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 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 216 301
Rank change year-on-year +63 +85 -59
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 940 429 310
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.78% 1.31% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.10% 1.45% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 608 287 191
10th Percentile £475 £450 £450
25th Percentile £539 £513 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -
75th Percentile £725 £725 £749
90th Percentile £825 £825 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £620 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +3.33% -7.69% +1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 3 6
10th Percentile £20.31 £34.27 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £40.67 £63.75
Median hourly rate £82.75 £52.67 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +57.11% -21.97% -3.57%
75th Percentile £106.81 £77.00 £83.81
90th Percentile £110.75 £90.80 £88.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £82.75 £42.34 £87.50
% change year-on-year +95.46% -51.62% +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 44,826 29,510 35,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.01% 90.34% 85.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,774 18,532 22,551
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.11%
75th Percentile £625 £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 2,642 1,578 2,152
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.20 £13.25
25th Percentile £20.01 £17.46 £17.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -36.33% -7.06%
75th Percentile £68.55 £50.94 £62.76
90th Percentile £83.00 £69.13 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £24.34 £40.00
% change year-on-year +84.88% -39.15% -1.45%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 23 July 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 +52 818 £650 +4.00% 397
London +72 446 £650 - 235
UK excluding London +5 369 £620 +3.33% 188
Work from Home +41 268 £600 - 156
South East -10 118 £627 +0.32% 64
North of England -10 102 £600 -1.64% 47
Midlands -23 69 £588 -2.08% 23
Yorkshire -2 57 £713 +16.33% 14
West Midlands -30 51 £600 +0.17% 10
South West -40 42 £650 - 24
North West -33 41 £550 -5.98% 28
Scotland -2 27 £610 +8.49% 13
East Midlands -12 16 £575 -17.86% 13
East of England -18 13 £563 -16.67% 12
North East -30 9 £725 - 5
Wales -19 1 - - 4
Northern Ireland - 1 £775 - 3
Channel Islands - 1 £625 - 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 42 (4.47%) SAS
2 27 (2.87%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.81%) Confluence
4 13 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.64%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.53%) Apache
7 5 (0.53%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.53%) NetWeaver
7 5 (0.53%) SAP EP
8 3 (0.32%) Camunda
9 2 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.21%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.21%) CMS
9 2 (0.21%) Mule
10 1 (0.11%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.11%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.11%) Predix
Applications
1 8 (0.85%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.11%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 36 (3.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (2.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 11 (1.17%) Oracle ERP
4 8 (0.85%) ContrOCC
5 6 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.64%) Primavera
6 5 (0.53%) SAP CRM
7 4 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.32%) Aladdin
8 3 (0.32%) Endur
8 3 (0.32%) Oracle Retail
8 3 (0.32%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.32%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.32%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
9 2 (0.21%) SAP CS
9 2 (0.21%) SAP GRC
10 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 292 (31.06%) Azure
2 200 (21.28%) AWS
3 89 (9.47%) GCP
4 59 (6.28%) SaaS
5 46 (4.89%) Power Platform
6 41 (4.36%) Entra ID
7 35 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
8 32 (3.40%) Serverless
9 28 (2.98%) PaaS
10 22 (2.34%) OCI
11 19 (2.02%) Azure AI
11 19 (2.02%) SuccessFactors
