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 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 205 306 251
Rank change year-on-year +101 -55 +7
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 538 256 422
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.47% 0.75% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.66% 0.85% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 360 151 270
10th Percentile £453 £460 £500
25th Percentile £513 £543 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £630 £650
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.08% -2.99%
75th Percentile £700 £743 £748
90th Percentile £800 £813 £875
UK excluding London median daily rate £573 £624 £640
% change year-on-year -8.18% -2.62% +2.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile £30.74 - £51.00
25th Percentile £31.86 - £58.13
Median hourly rate £74.26 - £70.00
75th Percentile £90.09 - -
90th Percentile £93.04 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.26 - £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 32,471 30,121 39,108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.45% 87.99% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,452 18,385 26,091
10th Percentile £300 £306 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £745 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,090 1,000 1,510
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.61 £14.49
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.30 £19.02
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.85
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -25.88% +25.29%
75th Percentile £48.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.04 £32.39 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.87% -27.21% +39.06%

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 16 December 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 16 December 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 16 December 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 +113 480 £600 -7.69% 147
UK excluding London +59 257 £573 -8.18% 121
London +95 231 £625 -9.09% 60
Work from Home +58 148 £574 -8.16% 94
Midlands +21 70 £548 -9.80% 26
South East +25 69 £644 -0.96% 43
West Midlands +10 52 £561 -7.54% 21
North of England -15 50 £550 +10.00% 32
South West +13 45 £575 -14.81% 9
North West -17 30 £527 +9.48% 17
Yorkshire -29 17 £563 +2.54% 13
East Midlands - 17 £509 - 5
Scotland +3 15 £550 - 2
East of England -22 10 £800 +22.61% 7
North East -11 3 £525 -30.00% 3
Wales -1 2 £588 -6.00% 2
Northern Ireland - 2 £500 - 5

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 23 (4.28%) SharePoint
2 20 (3.72%) SAS
3 11 (2.04%) Confluence
4 9 (1.67%) OpenStack
5 7 (1.30%) Apache Spark
6 6 (1.12%) Appian
6 6 (1.12%) Camunda
7 5 (0.93%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.74%) Apache
8 4 (0.74%) CMS
9 3 (0.56%) Oracle Coherence
10 2 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.37%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.37%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.37%) NetWeaver
10 2 (0.37%) SAP EP
11 1 (0.19%) CICS
11 1 (0.19%) Documentum
11 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 7 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (1.30%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.19%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 30 (5.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (3.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 10 (1.86%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.74%) SAP MDG
5 3 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.56%) SAP CRM
6 2 (0.37%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.37%) Distributed Ledger
6 2 (0.37%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.37%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.19%) Avolution ABACUS
7 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.19%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.19%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.19%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.19%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 223 (41.45%) Azure
