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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 260 255
Rank change year-on-year +77 -5 -6
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 634 300 413
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.58% 0.97% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.82% 1.08% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 182 272
10th Percentile £460 £450 £497
25th Percentile £513 £513 £555
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -3.85% -2.99%
75th Percentile £719 £722 £738
90th Percentile £800 £800 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £600 £647
% change year-on-year - -7.20% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 5
10th Percentile £49.06 - £55.75
25th Percentile £68.25 - -
Median hourly rate £79.04 - £70.00
75th Percentile £93.77 - £88.00
90th Percentile £96.25 - -
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 34,907 27,716 39,026
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.98% 89.51% 87.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,112 17,001 25,591
10th Percentile £310 £306 £300
25th Percentile £409 £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 £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -3.03% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,104 852 2,127
10th Percentile £14.61 £15.62 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -2.99% +2.15%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £60.32
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.69
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £30.62 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.85% -12.53% +7.69%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 +83 544 £625 - 164
UK excluding London +61 336 £600 - 133
London +49 227 £625 -3.85% 58
Work from Home +45 165 £543 -13.20% 95
South East +26 89 £650 +4.00% 56
Midlands +18 83 £560 -7.21% 17
North of England -12 83 £569 +12.18% 32
West Midlands +5 62 £574 -4.93% 12
South West +7 42 £650 +9.24% 16
North West -16 42 £526 +5.25% 15
Yorkshire -25 39 £600 +9.38% 10
Scotland 0 21 £550 -18.40% 4
East Midlands -7 20 £483 - 4
East of England -7 19 £650 -13.33% 9
North East -10 7 £800 +6.67% 7
Wales -4 4 £588 -6.00% 2
Northern Ireland - 2 £500 -

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 29 (4.57%) SharePoint
2 24 (3.79%) SAS
3 11 (1.74%) Confluence
4 7 (1.10%) Apache
4 7 (1.10%) Camunda
4 7 (1.10%) OpenStack
5 6 (0.95%) Appian
5 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.79%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.63%) CMS
8 3 (0.47%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.47%) NetWeaver
8 3 (0.47%) Oracle Coherence
8 3 (0.47%) SAP EP
8 3 (0.47%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.32%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.16%) Alfresco
10 1 (0.16%) Documentum
10 1 (0.16%) nginx
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 5 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.47%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.16%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (4.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 24 (3.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.63%) SAP CRM
5 3 (0.47%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.47%) SAP GRC
6 2 (0.32%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.32%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.16%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.16%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.16%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.16%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.16%) Summit
7 1 (0.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 242 (38.17%) Azure
2 150 (23.66%) AWS
3 54 (8.52%) GCP
4 53 (8.36%) SaaS
5 39 (6.15%) Power Platform
6 37 (5.84%) Microsoft 365
7 31 (4.89%) Entra ID
8 29 (4.57%) Serverless
9 24 (3.79%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (3.79%) PaaS
10 23 (3.63%) Azure Logic Apps
