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 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 203 280
Rank change year-on-year +36 +77 -37
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 804 396 365
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.61% 1.35% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% 1.48% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 524 257 244
10th Percentile £463 £450 £455
25th Percentile £525 £510 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £738 £725 £738
90th Percentile £825 £825 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £623 £650
% change year-on-year +0.40% -4.23% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 2 6
10th Percentile £59.81 £56.20 -
25th Percentile £69.06 £63.50 £63.75
Median hourly rate £92.00 £76.34 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.52% +13.09% -3.57%
75th Percentile £110.75 £88.50 £83.81
90th Percentile - £95.40 £88.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £95.00 £52.67 £87.50
% change year-on-year +80.37% -39.81% +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 42,365 26,787 37,171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.77% 91.01% 85.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,429 17,005 23,768
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £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 2,540 1,187 2,585
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £27.21 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.56% -25.45% +4.20%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £81.25 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +15.02%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +45 690 £650 +3.83% 243
UK excluding London +13 354 £625 +0.40% 174
London +59 345 £675 +3.85% 106
Work from Home +37 236 £575 -3.77% 131
South East -18 112 £650 +4.00% 58
North of England -9 108 £550 -9.84% 43
Midlands -25 65 £570 -9.52% 28
Yorkshire -2 60 £550 -12.00% 16
West Midlands -26 46 £565 -5.83% 19
North West -19 45 £550 -1.26% 17
Scotland -10 28 £613 +2.77% 11
South West -32 28 £650 - 21
East Midlands -18 17 £575 -17.86% 9
East of England -11 16 £650 +30.00% 11
North East - 8 £800 - 11
Wales -17 2 - - 4
Northern Ireland - 1 £775 - 1
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 33 (4.10%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.11%) Confluence
3 15 (1.87%) SAS
4 9 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.87%) OpenStack
6 5 (0.62%) NetWeaver
6 5 (0.62%) SAP EP
7 4 (0.50%) Apache
8 3 (0.37%) Camunda
8 3 (0.37%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.25%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.25%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.12%) CMS
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 7 (0.87%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.12%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 25 (3.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 21 (2.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.00%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.62%) Primavera
5 5 (0.62%) SAP CRM
6 3 (0.37%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.37%) Oracle Retail
6 3 (0.37%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.25%) ContrOCC
7 2 (0.25%) Endur
7 2 (0.25%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.12%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
8 1 (0.12%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.12%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 241 (29.98%) Azure
2 161 (20.02%) AWS
3 59 (7.34%) SaaS
4 58 (7.21%) GCP
5 39 (4.85%) Power Platform
6 34 (4.23%) Serverless
7 33 (4.10%) PaaS
8 31 (3.86%) Microsoft 365
9 29 (3.61%) Entra ID
10 21 (2.61%) Microsoft Copilot
11 20 (2.49%) IaaS
11 20 (2.49%) OCI
12 19 (2.36%) Azure AI
13 16 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
14 15 (1.87%) Azure Logic Apps
15 14 (1.74%) GitHub
15 14 (1.74%) SuccessFactors
16 13 (1.62%) Azure Functions
17 12 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
18 11 (1.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.74%) Network Security
2 11 (1.37%) Firewall
2 11 (1.37%) VPN
3 10 (1.24%) IPsec
3 10 (1.24%) WAN
4 8 (1.00%) MPLS
5 7 (0.87%) SSL
6 6 (0.75%) BGP
6 6 (0.75%) Kerberos
6 6 (0.75%) LAN
6 6 (0.75%) SD-WAN
7 5 (0.62%) DHCP
7 5 (0.62%) DNS
8 4 (0.50%) Intranet
8 4 (0.50%) MQTT
8 4 (0.50%) RFID
9 3 (0.37%) BIG-IP
9 3 (0.37%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.25%) NGFW
10 2 (0.25%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (3.36%) Data Lake
2 24 (2.99%) Metadata
3 19 (2.36%) Power BI
4 18 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (1.62%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.62%) Oracle Database
7 11 (1.37%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 11 (1.37%) SQL Server
8 5 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (0.62%) DynamoDB
8 5 (0.62%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 5 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.62%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 3 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.37%) Base SAS
9 3 (0.37%) DocumentDB
9 3 (0.37%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.37%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.25%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 11 (1.37%) JIRA
2 8 (1.00%) Git
2 8 (1.00%) GitLab
3 7 (0.87%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.62%) Hudson
5 4 (0.50%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.37%) ERwin
6 3 (0.37%) Selenium
7 2 (0.25%) Flyway
7 2 (0.25%) JUnit
7 2 (0.25%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.25%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.12%) Postman
General
1 234 (29.10%) Social Skills
2 205 (25.50%) Finance
3 118 (14.68%) Public Sector
4 86 (10.70%) Banking
5 71 (8.83%) Analytical Skills
6 58 (7.21%) Retail
7 44 (5.47%) Influencing Skills
8 38 (4.73%) Legal
9 23 (2.86%) Aerospace
10 19 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (1.87%) Financial Institution
