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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 204 280
Rank change year-on-year +38 +76 -38
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 794 394 361
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.60% 1.35% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% 1.48% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 521 257 242
10th Percentile £463 £450 £455
25th Percentile £525 £510 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £725 £725 £738
90th Percentile £825 £825 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 2 6
10th Percentile £59.33 £56.20 -
25th Percentile £68.13 £63.50 £63.75
Median hourly rate £92.00 £76.34 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.52% +13.09% -3.57%
75th Percentile £110.75 £88.50 £83.81
90th Percentile - £95.40 £88.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £93.50 £52.67 £87.50
% change year-on-year +77.52% -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 42,104 26,621 36,920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.75% 90.94% 85.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,283 16,896 23,594
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,537 1,167 2,565
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £27.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.85% -24.66% +1.67%
75th Percentile £67.89 £56.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £81.24 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +8.91%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +32 680 £650 +3.42% 210
UK excluding London +3 356 £625 - 148
London +52 334 £671 +3.25% 95
Work from Home +35 236 £575 -4.09% 109
South East -2 113 £650 +4.00% 50
North of England -10 109 £550 -9.84% 36
Midlands -22 65 £570 -9.52% 24
Yorkshire -9 59 £556 -11.00% 11
North West -21 47 £550 -1.26% 19
West Midlands -28 44 £565 -5.83% 15
Scotland -10 28 £613 +2.77% 8
South West -37 27 £650 - 17
East Midlands -22 19 £575 -17.86% 9
East of England -18 16 £650 +15.56% 11
North East - 8 £800 - 7
Wales -13 2 - - 3
Channel Islands - 1 £625 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £775 - 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 32 (4.03%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.14%) Confluence
3 15 (1.89%) SAS
4 9 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.76%) OpenStack
6 5 (0.63%) NetWeaver
6 5 (0.63%) SAP EP
7 4 (0.50%) Apache
8 3 (0.38%) Camunda
8 3 (0.38%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.25%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.25%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.13%) CMS
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 6 (0.76%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 26 (3.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 21 (2.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.01%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.63%) Primavera
5 5 (0.63%) SAP CRM
6 3 (0.38%) Oracle Retail
6 3 (0.38%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.25%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.25%) ContrOCC
7 2 (0.25%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.13%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
8 1 (0.13%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.13%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.13%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 241 (30.35%) Azure
2 161 (20.28%) AWS
3 63 (7.93%) GCP
4 60 (7.56%) SaaS
5 40 (5.04%) Power Platform
6 37 (4.66%) Microsoft 365
7 34 (4.28%) Entra ID
7 34 (4.28%) Serverless
8 33 (4.16%) PaaS
9 21 (2.64%) Microsoft Copilot
10 20 (2.52%) IaaS
10 20 (2.52%) OCI
11 19 (2.39%) Azure AI
12 15 (1.89%) Azure Logic Apps
13 14 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (1.76%) SuccessFactors
14 13 (1.64%) Azure Functions
15 12 (1.51%) GitHub
15 12 (1.51%) Microsoft Purview
16 10 (1.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.76%) Network Security
2 11 (1.39%) IPsec
3 10 (1.26%) Firewall
3 10 (1.26%) VPN
4 9 (1.13%) WAN
5 7 (0.88%) MPLS
5 7 (0.88%) SD-WAN
6 6 (0.76%) Kerberos
6 6 (0.76%) SSL
7 5 (0.63%) BGP
7 5 (0.63%) DHCP
7 5 (0.63%) DNS
7 5 (0.63%) LAN
7 5 (0.63%) MQTT
8 4 (0.50%) Intranet
8 4 (0.50%) RFID
9 3 (0.38%) BIG-IP
10 2 (0.25%) NGFW
10 2 (0.25%) Software-Defined Networking
10 2 (0.25%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.27%) Data Lake
2 23 (2.90%) Metadata
3 21 (2.64%) Power BI
4 20 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (1.76%) Oracle Database
5 14 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (1.51%) NoSQL
6 12 (1.51%) SQL Server
7 11 (1.39%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 5 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (0.63%) DynamoDB
8 5 (0.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 5 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.63%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 3 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.38%) Base SAS
9 3 (0.38%) DocumentDB
9 3 (0.38%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.38%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.25%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 11 (1.39%) JIRA
2 8 (1.01%) GitLab
3 7 (0.88%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.76%) Git
5 5 (0.63%) Hudson
6 4 (0.50%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.38%) ERwin
7 3 (0.38%) Selenium
8 2 (0.25%) Flyway
8 2 (0.25%) JUnit
8 2 (0.25%) Liquibase
8 2 (0.25%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.13%) Postman
General
1 234 (29.47%) Social Skills
2 196 (24.69%) Finance
3 116 (14.61%) Public Sector
4 84 (10.58%) Banking
5 69 (8.69%) Analytical Skills
6 56 (7.05%) Retail
7 42 (5.29%) Influencing Skills
8 38 (4.79%) Legal
9 22 (2.77%) Aerospace
10 19 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
11 14 (1.76%) Financial Institution
12 13 (1.64%) Manufacturing
