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 7 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 255 261
Rank change year-on-year +78 +6 -12
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 605 302 417
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.55% 0.97% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 1.09% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 401 185 272
10th Percentile £463 £451 £488
25th Percentile £513 £513 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -3.85% -2.99%
75th Percentile £725 £725 £738
90th Percentile £800 £795 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £600 £647
% change year-on-year - -7.20% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile £48.82 - £55.75
25th Percentile £74.26 - -
Median hourly rate £83.82 - £70.00
75th Percentile £95.00 - £88.00
90th Percentile £96.50 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £83.82 - £70.00

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 33,986 27,793 39,321
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.08% 89.38% 87.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,549 16,924 25,862
10th Percentile £306 £306 £300
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £477 £496 £500
% change year-on-year -3.88% -0.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,070 859 2,130
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.00 £16.35
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.50 £61.13
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.51 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.20% -9.97% +11.43%

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 7 February 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 7 February 2026.

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 7 February 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 +77 526 £625 - 187
UK excluding London +52 323 £600 - 151
London +57 218 £625 -3.85% 71
Work from Home +49 158 £550 -12.00% 106
South East +19 84 £650 +4.00% 63
North of England -15 83 £575 +11.87% 32
Midlands +15 79 £569 -6.30% 18
West Midlands +6 60 £574 -5.48% 12
South West +4 42 £650 +9.24% 20
North West -14 42 £575 +15.00% 15
Yorkshire -20 39 £600 +4.48% 11
East of England -7 19 £650 -13.33% 12
Scotland 0 18 £550 -18.40% 6
East Midlands -10 18 £470 - 5
North East -11 7 £800 +6.67% 6
Wales 0 3 £588 -6.00% 2
Northern Ireland - 2 £500 - 1

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 28 (4.63%) SharePoint
2 24 (3.97%) SAS
3 10 (1.65%) Confluence
4 8 (1.32%) OpenStack
5 7 (1.16%) Apache
5 7 (1.16%) Camunda
6 6 (0.99%) Appian
6 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.83%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.66%) CMS
9 3 (0.50%) NetWeaver
9 3 (0.50%) Oracle Coherence
9 3 (0.50%) SAP EP
9 3 (0.50%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.33%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.17%) Documentum
11 1 (0.17%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.50%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.17%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 25 (4.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 22 (3.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (1.98%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.66%) SAP CRM
5 3 (0.50%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.50%) SAP GRC
6 2 (0.33%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.33%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.33%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.17%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.17%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.17%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.17%) Summit
7 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 236 (39.01%) Azure
2 148 (24.46%) AWS
3 54 (8.93%) GCP
4 52 (8.60%) SaaS
5 39 (6.45%) Power Platform
6 36 (5.95%) Microsoft 365
7 34 (5.62%) Entra ID
8 28 (4.63%) Serverless
9 24 (3.97%) Azure Logic Apps
9 24 (3.97%) PaaS
10 23 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
