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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 197 278
Rank change year-on-year +26 +81 -35
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 782 393 355
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.59% 1.36% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.88% 1.49% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 512 254 241
10th Percentile £463 £450 £455
25th Percentile £525 £513 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £626 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year +0.08% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £725 £725 £738
90th Percentile £825 £825 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £623 £650
% change year-on-year +0.40% -4.23% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 2 6
10th Percentile £61.25 £56.20 -
25th Percentile £70.00 £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 £95.00 £52.67 £87.50
% change year-on-year +80.37% -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 41,594 26,332 36,644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.70% 91.01% 85.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,970 16,762 23,491
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 £614 £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 2,502 1,133 2,525
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £27.53 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.68% -24.58% +1.39%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.25 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.29 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +80.09% -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 5 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 5 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 5 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 +35 670 £650 +3.17% 423
UK excluding London -6 351 £625 +0.40% 248
London +58 329 £650 - 203
Work from Home +45 234 £575 -4.17% 186
South East -13 109 £650 +4.00% 77
North of England -15 109 £550 -5.50% 60
Midlands -13 65 £570 -9.52% 39
Yorkshire -1 59 £556 -11.00% 16
North West -24 47 £550 -0.90% 36
West Midlands -25 44 £565 -5.83% 22
Scotland -6 28 £613 +8.94% 16
South West -42 27 £650 - 37
East Midlands -18 19 £575 -17.86% 17
East of England -16 15 £650 +15.56% 14
North East - 8 £800 - 9
Wales -20 2 - - 7
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 31 (3.96%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.17%) Confluence
3 16 (2.05%) SAS
4 9 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.77%) OpenStack
6 5 (0.64%) NetWeaver
6 5 (0.64%) SAP EP
7 4 (0.51%) Apache
7 4 (0.51%) Camunda
8 3 (0.38%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.26%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.26%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.13%) Appian
10 1 (0.13%) CMS
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 5 (0.64%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 26 (3.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 20 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.64%) SAP CRM
6 4 (0.51%) Primavera
7 3 (0.38%) Oracle Retail
7 3 (0.38%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.26%) Aladdin
8 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.13%) Actimize
9 1 (0.13%) ContrOCC
9 1 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
9 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.13%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
9 1 (0.13%) SAP Retail
9 1 (0.13%) Summit
9 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.13%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 242 (30.95%) Azure
2 161 (20.59%) AWS
3 63 (8.06%) GCP
4 59 (7.54%) SaaS
5 40 (5.12%) Power Platform
6 37 (4.73%) Microsoft 365
7 34 (4.35%) Entra ID
7 34 (4.35%) Serverless
8 33 (4.22%) PaaS
9 21 (2.69%) Microsoft Copilot
10 20 (2.56%) IaaS
11 19 (2.43%) Azure AI
11 19 (2.43%) OCI
12 15 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (1.92%) Azure Logic Apps
13 14 (1.79%) SuccessFactors
14 13 (1.66%) Azure Functions
14 13 (1.66%) GitHub
15 12 (1.53%) Microsoft Purview
16 10 (1.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.66%) Network Security
2 11 (1.41%) IPsec
3 10 (1.28%) Firewall
3 10 (1.28%) VPN
4 9 (1.15%) WAN
5 7 (0.90%) MPLS
5 7 (0.90%) SD-WAN
6 6 (0.77%) Kerberos
6 6 (0.77%) SSL
7 5 (0.64%) BGP
7 5 (0.64%) DHCP
7 5 (0.64%) DNS
7 5 (0.64%) LAN
7 5 (0.64%) MQTT
8 4 (0.51%) Intranet
8 4 (0.51%) RFID
9 3 (0.38%) BIG-IP
10 2 (0.26%) NGFW
10 2 (0.26%) Software-Defined Networking
10 2 (0.26%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.32%) Data Lake
2 24 (3.07%) Metadata
3 21 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (2.69%) Power BI
4 15 (1.92%) Oracle Database
4 15 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (1.53%) NoSQL
5 12 (1.53%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 12 (1.53%) SQL Server
6 5 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.64%) DynamoDB
6 5 (0.64%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 5 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
6 5 (0.64%) SAS Visual Analytics
7 3 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.38%) Base SAS
7 3 (0.38%) DocumentDB
7 3 (0.38%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.38%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.38%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 10 (1.28%) JIRA
2 8 (1.02%) GitLab
3 7 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.77%) Git
5 5 (0.64%) Hudson
6 4 (0.51%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.38%) ERwin
7 3 (0.38%) Selenium
8 2 (0.26%) Flyway
8 2 (0.26%) JUnit
8 2 (0.26%) Liquibase
8 2 (0.26%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.13%) Postman
9 1 (0.13%) PowerBuilder
9 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
General
1 232 (29.67%) Social Skills
2 191 (24.42%) Finance
3 114 (14.58%) Public Sector
4 82 (10.49%) Banking
5 67 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
6 50 (6.39%) Retail
7 40 (5.12%) Influencing Skills
8 38 (4.86%) Legal
