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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 213 302
Rank change year-on-year +77 +89 -74
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 1,118 437 278
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.04% 1.33% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.41% 1.46% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 733 295 155
10th Percentile £465 £450 £445
25th Percentile £536 £507 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £620 £625
Median % change year-on-year +0.81% -0.80% -4.94%
75th Percentile £713 £718 £749
90th Percentile £813 £825 £820
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £575 £622
% change year-on-year +4.35% -7.56% -2.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 3 4
10th Percentile £20.31 £34.27 -
25th Percentile £70.00 £40.67 £63.75
Median hourly rate £83.50 £52.67 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.53% -21.97% -3.57%
75th Percentile £105.50 £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 46,340 29,830 33,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.48% 90.53% 85.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,136 18,534 20,247
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £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 £730 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,159 1,812 1,459
10th Percentile £13.81 £14.23 £14.96
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -1.91%
75th Percentile £67.50 £44.76 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.00 £22.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +82.22% -47.67% +1.18%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +74 979 £625 - 918
London +81 539 £650 +1.96% 553
UK excluding London +22 436 £600 +4.35% 420
Work from Home +52 317 £602 +3.79% 416
South East +18 146 £550 -4.35% 150
North of England +9 125 £575 +7.03% 104
Midlands -28 76 £626 +4.38% 59
Yorkshire +17 65 £550 - 38
North West -26 55 £600 +16.73% 59
West Midlands -28 54 £627 +4.42% 33
South West -28 49 £650 - 38
Scotland 0 30 £600 +4.71% 36
East Midlands -15 20 £600 +0.28% 26
East of England -24 11 £600 -25.00% 22
North East -47 5 £604 +9.82% 7
Northern Ireland - 4 £713 - 14
Wales -15 1 £650 +35.42% 3
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 (4.47%) SAS
2 27 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.79%) Confluence
4 14 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.89%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.72%) Apache
8 6 (0.54%) NetWeaver
9 5 (0.45%) Anypoint
9 5 (0.45%) CMS
9 5 (0.45%) Mule
9 5 (0.45%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.36%) Apache Superset
10 4 (0.36%) SAP EP
11 3 (0.27%) Mendix
12 2 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.089%) Appian
13 1 (0.089%) CIMPLICITY
13 1 (0.089%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.089%) Predix
Applications
1 14 (1.25%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.089%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 43 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.88%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 12 (1.07%) Oracle ERP
4 10 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.72%) ContrOCC
6 6 (0.54%) Primavera
7 5 (0.45%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.36%) SAP CRM
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 CS
10 2 (0.18%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 381 (34.08%) Azure
2 239 (21.38%) AWS
3 118 (10.55%) GCP
4 76 (6.80%) Power Platform
5 71 (6.35%) SaaS
6 67 (5.99%) Entra ID
7 56 (5.01%) Microsoft 365
8 37 (3.31%) Serverless
9 34 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
10 26 (2.33%) GitHub
11 25 (2.24%) Azure AI
11 25 (2.24%) Microsoft Copilot
11 25 (2.24%) PaaS
12 23 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
13 22 (1.97%) OCI
14 21 (1.88%) iPaaS
15 19 (1.70%) Azure Service Bus
15 19 (1.70%) Snowflake
16 18 (1.61%) Boomi
16 18 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 31 (2.77%) Network Security
