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 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 210 324 267
Rank change year-on-year +114 -57 -25
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 491 245 441
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.38% 0.68% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 0.78% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 135 272
10th Percentile £450 £454 £500
25th Percentile £511 £543 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -2.99%
75th Percentile £707 £750 £750
90th Percentile £805 £800 £867
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £622 £625
% change year-on-year -11.58% -0.48% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile £30.56 - £51.00
25th Percentile £31.40 - £58.13
Median hourly rate £53.13 - £70.00
75th Percentile £78.22 - -
90th Percentile £85.34 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £53.13 - £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 32,049 31,289 41,011
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 89.77% 86.33% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,064 18,819 27,584
10th Percentile £300 £310 £308
25th Percentile £404 £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 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,120 1,102 1,587
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.11 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.14 £19.03
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +27.14%
75th Percentile £45.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £33.54 £44.50
% change year-on-year -31.43% -24.63% +50.85%

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 19 November 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 19 November 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 19 November 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 +116 444 £600 -7.69% 375
London +112 227 £625 -10.71% 154
UK excluding London +55 227 £550 -11.58% 226
Work from Home +52 130 £550 -12.00% 191
Midlands +25 72 £573 -5.68% 41
South East +31 51 £545 -16.15% 90
West Midlands +14 50 £575 -12.01% 30
North of England -26 41 £539 -1.79% 42
South West +20 35 £563 -25.62% 29
North West -15 25 £527 +12.15% 25
East Midlands -1 21 £540 +21.35% 9
Scotland -3 15 £563 +2.27% 8
East of England -16 14 £800 +22.61% 13
Yorkshire -33 14 £625 +0.48% 16
Northern Ireland -8 2 £500 - 4
North East -10 2 £550 -22.81% 1
Wales - 2 £588 - 3

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 19 (3.87%) SAS
2 17 (3.46%) Confluence
3 16 (3.26%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.83%) OpenStack
5 7 (1.43%) Apache Spark
6 5 (1.02%) Anypoint
7 4 (0.81%) Apache
7 4 (0.81%) Appian
7 4 (0.81%) Camunda
8 3 (0.61%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.61%) CMS
8 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.61%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.41%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.20%) Alfresco
10 1 (0.20%) nginx
10 1 (0.20%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.20%) SAP EP
Applications
1 8 (1.63%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.02%) Siemens NX
3 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.41%) Fusion 360
4 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.20%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 28 (5.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (2.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 9 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (1.22%) Teamcenter
5 5 (1.02%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.61%) Avolution ABACUS
6 3 (0.61%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.41%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.41%) Distributed Ledger
7 2 (0.41%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.41%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.20%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.20%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.20%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 203 (41.34%) Azure
2 133 (27.09%) AWS
3 40 (8.15%) GCP
