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 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 204 313 238
Rank change year-on-year +109 -75 +11
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 471 262 490
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.38% 0.71% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 0.83% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 144 313
10th Percentile £450 £447 £500
25th Percentile £510 £513 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% -2.99%
75th Percentile £713 £738 £750
90th Percentile £823 £788 £838
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £575 £632
% change year-on-year - -9.05% +1.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile £36.40 - £67.00
25th Percentile £46.00 - £68.13
Median hourly rate £63.47 - £70.00
75th Percentile £78.22 - -
90th Percentile £85.34 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.47 - £70.00

All Process and 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 30,904 31,684 41,636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.40% 86.12% 88.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,274 19,074 28,148
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,970 1,136 1,597
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.12 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year -32.03% -15.64% +25.31%
75th Percentile £42.78 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.55 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.27 £36.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -38.15% -15.29% +53.26%

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 29 October 2025.

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 29 October 2025.

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 29 October 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 +111 431 £600 -4.00% 310
London +106 217 £625 -3.85% 155
UK excluding London +46 216 £575 - 215
Work from Home +59 127 £580 -7.20% 151
Midlands +24 71 £578 +2.19% 25
South East +34 51 £545 -6.84% 115
West Midlands +13 49 £575 -11.54% 16
North of England -26 39 £539 -3.89% 29
South West +26 36 £575 -23.33% 20
North West -17 26 £537 +7.40% 15
East Midlands +2 21 £598 +34.45% 8
East of England -13 12 £800 +22.61% 13
Scotland -10 11 £600 +9.09% 6
Yorkshire -22 11 £588 -5.55% 11
North East -8 2 £550 -12.00% 3
Northern Ireland -9 1 £500 - 5
Wales - 1 £625 - 2

