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 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 250 255
Rank change year-on-year +71 +5 -8
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 669 301 392
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.55% 1.03% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.80% 1.13% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 189 258
10th Percentile £463 £462 £475
25th Percentile £513 £528 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £725 £738 £738
90th Percentile £800 £800 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £610 £650
% change year-on-year -1.64% -6.15% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 5
10th Percentile £51.52 - £55.75
25th Percentile £61.25 - -
Median hourly rate £74.26 - £70.00
75th Percentile £90.09 - £88.00
90th Percentile £95.50 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - -12.23%

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 37,130 26,538 38,501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.00% 90.38% 86.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,530 17,031 25,049
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £610 £638 £638
90th Percentile £723 £745 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,210 919 2,337
10th Percentile £14.89 £15.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.62 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £31.76 £31.50
% change year-on-year -13.41% +0.83% -10.07%

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 17 March 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 17 March 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 17 March 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 +65 574 £625 - 203
UK excluding London +33 330 £600 -1.64% 150
London +63 257 £625 -7.41% 90
Work from Home +59 179 £546 -11.54% 106
South East +7 93 £663 +6.00% 66
North of England -28 84 £600 +9.09% 35
Midlands +10 78 £560 -6.75% 14
West Midlands -12 62 £560 -6.67% 10
North West -24 41 £551 +5.99% 14
South West -6 40 £650 +9.24% 15
Yorkshire -23 40 £625 +13.93% 15
Scotland +9 21 £563 -11.70% 3
East of England -14 16 £650 - 12
East Midlands -18 15 £536 +26.12% 4
North East -7 8 £800 +6.67% 6
Wales -10 3 £550 -12.00% 5
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 36 (5.38%) SharePoint
2 23 (3.44%) SAS
3 14 (2.09%) Confluence
4 8 (1.20%) Camunda
5 7 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.90%) Appian
7 4 (0.60%) Apache
8 3 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.45%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.45%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.45%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.30%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.30%) CMS
9 2 (0.30%) NetWeaver
9 2 (0.30%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.30%) SAP EP
10 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.15%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.60%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.15%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 28 (4.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 23 (3.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.45%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.45%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.45%) SAP GRC
5 2 (0.30%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Retail
5 2 (0.30%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.15%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.15%) Summit
6 1 (0.15%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 242 (36.17%) Azure
2 161 (24.07%) AWS
3 65 (9.72%) GCP
4 54 (8.07%) SaaS
5 40 (5.98%) Power Platform
6 33 (4.93%) Microsoft 365
7 30 (4.48%) Serverless
8 25 (3.74%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (3.74%) PaaS
9 24 (3.59%) Entra ID
10 21 (3.14%) Azure Logic Apps
11 20 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
11 20 (2.99%) IaaS
12 18 (2.69%) Microsoft Copilot
12 18 (2.69%) OCI
