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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 205 297
Rank change year-on-year +52 +92 -54
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 938 432 312
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.78% 1.32% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.09% 1.47% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 606 290 192
10th Percentile £475 £450 £450
25th Percentile £538 £514 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -
75th Percentile £725 £725 £749
90th Percentile £825 £825 £849
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 3 6
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 £83.81
90th Percentile £110.75 £90.80 £88.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £82.75 £42.34 £87.50
% change year-on-year +95.46% -51.62% +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 44,825 29,480 35,296
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.99% 90.35% 85.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,802 18,519 22,641
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% -4.11%
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 2,641 1,572 2,187
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.20 £13.06
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.44 £16.86
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -10.31%
75th Percentile £68.50 £50.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £83.00 £68.75 £73.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £24.34 £40.00
% change year-on-year +84.88% -39.15% -1.95%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +53 815 £650 +4.00% 386
London +70 443 £650 - 225
UK excluding London -3 370 £625 +4.17% 185
Work from Home +43 267 £600 - 156
South East -1 119 £627 +0.32% 63
North of England -19 99 £600 -3.23% 48
Midlands -23 69 £588 -2.08% 21
Yorkshire -3 55 £663 +8.16% 14
West Midlands -25 51 £600 +0.17% 10
South West -35 46 £650 - 26
North West -37 40 £550 -11.29% 29
Scotland -16 27 £610 +8.49% 12
East Midlands -13 16 £575 -17.86% 11
East of England -13 13 £563 -16.67% 9
North East -28 9 £725 - 5
Wales -19 1 - - 4
Northern Ireland - 1 £775 - 4
Channel Islands - 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 41 (4.37%) SAS
2 26 (2.77%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.81%) Confluence
4 12 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.64%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.53%) Apache
7 5 (0.53%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.53%) NetWeaver
7 5 (0.53%) SAP EP
8 3 (0.32%) Camunda
9 2 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.21%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.21%) CMS
9 2 (0.21%) Mule
10 1 (0.11%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.11%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.11%) Predix
Applications
1 8 (0.85%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.11%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 37 (3.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (2.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 11 (1.17%) Oracle ERP
4 8 (0.85%) ContrOCC
5 6 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.64%) Primavera
6 5 (0.53%) SAP CRM
7 4 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.32%) Aladdin
8 3 (0.32%) Endur
8 3 (0.32%) Oracle Retail
8 3 (0.32%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.32%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.32%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
9 2 (0.21%) SAP CS
9 2 (0.21%) SAP GRC
10 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 291 (31.02%) Azure
2 200 (21.32%) AWS
3 89 (9.49%) GCP
4 58 (6.18%) SaaS
5 45 (4.80%) Power Platform
6 40 (4.26%) Entra ID
7 33 (3.52%) Microsoft 365
8 32 (3.41%) Serverless
9 28 (2.99%) PaaS
10 19 (2.03%) OCI
10 19 (2.03%) SuccessFactors
11 17 (1.81%) Azure AI
11 17 (1.81%) IaaS
12 16 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
12 16 (1.71%) Microsoft Copilot