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 18 (3.82%) SAS
2 16 (3.40%) Confluence
3 12 (2.55%) OpenStack
4 11 (2.34%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.27%) Apache Spark
6 5 (1.06%) Anypoint
7 4 (0.85%) Apache
7 4 (0.85%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.85%) Camunda
7 4 (0.85%) Oracle Coherence
8 3 (0.64%) CMS
8 3 (0.64%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.64%) Smallworld
9 2 (0.42%) Appian
9 2 (0.42%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.21%) Alfresco
10 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.21%) nginx
10 1 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.21%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (1.91%) MS Visio
2 7 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.49%) Siemens NX
3 3 (0.64%) Fusion 360
3 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.21%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.21%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 25 (5.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (2.12%) Teamcenter
3 7 (1.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (1.06%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.85%) Avolution ABACUS
6 3 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.64%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.42%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.42%) Distributed Ledger
7 2 (0.42%) Endur
7 2 (0.42%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.42%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.42%) SAP PLM
8 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.21%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.21%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.21%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 180 (38.22%) Azure
2 124 (26.33%) AWS
3 41 (8.70%) GCP
4 32 (6.79%) Power Platform
5 31 (6.58%) SaaS
6 24 (5.10%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (4.88%) Entra ID
8 18 (3.82%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (3.40%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (3.40%) IaaS
9 16 (3.40%) PaaS
10 12 (2.55%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (2.34%) Azure Logic Apps
12 10 (2.12%) Microsoft Copilot
13 8 (1.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 8 (1.70%) Snowflake
14 7 (1.49%) Copilot Studio
14 7 (1.49%) Lucidchart
15 6 (1.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 6 (1.27%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 29 (6.16%) Firewall
2 15 (3.18%) WAN
3 13 (2.76%) Network Security
4 12 (2.55%) LAN
4 12 (2.55%) MPLS
4 12 (2.55%) VPN
5 9 (1.91%) BGP
5 9 (1.91%) SD-WAN
6 7 (1.49%) DNS
7 6 (1.27%) DHCP
8 5 (1.06%) SAN
9 4 (0.85%) ATM
10 3 (0.64%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (0.64%) Internet
10 3 (0.64%) IPv4
10 3 (0.64%) IPv6
10 3 (0.64%) OSPF
10 3 (0.64%) VLAN
10 3 (0.64%) Wireless
10 3 (0.64%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.67%) Data Warehouse
2 21 (4.46%) Power BI
3 19 (4.03%) Data Lake
4 16 (3.40%) Oracle Database
4 16 (3.40%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 9 (1.91%) Metadata
5 9 (1.91%) NoSQL
5 9 (1.91%) SQL Server
6 8 (1.70%) SAP BW
7 7 (1.49%) Big Data
7 7 (1.49%) Pentaho
8 6 (1.27%) GIS
8 6 (1.27%) SAP HANA
9 5 (1.06%) Data Mining
9 5 (1.06%) Delta Lake
9 5 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.06%) SAP Data Services
10 3 (0.64%) Data Vault
10 3 (0.64%) Metadata Repository
10 3 (0.64%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 31 (6.58%) JIRA
2 16 (3.40%) Git
3 12 (2.55%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.06%) GitLab
4 5 (1.06%) JUnit
4 5 (1.06%) Selenium
5 3 (0.64%) ERwin
6 2 (0.42%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.42%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.42%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.42%) Rational DOORS
General
1 191 (40.55%) Social Skills
2 120 (25.48%) Finance
3 77 (16.35%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (10.83%) Public Sector
5 50 (10.62%) Banking
6 32 (6.79%) Influencing Skills
7 20 (4.25%) Telecoms
8 15 (3.18%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (2.76%) Retail
10 11 (2.34%) Financial Institution
11 10 (2.12%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.91%) Legal
13 8 (1.70%) Marketing
13 8 (1.70%) Military
14 7 (1.49%) General Ledger
15 6 (1.27%) Front Office
16 5 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 4 (0.85%) Back Office
17 4 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 329 (69.85%) Architect
2 124 (26.33%) Solutions Architect
3 90 (19.11%) Enterprise Architect
4 35 (7.43%) Security Architect
5 34 (7.22%) Senior
6 30 (6.37%) Lead
7 28 (5.94%) Azure Architect
7 28 (5.94%) Senior Architect
8 25 (5.31%) SAP Architect
9 18 (3.82%) Lead Architect
10 17 (3.61%) Analyst
11 15 (3.18%) Consultant
12 14 (2.97%) Cloud Architect
12 14 (2.97%) Data Architect
12 14 (2.97%) Developer
13 13 (2.76%) Business Architect
13 13 (2.76%) SAP Solutions Architect