10 23 (3.80%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (3.14%) IaaS
12 15 (2.48%) Microsoft Copilot
12 15 (2.48%) OCI
13 14 (2.31%) Microsoft Purview
14 13 (2.15%) Azure Data Factory
15 12 (1.98%) GitHub
16 10 (1.65%) Azure Functions
16 10 (1.65%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.64%) WAN
2 15 (2.48%) Firewall
3 12 (1.98%) LAN
3 12 (1.98%) SD-WAN
4 10 (1.65%) DNS
4 10 (1.65%) MPLS
4 10 (1.65%) VPN
5 9 (1.49%) BGP
5 9 (1.49%) Network Security
6 8 (1.32%) IPsec
7 7 (1.16%) SSL
8 6 (0.99%) DHCP
8 6 (0.99%) Internet
9 5 (0.83%) Kerberos
10 4 (0.66%) ATM
10 4 (0.66%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.66%) Intranet
10 4 (0.66%) MQTT
10 4 (0.66%) VLAN
10 4 (0.66%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (4.96%) Data Warehouse
2 28 (4.63%) Data Lake
3 22 (3.64%) Oracle Database
4 21 (3.47%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 19 (3.14%) Power BI
6 17 (2.81%) Metadata
7 10 (1.65%) SQL Server
8 7 (1.16%) DynamoDB
8 7 (1.16%) Pentaho
8 7 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (0.99%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.83%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 4 (0.66%) Data Mining
11 4 (0.66%) Delta Lake
11 4 (0.66%) Metadata Repository
12 3 (0.50%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (0.50%) DocumentDB
12 3 (0.50%) Oracle ODI
12 3 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.50%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 21 (3.47%) JIRA
2 16 (2.64%) Jenkins
3 14 (2.31%) Git
4 9 (1.49%) GitLab
5 6 (0.99%) JUnit
5 6 (0.99%) Selenium
6 3 (0.50%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (0.50%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.33%) ERwin
7 2 (0.33%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.17%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.17%) gulp
8 1 (0.17%) LSMW
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.17%) PowerBuilder
8 1 (0.17%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.17%) Yeoman
General
1 205 (33.88%) Social Skills
2 139 (22.98%) Finance
3 84 (13.88%) Public Sector
4 67 (11.07%) Analytical Skills
5 51 (8.43%) Banking
6 48 (7.93%) Influencing Skills
7 24 (3.97%) Legal
8 23 (3.80%) Telecoms
9 18 (2.98%) Documentation Skills
9 18 (2.98%) Retail
10 17 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (1.98%) Military
12 11 (1.82%) Financial Institution
12 11 (1.82%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.65%) Aerospace
14 8 (1.32%) Billing
14 8 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.32%) Marketing
15 6 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.83%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 437 (72.23%) Architect
2 150 (24.79%) Solutions Architect
3 124 (20.50%) Enterprise Architect
4 57 (9.42%) Lead
5 46 (7.60%) Senior
6 39 (6.45%) Technical Architect
7 33 (5.45%) Senior Architect
8 30 (4.96%) Lead Architect
9 27 (4.46%) Azure Architect
10 26 (4.30%) Data Architect
11 25 (4.13%) Consultant
12 23 (3.80%) SAP Architect
13 21 (3.47%) Security Architect
14 20 (3.31%) Analyst
15 17 (2.81%) Business Architect
16 15 (2.48%) Cloud Architect
17 14 (2.31%) Applications Architect
17 14 (2.31%) Business Analyst
17 14 (2.31%) Lead Solutions Architect
17 14 (2.31%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (8.43%) REST
2 21 (3.47%) Middleware
3 19 (3.14%) .NET
4 17 (2.81%) OAuth
4 17 (2.81%) SOAP
5 13 (2.15%) Microsoft Graph
5 13 (2.15%) Web Services
6 11 (1.82%) JSON
6 11 (1.82%) OpenID
6 11 (1.82%) Oracle Fusion
7 10 (1.65%) Node.js
7 10 (1.65%) OAuth2
7 10 (1.65%) SAML
8 9 (1.49%) LangChain
9 8 (1.32%) Kafka
9 8 (1.32%) React
9 8 (1.32%) RESTful
10 7 (1.16%) AngularJS
10 7 (1.16%) LangGraph
10 7 (1.16%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 48 (7.93%) Cloud Native
2 37 (6.12%) Product Ownership
3 19 (3.14%) Enterprise Software
3 19 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
4 18 (2.98%) Data Centre
5 17 (2.81%) Onboarding
6 16 (2.64%) Hybrid Cloud
7 15 (2.48%) CMDB
8 14 (2.31%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (2.31%) IoT