4 36 (7.33%) Power Platform
5 32 (6.52%) SaaS
6 30 (6.11%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (5.30%) Entra ID
8 20 (4.07%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (4.07%) Dynamics 365
9 17 (3.46%) PaaS
10 15 (3.05%) Azure Logic Apps
10 15 (3.05%) IaaS
11 12 (2.44%) Azure Data Factory
12 11 (2.24%) Microsoft Copilot
13 10 (2.04%) Serverless
13 10 (2.04%) Snowflake
14 9 (1.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 8 (1.63%) Azure API Management
15 8 (1.63%) Copilot Studio
15 8 (1.63%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 30 (6.11%) Firewall
2 17 (3.46%) WAN
3 16 (3.26%) Network Security
4 14 (2.85%) VPN
5 13 (2.65%) LAN
6 11 (2.24%) DNS
6 11 (2.24%) SD-WAN
7 10 (2.04%) MPLS
8 9 (1.83%) BGP
9 6 (1.22%) DHCP
10 5 (1.02%) Internet
10 5 (1.02%) SAN
11 4 (0.81%) ATM
11 4 (0.81%) VLAN
11 4 (0.81%) Wireless
12 3 (0.61%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (0.61%) EIGRP
12 3 (0.61%) IPv4
12 3 (0.61%) IPv6
12 3 (0.61%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (4.68%) Data Warehouse
1 23 (4.68%) Power BI
2 21 (4.28%) Data Lake
3 16 (3.26%) Oracle Database
3 16 (3.26%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 13 (2.65%) Metadata
5 7 (1.43%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.43%) Pentaho
5 7 (1.43%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.22%) Big Data
6 6 (1.22%) SAP BW
7 5 (1.02%) Data Mining
7 5 (1.02%) Delta Lake
7 5 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.81%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.61%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (0.61%) GIS
9 3 (0.61%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.61%) Oracle ODI
9 3 (0.61%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 30 (6.11%) JIRA
2 14 (2.85%) Git
3 12 (2.44%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.02%) GitLab
4 5 (1.02%) JUnit
4 5 (1.02%) Selenium
5 3 (0.61%) ERwin
5 3 (0.61%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.41%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.41%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.41%) Rational DOORS
General
1 196 (39.92%) Social Skills
2 123 (25.05%) Finance
3 69 (14.05%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (12.63%) Public Sector
5 48 (9.78%) Banking
6 30 (6.11%) Influencing Skills
7 19 (3.87%) Telecoms
8 18 (3.67%) Documentation Skills
9 17 (3.46%) Retail
10 14 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (2.44%) Legal
12 11 (2.24%) Financial Institution
12 11 (2.24%) Manufacturing
13 9 (1.83%) Marketing
14 8 (1.63%) Military
15 6 (1.22%) Back Office
15 6 (1.22%) Front Office
15 6 (1.22%) General Ledger
15 6 (1.22%) Local Government
16 5 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 345 (70.26%) Architect
2 126 (25.66%) Solutions Architect
3 97 (19.76%) Enterprise Architect
4 37 (7.54%) Lead
5 35 (7.13%) Security Architect
6 34 (6.92%) Azure Architect
7 33 (6.72%) Senior
8 26 (5.30%) Senior Architect
9 24 (4.89%) SAP Architect
10 22 (4.48%) Analyst
11 21 (4.28%) Lead Architect
12 19 (3.87%) Data Architect
13 15 (3.05%) Business Analyst
14 14 (2.85%) Business Architect
14 14 (2.85%) Cloud Architect
14 14 (2.85%) Consultant
14 14 (2.85%) SAP Solutions Architect
15 12 (2.44%) Developer
16 11 (2.24%) Technical Architect
17 10 (2.04%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (9.16%) REST
2 19 (3.87%) .NET
3 17 (3.46%) Middleware
4 13 (2.65%) SOAP
5 12 (2.44%) Kafka
6 11 (2.24%) OAuth
7 10 (2.04%) JSON
7 10 (2.04%) Node.js
7 10 (2.04%) React
8 9 (1.83%) RESTful
9 8 (1.63%) AngularJS
10 7 (1.43%) Oracle Fusion
10 7 (1.43%) Web Services
10 7 (1.43%) XML
11 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Graph
11 6 (1.22%) NETCONF
11 6 (1.22%) YANG
12 5 (1.02%) OAuth2
12 5 (1.02%) OpenID
12 5 (1.02%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 41 (8.35%) Cloud Native
2 27 (5.50%) Product Ownership
3 19 (3.87%) Data Centre
4 18 (3.67%) Hybrid Cloud
4 18 (3.67%) Legacy Systems
5 15 (3.05%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.85%) Onboarding
7 12 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (2.24%) CMDB
