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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 205 274
Rank change year-on-year +49 +69 -39
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 830 397 358
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.65% 1.34% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.94% 1.47% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 532 257 237
10th Percentile £463 £450 £453
25th Percentile £525 £510 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £738 £725 £738
90th Percentile £825 £821 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £623 £650
% change year-on-year +0.40% -4.23% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 2 6
10th Percentile £20.31 £56.20 -
25th Percentile £65.88 £63.50 £63.75
Median hourly rate £92.00 £76.34 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.52% +13.09% -3.57%
75th Percentile £110.75 £88.50 £83.81
90th Percentile - £95.40 £88.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £92.00 £52.67 £87.50
% change year-on-year +74.67% -39.81% +25.00%

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 42,679 27,009 37,072
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.81% 91.00% 85.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,607 17,137 23,609
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £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 2,567 1,242 2,598
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.09 £17.87 £16.03
Median hourly rate £43.96 £26.27 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year +67.37% -29.66% +6.69%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.25 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +76.94% -34.02% +17.29%

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 17 June 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 17 June 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 17 June 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 +35 713 £650 +4.00% 382
UK excluding London +9 368 £625 +0.40% 264
London +59 352 £675 +3.85% 165
Work from Home +43 246 £575 -3.52% 195
South East -5 115 £650 +4.00% 78
North of England -8 108 £550 -9.84% 60
Midlands -13 72 £575 -8.00% 37
Yorkshire -5 60 £563 -10.00% 22
West Midlands -16 53 £575 -4.17% 24
North West -26 45 £550 -1.26% 30
South West -33 32 £650 - 34
Scotland -13 28 £613 +2.77% 24
East Midlands -16 17 £575 -17.86% 13
East of England -17 16 £650 +10.64% 22
North East - 8 £800 - 9
Wales -13 2 - - 7
Northern Ireland - 1 £775 - 6
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 33 (3.98%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.53%) SAS
3 17 (2.05%) Confluence
4 10 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.96%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.60%) NetWeaver
7 5 (0.60%) SAP EP
8 4 (0.48%) Apache
9 3 (0.36%) Camunda
9 3 (0.36%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.12%) CMS
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 7 (0.84%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.12%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 26 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 25 (3.01%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 9 (1.08%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.72%) Primavera
5 5 (0.60%) SAP CRM
6 4 (0.48%) ContrOCC
7 3 (0.36%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.36%) Oracle Retail
7 3 (0.36%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.24%) Endur
8 2 (0.24%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.24%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.24%) SAP CS
8 2 (0.24%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle 11i
9 1 (0.12%) SAP HR
9 1 (0.12%) SAP MM
9 1 (0.12%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 246 (29.64%) Azure
2 167 (20.12%) AWS
3 61 (7.35%) SaaS
4 60 (7.23%) GCP
5 40 (4.82%) Power Platform
6 34 (4.10%) Serverless
7 33 (3.98%) PaaS
8 31 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
9 29 (3.49%) Entra ID
10 22 (2.65%) OCI
11 21 (2.53%) Microsoft Copilot
12 20 (2.41%) IaaS
13 19 (2.29%) Azure AI
