9 14 (1.92%) Management Information System
9 14 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
11 10 (1.37%) Public Cloud
12 9 (1.24%) Data Structures
12 9 (1.24%) NHS
12 9 (1.24%) Security Posture
13 8 (1.10%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.61%) Windows
2 10 (1.37%) Linux
3 6 (0.82%) Mac OS
3 6 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (0.69%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.41%) Unix
5 3 (0.41%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 285 (39.15%) Roadmaps
2 189 (25.96%) TOGAF
3 178 (24.45%) Agile
4 160 (21.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 160 (21.98%) Stakeholder Management
5 127 (17.45%) Architectural Patterns
5 127 (17.45%) Integration Patterns
6 122 (16.76%) AI
7 108 (14.84%) Decision-Making
7 108 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
8 104 (14.29%) CI/CD
9 102 (14.01%) DevOps
10 99 (13.60%) Data Modelling
11 96 (13.19%) Migration
12 95 (13.05%) Business Strategy
13 90 (12.36%) Analytics
14 86 (11.81%) Cybersecurity
14 86 (11.81%) ITIL
15 83 (11.40%) Architectural Design
16 79 (10.85%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 72 (9.89%) Python
2 44 (6.04%) SQL
3 33 (4.53%) Java
4 21 (2.88%) JavaScript
5 18 (2.47%) C#
6 15 (2.06%) PowerShell
7 10 (1.37%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.24%) Bash
9 8 (1.10%) ABAP
10 7 (0.96%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.82%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.55%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.55%) Bicep
13 2 (0.27%) Google Apps Script
13 2 (0.27%) Ruby
14 1 (0.14%) C++
14 1 (0.14%) Korn
14 1 (0.14%) ProC
14 1 (0.14%) R
14 1 (0.14%) Scala
Qualifications
1 205 (28.16%) Security Cleared
2 147 (20.19%) SC Cleared
3 52 (7.14%) Degree
4 45 (6.18%) DV Cleared
5 32 (4.40%) TOGAF Certification
6 29 (3.98%) Azure Certification
7 26 (3.57%) CISSP
8 23 (3.16%) BPSS Clearance
9 22 (3.02%) AWS Certification
10 21 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (2.20%) ISEB
12 15 (2.06%) CISM
12 15 (2.06%) ITIL Certification
13 12 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
14 11 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (1.24%) CCNP
16 8 (1.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 7 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 7 (0.96%) PMP
18 6 (0.82%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (8.65%) GDPR
2 40 (5.49%) Data Quality
3 39 (5.36%) NIST
4 24 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (3.02%) PCI DSS
6 21 (2.88%) COBIT
7 20 (2.75%) NCSC
8 16 (2.20%) GRC
9 10 (1.37%) PMO
10 7 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.96%) Def Stans
10 7 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.82%) Accessibility
11 6 (0.82%) ISO 20022
11 6 (0.82%) NIST 800
11 6 (0.82%) QA
12 4 (0.55%) IFRS
12 4 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 4 (0.55%) PSD2
System Software
1 29 (3.98%) Docker
2 25 (3.43%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.24%) VMware NSX
5 7 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.69%) RACF
6 5 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.27%) vSphere
8 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.14%) IAG
8 1 (0.14%) KVM
Systems Management
1 41 (5.63%) Kubernetes
2 30 (4.12%) Terraform
3 12 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (1.51%) Ansible
4 11 (1.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (1.37%) SCCM
6 3 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.27%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.14%) Argo
8 1 (0.14%) Grafana
8 1 (0.14%) Istio
8 1 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.14%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.14%) Podman
8 1 (0.14%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 128 (17.58%) Microsoft
2 66 (9.07%) ServiceNow
3 62 (8.52%) Oracle
3 62 (8.52%) SAP
4 45 (6.18%) Salesforce
5 32 (4.40%) Sparx
6 28 (3.85%) BiZZdesign
7 26 (3.57%) Databricks
8 25 (3.43%) VMware
9 24 (3.30%) Google
10 15 (2.06%) Ariba
10 15 (2.06%) OpenAI
11 12 (1.65%) Cisco
11 12 (1.65%) Pega
12 9 (1.24%) MuleSoft
13 8 (1.10%) F5
13 8 (1.10%) Workday
13 8 (1.10%) Zscaler
14 7 (0.96%) Citrix
15 6 (0.82%) Genesys