Enterprise Architecture Contracts

Enterprise Architecture
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Enterprise Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Enterprise Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 204 286 242
Rank change year-on-year +82 -44 0
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 408 340 610
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.33% 0.79% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 0.92% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 216 390
10th Percentile £450 £450 £500
25th Percentile £513 £525 £579
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -1.52%
75th Percentile £725 £738 £738
90th Percentile £825 £831 £794
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £650 £636
% change year-on-year -3.85% +2.20% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 13
10th Percentile £34.27 - £61.50
25th Percentile £40.67 £63.75 £66.25
Median hourly rate £52.67 £67.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.97% -3.57% -14.49%
75th Percentile £77.00 £83.81 £80.25
90th Percentile £90.80 £88.00 £81.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.34 £87.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -51.62% +25.00% -14.49%

All Process and 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 27,864 36,803 49,880
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.90% 85.25% 89.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,568 23,445 34,342
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +0.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,367 2,552 1,711
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.74 £11.87
25th Percentile £17.40 £16.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%
75th Percentile £53.91 £61.30 £64.56
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.66 £38.12 £35.00
% change year-on-year -35.31% +8.91% +66.67%

Enterprise Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Enterprise Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Enterprise Architecture in the UK

Enterprise Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Enterprise Architecture.

Daily rate trend for Enterprise Architecture in the UK

Enterprise Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Architecture over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Enterprise Architecture in the UK

Enterprise Architecture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Enterprise Architecture.

Hourly rate trend for Enterprise Architecture in the UK

Enterprise Architecture
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Enterprise Architecture over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Enterprise Architecture in the UK

Enterprise Architecture
Top 15 Contract 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 30 June 2025. 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 +78 348 £630 -3.08% 1,043
UK excluding London +66 199 £625 -3.85% 510
London +74 167 £650 - 583
Work from Home +47 117 £599 -7.85% 508
South East +91 53 £626 -3.69% 130
North of England +1 41 £620 -4.62% 125
South West +32 39 £650 - 60
North West +13 32 £550 -18.52% 83
Scotland +21 30 £596 -7.74% 41
Midlands +17 30 £620 +12.73% 98
West Midlands +9 17 £600 +9.09% 70
East Midlands +7 13 £700 +57.30% 26
Yorkshire +1 9 £625 -0.75% 35
East of England +6 5 £588 -9.62% 35
Wales - 4 £478 - 9