14 16 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
14 16 (1.93%) SuccessFactors
15 15 (1.81%) Azure Logic Apps
16 14 (1.69%) GitHub
17 13 (1.57%) Azure Functions
18 12 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
19 11 (1.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.93%) Network Security
2 12 (1.45%) Firewall
2 12 (1.45%) VPN
3 11 (1.33%) IPsec
3 11 (1.33%) WAN
4 9 (1.08%) MPLS
5 7 (0.84%) BGP
5 7 (0.84%) LAN
5 7 (0.84%) SSL
6 6 (0.72%) Kerberos
6 6 (0.72%) SD-WAN
7 5 (0.60%) DHCP
7 5 (0.60%) DNS
8 4 (0.48%) Intranet
8 4 (0.48%) MQTT
8 4 (0.48%) RFID
9 3 (0.36%) BIG-IP
9 3 (0.36%) NGFW
9 3 (0.36%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.24%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (3.86%) Data Lake
2 25 (3.01%) Metadata
3 24 (2.89%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (2.29%) Power BI
5 14 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (1.57%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.57%) Oracle Database
7 11 (1.33%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 11 (1.33%) SQL Server
8 9 (1.08%) Base SAS
8 9 (1.08%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.60%) DynamoDB
9 5 (0.60%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 5 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (0.60%) SAS Visual Analytics
10 3 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.36%) DocumentDB
10 3 (0.36%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.24%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 11 (1.33%) JIRA
2 8 (0.96%) Git
2 8 (0.96%) GitLab
3 7 (0.84%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.60%) Hudson
5 4 (0.48%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.36%) ERwin
6 3 (0.36%) Selenium
7 2 (0.24%) Flyway
7 2 (0.24%) JUnit
7 2 (0.24%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.24%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.12%) Postman
General
1 243 (29.28%) Social Skills
2 216 (26.02%) Finance
3 125 (15.06%) Public Sector
4 88 (10.60%) Banking
5 74 (8.92%) Analytical Skills
6 58 (6.99%) Retail
7 46 (5.54%) Influencing Skills
8 40 (4.82%) Legal
9 22 (2.65%) Aerospace
10 20 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
11 16 (1.93%) Military
12 15 (1.81%) Financial Institution
13 14 (1.69%) Manufacturing
14 13 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.33%) Telecoms
16 10 (1.20%) Law
16 10 (1.20%) Local Government
17 9 (1.08%) Aviation
18 7 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 6 (0.72%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 569 (68.55%) Architect
2 196 (23.61%) Solutions Architect
3 132 (15.90%) Enterprise Architect
4 91 (10.96%) Lead
5 69 (8.31%) Technical Architect
6 63 (7.59%) Senior
7 48 (5.78%) Data Architect
8 39 (4.70%) Security Architect
9 37 (4.46%) Lead Architect
9 37 (4.46%) Senior Architect
10 28 (3.37%) ServiceNow Architect
11 27 (3.25%) Project Manager
12 25 (3.01%) Analyst
12 25 (3.01%) SAP Architect
13 23 (2.77%) Consultant
14 20 (2.41%) Cloud Architect
15 17 (2.05%) Azure Architect
15 17 (2.05%) Technical Leader
15 17 (2.05%) Technical Manager
16 16 (1.93%) Applications Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (7.71%) REST
2 58 (6.99%) Middleware
3 36 (4.34%) .NET
4 34 (4.10%) SOAP
5 21 (2.53%) Web Services
6 20 (2.41%) OAuth
7 17 (2.05%) Kafka
8 16 (1.93%) SAML
9 14 (1.69%) AngularJS
9 14 (1.69%) OpenID
9 14 (1.69%) React
10 12 (1.45%) Oracle Fusion
11 10 (1.20%) Microsoft Graph
11 10 (1.20%) OAuth2
12 9 (1.08%) A2A Protocol
12 9 (1.08%) Model Context Protocol
13 8 (0.96%) Node.js
14 7 (0.84%) LangChain
14 7 (0.84%) RESTful
14 7 (0.84%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 84 (10.12%) Cloud Native
2 65 (7.83%) Product Ownership
3 47 (5.66%) Enterprise Software
4 33 (3.98%) CMDB
5 32 (3.86%) Operational Technology
6 24 (2.89%) AI Agents
7 23 (2.77%) Onboarding
8 21 (2.53%) Distributed Systems
8 21 (2.53%) Management Information System
9 20 (2.41%) Data Protection Act
9 20 (2.41%) Security Posture
10 19 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
11 18 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
