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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 213 261
Rank change year-on-year +42 +48 -14
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 761 376 376
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.57% 1.31% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.86% 1.44% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 507 242 259
10th Percentile £462 £454 £456
25th Percentile £525 £513 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £646
Median % change year-on-year - -3.25% -0.62%
75th Percentile £725 £725 £738
90th Percentile £813 £818 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £620 £650
% change year-on-year +0.81% -4.62% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 2 6
10th Percentile £61.25 £56.20 -
25th Percentile £69.06 £63.50 £63.75
Median hourly rate £78.75 £76.34 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% +13.09% -3.57%
75th Percentile £106.81 £88.50 £83.81
90th Percentile £110.75 £95.40 £88.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £92.00 £52.67 £87.50
% change year-on-year +74.67% -39.81% +25.00%

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 40,998 26,034 36,602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.45% 91.02% 85.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,676 16,714 23,582
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £498 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +4.74% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,430 1,064 2,485
10th Percentile £14.80 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.91 £18.12 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.28 £27.45 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.01% -23.75% -3.49%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.01 £74.63 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.35 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +76.32% -32.93% +7.14%

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 26 May 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 26 May 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 26 May 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 +39 653 £640 +1.59% 326
UK excluding London -3 347 £625 +0.81% 199
London +51 318 £650 - 157
Work from Home +42 224 £575 -4.17% 155
North of England -7 109 £563 -0.27% 40
South East -9 108 £650 +4.00% 71
Midlands -25 60 £573 -9.13% 28
Yorkshire -5 58 £563 -13.46% 11
North West -21 48 £550 -1.79% 22
West Midlands -37 39 £564 -7.48% 12
South West -39 32 £675 +3.85% 28
Scotland -4 27 £600 +6.72% 14
East Midlands -18 19 £575 -28.13% 16
East of England -24 14 £650 -3.70% 15
North East - 8 £800 - 8
Wales -16 2 - - 6
Northern Ireland - 1 £775 - 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 32 (4.20%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.23%) Confluence
3 11 (1.45%) SAS
4 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.79%) OpenStack
6 5 (0.66%) Camunda
6 5 (0.66%) NetWeaver
6 5 (0.66%) SAP EP
7 4 (0.53%) Apache
8 3 (0.39%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.26%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.26%) Appian
9 2 (0.26%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.26%) CMS
10 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.13%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 6 (0.79%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 29 (3.81%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 20 (2.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.66%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.66%) SAP CRM
5 3 (0.39%) Oracle Retail
5 3 (0.39%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.39%) SAP GRC
6 2 (0.26%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.13%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
7 1 (0.13%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.13%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.13%) Summit
7 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 225 (29.57%) Azure
2 163 (21.42%) AWS
3 63 (8.28%) GCP
4 58 (7.62%) SaaS
5 37 (4.86%) Power Platform
6 35 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
