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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 208 300
Rank change year-on-year +77 +92 -68
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 1,110 446 288
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.03% 1.35% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.41% 1.49% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 723 299 165
10th Percentile £465 £450 £445
25th Percentile £536 £503 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £601 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.08% -3.92% -5.84%
75th Percentile £714 £717 £750
90th Percentile £825 £825 £833
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £575 £622
% change year-on-year +4.35% -7.56% -4.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 3 4
10th Percentile £20.31 £34.27 -
25th Percentile £68.88 £40.67 £63.75
Median hourly rate £84.25 £52.67 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.96% -21.97% -3.57%
75th Percentile £106.81 £77.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £110.75 £90.80 -
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 46,152 29,871 33,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.59% 90.49% 85.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,085 18,553 20,430
10th Percentile £325 £300 £311
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,056 1,793 1,507
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.23 £14.70
25th Percentile £17.44 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.92%
75th Percentile £67.50 £44.78 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.50 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.03 £22.58 £43.00
% change year-on-year +77.32% -47.50% +7.50%

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 September 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 September 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 September 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 +62 973 £625 - 647
London +78 531 £650 +4.00% 381
UK excluding London +19 436 £600 +4.35% 325
Work from Home +57 321 £602 +4.25% 428
South East +20 148 £563 -2.17% 119
North of England +4 124 £585 +8.89% 65
Midlands -30 74 £647 +7.83% 50
Yorkshire +8 62 £550 - 29
North West -17 57 £600 +16.73% 30
West Midlands -29 52 £650 +8.42% 27
South West -37 48 £650 - 30
Scotland -11 30 £600 +11.27% 25
East Midlands -16 20 £600 -4.15% 23
East of England -18 12 £650 -18.75% 26
North East -42 5 £604 +9.82% 6
Northern Ireland - 4 £713 - 8
Wales -20 1 £650 +35.42% 7
Channel Islands - 1 £625 - 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 50 (4.50%) SAS
2 27 (2.43%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.62%) Confluence
4 15 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.81%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.72%) Apache
8 7 (0.63%) NetWeaver
9 6 (0.54%) CMS
10 5 (0.45%) Anypoint
10 5 (0.45%) Mule
10 5 (0.45%) OpenStack
10 5 (0.45%) SAP EP
11 4 (0.36%) Apache Superset
12 3 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.18%) Mendix
14 1 (0.090%) Camunda
14 1 (0.090%) CIMPLICITY
14 1 (0.090%) Headless CMS
14 1 (0.090%) Predix
Applications
1 12 (1.08%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.090%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 43 (3.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.89%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 11 (0.99%) Oracle ERP
4 9 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.72%) ContrOCC
6 6 (0.54%) Primavera
7 5 (0.45%) SAP CRM
7 5 (0.45%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
9 3 (0.27%) Cloudability
9 3 (0.27%) Endur
9 3 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.27%) SAP CO
9 3 (0.27%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
9 3 (0.27%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.18%) SAP MM
10 2 (0.18%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 373 (33.60%) Azure
2 233 (20.99%) AWS
3 118 (10.63%) GCP
4 73 (6.58%) Power Platform
5 67 (6.04%) SaaS
6 64 (5.77%) Entra ID
7 56 (5.05%) Microsoft 365
8 36 (3.24%) Serverless
9 34 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
10 26 (2.34%) GitHub
10 26 (2.34%) Microsoft Copilot
11 25 (2.25%) Azure AI
12 23 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
12 23 (2.07%) PaaS
13 22 (1.98%) OCI
14 20 (1.80%) iPaaS
