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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 210 295
Rank change year-on-year +75 +85 -54
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 1,129 442 283
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.06% 1.34% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.43% 1.48% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 738 290 155
10th Percentile £475 £450 £445
25th Percentile £540 £500 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £723 £716 £744
90th Percentile £825 £825 £808
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +4.35% - -9.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 2 1
10th Percentile £20.31 £32.13 -
25th Percentile £70.00 £35.33 £63.75
Median hourly rate £83.50 £42.34 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +97.24% -37.28% -
75th Percentile £110.75 £49.00 £71.25
90th Percentile - £52.00 -
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 46,438 29,893 32,352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.57% 90.54% 85.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,948 18,567 19,512
10th Percentile £325 £295 £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 £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £736 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,331 1,864 1,314
10th Percentile £13.65 £14.35 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.08 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £37.87 £25.15 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +50.56% -39.40% -2.92%
75th Percentile £65.00 £43.20 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.00 £65.00 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.13 £22.32 £43.00
% change year-on-year +70.85% -48.10% +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 7 October 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 7 October 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 7 October 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 +65 993 £625 +4.17% 901
London +68 545 £650 +4.00% 532
UK excluding London +36 435 £600 +4.35% 414
Work from Home +59 319 £600 +6.67% 398
South East +13 137 £538 -6.52% 132
North of England +26 136 £600 +11.63% 111
Midlands -13 85 £626 +4.33% 55
Yorkshire +27 74 £550 -6.38% 52
West Midlands -18 63 £626 +4.38% 39
North West -7 56 £600 +12.68% 52
South West -33 43 £650 +13.04% 31
Scotland -9 26 £625 +8.93% 41
East Midlands -16 20 £588 +7.60% 16
East of England -22 14 £550 -31.25% 29
North East -31 10 £650 +18.18% 7
Northern Ireland - 3 £650 - 14
Wales -15 1 £650 +35.42% 2
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 50 (4.43%) SAS
2 27 (2.39%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.77%) Confluence
4 15 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.97%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.89%) Apache
7 6 (0.53%) NetWeaver
8 5 (0.44%) Anypoint
8 5 (0.44%) CMS
8 5 (0.44%) Mule
8 5 (0.44%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.35%) Apache Superset
9 4 (0.35%) SAP EP
10 3 (0.27%) Mendix
11 2 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.18%) IBM HTTP Server
11 2 (0.18%) nginx
11 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.18%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 14 (1.24%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 54 (4.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 12 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (1.06%) Oracle ERP
4 8 (0.71%) ContrOCC
5 7 (0.62%) SAP MM
6 6 (0.53%) Primavera
6 6 (0.53%) SAP CO
6 6 (0.53%) SAP FI
6 6 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
7 5 (0.44%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.35%) SAP CRM
9 3 (0.27%) Cloudability
9 3 (0.27%) Endur
9 3 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.27%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 398 (35.25%) Azure
2 250 (22.14%) AWS
3 128 (11.34%) GCP
4 78 (6.91%) Power Platform
5 71 (6.29%) Entra ID
5 71 (6.29%) SaaS
6 58 (5.14%) Microsoft 365
7 42 (3.72%) Serverless
8 39 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
9 33 (2.92%) GitHub
10 26 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
11 25 (2.21%) Microsoft Copilot
12 24 (2.13%) iPaaS
12 24 (2.13%) OCI
12 24 (2.13%) PaaS