Enterprise Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (3.68%) Confluence
2 9 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.72%) OpenStack
4 6 (1.47%) NetWeaver
4 6 (1.47%) SAP EP
5 4 (0.98%) Camunda
5 4 (0.98%) CMS
5 4 (0.98%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.98%) Smallworld
6 3 (0.74%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.74%) Oracle Spatial
7 1 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.25%) Apache
7 1 (0.25%) JBoss
7 1 (0.25%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.25%) SAS
7 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.25%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (3.19%) MS Visio
2 8 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.96%) Siemens NX
3 4 (0.98%) Fusion 360
3 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.25%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 14 (3.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (2.70%) Teamcenter
3 6 (1.47%) SAP CRM
4 4 (0.98%) Avolution ABACUS
4 4 (0.98%) Endur
4 4 (0.98%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.74%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.49%) Maximo
6 2 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.49%) SAP PLM
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.25%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 127 (31.13%) Azure
2 89 (21.81%) AWS
3 36 (8.82%) GCP
4 26 (6.37%) SaaS
5 22 (5.39%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (5.15%) PaaS
7 20 (4.90%) IaaS
8 16 (3.92%) Cloud Computing
9 14 (3.43%) Power Platform
10 13 (3.19%) Entra ID
11 9 (2.21%) Azure App Service
11 9 (2.21%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 9 (2.21%) Azure Storage
11 9 (2.21%) Serverless
12 7 (1.72%) SuccessFactors
13 6 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
14 5 (1.23%) Amazon S3
14 5 (1.23%) Lucidchart
15 4 (0.98%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.37%) Firewall
2 7 (1.72%) Network Security
3 6 (1.47%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (0.98%) SAN
5 3 (0.74%) DNS
5 3 (0.74%) GPON
5 3 (0.74%) LAN
5 3 (0.74%) Unified Communications
5 3 (0.74%) WAN
6 2 (0.49%) 4G
6 2 (0.49%) DHCP
6 2 (0.49%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.49%) Internet
6 2 (0.49%) LTE
6 2 (0.49%) Modbus
6 2 (0.49%) NAS
6 2 (0.49%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.49%) VoIP
6 2 (0.49%) VPN
6 2 (0.49%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.68%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (1.72%) NoSQL
2 7 (1.72%) Power BI
3 6 (1.47%) Big Data
3 6 (1.47%) Data Lake
3 6 (1.47%) GIS
3 6 (1.47%) Metadata
3 6 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.23%) MongoDB
4 5 (1.23%) SAP HANA
5 4 (0.98%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.74%) DB2
6 3 (0.74%) OLTP
6 3 (0.74%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.74%) SAP BW
6 3 (0.74%) SAP Data Services
6 3 (0.74%) Spatial Data
6 3 (0.74%) Tableau
7 2 (0.49%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 19 (4.66%) JIRA
2 6 (1.47%) Git
3 3 (0.74%) Artifactory
3 3 (0.74%) ERwin
4 2 (0.49%) AdminStudio
4 2 (0.49%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.49%) Bitbucket Server
4 2 (0.49%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.25%) GitLab
5 1 (0.25%) Hudson
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
General
1 181 (44.36%) Social Skills
2 112 (27.45%) Finance
3 70 (17.16%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (10.05%) Banking
5 33 (8.09%) Public Sector
6 22 (5.39%) Telecoms
7 18 (4.41%) Influencing Skills
8 15 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (3.19%) Retail
10 9 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (2.21%) Financial Institution
11 8 (1.96%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.72%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.72%) Marketing
13 6 (1.47%) General Ledger
14 5 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.98%) Billing
15 4 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.98%) Military
16 3 (0.74%) Legal
Job Titles
1 304 (74.51%) Architect
2 121 (29.66%) Solutions Architect
3 81 (19.85%) Enterprise Architect
4 32 (7.84%) Lead
5 25 (6.13%) Senior
6 24 (5.88%) Azure Architect
7 23 (5.64%) Technical Architect
8 22 (5.39%) Cloud Architect
9 21 (5.15%) SAP Architect
10 20 (4.90%) Security Architect
10 20 (4.90%) Senior Architect
11 17 (4.17%) Analyst
12 16 (3.92%) Developer
13 13 (3.19%) Consultant
13 13 (3.19%) Designer
13 13 (3.19%) Lead Architect
13 13 (3.19%) Senior Solutions Architect
14 12 (2.94%) Salesforce Architect
15 9 (2.21%) Data Architect
15 9 (2.21%) Domain Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.90%) Middleware
2 18 (4.41%) .NET
3 16 (3.92%) Web Services
4 15 (3.68%) AngularJS
4 15 (3.68%) REST
5 11 (2.70%) Kafka
6 10 (2.45%) React
7 9 (2.21%) ARM Templates
