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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 210 310
Rank change year-on-year +78 +100 -67
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 1,174 452 273
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.12% 1.36% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.50% 1.50% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 769 294 148
10th Percentile £475 £450 £445
25th Percentile £531 £507 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% -4.00% -5.84%
75th Percentile £715 £723 £742
90th Percentile £825 £825 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +4.35% - -9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 2 0
10th Percentile £20.31 £32.13 -
25th Percentile £68.88 £35.33 -
Median hourly rate £84.25 £42.34 -
Median % change year-on-year +99.01% - -
75th Percentile £110.75 £49.00 -
90th Percentile - £52.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £83.50 £42.34 -
% change year-on-year +97.24% - -

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 46,870 30,047 32,387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.76% 90.49% 86.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,156 18,700 19,515
10th Percentile £325 £294 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,444 1,888 1,247
10th Percentile £13.53 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.94 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -10.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £42.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.18 £65.25 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £22.27 £40.33
% change year-on-year +68.43% -44.79% -8.14%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 15 October 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 +71 1,027 £625 +0.81% 850
London +68 548 £650 +4.00% 491
UK excluding London +50 471 £600 +4.35% 398
Work from Home +52 331 £600 +4.35% 381
North of England +32 156 £600 +11.37% 108
South East +9 142 £550 -4.35% 121
Midlands -16 86 £626 +4.38% 50
Yorkshire +31 82 £550 -6.38% 44
West Midlands -13 63 £626 +4.38% 40
North West -13 62 £600 +11.73% 53
South West -28 47 £650 +13.04% 33
Scotland -2 32 £605 +1.26% 40
East Midlands -11 21 £600 +0.28% 10
North East -22 16 £650 +18.18% 11
East of England -26 14 £550 -31.25% 28
Northern Ireland - 3 £650 - 16
Wales -16 1 £650 +35.42% 4
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 51 (4.34%) SAS
2 28 (2.39%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.87%) Confluence
4 15 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.94%) Apache
5 11 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.94%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.51%) NetWeaver
7 5 (0.43%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.43%) CMS
7 5 (0.43%) Mule
7 5 (0.43%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.34%) Apache Superset
8 4 (0.34%) SAP EP
9 3 (0.26%) IBM HTTP Server
9 3 (0.26%) Mendix
9 3 (0.26%) nginx
9 3 (0.26%) WebLogic Portal
9 3 (0.26%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.26%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 15 (1.28%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 55 (4.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.62%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 15 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
4 12 (1.02%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.68%) ContrOCC
6 7 (0.60%) SAP MM
7 6 (0.51%) Primavera
7 6 (0.51%) SAP CO
7 6 (0.51%) SAP FI
7 6 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (0.43%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
9 4 (0.34%) SAP CRM
10 3 (0.26%) Cloudability
10 3 (0.26%) Endur
10 3 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
10 3 (0.26%) SAP HR
10 3 (0.26%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 407 (34.67%) Azure
2 252 (21.47%) AWS
3 130 (11.07%) GCP
4 81 (6.90%) Power Platform
5 71 (6.05%) SaaS
6 70 (5.96%) Entra ID
7 61 (5.20%) Microsoft 365
8 43 (3.66%) Serverless
9 40 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
10 39 (3.32%) GitHub
11 30 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
12 28 (2.39%) Microsoft Copilot
13 27 (2.30%) PaaS
14 26 (2.21%) iPaaS
15 25 (2.13%) Azure AI
16 24 (2.04%) OCI
17 21 (1.79%) Boomi
18 20 (1.70%) Azure Service Bus
18 20 (1.70%) GitHub Actions