15 18 (1.62%) Snowflake
15 18 (1.62%) SuccessFactors
16 17 (1.53%) Azure Service Bus
16 17 (1.53%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.88%) Network Security
2 28 (2.52%) Firewall
3 21 (1.89%) WAN
4 17 (1.53%) VPN
5 14 (1.26%) LAN
6 10 (0.90%) BGP
7 9 (0.81%) HTTP
7 9 (0.81%) MPLS
8 8 (0.72%) SD-WAN
9 7 (0.63%) DNS
9 7 (0.63%) IPsec
10 6 (0.54%) NGFW
10 6 (0.54%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.45%) 5G
11 5 (0.45%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (0.45%) Radio Access Network
12 4 (0.36%) 4G
12 4 (0.36%) Cisco Firepower
12 4 (0.36%) Modbus
12 4 (0.36%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (5.68%) Metadata
2 50 (4.50%) Data Lake
3 33 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (2.61%) Power BI
5 18 (1.62%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.17%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 12 (1.08%) Base SAS
8 11 (0.99%) SQL Server
9 9 (0.81%) Big Data
10 8 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (0.63%) Delta Lake
11 7 (0.63%) Neo4j
11 7 (0.63%) Semantic Layer
12 6 (0.54%) Geospatial Data
12 6 (0.54%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.45%) SAS Enterprise Guide
14 4 (0.36%) SAP BW
14 4 (0.36%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 17 (1.53%) JIRA
2 13 (1.17%) Git
2 13 (1.17%) Jenkins
3 10 (0.90%) GitLab
4 6 (0.54%) ERwin
5 5 (0.45%) Hudson
6 4 (0.36%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.27%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.18%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.18%) Postman
8 2 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.18%) Subversion
8 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.090%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.090%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.090%) Flyway
9 1 (0.090%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.090%) Mockito
9 1 (0.090%) Selenium
General
1 383 (34.50%) Social Skills
2 284 (25.59%) Finance
3 175 (15.77%) Public Sector
4 104 (9.37%) Analytical Skills
5 101 (9.10%) Banking
6 97 (8.74%) Retail
7 81 (7.30%) Influencing Skills
8 46 (4.14%) Legal
9 32 (2.88%) Military
10 31 (2.79%) Aerospace
11 29 (2.61%) Manufacturing
12 23 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
12 23 (2.07%) Local Government
13 21 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
13 21 (1.89%) Telecoms
14 17 (1.53%) Marketing
15 16 (1.44%) Billing
16 13 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
17 11 (0.99%) Financial Institution
17 11 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 790 (71.17%) Architect
2 268 (24.14%) Solutions Architect
3 179 (16.13%) Enterprise Architect
4 138 (12.43%) Lead
5 89 (8.02%) Technical Architect
6 80 (7.21%) Data Architect
7 67 (6.04%) Lead Architect
8 64 (5.77%) Senior
9 55 (4.95%) Security Architect
10 40 (3.60%) Senior Architect
11 38 (3.42%) SAP Architect
12 37 (3.33%) Technical Leader
13 36 (3.24%) Project Manager
14 31 (2.79%) Cloud Architect
14 31 (2.79%) ServiceNow Architect
15 29 (2.61%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
16 27 (2.43%) Integration Architect
17 26 (2.34%) Azure Architect
18 24 (2.16%) Analyst
19 22 (1.98%) Senior Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (7.30%) REST
2 68 (6.13%) Middleware
3 45 (4.05%) SOAP
4 41 (3.69%) Terraform
5 36 (3.24%) .NET
6 31 (2.79%) OAuth
7 29 (2.61%) Kafka
8 19 (1.71%) SAML
9 17 (1.53%) JSON
9 17 (1.53%) XML
10 16 (1.44%) Oracle Fusion
11 15 (1.35%) JWT
11 15 (1.35%) React
12 14 (1.26%) OAuth2
13 13 (1.17%) OpenID
14 12 (1.08%) GraphQL
14 12 (1.08%) SAP Fiori
14 12 (1.08%) SAPUI5
15 11 (0.99%) EDI
15 11 (0.99%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 141 (12.70%) Cloud Native
2 87 (7.84%) Enterprise Software
3 69 (6.22%) Product Ownership
4 53 (4.77%) AI Agents
5 51 (4.59%) Onboarding
6 43 (3.87%) Hybrid Cloud
7 42 (3.78%) CMDB
8 36 (3.24%) Distributed Systems
9 35 (3.15%) Operational Technology
10 32 (2.88%) Management Information System
11 25 (2.25%) Data Centre
11 25 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
12 24 (2.16%) Security Posture
13 20 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
13 20 (1.80%) IoT
14 19 (1.71%) Public Cloud
15 15 (1.35%) FMCG
16 13 (1.17%) Enterprise Cloud
16 13 (1.17%) Marketing Technology
17 12 (1.08%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.71%) Windows