13 15 (2.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 14 (2.09%) GitHub
14 14 (2.09%) Microsoft Purview
15 11 (1.64%) Azure Functions
15 11 (1.64%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.39%) Firewall
2 14 (2.09%) SD-WAN
2 14 (2.09%) VPN
3 13 (1.94%) WAN
4 11 (1.64%) DNS
4 11 (1.64%) Network Security
5 10 (1.49%) IPsec
6 8 (1.20%) LAN
6 8 (1.20%) SSL
7 7 (1.05%) DHCP
7 7 (1.05%) MPLS
8 6 (0.90%) Internet
9 5 (0.75%) BGP
9 5 (0.75%) Kerberos
10 4 (0.60%) BIG-IP
10 4 (0.60%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.60%) Intranet
10 4 (0.60%) MQTT
10 4 (0.60%) VLAN
10 4 (0.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (4.93%) Data Warehouse
2 29 (4.33%) Data Lake
3 23 (3.44%) Metadata
3 23 (3.44%) Power BI
4 22 (3.29%) Oracle Database
5 20 (2.99%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 11 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (1.64%) SQL Server
7 9 (1.35%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.05%) DynamoDB
9 5 (0.75%) Metadata Repository
9 5 (0.75%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 4 (0.60%) Pentaho
11 3 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.45%) DocumentDB
11 3 (0.45%) GIS
11 3 (0.45%) Oracle ODI
11 3 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.45%) SAP BW
11 3 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (2.69%) JIRA
2 16 (2.39%) Jenkins
3 13 (1.94%) Git
4 12 (1.79%) GitLab
5 8 (1.20%) Selenium
6 7 (1.05%) JUnit
7 4 (0.60%) PowerDesigner
8 3 (0.45%) ERwin
8 3 (0.45%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.30%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.15%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.15%) Flyway
10 1 (0.15%) gulp
10 1 (0.15%) Liquibase
10 1 (0.15%) LSMW
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.15%) Postman
10 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.15%) Yeoman
General
1 207 (30.94%) Social Skills
2 163 (24.36%) Finance
3 104 (15.55%) Public Sector
4 69 (10.31%) Analytical Skills
5 64 (9.57%) Banking
6 42 (6.28%) Influencing Skills
7 23 (3.44%) Retail
8 22 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
8 22 (3.29%) Legal
8 22 (3.29%) Telecoms
9 16 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
10 14 (2.09%) Military
11 12 (1.79%) Financial Institution
12 10 (1.49%) Marketing
13 9 (1.35%) Aerospace
13 9 (1.35%) Billing
14 8 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.20%) Manufacturing
15 7 (1.05%) Local Government
16 5 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 478 (71.45%) Architect
2 152 (22.72%) Solutions Architect
3 132 (19.73%) Enterprise Architect
4 59 (8.82%) Lead
5 52 (7.77%) Senior
6 48 (7.17%) Technical Architect
7 35 (5.23%) Senior Architect
8 31 (4.63%) Data Architect
8 31 (4.63%) Security Architect
9 30 (4.48%) Lead Architect
10 28 (4.19%) Consultant
11 24 (3.59%) Azure Architect
12 21 (3.14%) Analyst
12 21 (3.14%) SAP Architect
13 19 (2.84%) ServiceNow Architect
14 18 (2.69%) Business Architect
15 15 (2.24%) Applications Architect
15 15 (2.24%) Business Analyst
15 15 (2.24%) Cloud Architect
15 15 (2.24%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (8.82%) REST
2 32 (4.78%) Middleware
3 31 (4.63%) SOAP
4 23 (3.44%) .NET
5 19 (2.84%) Web Services
6 18 (2.69%) OAuth
7 12 (1.79%) Microsoft Graph
8 11 (1.64%) Kafka
8 11 (1.64%) OAuth2
8 11 (1.64%) SAML
9 10 (1.49%) AngularJS
9 10 (1.49%) OpenID
10 9 (1.35%) JSON
10 9 (1.35%) Node.js
10 9 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
10 9 (1.35%) React
11 8 (1.20%) RESTful
11 8 (1.20%) XML
12 7 (1.05%) LangGraph
12 7 (1.05%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 55 (8.22%) Product Ownership
2 50 (7.47%) Cloud Native
3 27 (4.04%) CMDB
4 22 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
5 21 (3.14%) Data Centre
5 21 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
6 17 (2.54%) IoT
6 17 (2.54%) Onboarding
7 15 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
8 13 (1.94%) Operational Technology
9 12 (1.79%) Management Information System
10 10 (1.49%) AI Agents