10 23 (3.63%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (3.00%) IaaS
12 16 (2.52%) Microsoft Copilot
12 16 (2.52%) OCI
13 14 (2.21%) Microsoft Purview
14 13 (2.05%) Azure Data Factory
15 12 (1.89%) GitHub
16 11 (1.74%) AWS CloudFormation
16 11 (1.74%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.52%) Firewall
1 16 (2.52%) WAN
2 12 (1.89%) LAN
2 12 (1.89%) SD-WAN
3 10 (1.58%) DNS
3 10 (1.58%) MPLS
3 10 (1.58%) Network Security
3 10 (1.58%) VPN
4 9 (1.42%) BGP
4 9 (1.42%) IPsec
5 8 (1.26%) SSL
6 6 (0.95%) DHCP
6 6 (0.95%) Internet
7 5 (0.79%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (0.63%) Intranet
8 4 (0.63%) MQTT
8 4 (0.63%) Software-Defined Networking
8 4 (0.63%) VLAN
8 4 (0.63%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (4.89%) Data Warehouse
2 28 (4.42%) Data Lake
3 22 (3.47%) Oracle Database
4 21 (3.31%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 19 (3.00%) Power BI
6 18 (2.84%) Metadata
7 10 (1.58%) SQL Server
8 7 (1.10%) DynamoDB
8 7 (1.10%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.10%) Pentaho
8 7 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.79%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 4 (0.63%) Data Mining
10 4 (0.63%) Delta Lake
10 4 (0.63%) Metadata Repository
10 4 (0.63%) SAP BW
11 3 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.47%) GIS
11 3 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (3.47%) JIRA
2 16 (2.52%) Jenkins
3 14 (2.21%) Git
4 9 (1.42%) GitLab
5 6 (0.95%) JUnit
5 6 (0.95%) Selenium
6 3 (0.47%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (0.47%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.32%) ERwin
7 2 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.16%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.16%) gulp
8 1 (0.16%) LSMW
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.16%) PowerBuilder
8 1 (0.16%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.16%) Yeoman
General
1 208 (32.81%) Social Skills
2 147 (23.19%) Finance
3 85 (13.41%) Public Sector
4 70 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (9.15%) Banking
6 50 (7.89%) Influencing Skills
7 25 (3.94%) Legal
8 22 (3.47%) Retail
8 22 (3.47%) Telecoms
9 19 (3.00%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (1.89%) Military
12 11 (1.74%) Financial Institution
13 10 (1.58%) Aerospace
13 10 (1.58%) Manufacturing
14 9 (1.42%) Billing
15 8 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (1.26%) Marketing
16 6 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
17 4 (0.63%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 459 (72.40%) Architect
2 160 (25.24%) Solutions Architect
3 127 (20.03%) Enterprise Architect
4 56 (8.83%) Lead
5 48 (7.57%) Senior
6 39 (6.15%) Technical Architect
7 34 (5.36%) Senior Architect
8 30 (4.73%) Lead Architect
9 28 (4.42%) Azure Architect
9 28 (4.42%) Data Architect
10 25 (3.94%) Consultant
10 25 (3.94%) SAP Architect
11 23 (3.63%) Security Architect
12 20 (3.15%) Analyst
13 18 (2.84%) Business Architect
14 16 (2.52%) Cloud Architect
15 15 (2.37%) Salesforce Architect
16 14 (2.21%) Business Analyst
16 14 (2.21%) Lead Solutions Architect
16 14 (2.21%) SAP Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (8.52%) REST
2 25 (3.94%) Middleware
3 21 (3.31%) .NET
4 18 (2.84%) OAuth
4 18 (2.84%) SOAP
5 14 (2.21%) Web Services
6 13 (2.05%) Microsoft Graph
7 12 (1.89%) Oracle Fusion
7 12 (1.89%) SAML
8 11 (1.74%) JSON
8 11 (1.74%) Kafka
8 11 (1.74%) OpenID
9 10 (1.58%) OAuth2
10 9 (1.42%) Node.js
10 9 (1.42%) React
11 8 (1.26%) AngularJS
11 8 (1.26%) LangChain
11 8 (1.26%) RESTful
12 7 (1.10%) LangGraph
12 7 (1.10%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.73%) Cloud Native
2 38 (5.99%) Product Ownership
3 20 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
4 19 (3.00%) Data Centre
4 19 (3.00%) Legacy Systems
5 18 (2.84%) Hybrid Cloud
6 16 (2.52%) CMDB
6 16 (2.52%) IoT
6 16 (2.52%) Onboarding
7 14 (2.21%) Management Information System
8 13 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (1.74%) Operational Technology