12 17 (1.81%) IaaS
12 17 (1.81%) Microsoft Copilot
13 16 (1.70%) Azure DevOps
14 15 (1.60%) iPaaS
15 14 (1.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 12 (1.28%) GitHub
16 12 (1.28%) Snowflake
17 11 (1.17%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.09%) Network Security
2 23 (2.45%) Firewall
3 20 (2.13%) VPN
4 17 (1.81%) WAN
5 14 (1.49%) IPsec
5 14 (1.49%) LAN
6 10 (1.06%) MPLS
7 9 (0.96%) SD-WAN
8 8 (0.85%) BGP
9 6 (0.64%) DNS
9 6 (0.64%) NGFW
9 6 (0.64%) SSL
9 6 (0.64%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.53%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (0.53%) Kerberos
11 4 (0.43%) BIG-IP
11 4 (0.43%) Cisco Firepower
11 4 (0.43%) Radio Access Network
11 4 (0.43%) RFID
12 3 (0.32%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.15%) Data Lake
2 37 (3.94%) Metadata
3 30 (3.19%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (2.55%) Power BI
5 19 (2.02%) NoSQL
6 12 (1.28%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 12 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (1.28%) SQL Server
7 11 (1.17%) Base SAS
7 11 (1.17%) Oracle Database
8 9 (0.96%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 6 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (0.53%) SAS Visual Analytics
11 4 (0.43%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.43%) Semantic Layer
12 3 (0.32%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.32%) Geospatial Data
12 3 (0.32%) GIS
12 3 (0.32%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 13 (1.38%) JIRA
2 10 (1.06%) Git
3 6 (0.64%) GitLab
3 6 (0.64%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.53%) Hudson
5 4 (0.43%) ERwin
5 4 (0.43%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.32%) Selenium
7 2 (0.21%) Flyway
7 2 (0.21%) JUnit
7 2 (0.21%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.21%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.21%) Subversion
8 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.11%) Postman
General
1 285 (30.32%) Social Skills
2 241 (25.64%) Finance
3 151 (16.06%) Public Sector
4 100 (10.64%) Banking
5 80 (8.51%) Retail
6 79 (8.40%) Analytical Skills
7 61 (6.49%) Influencing Skills
8 41 (4.36%) Legal
9 27 (2.87%) Military
10 26 (2.77%) Aerospace
11 21 (2.23%) Local Government
12 19 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
12 19 (2.02%) Manufacturing
13 17 (1.81%) Telecoms
14 16 (1.70%) Financial Institution
15 14 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
16 12 (1.28%) Marketing
17 11 (1.17%) Billing
17 11 (1.17%) Law
18 9 (0.96%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 669 (71.17%) Architect
2 225 (23.94%) Solutions Architect
3 156 (16.60%) Enterprise Architect
4 107 (11.38%) Lead
5 74 (7.87%) Technical Architect
6 72 (7.66%) Senior
7 61 (6.49%) Data Architect
8 54 (5.74%) Security Architect
9 51 (5.43%) Lead Architect
10 48 (5.11%) Senior Architect
11 33 (3.51%) Project Manager
11 33 (3.51%) SAP Architect
12 30 (3.19%) ServiceNow Architect
13 23 (2.45%) Cloud Architect
14 22 (2.34%) Technical Leader
15 20 (2.13%) Analyst
15 20 (2.13%) Senior Solutions Architect
15 20 (2.13%) Technical Manager
16 19 (2.02%) Azure Architect
16 19 (2.02%) Integration Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (7.66%) REST
2 61 (6.49%) Middleware
3 45 (4.79%) SOAP
4 34 (3.62%) .NET
5 24 (2.55%) OAuth
6 22 (2.34%) Web Services
7 21 (2.23%) Kafka
8 16 (1.70%) SAML
9 14 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
9 14 (1.49%) React
10 13 (1.38%) OpenID
11 12 (1.28%) XML
12 11 (1.17%) AngularJS
12 11 (1.17%) JSON
12 11 (1.17%) OAuth2
13 9 (0.96%) Node.js
13 9 (0.96%) SAP Fiori
14 8 (0.85%) SAPUI5
15 7 (0.74%) SAP PI
16 6 (0.64%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 100 (10.64%) Cloud Native
2 64 (6.81%) Product Ownership
3 61 (6.49%) Enterprise Software
4 34 (3.62%) Onboarding
4 34 (3.62%) Operational Technology
5 33 (3.51%) CMDB
6 32 (3.40%) Hybrid Cloud
7 31 (3.30%) AI Agents
8 26 (2.77%) Distributed Systems
8 26 (2.77%) Management Information System
9 22 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
9 22 (2.34%) Security Posture
10 21 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
11 19 (2.02%) IoT
12 18 (1.91%) Data Centre
13 17 (1.81%) Public Cloud
14 12 (1.28%) FMCG