10 10 (1.49%) NHS
10 10 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.49%) Taxonomies
11 8 (1.20%) Data Structures
11 8 (1.20%) FMCG
11 8 (1.20%) Public Cloud
12 7 (1.05%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.99%) Windows
2 8 (1.20%) Linux
3 6 (0.90%) Mac OS
4 5 (0.75%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.45%) Unix
5 3 (0.45%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (39.16%) Roadmaps
2 184 (27.50%) TOGAF
3 162 (24.22%) Agile
4 155 (23.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 141 (21.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 111 (16.59%) Integration Patterns
7 110 (16.44%) Architectural Patterns
8 103 (15.40%) Decision-Making
9 102 (15.25%) AI
9 102 (15.25%) DevOps
10 99 (14.80%) Problem-Solving
11 92 (13.75%) Migration
12 91 (13.60%) CI/CD
13 90 (13.45%) Data Modelling
14 89 (13.30%) Business Strategy
15 84 (12.56%) Analytics
16 76 (11.36%) ITIL
17 75 (11.21%) Cybersecurity
17 75 (11.21%) Technical Leadership
18 74 (11.06%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 64 (9.57%) Python
2 46 (6.88%) SQL
3 23 (3.44%) Java
4 20 (2.99%) JavaScript
5 16 (2.39%) PowerShell
6 14 (2.09%) C#
7 8 (1.20%) Bash
7 8 (1.20%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.90%) Kotlin
8 6 (0.90%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.75%) Bicep
10 4 (0.60%) ABAP
11 3 (0.45%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.30%) Google Apps Script
13 1 (0.15%) C++
13 1 (0.15%) Go
13 1 (0.15%) Korn
13 1 (0.15%) ProC
13 1 (0.15%) R
13 1 (0.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 184 (27.50%) Security Cleared
2 129 (19.28%) SC Cleared
3 57 (8.52%) Degree
4 39 (5.83%) DV Cleared
5 31 (4.63%) Azure Certification
6 29 (4.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (4.33%) TOGAF Certification
7 25 (3.74%) CISSP
8 23 (3.44%) AWS Certification
9 21 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (1.94%) CISM
10 13 (1.94%) ISEB
10 13 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
12 11 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 8 (1.20%) Master's Degree
15 7 (1.05%) CCNP
15 7 (1.05%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 6 (0.90%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (9.72%) GDPR
2 36 (5.38%) Data Quality
3 32 (4.78%) NIST
4 26 (3.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 23 (3.44%) PCI DSS
6 17 (2.54%) NCSC
7 16 (2.39%) COBIT
8 14 (2.09%) GRC
9 9 (1.35%) QA
10 8 (1.20%) PMO
11 7 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (1.05%) HIPAA
11 7 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.90%) Accessibility
12 6 (0.90%) Def Stans
12 6 (0.90%) ISO 20022
12 6 (0.90%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.60%) PSD2
13 4 (0.60%) SEPA
System Software
1 31 (4.63%) Docker
2 25 (3.74%) Active Directory
3 15 (2.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.05%) VMware NSX
5 5 (0.75%) RACF
5 5 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.45%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.30%) vSphere
8 1 (0.15%) IAG
8 1 (0.15%) KVM
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 41 (6.13%) Kubernetes
2 29 (4.33%) Terraform
3 14 (2.09%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (1.49%) Ansible
5 10 (1.49%) SCCM
6 3 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.15%) Argo
7 1 (0.15%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.15%) Grafana
7 1 (0.15%) Istio
7 1 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.15%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.15%) Podman
7 1 (0.15%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 122 (18.24%) Microsoft
2 62 (9.27%) Oracle
3 57 (8.52%) SAP
4 54 (8.07%) ServiceNow
5 45 (6.73%) Salesforce
6 29 (4.33%) Sparx
7 26 (3.89%) BiZZdesign
8 25 (3.74%) Databricks
8 25 (3.74%) VMware
9 21 (3.14%) Google
10 15 (2.24%) Pega
11 14 (2.09%) OpenAI
12 13 (1.94%) Cisco
13 11 (1.64%) MuleSoft
14 10 (1.49%) Ariba
14 10 (1.49%) F5
15 9 (1.35%) Atlassian
15 9 (1.35%) Workday
16 8 (1.20%) Temenos
16 8 (1.20%) Zscaler