2 138 (25.65%) AWS
3 48 (8.92%) GCP
4 43 (7.99%) Power Platform
5 36 (6.69%) Microsoft 365
6 34 (6.32%) SaaS
7 33 (6.13%) Entra ID
8 25 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (4.46%) Dynamics 365
10 18 (3.35%) Azure Logic Apps
11 16 (2.97%) PaaS
12 15 (2.79%) Azure Data Factory
13 13 (2.42%) Serverless
14 11 (2.04%) IaaS
14 11 (2.04%) Snowflake
15 10 (1.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 10 (1.86%) Microsoft Copilot
16 9 (1.67%) GitHub
16 9 (1.67%) Power Automate
17 8 (1.49%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.20%) Firewall
2 18 (3.35%) WAN
3 16 (2.97%) Network Security
4 14 (2.60%) LAN
5 13 (2.42%) VPN
6 12 (2.23%) SD-WAN
7 11 (2.04%) DNS
7 11 (2.04%) MPLS
8 9 (1.67%) BGP
9 7 (1.30%) Internet
10 6 (1.12%) DHCP
11 4 (0.74%) ATM
11 4 (0.74%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (0.74%) VLAN
11 4 (0.74%) Wireless
12 3 (0.56%) IPsec
12 3 (0.56%) IPv4
12 3 (0.56%) IPv6
12 3 (0.56%) NAS
12 3 (0.56%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (5.95%) Data Warehouse
2 27 (5.02%) Data Lake
2 27 (5.02%) Power BI
3 18 (3.35%) Oracle Database
4 17 (3.16%) Metadata
4 17 (3.16%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 8 (1.49%) SQL Server
6 7 (1.30%) NoSQL
6 7 (1.30%) Pentaho
7 6 (1.12%) SAP BW
8 5 (0.93%) Data Mining
8 5 (0.93%) Delta Lake
8 5 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.74%) Big Data
9 4 (0.74%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.56%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (0.56%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.56%) SAP Data Services
10 3 (0.56%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (5.58%) JIRA
2 14 (2.60%) Git
3 13 (2.42%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.93%) GitLab
4 5 (0.93%) JUnit
4 5 (0.93%) Selenium
5 3 (0.56%) Oracle APEX
5 3 (0.56%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.37%) ERwin
6 2 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.19%) gulp
7 1 (0.19%) LSMW
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.19%) PowerBuilder
7 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.19%) Yeoman
General
1 211 (39.22%) Social Skills
2 131 (24.35%) Finance
3 80 (14.87%) Public Sector
4 62 (11.52%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (8.92%) Banking
6 35 (6.51%) Influencing Skills
7 19 (3.53%) Telecoms
8 18 (3.35%) Legal
9 17 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
10 15 (2.79%) Retail
11 13 (2.42%) Military
11 13 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (2.23%) Manufacturing
13 9 (1.67%) Financial Institution
14 8 (1.49%) Marketing
15 7 (1.30%) Billing
15 7 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 6 (1.12%) Back Office
16 6 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
17 5 (0.93%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 386 (71.75%) Architect
2 126 (23.42%) Solutions Architect
3 118 (21.93%) Enterprise Architect
4 47 (8.74%) Lead
5 33 (6.13%) Senior
6 32 (5.95%) Security Architect
7 29 (5.39%) Azure Architect
8 26 (4.83%) Lead Architect
8 26 (4.83%) Senior Architect
9 25 (4.65%) SAP Architect
10 24 (4.46%) Data Architect
11 19 (3.53%) Analyst
12 18 (3.35%) Technical Architect
13 16 (2.97%) Business Architect
14 14 (2.60%) Consultant
14 14 (2.60%) SAP Solutions Architect
15 13 (2.42%) Business Analyst
16 12 (2.23%) Cloud Architect
17 10 (1.86%) Dynamics 365 Architect
17 10 (1.86%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (7.81%) REST
2 17 (3.16%) Middleware
3 15 (2.79%) .NET
3 15 (2.79%) SOAP
4 12 (2.23%) OAuth
5 11 (2.04%) Node.js
6 10 (1.86%) JSON
7 9 (1.67%) Kafka
7 9 (1.67%) RESTful
8 8 (1.49%) Microsoft Graph
9 7 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
9 7 (1.30%) React
9 7 (1.30%) XML
10 6 (1.12%) NETCONF
10 6 (1.12%) Web Services
10 6 (1.12%) YANG
11 5 (0.93%) AngularJS
11 5 (0.93%) OAuth2
11 5 (0.93%) OpenID
11 5 (0.93%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 43 (7.99%) Cloud Native
2 32 (5.95%) Product Ownership
3 21 (3.90%) Legacy Systems
4 18 (3.35%) Data Centre
5 17 (3.16%) Hybrid Cloud
6 14 (2.60%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.42%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (2.42%) IoT