13 23 (2.04%) Azure AI
14 20 (1.77%) Azure Service Bus
14 20 (1.77%) Boomi
14 20 (1.77%) Microsoft Purview
15 19 (1.68%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.83%) Network Security
2 30 (2.66%) Firewall
3 23 (2.04%) WAN
4 19 (1.68%) VPN
5 15 (1.33%) LAN
6 12 (1.06%) HTTP
7 10 (0.89%) BGP
7 10 (0.89%) DNS
8 9 (0.80%) MPLS
8 9 (0.80%) SD-WAN
9 7 (0.62%) IPsec
10 6 (0.53%) NGFW
10 6 (0.53%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.44%) 5G
11 5 (0.44%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (0.44%) Modbus
11 5 (0.44%) Radio Access Network
12 4 (0.35%) DHCP
12 4 (0.35%) Internet
12 4 (0.35%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (5.85%) Metadata
2 55 (4.87%) Data Lake
3 35 (3.10%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (2.83%) Power BI
5 19 (1.68%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.15%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 12 (1.06%) Base SAS
8 11 (0.97%) SQL Server
9 10 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (0.89%) SAP HANA
10 9 (0.80%) Big Data
11 8 (0.71%) Delta Lake
11 8 (0.71%) Semantic Layer
12 7 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (0.62%) Neo4j
12 7 (0.62%) SAP BW
13 6 (0.53%) Amazon Athena
13 6 (0.53%) Geospatial Data
13 6 (0.53%) Oracle Database
13 6 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 19 (1.68%) JIRA
2 13 (1.15%) Git
2 13 (1.15%) Jenkins
3 11 (0.97%) GitLab
4 5 (0.44%) ERwin
5 3 (0.27%) Hudson
5 3 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
5 3 (0.27%) Terragrunt
6 2 (0.18%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.18%) Postman
6 2 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.18%) Subversion
6 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.089%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.089%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.089%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.089%) Mockito
General
1 400 (35.43%) Social Skills
2 303 (26.84%) Finance
3 186 (16.47%) Public Sector
4 109 (9.65%) Banking
5 99 (8.77%) Analytical Skills
6 94 (8.33%) Retail
7 83 (7.35%) Influencing Skills
8 38 (3.37%) Legal
9 35 (3.10%) Manufacturing
10 30 (2.66%) Aerospace
11 29 (2.57%) Military
12 24 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
13 22 (1.95%) Local Government
13 22 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (1.86%) Telecoms
15 18 (1.59%) Marketing
15 18 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
16 16 (1.42%) Billing
17 12 (1.06%) Investment Banking
18 11 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 806 (71.39%) Architect
2 267 (23.65%) Solutions Architect
3 178 (15.77%) Enterprise Architect
4 137 (12.13%) Lead
5 89 (7.88%) Data Architect
6 88 (7.79%) Technical Architect
7 76 (6.73%) Senior
8 67 (5.93%) Lead Architect
9 55 (4.87%) Security Architect
10 51 (4.52%) Senior Architect
11 48 (4.25%) SAP Architect
12 38 (3.37%) Technical Leader
13 35 (3.10%) Project Manager
14 33 (2.92%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
14 33 (2.92%) Integration Architect
15 29 (2.57%) Cloud Architect
16 27 (2.39%) ServiceNow Architect
16 27 (2.39%) Technical Manager
17 26 (2.30%) Analyst
17 26 (2.30%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (7.35%) REST
2 73 (6.47%) Middleware
3 46 (4.07%) SOAP
4 41 (3.63%) Terraform
5 33 (2.92%) Kafka
5 33 (2.92%) OAuth
6 30 (2.66%) .NET
7 20 (1.77%) JSON
7 20 (1.77%) SAML
7 20 (1.77%) SAP Fiori
8 19 (1.68%) XML
9 17 (1.51%) JWT
10 16 (1.42%) Oracle Fusion
11 15 (1.33%) SAPUI5
12 14 (1.24%) OAuth2
12 14 (1.24%) OpenID
12 14 (1.24%) Swagger
13 13 (1.15%) GraphQL
13 13 (1.15%) OpenAPI
14 12 (1.06%) React
Miscellaneous
1 154 (13.64%) Cloud Native
2 91 (8.06%) Enterprise Software
3 63 (5.58%) Product Ownership
4 59 (5.23%) Onboarding
5 53 (4.69%) AI Agents
6 44 (3.90%) Hybrid Cloud
7 40 (3.54%) Distributed Systems
8 39 (3.45%) CMDB
9 31 (2.75%) Management Information System
9 31 (2.75%) Operational Technology
10 28 (2.48%) Data Centre
11 26 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
12 23 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
13 22 (1.95%) Security Posture
14 21 (1.86%) IoT
15 19 (1.68%) Public Cloud
16 18 (1.59%) FMCG
17 16 (1.42%) Marketing Technology
18 14 (1.24%) Data Structures