18 20 (1.70%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 34 (2.90%) Network Security
2 28 (2.39%) Firewall
3 23 (1.96%) WAN
4 19 (1.62%) VPN
5 15 (1.28%) LAN
6 13 (1.11%) HTTP
7 10 (0.85%) BGP
7 10 (0.85%) DNS
8 9 (0.77%) MPLS
8 9 (0.77%) SD-WAN
9 7 (0.60%) IPsec
10 6 (0.51%) NGFW
10 6 (0.51%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.43%) 5G
11 5 (0.43%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (0.43%) Internet
11 5 (0.43%) Modbus
11 5 (0.43%) Radio Access Network
12 4 (0.34%) DHCP
12 4 (0.34%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (5.88%) Metadata
2 55 (4.68%) Data Lake
3 41 (3.49%) Data Warehouse
4 34 (2.90%) Power BI
5 19 (1.62%) NoSQL
6 14 (1.19%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 13 (1.11%) Base SAS
8 11 (0.94%) SQL Server
9 10 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (0.85%) SAP HANA
10 9 (0.77%) Big Data
10 9 (0.77%) Semantic Layer
11 8 (0.68%) Delta Lake
12 7 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (0.60%) Neo4j
12 7 (0.60%) SAP BW
13 6 (0.51%) Amazon Athena
13 6 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
13 6 (0.51%) Oracle Database
13 6 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 21 (1.79%) JIRA
2 15 (1.28%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.19%) Git
4 11 (0.94%) GitLab
5 5 (0.43%) ERwin
6 3 (0.26%) Claude Code
6 3 (0.26%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.26%) Terragrunt
7 2 (0.17%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.17%) Hudson
7 2 (0.17%) Postman
7 2 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.17%) Subversion
7 2 (0.17%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.085%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.085%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.085%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.085%) Mockito
8 1 (0.085%) Rational DOORS
General
1 418 (35.60%) Social Skills
2 320 (27.26%) Finance
3 196 (16.70%) Public Sector
4 112 (9.54%) Banking
5 105 (8.94%) Analytical Skills
6 92 (7.84%) Retail
7 90 (7.67%) Influencing Skills
8 38 (3.24%) Legal
9 36 (3.07%) Manufacturing
10 31 (2.64%) Military
11 30 (2.56%) Aerospace
12 28 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
13 23 (1.96%) Local Government
13 23 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (1.79%) Telecoms
15 18 (1.53%) Marketing
16 17 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
17 15 (1.28%) Billing
18 13 (1.11%) Investment Banking
19 11 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 832 (70.87%) Architect
2 277 (23.59%) Solutions Architect
3 183 (15.59%) Enterprise Architect
4 146 (12.44%) Lead
5 97 (8.26%) Technical Architect
6 93 (7.92%) Data Architect
7 84 (7.16%) Senior
8 68 (5.79%) Lead Architect
9 55 (4.68%) Senior Architect
10 54 (4.60%) Security Architect
11 47 (4.00%) SAP Architect
12 40 (3.41%) Technical Leader
13 35 (2.98%) Project Manager
14 34 (2.90%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
15 33 (2.81%) Integration Architect
16 29 (2.47%) Azure Architect
17 28 (2.39%) Analyst
17 28 (2.39%) Technical Manager
18 27 (2.30%) Cloud Architect
19 24 (2.04%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (7.16%) REST
2 76 (6.47%) Middleware
3 50 (4.26%) Terraform
4 45 (3.83%) SOAP
5 35 (2.98%) OAuth
6 33 (2.81%) Kafka
7 31 (2.64%) .NET
8 22 (1.87%) SAML
9 20 (1.70%) SAP Fiori
10 19 (1.62%) JSON
10 19 (1.62%) Oracle Fusion
11 18 (1.53%) XML
12 17 (1.45%) JWT
13 15 (1.28%) SAPUI5
14 14 (1.19%) OAuth2
14 14 (1.19%) OpenID
14 14 (1.19%) Swagger
15 13 (1.11%) GraphQL
15 13 (1.11%) Node.js
15 13 (1.11%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 159 (13.54%) Cloud Native
2 94 (8.01%) Enterprise Software
3 66 (5.62%) Product Ownership
4 63 (5.37%) Onboarding
5 59 (5.03%) AI Agents
6 46 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
7 42 (3.58%) Distributed Systems
8 37 (3.15%) CMDB
9 35 (2.98%) Operational Technology
10 31 (2.64%) Management Information System
11 27 (2.30%) Data Centre
11 27 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
12 25 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
13 22 (1.87%) IoT
13 22 (1.87%) Security Posture
14 19 (1.62%) Public Cloud
15 18 (1.53%) FMCG
16 16 (1.36%) Marketing Technology
16 16 (1.36%) Taxonomies
17 15 (1.28%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 23 (1.96%) Windows
2 12 (1.02%) Linux