13 15 (1.60%) iPaaS
14 14 (1.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 12 (1.28%) GitHub
15 12 (1.28%) Snowflake
16 11 (1.17%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 28 (2.99%) Network Security
2 21 (2.24%) Firewall
3 20 (2.13%) VPN
4 15 (1.60%) WAN
5 14 (1.49%) IPsec
6 12 (1.28%) LAN
7 10 (1.07%) MPLS
8 9 (0.96%) SD-WAN
9 8 (0.85%) BGP
10 6 (0.64%) DNS
10 6 (0.64%) NGFW
10 6 (0.64%) SSL
10 6 (0.64%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.53%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (0.53%) Kerberos
12 4 (0.43%) BIG-IP
12 4 (0.43%) Cisco Firepower
12 4 (0.43%) Radio Access Network
12 4 (0.43%) RFID
13 3 (0.32%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.16%) Data Lake
2 36 (3.84%) Metadata
3 30 (3.20%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (2.56%) Power BI
5 18 (1.92%) NoSQL
6 12 (1.28%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 12 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (1.28%) SQL Server
7 11 (1.17%) Base SAS
7 11 (1.17%) Oracle Database
8 9 (0.96%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 6 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (0.53%) SAS Visual Analytics
11 4 (0.43%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.43%) Semantic Layer
12 3 (0.32%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.32%) Geospatial Data
12 3 (0.32%) GIS
12 3 (0.32%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 13 (1.39%) JIRA
2 10 (1.07%) Git
3 6 (0.64%) GitLab
3 6 (0.64%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.53%) Hudson
5 4 (0.43%) ERwin
5 4 (0.43%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.32%) 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 (0.11%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.11%) Postman
General
1 283 (30.17%) Social Skills
2 241 (25.69%) Finance
3 151 (16.10%) Public Sector
4 100 (10.66%) Banking
5 80 (8.53%) Retail
6 78 (8.32%) Analytical Skills
7 59 (6.29%) Influencing Skills
8 43 (4.58%) Legal
9 27 (2.88%) Military
10 26 (2.77%) Aerospace
11 19 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
11 19 (2.03%) Local Government
11 19 (2.03%) Manufacturing
12 17 (1.81%) Telecoms
13 16 (1.71%) Financial Institution
14 14 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
15 12 (1.28%) Marketing
16 11 (1.17%) Billing
16 11 (1.17%) Law
17 9 (0.96%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 671 (71.54%) Architect
2 224 (23.88%) Solutions Architect
3 162 (17.27%) Enterprise Architect
4 106 (11.30%) Lead
5 73 (7.78%) Technical Architect
6 72 (7.68%) Senior
7 61 (6.50%) Data Architect
8 52 (5.54%) Security Architect
9 50 (5.33%) Lead Architect
10 48 (5.12%) Senior Architect
11 34 (3.62%) SAP Architect
12 33 (3.52%) Project Manager
13 30 (3.20%) ServiceNow Architect
14 23 (2.45%) Cloud Architect
15 22 (2.35%) Technical Leader
16 20 (2.13%) Analyst
16 20 (2.13%) Senior Solutions Architect
16 20 (2.13%) Technical Manager
17 19 (2.03%) Azure Architect
17 19 (2.03%) Integration Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (7.68%) REST
2 61 (6.50%) Middleware
3 45 (4.80%) SOAP
4 35 (3.73%) .NET
5 24 (2.56%) OAuth
6 22 (2.35%) Web Services
7 21 (2.24%) Kafka
8 16 (1.71%) SAML
9 14 (1.49%) React
10 13 (1.39%) OpenID
11 12 (1.28%) XML
12 11 (1.17%) AngularJS
12 11 (1.17%) JSON
12 11 (1.17%) OAuth2
12 11 (1.17%) Oracle Fusion
13 9 (0.96%) Node.js
13 9 (0.96%) SAP Fiori
14 8 (0.85%) SAPUI5
15 7 (0.75%) SAP PI
16 6 (0.64%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 98 (10.45%) Cloud Native
2 64 (6.82%) Product Ownership
3 61 (6.50%) Enterprise Software
4 34 (3.62%) Onboarding
4 34 (3.62%) Operational Technology
5 33 (3.52%) CMDB
6 32 (3.41%) Hybrid Cloud
7 30 (3.20%) AI Agents
8 26 (2.77%) Distributed Systems
8 26 (2.77%) Management Information System
9 22 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
9 22 (2.35%) Security Posture
10 21 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
11 19 (2.03%) IoT
12 18 (1.92%) Data Centre
13 17 (1.81%) Public Cloud
14 12 (1.28%) FMCG
