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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 225 263
Rank change year-on-year +49 +38 -10
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 741 352 377
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.57% 1.20% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.85% 1.32% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 508 231 256
10th Percentile £457 £480 £459
25th Percentile £513 £522 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £630 £650
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% -3.08% -1.89%
75th Percentile £725 £738 £738
90th Percentile £809 £813 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £610 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -2.40% -3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 1 8
10th Percentile £58.36 - £58.50
25th Percentile £63.75 - £63.75
Median hourly rate £75.00 £100.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +48.15% -3.57%
75th Percentile £87.50 - £75.44
90th Percentile £101.25 - £88.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 - £78.50
% change year-on-year - - +12.14%

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 39,989 26,597 37,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.62% 90.89% 86.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,206 17,155 24,229
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £743 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +0.62% -3.10% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,387 1,068 2,445
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.65 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.96 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.65
Median % change year-on-year +43.29% -18.65% -4.42%
75th Percentile £66.00 £60.84 £59.95
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.69 £27.76 £37.18
% change year-on-year +57.38% -25.34% +3.28%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 +45 626 £625 -3.85% 176
UK excluding London +20 356 £610 -2.40% 106
London +58 289 £630 -3.08% 92
Work from Home +57 219 £571 -4.85% 75
South East +4 110 £650 +3.17% 38
North of England -9 101 £569 -6.76% 23
Midlands -38 58 £564 -5.94% 20
Yorkshire -9 50 £563 -13.46% 8
North West -24 47 £588 +4.54% 14
South West -22 44 £650 - 9
West Midlands -39 39 £560 -6.67% 10
Scotland -1 29 £546 +3.36% 3
East Midlands -17 17 £570 -28.75% 10
East of England -15 14 £650 -3.70% 11
North East -12 9 £713 -5.00% 1
Wales -13 3 £550 +14.58% 3
Northern Ireland - 2 £638 - 2

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 37 (4.99%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.29%) Confluence
3 11 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.21%) SAS
5 6 (0.81%) Camunda
5 6 (0.81%) NetWeaver
5 6 (0.81%) SAP EP
6 4 (0.54%) Apache
6 4 (0.54%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.40%) Appian
7 3 (0.40%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.40%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.27%) CMS
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.13%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.54%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 33 (4.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 22 (2.97%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.94%) SAP CRM
5 4 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.40%) Oracle Retail
6 3 (0.40%) SAP GRC
7 2 (0.27%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.27%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.13%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.13%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.13%) Summit
8 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 225 (30.36%) Azure
2 164 (22.13%) AWS
3 63 (8.50%) GCP
4 57 (7.69%) SaaS
5 40 (5.40%) Microsoft 365
5 40 (5.40%) Power Platform
6 38 (5.13%) Serverless
7 27 (3.64%) PaaS
8 26 (3.51%) Entra ID
9 19 (2.56%) IaaS
9 19 (2.56%) Microsoft Copilot
10 18 (2.43%) OCI
11 17 (2.29%) Azure Logic Apps
11 17 (2.29%) Microsoft Purview
12 16 (2.16%) Azure AI
12 16 (2.16%) GitHub