19 13 (1.15%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.13%) Windows
2 13 (1.15%) Linux
3 11 (0.97%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.27%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.27%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.18%) Android
5 2 (0.18%) Unix
6 1 (0.089%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.089%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.089%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.089%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 438 (38.80%) Stakeholder Management
2 421 (37.29%) Roadmaps
3 249 (22.05%) TOGAF
4 222 (19.66%) AI
5 218 (19.31%) Integration Patterns
5 218 (19.31%) Migration
6 216 (19.13%) Agile
7 212 (18.78%) Technical Leadership
8 204 (18.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 189 (16.74%) Architecture Governance
10 174 (15.41%) Decision-Making
11 169 (14.97%) Analytics
12 168 (14.88%) DevOps
13 167 (14.79%) Cybersecurity
14 157 (13.91%) Architectural Patterns
15 150 (13.29%) CI/CD
16 149 (13.20%) Data Architecture
17 141 (12.49%) Event-Driven
18 133 (11.78%) Data Modelling
19 126 (11.16%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 66 (5.85%) Python
2 51 (4.52%) SQL
3 42 (3.72%) Java
4 22 (1.95%) JavaScript
5 15 (1.33%) PowerShell
6 13 (1.15%) C#
7 12 (1.06%) TypeScript
8 11 (0.97%) ABAP
9 6 (0.53%) Bash
9 6 (0.53%) Bicep
10 4 (0.35%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.35%) Korn
11 2 (0.18%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.18%) Rust
12 1 (0.089%) DAML
12 1 (0.089%) Go
12 1 (0.089%) Groovy
12 1 (0.089%) Scala
12 1 (0.089%) Solidity
12 1 (0.089%) Swift
Qualifications
1 299 (26.48%) Security Cleared
2 228 (20.19%) SC Cleared
3 62 (5.49%) Azure Certification
3 62 (5.49%) Degree
4 51 (4.52%) TOGAF Certification
5 47 (4.16%) DV Cleared
6 41 (3.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 33 (2.92%) AWS Certification
8 31 (2.75%) CISSP
9 26 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
10 22 (1.95%) PMP
11 18 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (1.59%) CISM
12 14 (1.24%) PMI Certification
13 13 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 8 (0.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 7 (0.62%) CCIE
15 7 (0.62%) Master's Degree
16 6 (0.53%) CCSP
16 6 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (8.86%) Data Quality
2 52 (4.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 48 (4.25%) GRC
4 45 (3.99%) GDPR
5 40 (3.54%) NIST
6 35 (3.10%) NCSC
7 23 (2.04%) QA
8 17 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
9 14 (1.24%) PMO
10 12 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 11 (0.97%) NIST 800
12 8 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 8 (0.71%) SLA
13 7 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.53%) Accessibility
15 5 (0.44%) COBIT
15 5 (0.44%) PCI DSS
16 3 (0.27%) GxP
16 3 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 19770
16 3 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 40 (3.54%) Active Directory
2 24 (2.13%) Docker
3 13 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.53%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.27%) vSphere
7 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.18%) IAG
7 2 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.089%) NFS
8 1 (0.089%) Samba
8 1 (0.089%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.089%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 57 (5.05%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.68%) Ansible
3 15 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.80%) Grafana
6 3 (0.27%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.27%) SCCM
7 2 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.18%) Puppet
7 2 (0.18%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.089%) 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
1 245 (21.70%) Microsoft
2 115 (10.19%) SAP
3 101 (8.95%) Oracle
4 70 (6.20%) ServiceNow
5 63 (5.58%) Google
6 60 (5.31%) Databricks
7 41 (3.63%) Salesforce
8 27 (2.39%) MuleSoft
9 24 (2.13%) Workday
10 23 (2.04%) VMware
11 22 (1.95%) Informatica
12 19 (1.68%) IBM
12 19 (1.68%) OpenAI
12 19 (1.68%) Sparx
13 18 (1.59%) BiZZdesign
14 17 (1.51%) Cisco
15 16 (1.42%) Ariba
15 16 (1.42%) Zscaler
16 13 (1.15%) Adobe
16 13 (1.15%) Foundry