12 13 (1.62%) Manufacturing
12 13 (1.62%) Military
13 12 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (1.37%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.24%) Law
16 9 (1.12%) Aviation
17 8 (1.00%) Local Government
18 7 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 6 (0.75%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 550 (68.41%) Architect
2 190 (23.63%) Solutions Architect
3 134 (16.67%) Enterprise Architect
4 86 (10.70%) Lead
5 68 (8.46%) Technical Architect
6 62 (7.71%) Senior
7 42 (5.22%) Data Architect
8 38 (4.73%) Security Architect
9 36 (4.48%) Senior Architect
10 34 (4.23%) Lead Architect
11 27 (3.36%) Project Manager
11 27 (3.36%) ServiceNow Architect
12 24 (2.99%) Analyst
13 22 (2.74%) Consultant
14 19 (2.36%) SAP Architect
15 18 (2.24%) Cloud Architect
16 17 (2.11%) Azure Architect
16 17 (2.11%) Technical Manager
17 16 (1.99%) Applications Architect
17 16 (1.99%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (7.84%) REST
2 55 (6.84%) Middleware
3 37 (4.60%) .NET
4 34 (4.23%) SOAP
5 21 (2.61%) OAuth
5 21 (2.61%) Web Services
6 17 (2.11%) Kafka
7 16 (1.99%) SAML
8 15 (1.87%) AngularJS
8 15 (1.87%) React
9 14 (1.74%) OpenID
10 12 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
11 10 (1.24%) Microsoft Graph
11 10 (1.24%) OAuth2
12 9 (1.12%) A2A Protocol
12 9 (1.12%) Model Context Protocol
13 8 (1.00%) Node.js
14 7 (0.87%) LangChain
14 7 (0.87%) RESTful
14 7 (0.87%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 83 (10.32%) Cloud Native
2 63 (7.84%) Product Ownership
3 43 (5.35%) Enterprise Software
4 32 (3.98%) CMDB
4 32 (3.98%) Operational Technology
5 24 (2.99%) AI Agents
6 22 (2.74%) Onboarding
7 21 (2.61%) Distributed Systems
8 20 (2.49%) Data Protection Act
8 20 (2.49%) Management Information System
9 19 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
9 19 (2.36%) Security Posture
10 17 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
11 16 (1.99%) Data Centre
11 16 (1.99%) Public Cloud
12 12 (1.49%) IoT
13 10 (1.24%) FMCG
14 9 (1.12%) Data Structures
14 9 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (1.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.36%) Windows
2 13 (1.62%) Linux
3 6 (0.75%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.62%) Unix
5 4 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.37%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.37%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.25%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (33.58%) Roadmaps
2 197 (24.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 180 (22.39%) TOGAF
4 177 (22.01%) Agile
5 153 (19.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 137 (17.04%) Integration Patterns
7 134 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
8 129 (16.04%) Migration
9 125 (15.55%) AI
10 122 (15.17%) Decision-Making
11 115 (14.30%) CI/CD
11 115 (14.30%) Technical Leadership
12 109 (13.56%) DevOps
13 99 (12.31%) Cybersecurity
14 95 (11.82%) Data Modelling
15 94 (11.69%) Problem-Solving
16 91 (11.32%) Architecture Governance
17 88 (10.95%) Architectural Design
18 87 (10.82%) Microservices
19 84 (10.45%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 59 (7.34%) Python
2 39 (4.85%) Java
3 38 (4.73%) SQL
4 14 (1.74%) JavaScript
5 13 (1.62%) C#
6 11 (1.37%) TypeScript
7 8 (1.00%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.75%) Kotlin
9 5 (0.62%) ABAP
10 4 (0.50%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.50%) Bash
10 4 (0.50%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.25%) Bicep
11 2 (0.25%) Google Apps Script
11 2 (0.25%) Ruby
11 2 (0.25%) Scala
12 1 (0.12%) C++
12 1 (0.12%) Groovy
12 1 (0.12%) Korn
12 1 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 208 (25.87%) Security Cleared
2 150 (18.66%) SC Cleared
3 49 (6.09%) DV Cleared
4 41 (5.10%) Degree
5 37 (4.60%) Azure Certification
6 30 (3.73%) TOGAF Certification
7 27 (3.36%) BPSS Clearance
8 26 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (2.74%) AWS Certification
10 20 (2.49%) CISSP
11 15 (1.87%) CISM
12 13 (1.62%) Cisco Certification
13 11 (1.37%) PMP
14 9 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
14 9 (1.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 8 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
16 7 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 6 (0.75%) CCIE
17 6 (0.75%) ISEB
17 6 (0.75%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (6.34%) Data Quality
2 46 (5.72%) GDPR
3 35 (4.35%) NIST
4 23 (2.86%) NCSC
5 20 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (1.99%) COBIT
7 14 (1.74%) GRC
8 13 (1.62%) PCI DSS
8 13 (1.62%) QA
9 11 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (1.00%) PMO
11 7 (0.87%) ISO 20022
11 7 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 7 (0.87%) NIST 800
11 7 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.75%) Def Stans
12 6 (0.75%) ISO 31000
12 6 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (0.50%) IFRS
System Software
1 28 (3.48%) Active Directory
2 21 (2.61%) Docker
3 6 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.62%) RACF
4 5 (0.62%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.12%) IAG
6 1 (0.12%) KVM
6 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (4.10%) Kubernetes
2 22 (2.74%) Terraform
3 15 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (1.62%) Ansible
5 8 (1.00%) SCCM
6 6 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.25%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.12%) Grafana
9 1 (0.12%) Istio
9 1 (0.12%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.12%) SCOM
Vendors
1 157 (19.53%) Microsoft
2 63 (7.84%) Oracle
3 62 (7.71%) SAP
4 56 (6.97%) ServiceNow
5 34 (4.23%) Salesforce
6 25 (3.11%) Sparx
7 24 (2.99%) Databricks
8 22 (2.74%) Google
9 20 (2.49%) BiZZdesign
10 17 (2.11%) VMware
11 14 (1.74%) Ariba
11 14 (1.74%) Workday
12 12 (1.49%) Zscaler
13 11 (1.37%) OpenAI
14 9 (1.12%) Cisco
14 9 (1.12%) MuleSoft
15 6 (0.75%) Dynatrace
15 6 (0.75%) Foundry
16 5 (0.62%) Informatica
17 4 (0.50%) Temenos