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 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 197 314 242
Rank change year-on-year +117 -72 +20
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 549 262 420
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.48% 0.77% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 0.87% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 365 160 267
10th Percentile £452 £455 £500
25th Percentile £513 £525 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% -2.99%
75th Percentile £705 £739 £743
90th Percentile £800 £800 £875
UK excluding London median daily rate £573 £607 £643
% change year-on-year -5.60% -5.61% +2.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile £30.74 - £51.00
25th Percentile £31.86 - £58.13
Median hourly rate £74.26 - £70.00
75th Percentile £90.09 - -
90th Percentile £93.04 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.26 - £70.00

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 32,644 29,969 38,201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.25% 88.28% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,536 18,292 25,469
10th Percentile £300 £308 £306
25th Percentile £406 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £741 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £476 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.80% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,079 968 1,499
10th Percentile £14.61 £15.62 £14.40
25th Percentile £17.57 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -25.97% +25.43%
75th Percentile £50.38 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.13 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.54 £31.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.28% -30.00% +42.45%

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 24 December 2025.

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 24 December 2025.

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 24 December 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 +122 488 £600 -4.38% 325
UK excluding London +60 272 £573 -5.60% 258
London +87 225 £625 -7.41% 98
Work from Home +68 150 £574 -8.16% 211
Midlands +15 71 £548 -9.80% 58
South East +27 70 £650 +3.17% 72
North of England -14 58 £550 +10.00% 64
West Midlands +15 53 £574 -5.48% 35
South West +16 46 £575 -14.81% 25
North West -9 35 £528 +9.66% 34
Yorkshire -19 20 £556 +1.40% 26
East Midlands - 17 £509 - 20
Scotland +3 16 £550 - 4
East of England -10 13 £800 +22.61% 34
North East -9 3 £525 -30.00% 5
Wales -2 2 £588 -6.00% 6
Northern Ireland - 2 £500 - 3