2 29 (2.59%) Firewall
3 22 (1.97%) WAN
4 19 (1.70%) VPN
5 14 (1.25%) LAN
6 10 (0.89%) BGP
6 10 (0.89%) HTTP
7 9 (0.81%) MPLS
8 8 (0.72%) DNS
8 8 (0.72%) SD-WAN
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%) Modbus
11 5 (0.45%) Radio Access Network
12 4 (0.36%) 4G
12 4 (0.36%) Cisco Firepower
12 4 (0.36%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (5.81%) Metadata
2 53 (4.74%) Data Lake
3 32 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (2.68%) Power BI
5 19 (1.70%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.16%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 12 (1.07%) Base SAS
8 10 (0.89%) SQL Server
9 9 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (0.81%) Big Data
10 8 (0.72%) Neo4j
11 7 (0.63%) Delta Lake
11 7 (0.63%) Semantic Layer
12 6 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.54%) Geospatial Data
12 6 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
13 5 (0.45%) Amazon Athena
13 5 (0.45%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.45%) SAS Enterprise Guide
14 4 (0.36%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 19 (1.70%) JIRA
2 12 (1.07%) Git
3 11 (0.98%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.89%) GitLab
5 6 (0.54%) ERwin
6 5 (0.45%) Hudson
7 3 (0.27%) 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 (0.089%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.089%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.089%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.089%) Mockito
General
1 392 (35.06%) Social Skills
2 290 (25.94%) Finance
3 183 (16.37%) Public Sector
4 105 (9.39%) Analytical Skills
5 102 (9.12%) Banking
6 97 (8.68%) Retail
7 83 (7.42%) Influencing Skills
8 45 (4.03%) Legal
9 32 (2.86%) Aerospace
9 32 (2.86%) Military
10 30 (2.68%) Manufacturing
11 24 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
12 22 (1.97%) Local Government
12 22 (1.97%) Telecoms
13 20 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
14 17 (1.52%) Marketing
15 16 (1.43%) Billing
16 15 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
17 11 (0.98%) Financial Institution
17 11 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 799 (71.47%) Architect
2 272 (24.33%) Solutions Architect
3 180 (16.10%) Enterprise Architect
4 137 (12.25%) Lead
5 85 (7.60%) Technical Architect
6 83 (7.42%) Data Architect
7 65 (5.81%) Senior
8 64 (5.72%) Lead Architect
9 56 (5.01%) Security Architect
10 40 (3.58%) Senior Architect
11 37 (3.31%) SAP Architect
12 34 (3.04%) Project Manager
12 34 (3.04%) Technical Leader
13 32 (2.86%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
14 30 (2.68%) Cloud Architect
14 30 (2.68%) ServiceNow Architect
15 28 (2.50%) Integration Architect
16 27 (2.42%) Azure Architect
17 25 (2.24%) Analyst
18 22 (1.97%) Senior Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (7.42%) REST
2 70 (6.26%) Middleware
3 45 (4.03%) SOAP
4 38 (3.40%) Terraform
5 36 (3.22%) .NET
6 33 (2.95%) OAuth
7 32 (2.86%) Kafka
8 21 (1.88%) SAML
9 19 (1.70%) JSON
9 19 (1.70%) XML
10 17 (1.52%) JWT
11 16 (1.43%) Oracle Fusion
11 16 (1.43%) React
12 15 (1.34%) OAuth2
13 14 (1.25%) OpenID
14 13 (1.16%) GraphQL
14 13 (1.16%) Swagger
15 12 (1.07%) EDI
15 12 (1.07%) OpenAPI
16 11 (0.98%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 146 (13.06%) Cloud Native
2 88 (7.87%) Enterprise Software
3 65 (5.81%) Product Ownership
4 55 (4.92%) Onboarding
5 54 (4.83%) AI Agents
6 42 (3.76%) Hybrid Cloud
7 41 (3.67%) CMDB
8 36 (3.22%) Operational Technology
9 35 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
10 32 (2.86%) Management Information System
11 28 (2.50%) Data Centre
12 27 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
13 25 (2.24%) Security Posture
14 22 (1.97%) IoT
15 20 (1.79%) Public Cloud
16 19 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
17 15 (1.34%) FMCG
18 14 (1.25%) Marketing Technology
19 13 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
20 12 (1.07%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (1.88%) Windows