2 13 (1.17%) Linux
3 7 (0.63%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.27%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.27%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.18%) Android
6 2 (0.18%) Unix
7 1 (0.090%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.090%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 400 (36.04%) Stakeholder Management
2 384 (34.59%) Roadmaps
3 252 (22.70%) TOGAF
4 219 (19.73%) AI
5 214 (19.28%) Agile
5 214 (19.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 206 (18.56%) Technical Leadership
7 204 (18.38%) Integration Patterns
8 187 (16.85%) Migration
9 172 (15.50%) Architecture Governance
10 159 (14.32%) Analytics
11 157 (14.14%) Architectural Patterns
11 157 (14.14%) Cybersecurity
12 156 (14.05%) Decision-Making
13 149 (13.42%) DevOps
14 147 (13.24%) CI/CD
15 145 (13.06%) Data Architecture
16 130 (11.71%) Event-Driven
17 127 (11.44%) Data Modelling
18 122 (10.99%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 73 (6.58%) Python
2 51 (4.59%) Java
3 49 (4.41%) SQL
4 22 (1.98%) JavaScript
5 16 (1.44%) TypeScript
6 15 (1.35%) C#
7 14 (1.26%) PowerShell
8 12 (1.08%) ABAP
9 7 (0.63%) Bash
10 4 (0.36%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.36%) Bicep
11 3 (0.27%) Korn
12 2 (0.18%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.18%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.18%) Ruby
12 2 (0.18%) Rust
12 2 (0.18%) Scala
13 1 (0.090%) DAML
13 1 (0.090%) Solidity
13 1 (0.090%) Swift
Qualifications
1 307 (27.66%) Security Cleared
2 236 (21.26%) SC Cleared
3 60 (5.41%) Azure Certification
4 57 (5.14%) Degree
5 52 (4.68%) DV Cleared
6 48 (4.32%) TOGAF Certification
7 32 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
8 31 (2.79%) CISSP
9 28 (2.52%) AWS Certification
10 25 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
11 19 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (1.62%) CISM
13 17 (1.53%) PMP
14 14 (1.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 10 (0.90%) PMI Certification
16 9 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
17 7 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 7 (0.63%) CCIE
17 7 (0.63%) CCNP
17 7 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (8.74%) Data Quality
2 48 (4.32%) GRC
3 46 (4.14%) NIST
4 45 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 42 (3.78%) GDPR
6 33 (2.97%) NCSC
7 23 (2.07%) QA
8 17 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
9 16 (1.44%) PMO
10 12 (1.08%) COBIT
10 12 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 12 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 12 (1.08%) NIST 800
11 8 (0.72%) SLA
12 7 (0.63%) Accessibility
13 6 (0.54%) ISO 31000
13 6 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 6 (0.54%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.27%) GxP
System Software
1 39 (3.51%) Active Directory
2 25 (2.25%) Docker
3 10 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (0.72%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.18%) IAG
7 1 (0.090%) NFS
7 1 (0.090%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.090%) Samba
7 1 (0.090%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.090%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 57 (5.14%) Kubernetes
2 21 (1.89%) Ansible
3 12 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.36%) Grafana
6 3 (0.27%) SCCM
7 2 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.18%) Puppet
7 2 (0.18%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.090%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.090%) CASB
8 1 (0.090%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.090%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.090%) Nagios
8 1 (0.090%) OpenNMS
8 1 (0.090%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.090%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.090%) SCOM
8 1 (0.090%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 234 (21.08%) Microsoft
2 106 (9.55%) SAP
3 99 (8.92%) Oracle
4 75 (6.76%) ServiceNow
5 60 (5.41%) Google
6 59 (5.32%) Databricks
7 41 (3.69%) Salesforce
8 26 (2.34%) MuleSoft
9 22 (1.98%) Workday
10 21 (1.89%) BiZZdesign
10 21 (1.89%) Informatica
10 21 (1.89%) Sparx
10 21 (1.89%) VMware
11 18 (1.62%) Ariba
12 17 (1.53%) Cisco
12 17 (1.53%) IBM
12 17 (1.53%) OpenAI
13 16 (1.44%) Zscaler
14 15 (1.35%) Foundry
15 11 (0.99%) Adobe