15 9 (0.96%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 9 (0.96%) Enterprise Cloud
15 9 (0.96%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.71%) Windows
2 13 (1.39%) Linux
3 5 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.43%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.32%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.32%) 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 (0.11%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (33.80%) Roadmaps
2 253 (26.97%) Stakeholder Management
3 222 (23.67%) TOGAF
4 209 (22.28%) Agile
5 176 (18.76%) Integration Patterns
6 175 (18.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 162 (17.27%) Migration
8 149 (15.88%) AI
8 149 (15.88%) Architectural Patterns
9 148 (15.78%) Technical Leadership
10 129 (13.75%) Decision-Making
11 125 (13.33%) DevOps
12 123 (13.11%) CI/CD
13 116 (12.37%) Cybersecurity
14 114 (12.15%) Architecture Governance
15 113 (12.05%) Analytics
16 108 (11.51%) Data Architecture
17 106 (11.30%) Data Modelling
18 102 (10.87%) Event-Driven
19 101 (10.77%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 68 (7.25%) Python
2 49 (5.22%) SQL
3 46 (4.90%) Java
4 20 (2.13%) JavaScript
5 12 (1.28%) C#
5 12 (1.28%) TypeScript
6 11 (1.17%) PowerShell
7 8 (0.85%) ABAP
8 6 (0.64%) Apex Code
8 6 (0.64%) Bash
8 6 (0.64%) Kotlin
9 4 (0.43%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.32%) 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 (0.11%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 265 (28.25%) Security Cleared
2 201 (21.43%) SC Cleared
3 55 (5.86%) DV Cleared
4 49 (5.22%) Azure Certification
4 49 (5.22%) Degree
5 31 (3.30%) TOGAF Certification
6 30 (3.20%) AWS Certification
7 29 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
8 28 (2.99%) CISSP
9 19 (2.03%) CISM
10 17 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
11 14 (1.49%) PMP
12 11 (1.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 9 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
14 8 (0.85%) CCNP
14 8 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (0.75%) CCIE
15 7 (0.75%) PMI Certification
16 6 (0.64%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (7.46%) Data Quality
2 48 (5.12%) GDPR
3 37 (3.94%) GRC
3 37 (3.94%) NIST
4 34 (3.62%) NCSC
5 27 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (1.92%) QA
7 15 (1.60%) COBIT
8 14 (1.49%) PCI DSS
9 11 (1.17%) PMO
10 10 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (1.07%) NIST 800
11 9 (0.96%) SLA
12 8 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 8 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.64%) ISO 20022
13 6 (0.64%) ISO 31000
13 6 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (0.43%) SEPA
System Software
1 33 (3.52%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.03%) Docker
3 8 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (0.85%) VMware NSX
4 7 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.43%) RACF
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.11%) IAG
8 1 (0.11%) KVM
8 1 (0.11%) NFS
8 1 (0.11%) Samba
8 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (3.94%) Kubernetes
2 26 (2.77%) Terraform
3 17 (1.81%) Ansible
4 13 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.43%) SCCM
7 3 (0.32%) 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 (0.11%) Check_MK
9 1 (0.11%) Grafana
9 1 (0.11%) Nagios
9 1 (0.11%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.11%) OpenNMS
9 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.11%) SCOM
9 1 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 181 (19.30%) Microsoft
2 83 (8.85%) Oracle
2 83 (8.85%) SAP
3 60 (6.40%) ServiceNow
4 37 (3.94%) Databricks
4 37 (3.94%) Salesforce
5 34 (3.62%) Google
6 28 (2.99%) BiZZdesign
7 20 (2.13%) Sparx
7 20 (2.13%) Workday
8 18 (1.92%) Zscaler
9 17 (1.81%) VMware
10 15 (1.60%) Ariba
11 14 (1.49%) MuleSoft
12 13 (1.39%) Cisco
12 13 (1.39%) Informatica
13 9 (0.96%) Foundry
13 9 (0.96%) Palo Alto
14 8 (0.85%) Liquidlogic
14 8 (0.85%) OpenAI