13 15 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
14 14 (1.89%) SuccessFactors
15 13 (1.75%) Azure Functions
15 13 (1.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.35%) Firewall
1 10 (1.35%) IPsec
1 10 (1.35%) VPN
1 10 (1.35%) WAN
2 9 (1.21%) Network Security
2 9 (1.21%) SD-WAN
3 6 (0.81%) DNS
3 6 (0.81%) Kerberos
3 6 (0.81%) MPLS
3 6 (0.81%) SSL
4 5 (0.67%) Internet
4 5 (0.67%) LAN
5 4 (0.54%) Intranet
5 4 (0.54%) MQTT
5 4 (0.54%) RFID
6 3 (0.40%) BGP
6 3 (0.40%) BIG-IP
6 3 (0.40%) DHCP
7 2 (0.27%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.27%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (3.78%) Data Lake
2 24 (3.24%) Data Warehouse
2 24 (3.24%) Metadata
3 21 (2.83%) Power BI
4 12 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (1.48%) Oracle Database
6 9 (1.21%) NoSQL
7 8 (1.08%) DynamoDB
7 8 (1.08%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 8 (1.08%) SQL Server
8 5 (0.67%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (0.40%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.40%) DocumentDB
9 3 (0.40%) GIS
9 3 (0.40%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.40%) Oracle Exadata
9 3 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.40%) Tableau
10 2 (0.27%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 16 (2.16%) JIRA
2 8 (1.08%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.94%) GitLab
4 4 (0.54%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (0.40%) Git
5 3 (0.40%) Hudson
5 3 (0.40%) Selenium
6 2 (0.27%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.27%) ERwin
6 2 (0.27%) Flyway
6 2 (0.27%) JUnit
6 2 (0.27%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.13%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.13%) gulp
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.13%) Postman
7 1 (0.13%) PowerBuilder
7 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.13%) Yeoman
General
1 213 (28.74%) Social Skills
2 181 (24.43%) Finance
3 110 (14.84%) Public Sector
4 73 (9.85%) Banking
5 67 (9.04%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (5.53%) Influencing Skills
7 40 (5.40%) Legal
8 35 (4.72%) Retail
9 21 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
10 16 (2.16%) Military
10 16 (2.16%) Telecoms
11 15 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (1.89%) Aerospace
13 11 (1.48%) Financial Institution
13 11 (1.48%) Manufacturing
14 10 (1.35%) Billing
15 8 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (1.08%) Law
16 6 (0.81%) Aviation
16 6 (0.81%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 523 (70.58%) Architect
2 157 (21.19%) Solutions Architect
3 149 (20.11%) Enterprise Architect
4 69 (9.31%) Lead
5 66 (8.91%) Technical Architect
6 54 (7.29%) Senior
7 35 (4.72%) Security Architect
8 33 (4.45%) Data Architect
9 31 (4.18%) Lead Architect
10 28 (3.78%) Senior Architect
11 25 (3.37%) ServiceNow Architect
12 22 (2.97%) Analyst
12 22 (2.97%) Consultant
12 22 (2.97%) Project Manager
12 22 (2.97%) SAP Architect
13 19 (2.56%) Azure Architect
13 19 (2.56%) Cloud Architect
13 19 (2.56%) Salesforce Architect
14 18 (2.43%) Applications Architect
15 15 (2.02%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (7.29%) REST
2 37 (4.99%) Middleware
3 29 (3.91%) SOAP
4 24 (3.24%) .NET
5 21 (2.83%) Web Services
6 18 (2.43%) OAuth
7 14 (1.89%) AngularJS
8 13 (1.75%) Microsoft Graph
9 12 (1.62%) Kafka
9 12 (1.62%) React
9 12 (1.62%) SAML
10 11 (1.48%) OpenID
11 9 (1.21%) A2A Protocol
11 9 (1.21%) LangChain
11 9 (1.21%) LangGraph
11 9 (1.21%) Model Context Protocol
11 9 (1.21%) Node.js
11 9 (1.21%) OAuth2
11 9 (1.21%) Oracle Fusion
12 8 (1.08%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 71 (9.58%) Cloud Native
2 51 (6.88%) Product Ownership
3 30 (4.05%) CMDB
4 25 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
4 25 (3.37%) Operational Technology
5 20 (2.70%) Management Information System
6 18 (2.43%) Data Protection Act
7 17 (2.29%) Onboarding
8 16 (2.16%) IoT
8 16 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
9 15 (2.02%) Data Centre
9 15 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