7 34 (4.47%) Serverless
8 31 (4.07%) Entra ID
9 28 (3.68%) PaaS
10 19 (2.50%) IaaS
11 18 (2.37%) Microsoft Copilot
11 18 (2.37%) OCI
12 17 (2.23%) Azure AI
13 15 (1.97%) Azure Logic Apps
13 15 (1.97%) Microsoft Purview
14 14 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
14 14 (1.84%) Azure Functions
14 14 (1.84%) GitHub
15 13 (1.71%) SuccessFactors
16 11 (1.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.31%) IPsec
2 9 (1.18%) WAN
3 8 (1.05%) Firewall
3 8 (1.05%) Network Security
4 7 (0.92%) MPLS
4 7 (0.92%) SD-WAN
4 7 (0.92%) VPN
5 6 (0.79%) Kerberos
5 6 (0.79%) SSL
6 5 (0.66%) BGP
6 5 (0.66%) LAN
7 4 (0.53%) Intranet
7 4 (0.53%) MQTT
7 4 (0.53%) RFID
8 3 (0.39%) BIG-IP
8 3 (0.39%) DHCP
8 3 (0.39%) DNS
9 2 (0.26%) 5G
9 2 (0.26%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (0.13%) Converged Networks
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (3.68%) Data Lake
2 25 (3.29%) Metadata
3 21 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (2.37%) Power BI
5 12 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (1.45%) Oracle Database
7 10 (1.31%) NoSQL
8 8 (1.05%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 8 (1.05%) SQL Server
9 5 (0.66%) DynamoDB
9 5 (0.66%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.39%) Base SAS
10 3 (0.39%) DocumentDB
10 3 (0.39%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.39%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.39%) Oracle Exadata
10 3 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.26%) Metadata Repository
11 2 (0.26%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 16 (2.10%) JIRA
2 8 (1.05%) GitLab
2 8 (1.05%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.66%) Hudson
4 4 (0.53%) Git
4 4 (0.53%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (0.39%) ERwin
5 3 (0.39%) Selenium
6 2 (0.26%) Flyway
6 2 (0.26%) JUnit
6 2 (0.26%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.26%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.13%) gulp
7 1 (0.13%) LSMW
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.13%) Postman
7 1 (0.13%) PowerBuilder
7 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
General
1 228 (29.96%) Social Skills
2 192 (25.23%) Finance
3 107 (14.06%) Public Sector
4 82 (10.78%) Banking
5 67 (8.80%) Analytical Skills
6 44 (5.78%) Retail
7 40 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
8 37 (4.86%) Legal
9 19 (2.50%) Aerospace
10 16 (2.10%) Military
11 15 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (1.71%) Telecoms
13 12 (1.58%) Financial Institution
13 12 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (1.45%) Manufacturing
15 9 (1.18%) Billing
16 8 (1.05%) Law
17 7 (0.92%) Aviation
18 6 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 6 (0.79%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 529 (69.51%) Architect
2 170 (22.34%) Solutions Architect
3 132 (17.35%) Enterprise Architect
4 75 (9.86%) Lead
5 64 (8.41%) Technical Architect
6 51 (6.70%) Senior
7 43 (5.65%) Data Architect
8 37 (4.86%) Security Architect
9 32 (4.20%) Lead Architect
10 27 (3.55%) Project Manager
10 27 (3.55%) Senior Architect
11 26 (3.42%) ServiceNow Architect
12 24 (3.15%) Consultant
13 19 (2.50%) Analyst
13 19 (2.50%) Cloud Architect
13 19 (2.50%) SAP Architect
14 18 (2.37%) Applications Architect
14 18 (2.37%) Salesforce Architect
14 18 (2.37%) Technical Manager
15 15 (1.97%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (7.36%) REST
2 49 (6.44%) Middleware
3 30 (3.94%) SOAP
4 28 (3.68%) .NET
5 21 (2.76%) Web Services
6 19 (2.50%) OAuth
7 16 (2.10%) Kafka
8 15 (1.97%) AngularJS
9 14 (1.84%) SAML
10 13 (1.71%) React
11 12 (1.58%) Microsoft Graph
11 12 (1.58%) OpenID
12 11 (1.45%) Oracle Fusion
13 10 (1.31%) OAuth2
14 9 (1.18%) A2A Protocol
14 9 (1.18%) LangChain
14 9 (1.18%) LangGraph
14 9 (1.18%) Model Context Protocol
15 7 (0.92%) RESTful
16 6 (0.79%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 73 (9.59%) Cloud Native
2 59 (7.75%) Product Ownership
3 33 (4.34%) Enterprise Software
4 30 (3.94%) CMDB
5 29 (3.81%) Operational Technology
6 21 (2.76%) Data Protection Act
6 21 (2.76%) Onboarding
7 18 (2.37%) AI Agents
7 18 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