13 12 (1.51%) Military
13 12 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (1.51%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.39%) Law
15 9 (1.13%) Aviation
16 8 (1.01%) Local Government
17 7 (0.88%) Billing
17 7 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 544 (68.51%) Architect
2 185 (23.30%) Solutions Architect
3 131 (16.50%) Enterprise Architect
4 84 (10.58%) Lead
5 67 (8.44%) Technical Architect
6 59 (7.43%) Senior
7 43 (5.42%) Data Architect
8 38 (4.79%) Security Architect
9 34 (4.28%) Lead Architect
10 33 (4.16%) Senior Architect
11 28 (3.53%) Project Manager
12 27 (3.40%) ServiceNow Architect
13 24 (3.02%) Analyst
14 22 (2.77%) Consultant
15 19 (2.39%) SAP Architect
16 18 (2.27%) Applications Architect
17 17 (2.14%) Azure Architect
17 17 (2.14%) Cloud Architect
17 17 (2.14%) Technical Manager
18 16 (2.02%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (7.68%) REST
2 54 (6.80%) Middleware
3 34 (4.28%) .NET
4 33 (4.16%) SOAP
5 21 (2.64%) OAuth
5 21 (2.64%) Web Services
6 16 (2.02%) Kafka
7 15 (1.89%) AngularJS
7 15 (1.89%) SAML
8 14 (1.76%) OpenID
8 14 (1.76%) React
9 12 (1.51%) Oracle Fusion
10 10 (1.26%) Microsoft Graph
10 10 (1.26%) OAuth2
11 9 (1.13%) A2A Protocol
11 9 (1.13%) Model Context Protocol
12 8 (1.01%) Node.js
13 7 (0.88%) LangChain
13 7 (0.88%) LangGraph
13 7 (0.88%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 79 (9.95%) Cloud Native
2 63 (7.93%) Product Ownership
3 42 (5.29%) Enterprise Software
4 32 (4.03%) CMDB
4 32 (4.03%) Operational Technology
5 22 (2.77%) AI Agents
6 21 (2.64%) Onboarding
7 20 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
8 19 (2.39%) Data Protection Act
9 18 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
9 18 (2.27%) Management Information System
9 18 (2.27%) Security Posture
10 16 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
11 15 (1.89%) Data Centre
11 15 (1.89%) Public Cloud
12 13 (1.64%) IoT
13 10 (1.26%) FMCG
14 9 (1.13%) Data Structures
14 9 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (1.01%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.90%) Windows
2 12 (1.51%) Linux
3 7 (0.88%) Mac OS
4 6 (0.76%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.63%) Unix
5 5 (0.63%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.25%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.13%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (33.75%) Roadmaps
2 191 (24.06%) Stakeholder Management
3 176 (22.17%) Agile
4 174 (21.91%) TOGAF
5 153 (19.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 137 (17.25%) Integration Patterns
7 135 (17.00%) Architectural Patterns
8 126 (15.87%) Migration
9 124 (15.62%) Decision-Making
10 123 (15.49%) AI
11 111 (13.98%) CI/CD
11 111 (13.98%) Technical Leadership
12 103 (12.97%) DevOps
13 100 (12.59%) Cybersecurity
14 95 (11.96%) Data Modelling
15 94 (11.84%) Problem-Solving
16 90 (11.34%) Architectural Design
16 90 (11.34%) Architecture Governance
17 85 (10.71%) Microservices
18 83 (10.45%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 56 (7.05%) Python
2 39 (4.91%) Java
3 37 (4.66%) SQL
4 15 (1.89%) JavaScript
5 14 (1.76%) C#
6 13 (1.64%) PowerShell
7 12 (1.51%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.13%) Bash
9 6 (0.76%) Kotlin
10 5 (0.63%) ABAP
11 4 (0.50%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.50%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.25%) Bicep
12 2 (0.25%) Google Apps Script
12 2 (0.25%) Ruby
12 2 (0.25%) Scala
13 1 (0.13%) Go
13 1 (0.13%) Korn
13 1 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.13%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 207 (26.07%) Security Cleared
2 148 (18.64%) SC Cleared
3 50 (6.30%) DV Cleared
4 39 (4.91%) Degree
5 35 (4.41%) Azure Certification
6 29 (3.65%) TOGAF Certification
7 27 (3.40%) BPSS Clearance
8 25 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (2.64%) AWS Certification
10 20 (2.52%) CISSP
11 15 (1.89%) CISM
12 12 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
13 11 (1.39%) PMP
14 9 (1.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 8 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
15 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
16 6 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 6 (0.76%) ISEB
16 6 (0.76%) PMI Certification
17 5 (0.63%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (6.30%) GDPR
2 49 (6.17%) Data Quality
3 35 (4.41%) NIST
4 24 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (3.02%) NCSC
5 15 (1.89%) COBIT
6 13 (1.64%) GRC
6 13 (1.64%) PCI DSS
7 12 (1.51%) QA
8 11 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (1.01%) NIST 800
9 8 (1.01%) PMO
10 7 (0.88%) ISO 20022
10 7 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 7 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.76%) Def Stans
11 6 (0.76%) ISO 31000
11 6 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (0.50%) PSD2
System Software
1 34 (4.28%) Active Directory
2 21 (2.64%) Docker
3 11 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (0.63%) RACF
5 5 (0.63%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.25%) 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 33 (4.16%) Kubernetes
2 21 (2.64%) Terraform
3 15 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (1.51%) SCCM
5 10 (1.26%) Ansible
5 10 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.25%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.13%) Grafana
7 1 (0.13%) Istio
7 1 (0.13%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.13%) SCOM
Vendors
1 159 (20.03%) Microsoft
2 62 (7.81%) Oracle
2 62 (7.81%) SAP
3 53 (6.68%) ServiceNow
4 35 (4.41%) Salesforce
5 28 (3.53%) Google
6 26 (3.27%) Sparx
7 24 (3.02%) Databricks
8 22 (2.77%) VMware
9 21 (2.64%) BiZZdesign
10 14 (1.76%) Ariba
10 14 (1.76%) Workday
11 12 (1.51%) Zscaler
12 11 (1.39%) OpenAI
13 10 (1.26%) MuleSoft
14 7 (0.88%) Cisco
14 7 (0.88%) Citrix
15 6 (0.76%) Dynatrace
15 6 (0.76%) Foundry
16 5 (0.63%) Informatica