9 22 (2.81%) Aerospace
10 19 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (1.66%) Financial Institution
11 13 (1.66%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.53%) Military
12 12 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (1.53%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.41%) Law
14 9 (1.15%) Aviation
15 8 (1.02%) Billing
16 7 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 7 (0.90%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 537 (68.67%) Architect
2 180 (23.02%) Solutions Architect
3 131 (16.75%) Enterprise Architect
4 82 (10.49%) Lead
5 66 (8.44%) Technical Architect
6 57 (7.29%) Senior
7 44 (5.63%) Data Architect
8 38 (4.86%) Security Architect
9 34 (4.35%) Lead Architect
10 32 (4.09%) Senior Architect
11 28 (3.58%) Project Manager
12 27 (3.45%) ServiceNow Architect
13 22 (2.81%) Analyst
13 22 (2.81%) Consultant
14 19 (2.43%) SAP Architect
15 18 (2.30%) Applications Architect
16 17 (2.17%) Azure Architect
16 17 (2.17%) Cloud Architect
16 17 (2.17%) Technical Manager
17 16 (2.05%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (7.67%) REST
2 52 (6.65%) Middleware
3 32 (4.09%) .NET
3 32 (4.09%) SOAP
4 21 (2.69%) Web Services
5 20 (2.56%) OAuth
6 17 (2.17%) Kafka
7 15 (1.92%) AngularJS
8 14 (1.79%) React
8 14 (1.79%) SAML
9 13 (1.66%) OpenID
10 11 (1.41%) Oracle Fusion
11 10 (1.28%) Microsoft Graph
11 10 (1.28%) OAuth2
12 9 (1.15%) A2A Protocol
12 9 (1.15%) Model Context Protocol
13 8 (1.02%) Node.js
14 7 (0.90%) LangChain
14 7 (0.90%) LangGraph
14 7 (0.90%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 80 (10.23%) Cloud Native
2 62 (7.93%) Product Ownership
3 40 (5.12%) Enterprise Software
4 32 (4.09%) CMDB
5 31 (3.96%) Operational Technology
6 22 (2.81%) AI Agents
7 20 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
7 20 (2.56%) Onboarding
8 19 (2.43%) Data Protection Act
9 18 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
9 18 (2.30%) Management Information System
10 17 (2.17%) Security Posture
11 16 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
12 15 (1.92%) Data Centre
13 14 (1.79%) Public Cloud
14 12 (1.53%) IoT
15 10 (1.28%) FMCG
16 9 (1.15%) Data Structures
16 9 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
17 8 (1.02%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.94%) Windows
2 12 (1.53%) Linux
3 7 (0.90%) Mac OS
4 6 (0.77%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.64%) Unix
5 5 (0.64%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.13%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 267 (34.14%) Roadmaps
2 187 (23.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 175 (22.38%) Agile
4 169 (21.61%) TOGAF
5 147 (18.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 135 (17.26%) Architectural Patterns
7 134 (17.14%) Integration Patterns
8 126 (16.11%) Migration
9 124 (15.86%) AI
10 122 (15.60%) Decision-Making
11 110 (14.07%) CI/CD
12 108 (13.81%) Technical Leadership
13 103 (13.17%) DevOps
14 99 (12.66%) Cybersecurity
15 95 (12.15%) Data Modelling
16 92 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
17 90 (11.51%) Architectural Design
18 89 (11.38%) Architecture Governance
19 85 (10.87%) Microservices
20 84 (10.74%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 57 (7.29%) Python
2 38 (4.86%) Java
2 38 (4.86%) SQL
3 15 (1.92%) JavaScript
4 14 (1.79%) C#
5 13 (1.66%) PowerShell
6 12 (1.53%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.15%) Bash
8 6 (0.77%) Kotlin
9 5 (0.64%) ABAP
9 5 (0.64%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.51%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.26%) Bicep
11 2 (0.26%) Google Apps Script
11 2 (0.26%) Ruby
11 2 (0.26%) Scala
12 1 (0.13%) Groovy
12 1 (0.13%) Korn
12 1 (0.13%) ProC
12 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 206 (26.34%) Security Cleared
2 148 (18.93%) SC Cleared
3 49 (6.27%) DV Cleared
4 40 (5.12%) Degree
5 34 (4.35%) Azure Certification
6 29 (3.71%) TOGAF Certification
7 27 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 25 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
9 20 (2.56%) AWS Certification
9 20 (2.56%) CISSP
10 15 (1.92%) CISM
11 12 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (1.41%) PMP
13 9 (1.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 8 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
14 8 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
15 6 (0.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 6 (0.77%) ISEB
15 6 (0.77%) PMI Certification
16 5 (0.64%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (6.27%) Data Quality
1 49 (6.27%) GDPR
2 35 (4.48%) NIST
3 23 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (2.81%) NCSC
5 15 (1.92%) COBIT
6 13 (1.66%) GRC
6 13 (1.66%) PCI DSS
7 12 (1.53%) QA
8 11 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (1.02%) NIST 800
10 7 (0.90%) ISO 20022
10 7 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 7 (0.90%) PMO
10 7 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.77%) Def Stans
11 6 (0.77%) ISO 31000
11 6 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (0.51%) IFRS
System Software
1 34 (4.35%) Active Directory
2 22 (2.81%) Docker
3 11 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (0.64%) RACF
5 5 (0.64%) 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 34 (4.35%) Kubernetes
2 22 (2.81%) Terraform
3 15 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (1.53%) SCCM
5 10 (1.28%) Ansible
5 10 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.26%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.13%) Grafana
7 1 (0.13%) Istio
7 1 (0.13%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.13%) SCOM
Vendors
1 160 (20.46%) Microsoft
2 60 (7.67%) SAP
3 59 (7.54%) Oracle
4 54 (6.91%) ServiceNow
5 35 (4.48%) Salesforce
6 28 (3.58%) Google
7 26 (3.32%) Sparx
8 24 (3.07%) Databricks
9 22 (2.81%) VMware
10 21 (2.69%) BiZZdesign
11 14 (1.79%) Ariba
12 13 (1.66%) Workday
13 12 (1.53%) Zscaler
14 11 (1.41%) OpenAI
15 10 (1.28%) MuleSoft
16 7 (0.90%) Cisco
16 7 (0.90%) Citrix
17 6 (0.77%) Dynatrace
17 6 (0.77%) Foundry
18 5 (0.64%) Informatica