8 17 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
8 17 (2.23%) Management Information System
9 15 (1.97%) Data Centre
9 15 (1.97%) Security Posture
10 14 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
11 13 (1.71%) IoT
12 12 (1.58%) Public Cloud
13 10 (1.31%) Data Structures
14 9 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (1.05%) Mainframe
16 7 (0.92%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 21 (2.76%) Windows
2 10 (1.31%) Linux
3 6 (0.79%) Mac OS
4 5 (0.66%) Unix
4 5 (0.66%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.53%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (34.43%) Roadmaps
2 171 (22.47%) Stakeholder Management
3 169 (22.21%) Agile
4 165 (21.68%) TOGAF
5 142 (18.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 129 (16.95%) Architectural Patterns
7 128 (16.82%) Integration Patterns
8 119 (15.64%) AI
9 118 (15.51%) Decision-Making
10 116 (15.24%) Migration
11 99 (13.01%) CI/CD
12 98 (12.88%) Technical Leadership
13 95 (12.48%) Data Modelling
14 94 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
15 93 (12.22%) Cybersecurity
16 92 (12.09%) DevOps
17 87 (11.43%) Architectural Design
18 84 (11.04%) Architecture Governance
19 83 (10.91%) Business Strategy
20 82 (10.78%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 58 (7.62%) Python
2 36 (4.73%) Java
3 34 (4.47%) SQL
4 16 (2.10%) JavaScript
5 14 (1.84%) PowerShell
6 13 (1.71%) C#
7 12 (1.58%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.18%) Bash
9 6 (0.79%) Kotlin
10 5 (0.66%) ABAP
10 5 (0.66%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.53%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.39%) Bicep
13 2 (0.26%) Google Apps Script
13 2 (0.26%) Ruby
13 2 (0.26%) Scala
14 1 (0.13%) Go
14 1 (0.13%) Korn
14 1 (0.13%) ProC
14 1 (0.13%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 200 (26.28%) Security Cleared
2 142 (18.66%) SC Cleared
3 48 (6.31%) DV Cleared
4 43 (5.65%) Degree
5 31 (4.07%) Azure Certification
6 28 (3.68%) TOGAF Certification
7 27 (3.55%) BPSS Clearance
8 22 (2.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (2.76%) AWS Certification
10 18 (2.37%) CISSP
11 13 (1.71%) CISM
12 12 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
13 11 (1.45%) PMP
14 9 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
14 9 (1.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 8 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
16 7 (0.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 6 (0.79%) ISEB
17 6 (0.79%) PMI Certification
18 5 (0.66%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (6.31%) GDPR
2 46 (6.04%) Data Quality
3 33 (4.34%) NIST
4 20 (2.63%) NCSC
5 19 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (1.97%) COBIT
7 13 (1.71%) GRC
7 13 (1.71%) PCI DSS
8 11 (1.45%) QA
9 8 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.92%) ISO 20022
10 7 (0.92%) NIST 800
10 7 (0.92%) PMO
11 6 (0.79%) Def Stans
11 6 (0.79%) ISO 31000
11 6 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (0.53%) IFRS
12 4 (0.53%) PSD2
System Software
1 29 (3.81%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.50%) Docker
3 9 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (0.66%) RACF
5 5 (0.66%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.13%) IAG
7 1 (0.13%) KVM
7 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 31 (4.07%) Kubernetes
2 20 (2.63%) Terraform
3 14 (1.84%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (1.45%) SCCM
5 10 (1.31%) Ansible
6 9 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.26%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.13%) Grafana
8 1 (0.13%) Istio
8 1 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.13%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.13%) SCOM
Vendors
1 146 (19.19%) Microsoft
2 63 (8.28%) SAP
3 57 (7.49%) ServiceNow
4 51 (6.70%) Oracle
5 39 (5.12%) Salesforce
6 29 (3.81%) Google
6 29 (3.81%) Sparx
7 23 (3.02%) BiZZdesign
8 22 (2.89%) Databricks
9 20 (2.63%) VMware
10 14 (1.84%) Ariba
11 13 (1.71%) Workday
12 12 (1.58%) MuleSoft
12 12 (1.58%) OpenAI
13 11 (1.45%) Zscaler
14 7 (0.92%) Citrix
15 6 (0.79%) Dynatrace
16 5 (0.66%) Cisco
16 5 (0.66%) Pega
17 4 (0.53%) Temenos