15 9 (0.96%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 9 (0.96%) Enterprise Cloud
15 9 (0.96%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.81%) Windows
2 13 (1.38%) Linux
3 5 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.43%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.32%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.32%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.21%) Android
6 2 (0.21%) Unix
6 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (33.51%) Roadmaps
2 253 (26.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 220 (23.40%) TOGAF
4 210 (22.34%) Agile
5 180 (19.15%) Integration Patterns
6 176 (18.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 166 (17.66%) Migration
8 151 (16.06%) Architectural Patterns
9 150 (15.96%) AI
10 148 (15.74%) Technical Leadership
11 130 (13.83%) Decision-Making
12 125 (13.30%) DevOps
13 123 (13.09%) CI/CD
14 118 (12.55%) Cybersecurity
15 116 (12.34%) Analytics
16 113 (12.02%) Architecture Governance
17 108 (11.49%) Data Architecture
18 106 (11.28%) Data Modelling
19 105 (11.17%) Event-Driven
20 102 (10.85%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 68 (7.23%) Python
2 50 (5.32%) SQL
3 46 (4.89%) Java
4 20 (2.13%) JavaScript
5 12 (1.28%) PowerShell
5 12 (1.28%) TypeScript
6 11 (1.17%) C#
7 8 (0.85%) ABAP
8 6 (0.64%) Apex Code
8 6 (0.64%) Bash
8 6 (0.64%) Kotlin
9 4 (0.43%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.32%) Bicep
11 2 (0.21%) Go
11 2 (0.21%) Google Apps Script
11 2 (0.21%) Korn
11 2 (0.21%) Ruby
11 2 (0.21%) Rust
11 2 (0.21%) Scala
12 1 (0.11%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 267 (28.40%) Security Cleared
2 203 (21.60%) SC Cleared
3 56 (5.96%) DV Cleared
4 50 (5.32%) Azure Certification
4 50 (5.32%) Degree
5 31 (3.30%) TOGAF Certification
6 30 (3.19%) AWS Certification
6 30 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 28 (2.98%) BPSS Clearance
7 28 (2.98%) CISSP
8 19 (2.02%) CISM
9 17 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (1.49%) PMP
11 11 (1.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 9 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (0.85%) CCNP
14 7 (0.74%) CCIE
14 7 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.74%) PMI Certification
15 5 (0.53%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (7.45%) Data Quality
2 48 (5.11%) GDPR
3 38 (4.04%) GRC
4 37 (3.94%) NIST
5 35 (3.72%) NCSC
6 27 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (1.91%) QA
8 14 (1.49%) PCI DSS
9 12 (1.28%) COBIT
10 11 (1.17%) PMO
11 10 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
11 10 (1.06%) NIST 800
12 9 (0.96%) SLA
13 8 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 8 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.64%) ISO 20022
14 6 (0.64%) ISO 31000
14 6 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 4 (0.43%) SEPA
System Software
1 34 (3.62%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.02%) Docker
3 8 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (0.85%) VMware NSX
4 7 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.43%) RACF
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.11%) IAG
8 1 (0.11%) KVM
8 1 (0.11%) NFS
8 1 (0.11%) Samba
8 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (3.94%) Kubernetes
2 26 (2.77%) Terraform
3 17 (1.81%) Ansible
4 13 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.43%) SCCM
7 3 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.21%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.21%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.21%) Puppet
8 2 (0.21%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.11%) CASB
9 1 (0.11%) Check_MK
9 1 (0.11%) Grafana
9 1 (0.11%) Istio
9 1 (0.11%) OpenNMS
9 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.11%) SCOM
9 1 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 183 (19.47%) Microsoft
2 87 (9.26%) Oracle
3 82 (8.72%) SAP
4 60 (6.38%) ServiceNow
5 37 (3.94%) Databricks
6 36 (3.83%) Salesforce
7 34 (3.62%) Google
8 27 (2.87%) BiZZdesign
9 20 (2.13%) Sparx
9 20 (2.13%) Workday
10 18 (1.91%) Zscaler
11 17 (1.81%) VMware
12 14 (1.49%) Ariba
12 14 (1.49%) MuleSoft
13 13 (1.38%) Cisco
13 13 (1.38%) Informatica
14 10 (1.06%) Foundry
15 9 (0.96%) OpenAI
15 9 (0.96%) Palo Alto
16 8 (0.85%) Liquidlogic