7 9 (2.21%) SAP PI
8 7 (1.72%) SAP Fiori
8 7 (1.72%) SOAP
8 7 (1.72%) Spring
9 6 (1.47%) SAPUI5
10 5 (1.23%) Lightning Web Components
10 5 (1.23%) RESTful
10 5 (1.23%) Spring Boot
11 4 (0.98%) GraphQL
11 4 (0.98%) HTML
12 3 (0.74%) LDAP
12 3 (0.74%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (7.84%) Cloud Native
2 24 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 19 (4.66%) Data Centre
4 17 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
6 13 (3.19%) Public Cloud
6 13 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (2.94%) CMDB
7 12 (2.94%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (2.45%) Data Structures
9 10 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (2.45%) IoT
10 9 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (2.21%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.47%) Blockchain
12 5 (1.23%) Operational Technology
13 4 (0.98%) Enterprise Cloud
13 4 (0.98%) TM Forum
13 4 (0.98%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.15%) Linux
2 14 (3.43%) Windows
3 5 (1.23%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.98%) Unix
5 3 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.49%) HPUX
6 2 (0.49%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.49%) Solaris
7 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (30.15%) Roadmaps
2 109 (26.72%) Agile
3 98 (24.02%) Problem-Solving
4 86 (21.08%) TOGAF
5 73 (17.89%) Stakeholder Management
6 65 (15.93%) DevOps
7 61 (14.95%) Migration
8 60 (14.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 58 (14.22%) Business Strategy
10 56 (13.73%) Microservices
11 46 (11.27%) Cybersecurity
11 46 (11.27%) Technical Leadership
12 42 (10.29%) Architectural Design
12 42 (10.29%) IT Strategy
13 41 (10.05%) Architectural Patterns
14 39 (9.56%) Collaborative Working
14 39 (9.56%) Decision-Making
14 39 (9.56%) Strategic Roadmap
15 37 (9.07%) CI/CD
16 35 (8.58%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 33 (8.09%) Java
2 30 (7.35%) Python
3 16 (3.92%) SQL
4 10 (2.45%) Bicep
5 8 (1.96%) C#
5 8 (1.96%) TypeScript
6 7 (1.72%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.47%) ABAP
7 6 (1.47%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.23%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.98%) Magik
10 3 (0.74%) Bash
10 3 (0.74%) Go
10 3 (0.74%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.74%) Scala
11 2 (0.49%) COBOL
12 1 (0.25%) Groovy
12 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 80 (19.61%) Security Cleared
2 68 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 34 (8.33%) Degree
4 31 (7.60%) Azure Certification
5 23 (5.64%) AWS Certification
6 18 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (4.41%) TOGAF Certification
7 14 (3.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 14 (3.43%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (2.94%) CISSP
9 10 (2.45%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.72%) CISM
11 7 (1.72%) SAP Certification
12 4 (0.98%) CITP
12 4 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.74%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.49%) CBAP
14 2 (0.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.49%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.90%) NIST
2 17 (4.17%) GDPR
3 15 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.94%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 5 (1.23%) QA
6 3 (0.74%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.74%) NIST 800
6 3 (0.74%) PMO
7 2 (0.49%) GRC
7 2 (0.49%) OASIS TOSCA
7 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.49%) PSD2
8 1 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.25%) FISMA
8 1 (0.25%) GxP
8 1 (0.25%) ISO 15022
8 1 (0.25%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.25%) NCSC
8 1 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (3.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (2.94%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.96%) Docker
4 6 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.23%) vSphere
6 2 (0.49%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (4.90%) Kubernetes
2 15 (3.68%) Terraform
3 8 (1.96%) Ansible
4 6 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.74%) Data Guard
5 3 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.49%) Amdocs OSS
6 2 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.49%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.49%) SCCM
7 1 (0.25%) Grafana
7 1 (0.25%) Kibana
Vendors
1 73 (17.89%) Microsoft
2 32 (7.84%) SAP
3 30 (7.35%) ServiceNow
4 25 (6.13%) Oracle
5 21 (5.15%) Salesforce
6 19 (4.66%) Google
7 16 (3.92%) VMware
8 10 (2.45%) Siemens
9 9 (2.21%) Cisco
10 7 (1.72%) Ariba
10 7 (1.72%) IBM
11 5 (1.23%) ESRI
11 5 (1.23%) Sparx
12 4 (0.98%) Autodesk
12 4 (0.98%) MuleSoft
12 4 (0.98%) OpenLink
12 4 (0.98%) Planview
13 3 (0.74%) Adobe
13 3 (0.74%) Apple
13 3 (0.74%) Citrix