10 13 (1.75%) Public Cloud
11 12 (1.62%) AI Agents
11 12 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (1.62%) Security Posture
12 11 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.35%) NHS
14 9 (1.21%) Data Structures
14 9 (1.21%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 21 (2.83%) Windows
2 11 (1.48%) Linux
3 6 (0.81%) Mac OS
4 5 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (0.67%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.54%) Unix
5 4 (0.54%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (39.41%) Roadmaps
2 183 (24.70%) TOGAF
3 170 (22.94%) Agile
4 159 (21.46%) Stakeholder Management
5 152 (20.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 125 (16.87%) AI
7 124 (16.73%) Integration Patterns
8 119 (16.06%) Architectural Patterns
9 118 (15.92%) Decision-Making
10 97 (13.09%) Migration
11 96 (12.96%) CI/CD
11 96 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
12 94 (12.69%) Business Strategy
13 92 (12.42%) Data Modelling
14 91 (12.28%) Cybersecurity
15 89 (12.01%) Architectural Design
16 87 (11.74%) DevOps
17 86 (11.61%) Technical Leadership
18 83 (11.20%) ITIL
19 81 (10.93%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 63 (8.50%) Python
2 36 (4.86%) SQL
3 35 (4.72%) Java
4 17 (2.29%) JavaScript
5 15 (2.02%) PowerShell
6 13 (1.75%) C#
7 12 (1.62%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.21%) Bash
9 8 (1.08%) ABAP
10 6 (0.81%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.54%) Bicep
11 4 (0.54%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.40%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.27%) Google Apps Script
13 2 (0.27%) Ruby
14 1 (0.13%) Go
14 1 (0.13%) Korn
14 1 (0.13%) R
14 1 (0.13%) Scala
14 1 (0.13%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 206 (27.80%) Security Cleared
2 143 (19.30%) SC Cleared
3 51 (6.88%) DV Cleared
4 49 (6.61%) Degree
5 34 (4.59%) TOGAF Certification
6 26 (3.51%) Azure Certification
7 23 (3.10%) BPSS Clearance
8 22 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
9 20 (2.70%) AWS Certification
10 19 (2.56%) CISSP
11 16 (2.16%) ISEB
12 15 (2.02%) ITIL Certification
13 11 (1.48%) CISM
13 11 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 8 (1.08%) PMP
17 7 (0.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 6 (0.81%) MCSE
18 6 (0.81%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (7.69%) GDPR
2 40 (5.40%) Data Quality
3 35 (4.72%) NIST
4 25 (3.37%) COBIT
5 22 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (2.97%) NCSC
6 18 (2.43%) PCI DSS
7 15 (2.02%) GRC
8 10 (1.35%) PMO
9 8 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.94%) Def Stans
10 7 (0.94%) NIST 800
10 7 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.81%) ISO 20022
11 6 (0.81%) ISO 31000
11 6 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 6 (0.81%) QA
12 5 (0.67%) Accessibility
13 4 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 27 (3.64%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.56%) Docker
3 9 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (0.67%) RACF
5 5 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.67%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.27%) 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 32 (4.32%) Kubernetes
2 23 (3.10%) Terraform
3 13 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (1.48%) SCCM
6 7 (0.94%) Ansible
7 3 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.27%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.13%) Grafana
9 1 (0.13%) Istio
9 1 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.13%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.13%) SCOM
Vendors
1 137 (18.49%) Microsoft
2 63 (8.50%) SAP
3 62 (8.37%) ServiceNow
4 49 (6.61%) Salesforce
5 46 (6.21%) Oracle
6 34 (4.59%) Sparx
7 29 (3.91%) BiZZdesign
8 26 (3.51%) Databricks
9 25 (3.37%) Google
10 20 (2.70%) VMware
11 16 (2.16%) Ariba
12 15 (2.02%) OpenAI
13 10 (1.35%) Pega
14 9 (1.21%) Cisco
14 9 (1.21%) Workday
15 8 (1.08%) MuleSoft
15 8 (1.08%) Zscaler
16 7 (0.94%) Citrix
17 6 (0.81%) Dynatrace
17 6 (0.81%) Genesys