9 10 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (1.83%) NHS
10 9 (1.83%) Operational Technology
11 7 (1.43%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.43%) FMCG
11 7 (1.43%) IoT
12 6 (1.22%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.22%) Enterprise Cloud
13 5 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (1.02%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 19 (3.87%) Windows
2 12 (2.44%) Linux
3 9 (1.83%) Mac OS
4 6 (1.22%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.61%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.41%) Unix
7 1 (0.20%) Android
7 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.20%) Solaris
7 1 (0.20%) VMS
7 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (32.59%) Roadmaps
2 142 (28.92%) TOGAF
3 132 (26.88%) Stakeholder Management
4 120 (24.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 109 (22.20%) Agile
6 91 (18.53%) Problem-Solving
7 81 (16.50%) DevOps
8 72 (14.66%) Migration
9 69 (14.05%) Data Modelling
10 66 (13.44%) Business Strategy
11 64 (13.03%) Continuous Improvement
12 63 (12.83%) AI
12 63 (12.83%) Integration Patterns
13 58 (11.81%) Analytics
14 57 (11.61%) Microservices
15 56 (11.41%) CI/CD
16 55 (11.20%) IT Strategy
17 49 (9.98%) Architectural Patterns
18 47 (9.57%) Data Governance
18 47 (9.57%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 59 (12.02%) Python
2 33 (6.72%) SQL
3 30 (6.11%) Java
4 15 (3.05%) PowerShell
4 15 (3.05%) TypeScript
5 13 (2.65%) JavaScript
6 10 (2.04%) C#
7 9 (1.83%) Bash
8 5 (1.02%) Bicep
9 4 (0.81%) R
10 3 (0.61%) ABAP
10 3 (0.61%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.20%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.20%) C++
11 1 (0.20%) Go
11 1 (0.20%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.20%) Magik
11 1 (0.20%) Scala
Qualifications
1 97 (19.76%) Security Cleared
2 70 (14.26%) SC Cleared
3 46 (9.37%) Degree
4 28 (5.70%) Azure Certification
5 22 (4.48%) CISSP
6 21 (4.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (3.46%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (3.05%) AWS Certification
8 15 (3.05%) TOGAF Certification
9 14 (2.85%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (2.44%) Master's Degree
11 11 (2.24%) CCIE
11 11 (2.24%) DV Cleared
12 10 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (1.83%) CISM
14 8 (1.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 8 (1.63%) JNCIE
15 6 (1.22%) CCNP
16 5 (1.02%) CCSP
16 5 (1.02%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (10.59%) GDPR
2 38 (7.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (4.28%) NIST
4 15 (3.05%) QA
5 14 (2.85%) Data Quality
6 13 (2.65%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.83%) HIPAA
8 8 (1.63%) NCSC
9 7 (1.43%) GRC
10 6 (1.22%) Accessibility
11 5 (1.02%) PMO
12 4 (0.81%) ISO 8583
12 4 (0.81%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.61%) COBIT
13 3 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.41%) EU AI Act
14 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.41%) SLA
14 2 (0.41%) Solvency II
14 2 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 29 (5.91%) Active Directory
2 23 (4.68%) Docker
3 20 (4.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.02%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.81%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.20%) KVM
6 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 31 (6.31%) Kubernetes
2 19 (3.87%) Terraform
3 14 (2.85%) Ansible
4 12 (2.44%) SCCM
5 11 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.41%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.20%) Argo
8 1 (0.20%) Podman
8 1 (0.20%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 115 (23.42%) Microsoft
2 47 (9.57%) SAP
3 38 (7.74%) Oracle
4 35 (7.13%) Salesforce
5 33 (6.72%) ServiceNow
6 23 (4.68%) VMware
7 20 (4.07%) Databricks
8 16 (3.26%) Cisco
9 15 (3.05%) Sparx
10 14 (2.85%) Pega
11 12 (2.44%) Citrix
12 10 (2.04%) MuleSoft
12 10 (2.04%) OpenAI
13 9 (1.83%) Atlassian
13 9 (1.83%) BiZZdesign
13 9 (1.83%) Google
14 8 (1.63%) F5
15 7 (1.43%) Denodo
15 7 (1.43%) Talend
16 6 (1.22%) Workday