8 12 (2.23%) Onboarding
9 11 (2.04%) CMDB
10 9 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.67%) NHS
10 9 (1.67%) Operational Technology
11 8 (1.49%) FMCG
12 7 (1.30%) AI Agents
12 7 (1.30%) Data Structures
12 7 (1.30%) IVR
13 6 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.12%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 25 (4.65%) Windows
2 14 (2.60%) Mac OS
3 12 (2.23%) Linux
4 10 (1.86%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.56%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.37%) Unix
7 1 (0.19%) Android
7 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.19%) Solaris
7 1 (0.19%) VMS
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.19%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (36.62%) Roadmaps
2 159 (29.55%) TOGAF
3 146 (27.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 134 (24.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 122 (22.68%) Agile
6 94 (17.47%) Problem-Solving
7 82 (15.24%) DevOps
8 80 (14.87%) Analytics
8 80 (14.87%) Data Modelling
9 77 (14.31%) AI
10 76 (14.13%) Business Strategy
11 75 (13.94%) Continuous Improvement
12 69 (12.83%) Integration Patterns
13 66 (12.27%) Migration
14 64 (11.90%) Decision-Making
15 60 (11.15%) IT Strategy
16 59 (10.97%) CI/CD
17 56 (10.41%) Microservices
17 56 (10.41%) Technical Leadership
18 54 (10.04%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 58 (10.78%) Python
2 37 (6.88%) SQL
3 27 (5.02%) Java
4 20 (3.72%) PowerShell
5 17 (3.16%) JavaScript
6 14 (2.60%) Bash
7 12 (2.23%) TypeScript
8 11 (2.04%) C#
9 6 (1.12%) Bicep
10 4 (0.74%) ABAP
10 4 (0.74%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.74%) R
11 2 (0.37%) C++
12 1 (0.19%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.19%) C
12 1 (0.19%) Go
12 1 (0.19%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.19%) ProC
12 1 (0.19%) Scala
12 1 (0.19%) VB
Qualifications
1 124 (23.05%) Security Cleared
2 90 (16.73%) SC Cleared
3 55 (10.22%) Degree
4 29 (5.39%) Azure Certification
5 23 (4.28%) CISSP
5 23 (4.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (3.35%) DV Cleared
7 17 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (3.16%) TOGAF Certification
8 15 (2.79%) AWS Certification
9 14 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (2.60%) Master's Degree
10 11 (2.04%) CCIE
11 10 (1.86%) ISEB
12 9 (1.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 9 (1.67%) CISM
13 8 (1.49%) JNCIE
14 7 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (1.12%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (11.15%) GDPR
2 40 (7.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (4.09%) NIST
4 17 (3.16%) Data Quality
5 16 (2.97%) QA
6 15 (2.79%) PCI DSS
7 13 (2.42%) COBIT
8 12 (2.23%) NCSC
9 11 (2.04%) GRC
10 9 (1.67%) HIPAA
11 6 (1.12%) Accessibility
11 6 (1.12%) PMO
12 4 (0.74%) ISO 8583
12 4 (0.74%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.37%) EU AI Act
13 2 (0.37%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.37%) SLA
13 2 (0.37%) Solvency II
13 2 (0.37%) WCAG
System Software
1 34 (6.32%) Active Directory
2 23 (4.28%) Docker
2 23 (4.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.93%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.74%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.19%) KVM
5 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (5.95%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.90%) Terraform
3 16 (2.97%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (2.79%) SCCM
5 13 (2.42%) Ansible
6 10 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.19%) Argo
8 1 (0.19%) Podman
8 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.19%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 122 (22.68%) Microsoft
2 55 (10.22%) SAP
3 41 (7.62%) Oracle
3 41 (7.62%) Salesforce
4 36 (6.69%) ServiceNow
5 26 (4.83%) VMware
6 24 (4.46%) Databricks
7 20 (3.72%) Google
8 19 (3.53%) Sparx
9 17 (3.16%) Citrix
10 16 (2.97%) Pega
11 15 (2.79%) Cisco
12 14 (2.60%) BiZZdesign
13 13 (2.42%) OpenAI
14 12 (2.23%) MuleSoft
15 9 (1.67%) Atlassian
16 8 (1.49%) F5
17 7 (1.30%) Genesys
17 7 (1.30%) Palo Alto
17 7 (1.30%) Talend