10 10 (1.58%) NHS
11 9 (1.42%) AI Agents
11 9 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.42%) Taxonomies
12 8 (1.26%) FMCG
12 8 (1.26%) Public Cloud
13 7 (1.10%) Data Structures
13 7 (1.10%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 23 (3.63%) Windows
2 11 (1.74%) Mac OS
3 7 (1.10%) Linux
4 6 (0.95%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.47%) Unix
5 3 (0.47%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.16%) Android
7 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (39.27%) Roadmaps
2 189 (29.81%) TOGAF
3 158 (24.92%) Agile
4 144 (22.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 141 (22.24%) Stakeholder Management
6 101 (15.93%) Integration Patterns
7 98 (15.46%) AI
8 96 (15.14%) DevOps
9 95 (14.98%) Decision-Making
10 93 (14.67%) Problem-Solving
11 92 (14.51%) Architectural Patterns
12 90 (14.20%) Data Modelling
13 86 (13.56%) Business Strategy
14 83 (13.09%) Migration
15 81 (12.78%) Analytics
15 81 (12.78%) CI/CD
16 71 (11.20%) Continuous Improvement
17 67 (10.57%) Technical Leadership
18 65 (10.25%) Cybersecurity
18 65 (10.25%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 59 (9.31%) Python
2 48 (7.57%) SQL
3 20 (3.15%) Java
4 17 (2.68%) JavaScript
5 15 (2.37%) PowerShell
6 13 (2.05%) C#
7 11 (1.74%) TypeScript
8 10 (1.58%) Bash
9 6 (0.95%) Bicep
10 5 (0.79%) ABAP
11 4 (0.63%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.32%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.32%) Google Apps Script
13 1 (0.16%) C
13 1 (0.16%) C++
13 1 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.16%) ProC
13 1 (0.16%) R
13 1 (0.16%) VB
Qualifications
1 156 (24.61%) Security Cleared
2 113 (17.82%) SC Cleared
3 57 (8.99%) Degree
4 32 (5.05%) DV Cleared
5 28 (4.42%) TOGAF Certification
6 26 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (3.94%) Azure Certification
8 22 (3.47%) CISSP
9 20 (3.15%) AWS Certification
10 17 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (2.37%) Cisco Certification
12 13 (2.05%) ISEB
13 12 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
14 11 (1.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 11 (1.74%) Master's Degree
15 10 (1.58%) CCIE
15 10 (1.58%) CISM
15 10 (1.58%) ITIL Certification
16 8 (1.26%) JNCIE
17 7 (1.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (10.57%) GDPR
2 32 (5.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (4.10%) NIST
4 20 (3.15%) Data Quality
5 18 (2.84%) NCSC
5 18 (2.84%) PCI DSS
6 15 (2.37%) COBIT
7 12 (1.89%) GRC
8 9 (1.42%) QA
9 8 (1.26%) HIPAA
10 7 (1.10%) Accessibility
10 7 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.95%) Def Stans
11 6 (0.95%) PMO
11 6 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.63%) ISO 8583
12 4 (0.63%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.63%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.47%) PSD2
System Software
1 33 (5.21%) Docker
2 32 (5.05%) Active Directory
3 19 (3.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.95%) VMware NSX
5 5 (0.79%) RACF
6 3 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.32%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.16%) IAG
8 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (6.15%) Kubernetes
2 26 (4.10%) Terraform
3 15 (2.37%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (2.37%) Single Sign-On
4 14 (2.21%) SCCM
5 13 (2.05%) Ansible
6 3 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.16%) Argo
7 1 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.16%) Podman
7 1 (0.16%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 133 (20.98%) Microsoft
2 64 (10.09%) SAP
3 63 (9.94%) Oracle
4 49 (7.73%) Salesforce
5 43 (6.78%) ServiceNow
6 29 (4.57%) VMware
7 27 (4.26%) Sparx
8 24 (3.79%) Databricks
9 21 (3.31%) BiZZdesign
9 21 (3.31%) Google
10 17 (2.68%) OpenAI
11 15 (2.37%) Pega
12 13 (2.05%) Cisco
13 12 (1.89%) Ariba
13 12 (1.89%) MuleSoft
14 10 (1.58%) Citrix
15 9 (1.42%) Atlassian
15 9 (1.42%) F5
16 8 (1.26%) Workday
17 7 (1.10%) Palo Alto