12 16 (1.93%) Data Centre
12 16 (1.93%) Public Cloud
13 12 (1.45%) IoT
14 9 (1.08%) Data Structures
14 9 (1.08%) FMCG
14 9 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (0.96%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.29%) Windows
2 13 (1.57%) Linux
3 6 (0.72%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.60%) Unix
5 4 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.36%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.36%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.24%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (33.98%) Roadmaps
2 202 (24.34%) Stakeholder Management
3 188 (22.65%) TOGAF
4 184 (22.17%) Agile
5 157 (18.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 147 (17.71%) Integration Patterns
7 138 (16.63%) Migration
8 135 (16.27%) Architectural Patterns
9 128 (15.42%) AI
10 126 (15.18%) Decision-Making
11 117 (14.10%) CI/CD
11 117 (14.10%) Technical Leadership
12 112 (13.49%) DevOps
13 102 (12.29%) Cybersecurity
14 97 (11.69%) Problem-Solving
15 96 (11.57%) Data Modelling
16 93 (11.20%) Architecture Governance
17 91 (10.96%) Architectural Design
18 88 (10.60%) Microservices
19 85 (10.24%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 60 (7.23%) Python
2 39 (4.70%) Java
3 38 (4.58%) SQL
4 14 (1.69%) JavaScript
5 13 (1.57%) C#
6 11 (1.33%) TypeScript
7 8 (0.96%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.72%) Kotlin
9 5 (0.60%) ABAP
9 5 (0.60%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.48%) Bash
10 4 (0.48%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.24%) Bicep
11 2 (0.24%) Google Apps Script
11 2 (0.24%) Ruby
11 2 (0.24%) Scala
12 1 (0.12%) Korn
12 1 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.12%) Rust
12 1 (0.12%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 218 (26.27%) Security Cleared
2 157 (18.92%) SC Cleared
3 51 (6.14%) DV Cleared
4 42 (5.06%) Degree
5 38 (4.58%) Azure Certification
6 30 (3.61%) TOGAF Certification
7 27 (3.25%) BPSS Clearance
7 27 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (2.65%) AWS Certification
9 20 (2.41%) CISSP
10 15 (1.81%) CISM
11 14 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (1.33%) PMP
13 9 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
13 9 (1.08%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 8 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 7 (0.84%) CCIE
15 7 (0.84%) JNCIE
16 6 (0.72%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (6.75%) Data Quality
2 48 (5.78%) GDPR
3 36 (4.34%) NIST
4 25 (3.01%) NCSC
5 21 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (1.93%) COBIT
7 15 (1.81%) QA
8 14 (1.69%) GRC
9 12 (1.45%) PCI DSS
10 10 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (1.08%) NIST 800
12 8 (0.96%) PMO
12 8 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (0.84%) ISO 20022
13 7 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 6 (0.72%) ISO 31000
14 6 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 5 (0.60%) Def Stans
15 5 (0.60%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (3.49%) Active Directory
2 21 (2.53%) Docker
3 6 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.60%) RACF
4 5 (0.60%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.12%) IAG
6 1 (0.12%) KVM
6 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (3.98%) Kubernetes
2 22 (2.65%) Terraform
3 14 (1.69%) Ansible
3 14 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (0.96%) SCCM
5 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.24%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.12%) Grafana
8 1 (0.12%) Istio
8 1 (0.12%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.12%) SCOM
Vendors
1 161 (19.40%) Microsoft
2 71 (8.55%) SAP
3 65 (7.83%) Oracle
4 58 (6.99%) ServiceNow
5 34 (4.10%) Salesforce
6 25 (3.01%) Sparx
7 24 (2.89%) BiZZdesign
7 24 (2.89%) Databricks
8 22 (2.65%) Google
9 16 (1.93%) VMware
9 16 (1.93%) Workday
10 14 (1.69%) Ariba
11 12 (1.45%) OpenAI
11 12 (1.45%) Zscaler
12 10 (1.20%) MuleSoft
13 9 (1.08%) Cisco
14 6 (0.72%) Dynatrace
14 6 (0.72%) Foundry
14 6 (0.72%) Informatica
15 4 (0.48%) Palo Alto