3 11 (0.94%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.26%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.26%) macOS
5 2 (0.17%) Android
6 1 (0.085%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.085%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.085%) Unix
6 1 (0.085%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.085%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.085%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.085%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 464 (39.52%) Stakeholder Management
2 436 (37.14%) Roadmaps
3 254 (21.64%) TOGAF
4 231 (19.68%) AI
5 223 (18.99%) Migration
6 222 (18.91%) Technical Leadership
7 221 (18.82%) Agile
8 218 (18.57%) Integration Patterns
9 213 (18.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 199 (16.95%) Architecture Governance
11 182 (15.50%) Decision-Making
12 173 (14.74%) Analytics
12 173 (14.74%) DevOps
13 169 (14.40%) Cybersecurity
14 167 (14.22%) Architectural Patterns
15 159 (13.54%) CI/CD
16 154 (13.12%) Data Architecture
17 140 (11.93%) Event-Driven
18 133 (11.33%) Data Modelling
19 127 (10.82%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 69 (5.88%) Python
2 54 (4.60%) SQL
3 45 (3.83%) Java
4 25 (2.13%) JavaScript
5 17 (1.45%) C#
5 17 (1.45%) TypeScript
6 16 (1.36%) PowerShell
7 11 (0.94%) ABAP
8 8 (0.68%) Bicep
9 6 (0.51%) Bash
10 4 (0.34%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.34%) Korn
11 2 (0.17%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.17%) Rust
11 2 (0.17%) Scala
12 1 (0.085%) DAML
12 1 (0.085%) Go
12 1 (0.085%) Groovy
12 1 (0.085%) Solidity
12 1 (0.085%) Swift
Qualifications
1 312 (26.58%) Security Cleared
2 238 (20.27%) SC Cleared
3 65 (5.54%) Degree
4 62 (5.28%) Azure Certification
5 55 (4.68%) TOGAF Certification
6 48 (4.09%) DV Cleared
7 44 (3.75%) BPSS Clearance
8 33 (2.81%) CISSP
9 32 (2.73%) AWS Certification
10 27 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
11 22 (1.87%) PMP
12 19 (1.62%) CISM
13 18 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
14 15 (1.28%) PMI Certification
15 13 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 8 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 8 (0.68%) Master's Degree
17 7 (0.60%) CCIE
18 6 (0.51%) CCSP
18 6 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (9.11%) Data Quality
2 51 (4.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 48 (4.09%) GRC
4 47 (4.00%) GDPR
5 37 (3.15%) NIST
6 34 (2.90%) NCSC
7 23 (1.96%) QA
8 17 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
9 14 (1.19%) PMO
10 12 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 11 (0.94%) NIST 800
12 9 (0.77%) Accessibility
13 8 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 8 (0.68%) SLA
14 6 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 5 (0.43%) PCI DSS
16 4 (0.34%) COBIT
17 3 (0.26%) ISO 31000
17 3 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 19770
17 3 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 38 (3.24%) Active Directory
2 25 (2.13%) Docker
3 13 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.51%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.26%) vSphere
7 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.17%) IAG
7 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.085%) NFS
8 1 (0.085%) Samba
8 1 (0.085%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.085%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 60 (5.11%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.62%) Ansible
3 16 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (0.85%) Grafana
6 4 (0.34%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.26%) SCCM
8 2 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.17%) Puppet
8 2 (0.17%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.085%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.085%) CASB
9 1 (0.085%) Check_MK
9 1 (0.085%) Nagios
9 1 (0.085%) OpenNMS
9 1 (0.085%) SCOM
9 1 (0.085%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 252 (21.47%) Microsoft
2 120 (10.22%) SAP
3 106 (9.03%) Oracle
4 68 (5.79%) Google
5 67 (5.71%) ServiceNow
6 60 (5.11%) Databricks
7 41 (3.49%) Salesforce
8 27 (2.30%) MuleSoft
9 23 (1.96%) VMware
9 23 (1.96%) Workday
10 22 (1.87%) Informatica
11 21 (1.79%) OpenAI
12 20 (1.70%) BiZZdesign
12 20 (1.70%) IBM
13 19 (1.62%) Sparx
14 17 (1.45%) Cisco
15 16 (1.36%) Zscaler
16 15 (1.28%) Ariba
17 14 (1.19%) Foundry
18 13 (1.11%) Adobe