14 12 (2.55%) Designer
15 10 (2.12%) Senior Solutions Architect
16 9 (1.91%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (8.70%) REST
2 21 (4.46%) .NET
3 20 (4.25%) Middleware
4 13 (2.76%) Kafka
5 12 (2.55%) AngularJS
5 12 (2.55%) React
6 11 (2.34%) SOAP
7 10 (2.12%) JSON
8 9 (1.91%) OAuth
8 9 (1.91%) RESTful
9 8 (1.70%) Web Services
10 7 (1.49%) Node.js
10 7 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
11 6 (1.27%) GraphQL
11 6 (1.27%) NETCONF
11 6 (1.27%) YANG
12 5 (1.06%) Microsoft Graph
12 5 (1.06%) pytest
12 5 (1.06%) XML
13 4 (0.85%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.28%) Cloud Native
2 27 (5.73%) Product Ownership
3 18 (3.82%) Data Centre
4 16 (3.40%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (2.76%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (2.76%) Onboarding
6 12 (2.55%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.12%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.70%) Operational Technology
9 7 (1.49%) IoT
10 6 (1.27%) CMDB
10 6 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.27%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.27%) Enterprise Cloud
11 5 (1.06%) AI Agents
11 5 (1.06%) PKI
11 5 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.85%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.03%) Windows
2 14 (2.97%) Linux
3 9 (1.91%) Mac OS
4 6 (1.27%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.64%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.42%) Unix
7 1 (0.21%) Android
7 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.21%) Solaris
7 1 (0.21%) VMS
7 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.21%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (28.87%) Roadmaps
2 135 (28.66%) TOGAF
3 112 (23.78%) Agile
4 108 (22.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 108 (22.93%) Stakeholder Management
5 101 (21.44%) Problem-Solving
6 85 (18.05%) DevOps
7 68 (14.44%) Microservices
8 67 (14.23%) Migration
9 65 (13.80%) Continuous Improvement
10 59 (12.53%) Business Strategy
11 56 (11.89%) Data Modelling
11 56 (11.89%) Integration Patterns
12 53 (11.25%) CI/CD
12 53 (11.25%) Decision-Making
13 51 (10.83%) IT Strategy
14 49 (10.40%) AI
15 48 (10.19%) Architectural Patterns
15 48 (10.19%) Strategic Thinking
16 47 (9.98%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 54 (11.46%) Python
2 34 (7.22%) SQL
3 33 (7.01%) Java
4 15 (3.18%) TypeScript
5 14 (2.97%) C#
6 13 (2.76%) PowerShell
7 9 (1.91%) Bash
8 7 (1.49%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.85%) Bicep
9 4 (0.85%) Go
9 4 (0.85%) Scala
10 3 (0.64%) Magik
10 3 (0.64%) R
11 2 (0.42%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.21%) ABAP
12 1 (0.21%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.21%) C++
12 1 (0.21%) COBOL
12 1 (0.21%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 94 (19.96%) Security Cleared
2 72 (15.29%) SC Cleared
3 43 (9.13%) Degree
4 26 (5.52%) Azure Certification
5 21 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (3.82%) CISSP
7 17 (3.61%) TOGAF Certification
8 15 (3.18%) Master's Degree
9 14 (2.97%) AWS Certification
9 14 (2.97%) Microsoft Certification
10 13 (2.76%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (2.12%) CCIE
13 9 (1.91%) SAP Certification
14 8 (1.70%) CISM
14 8 (1.70%) JNCIE
15 7 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 7 (1.49%) DV Cleared
16 5 (1.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 5 (1.06%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (8.92%) GDPR
2 33 (7.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (5.31%) NIST
4 16 (3.40%) QA
5 12 (2.55%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.70%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.49%) NCSC
8 6 (1.27%) HIPAA
9 5 (1.06%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.85%) ISO 8583
11 3 (0.64%) COBIT
11 3 (0.64%) GRC
11 3 (0.64%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.42%) EU AI Act
12 2 (0.42%) OASIS TOSCA
12 2 (0.42%) Solvency II
12 2 (0.42%) WCAG
13 1 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 25 (5.31%) Active Directory
2 24 (5.10%) Docker
3 19 (4.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.06%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.64%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.21%) KVM
6 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 34 (7.22%) Kubernetes
2 16 (3.40%) Ansible
3 13 (2.76%) Terraform
4 12 (2.55%) SCCM
5 9 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.42%) Amdocs OSS
7 2 (0.42%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.21%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 103 (21.87%) Microsoft
2 47 (9.98%) SAP
3 46 (9.77%) Oracle
4 28 (5.94%) Salesforce
5 22 (4.67%) ServiceNow
5 22 (4.67%) VMware
6 13 (2.76%) Databricks
7 12 (2.55%) Citrix
8 11 (2.34%) Cisco
8 11 (2.34%) MuleSoft
9 10 (2.12%) Google
10 9 (1.91%) Pega
10 9 (1.91%) Siemens
11 8 (1.70%) Atlassian
12 7 (1.49%) Denodo
12 7 (1.49%) OpenAI
12 7 (1.49%) Sparx
12 7 (1.49%) Talend
13 6 (1.27%) F5
13 6 (1.27%) Workday