9 13 (2.15%) Management Information System
10 11 (1.82%) Operational Technology
11 10 (1.65%) NHS
12 9 (1.49%) AI Agents
12 9 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.49%) Taxonomies
13 8 (1.32%) FMCG
14 7 (1.16%) IVR
14 7 (1.16%) Public Cloud
15 6 (0.99%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.97%) Windows
2 11 (1.82%) Mac OS
3 8 (1.32%) Linux
4 7 (1.16%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.50%) Unix
5 3 (0.50%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.17%) Android
7 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (39.67%) Roadmaps
2 176 (29.09%) TOGAF
3 158 (26.12%) Agile
4 145 (23.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 136 (22.48%) Stakeholder Management
6 93 (15.37%) DevOps
7 91 (15.04%) AI
7 91 (15.04%) Integration Patterns
8 89 (14.71%) Data Modelling
8 89 (14.71%) Decision-Making
8 89 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
9 87 (14.38%) Architectural Patterns
10 85 (14.05%) Business Strategy
11 80 (13.22%) Analytics
12 77 (12.73%) CI/CD
13 72 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
14 70 (11.57%) Migration
15 66 (10.91%) Technical Leadership
16 65 (10.74%) IT Strategy
17 62 (10.25%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 59 (9.75%) Python
2 45 (7.44%) SQL
3 21 (3.47%) Java
4 17 (2.81%) PowerShell
5 16 (2.64%) JavaScript
6 13 (2.15%) C#
7 11 (1.82%) Bash
7 11 (1.82%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.99%) Bicep
9 5 (0.83%) ABAP
10 4 (0.66%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.17%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.17%) C
11 1 (0.17%) C++
11 1 (0.17%) Go
11 1 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.17%) ProC
11 1 (0.17%) R
11 1 (0.17%) VB
Qualifications
1 148 (24.46%) Security Cleared
2 108 (17.85%) SC Cleared
3 54 (8.93%) Degree
4 30 (4.96%) DV Cleared
5 26 (4.30%) Azure Certification
6 24 (3.97%) TOGAF Certification
7 23 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (3.31%) CISSP
9 18 (2.98%) AWS Certification
10 15 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
10 15 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
11 14 (2.31%) Microsoft Certification
12 13 (2.15%) ISEB
13 11 (1.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 11 (1.82%) Master's Degree
14 10 (1.65%) CCIE
14 10 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
15 8 (1.32%) CISM
15 8 (1.32%) JNCIE
16 7 (1.16%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (10.08%) GDPR
2 31 (5.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (4.30%) NIST
4 18 (2.98%) Data Quality
5 17 (2.81%) NCSC
6 15 (2.48%) COBIT
6 15 (2.48%) PCI DSS
7 12 (1.98%) GRC
8 10 (1.65%) QA
9 8 (1.32%) HIPAA
10 7 (1.16%) Accessibility
11 6 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.99%) Def Stans
11 6 (0.99%) PMO
12 4 (0.66%) ISO 8583
12 4 (0.66%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.66%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.50%) PSD2
System Software
1 35 (5.79%) Active Directory
2 30 (4.96%) Docker
3 20 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.99%) VMware NSX
5 5 (0.83%) RACF
6 3 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.33%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.17%) IAG
8 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (6.12%) Kubernetes
2 24 (3.97%) Terraform
3 16 (2.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (2.48%) SCCM
4 15 (2.48%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (2.15%) Ansible
6 2 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.17%) Argo
7 1 (0.17%) Podman
7 1 (0.17%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 128 (21.16%) Microsoft
2 60 (9.92%) Oracle
3 59 (9.75%) SAP
4 47 (7.77%) Salesforce
5 41 (6.78%) ServiceNow
6 30 (4.96%) VMware
7 26 (4.30%) Sparx
8 20 (3.31%) Databricks
9 19 (3.14%) BiZZdesign
10 18 (2.98%) OpenAI
11 17 (2.81%) Google
12 15 (2.48%) Pega
13 13 (2.15%) Cisco
14 12 (1.98%) MuleSoft
15 11 (1.82%) Ariba
15 11 (1.82%) Citrix
16 9 (1.49%) F5
17 8 (1.32%) Atlassian
18 7 (1.16%) Palo Alto
18 7 (1.16%) Talend