2 15 (1.34%) Linux
3 9 (0.81%) 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 (0.089%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.089%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 410 (36.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 392 (35.06%) Roadmaps
3 255 (22.81%) TOGAF
4 220 (19.68%) AI
5 217 (19.41%) Agile
6 213 (19.05%) Integration Patterns
7 210 (18.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 205 (18.34%) Technical Leadership
9 199 (17.80%) Migration
10 178 (15.92%) Architecture Governance
11 163 (14.58%) Decision-Making
12 162 (14.49%) Architectural Patterns
13 161 (14.40%) Analytics
14 160 (14.31%) Cybersecurity
15 151 (13.51%) DevOps
16 150 (13.42%) CI/CD
17 147 (13.15%) Data Architecture
18 132 (11.81%) Event-Driven
19 128 (11.45%) Data Modelling
20 123 (11.00%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 71 (6.35%) Python
2 50 (4.47%) Java
3 48 (4.29%) SQL
4 22 (1.97%) JavaScript
5 17 (1.52%) TypeScript
6 16 (1.43%) C#
7 13 (1.16%) PowerShell
8 11 (0.98%) ABAP
9 6 (0.54%) 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%) Rust
12 2 (0.18%) Scala
13 1 (0.089%) DAML
13 1 (0.089%) Go
13 1 (0.089%) Groovy
13 1 (0.089%) Solidity
13 1 (0.089%) Swift
Qualifications
1 305 (27.28%) Security Cleared
2 234 (20.93%) SC Cleared
3 63 (5.64%) Azure Certification
4 62 (5.55%) Degree
5 53 (4.74%) TOGAF Certification
6 52 (4.65%) DV Cleared
7 34 (3.04%) BPSS Clearance
8 31 (2.77%) CISSP
9 29 (2.59%) AWS Certification
10 25 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
11 20 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (1.70%) PMP
13 17 (1.52%) CISM
14 13 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 11 (0.98%) PMI Certification
16 8 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 8 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
17 7 (0.63%) CCIE
17 7 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
17 7 (0.63%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (8.86%) Data Quality
2 50 (4.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 49 (4.38%) GRC
4 44 (3.94%) GDPR
4 44 (3.94%) NIST
5 35 (3.13%) NCSC
6 22 (1.97%) QA
7 17 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
8 15 (1.34%) PMO
9 12 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 12 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 11 (0.98%) COBIT
10 11 (0.98%) NIST 800
11 8 (0.72%) SLA
12 6 (0.54%) Accessibility
12 6 (0.54%) ISO 31000
12 6 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 6 (0.54%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 40 (3.58%) Active Directory
2 24 (2.15%) Docker
3 11 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.72%) VMware NSX
5 7 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.18%) IAG
8 1 (0.089%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.089%) NFS
8 1 (0.089%) Samba
8 1 (0.089%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.089%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.089%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 58 (5.19%) Kubernetes
2 20 (1.79%) Ansible
3 13 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.45%) Grafana
6 3 (0.27%) SCCM
7 2 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.18%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.18%) Puppet
7 2 (0.18%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.089%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.089%) CASB
8 1 (0.089%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.089%) Nagios
8 1 (0.089%) OpenNMS
8 1 (0.089%) SCOM
8 1 (0.089%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 235 (21.02%) Microsoft
2 104 (9.30%) SAP
3 99 (8.86%) Oracle
4 77 (6.89%) ServiceNow
5 61 (5.46%) Google
6 60 (5.37%) Databricks
7 42 (3.76%) Salesforce
8 27 (2.42%) MuleSoft
9 23 (2.06%) Workday
10 22 (1.97%) Informatica
10 22 (1.97%) VMware
11 21 (1.88%) Sparx
12 20 (1.79%) BiZZdesign
13 18 (1.61%) IBM
14 17 (1.52%) Cisco
14 17 (1.52%) OpenAI
15 16 (1.43%) Zscaler
16 15 (1.34%) Ariba
16 15 (1.34%) Foundry
17 10 (0.89%) Palo Alto