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 23 (4.19%) SharePoint
2 20 (3.64%) SAS
3 9 (1.64%) Confluence
3 9 (1.64%) OpenStack
4 7 (1.28%) Apache Spark
5 6 (1.09%) Appian
5 6 (1.09%) Camunda
6 5 (0.91%) Anypoint
6 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.73%) Apache
7 4 (0.73%) CMS
8 3 (0.55%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.36%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.36%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.36%) NetWeaver
9 2 (0.36%) SAP EP
10 1 (0.18%) CICS
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.91%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.18%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 31 (5.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (3.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 10 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.73%) SAP MDG
5 3 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.55%) SAP CRM
6 2 (0.36%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.36%) Distributed Ledger
6 2 (0.36%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.36%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.18%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.18%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.18%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.18%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.18%) Summit
7 1 (0.18%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 227 (41.35%) Azure
2 137 (24.95%) AWS
3 48 (8.74%) GCP
4 41 (7.47%) Power Platform
5 38 (6.92%) Microsoft 365
6 36 (6.56%) SaaS
7 34 (6.19%) Entra ID
8 25 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (4.37%) Dynamics 365
10 19 (3.46%) Azure Logic Apps
11 18 (3.28%) PaaS
12 15 (2.73%) Serverless
13 14 (2.55%) Azure Data Factory
14 12 (2.19%) IaaS
15 11 (2.00%) Snowflake
16 9 (1.64%) Azure API Management
16 9 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 9 (1.64%) GitHub
16 9 (1.64%) Microsoft Copilot
16 9 (1.64%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.74%) Firewall
2 16 (2.91%) Network Security
2 16 (2.91%) WAN
3 13 (2.37%) VPN
4 12 (2.19%) LAN
4 12 (2.19%) SD-WAN
5 11 (2.00%) MPLS
6 10 (1.82%) DNS
7 9 (1.64%) BGP
8 7 (1.28%) Internet
9 5 (0.91%) DHCP
10 4 (0.73%) ATM
10 4 (0.73%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.73%) IPsec
10 4 (0.73%) VLAN
10 4 (0.73%) Wireless
11 3 (0.55%) EIGRP
11 3 (0.55%) OSPF
11 3 (0.55%) VXLAN
11 3 (0.55%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (5.83%) Data Warehouse
2 26 (4.74%) Data Lake
2 26 (4.74%) Power BI
3 18 (3.28%) Oracle Database
4 17 (3.10%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 16 (2.91%) Metadata
6 9 (1.64%) SQL Server
7 7 (1.28%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.28%) Pentaho
8 6 (1.09%) SAP BW
9 5 (0.91%) Data Mining
9 5 (0.91%) Delta Lake
10 4 (0.73%) Big Data
10 4 (0.73%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.55%) Oracle ODI
11 3 (0.55%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.55%) SAP Data Services
11 3 (0.55%) SAP HANA
11 3 (0.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (5.28%) JIRA
2 14 (2.55%) Git
3 13 (2.37%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.91%) GitLab
4 5 (0.91%) JUnit
4 5 (0.91%) Selenium
5 3 (0.55%) Oracle APEX
5 3 (0.55%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.36%) ERwin
6 2 (0.36%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.18%) gulp
7 1 (0.18%) LSMW
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.18%) PowerBuilder
7 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.18%) Yeoman
General
1 210 (38.25%) Social Skills
2 134 (24.41%) Finance
3 79 (14.39%) Public Sector
4 64 (11.66%) Analytical Skills
5 52 (9.47%) Banking
6 38 (6.92%) Influencing Skills
7 21 (3.83%) Telecoms
8 18 (3.28%) Legal
9 16 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
10 15 (2.73%) Retail
11 13 (2.37%) Military
11 13 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (2.19%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.82%) Financial Institution
14 8 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.46%) Marketing
15 7 (1.28%) Billing
16 6 (1.09%) Back Office
16 6 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
17 5 (0.91%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 393 (71.58%) Architect
2 130 (23.68%) Solutions Architect
3 120 (21.86%) Enterprise Architect
4 50 (9.11%) Lead
5 32 (5.83%) Senior
6 31 (5.65%) Azure Architect
6 31 (5.65%) Security Architect
7 28 (5.10%) Lead Architect
8 26 (4.74%) SAP Architect
9 25 (4.55%) Data Architect
9 25 (4.55%) Senior Architect
10 20 (3.64%) Analyst
10 20 (3.64%) Technical Architect
11 15 (2.73%) Business Architect
11 15 (2.73%) SAP Solutions Architect
12 14 (2.55%) Business Analyst
12 14 (2.55%) Consultant
13 13 (2.37%) Cloud Architect
14 11 (2.00%) Project Manager
14 11 (2.00%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (7.83%) REST
2 18 (3.28%) Middleware
3 15 (2.73%) .NET
3 15 (2.73%) SOAP
4 12 (2.19%) OAuth
5 11 (2.00%) Node.js
6 10 (1.82%) JSON
7 9 (1.64%) RESTful
8 8 (1.46%) Microsoft Graph
9 7 (1.28%) Kafka
9 7 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
9 7 (1.28%) React
9 7 (1.28%) Web Services
9 7 (1.28%) XML
10 6 (1.09%) NETCONF
10 6 (1.09%) OpenID
10 6 (1.09%) YANG
11 5 (0.91%) AngularJS
11 5 (0.91%) OAuth2
11 5 (0.91%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.47%) Cloud Native
2 33 (6.01%) Product Ownership
3 21 (3.83%) Legacy Systems
4 17 (3.10%) Data Centre
4 17 (3.10%) Hybrid Cloud
5 14 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (2.37%) Data Protection Act
6 13 (2.37%) Management Information System
7 12 (2.19%) IoT
7 12 (2.19%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.00%) Operational Technology
9 10 (1.82%) NHS
10 9 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.64%) CMDB
10 9 (1.64%) FMCG
11 7 (1.28%) AI Agents
11 7 (1.28%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.28%) IVR
11 7 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.09%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 24 (4.37%) Windows
2 14 (2.55%) Mac OS
3 10 (1.82%) Linux
3 10 (1.82%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.73%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.36%) Unix
5 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.18%) Android
6 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.18%) Solaris
6 1 (0.18%) VMS
6 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.18%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (38.07%) Roadmaps
2 164 (29.87%) TOGAF
3 145 (26.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 135 (24.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 130 (23.68%) Agile
6 94 (17.12%) Problem-Solving
7 83 (15.12%) Data Modelling
7 83 (15.12%) DevOps
8 81 (14.75%) Analytics
9 80 (14.57%) Business Strategy
10 79 (14.39%) AI
10 79 (14.39%) Continuous Improvement
11 72 (13.11%) Integration Patterns
12 67 (12.20%) Decision-Making
13 66 (12.02%) IT Strategy
14 63 (11.48%) Migration
15 58 (10.56%) Strategic Roadmap
16 57 (10.38%) Architectural Patterns
16 57 (10.38%) CI/CD
16 57 (10.38%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 56 (10.20%) Python
2 38 (6.92%) SQL
3 26 (4.74%) Java
4 20 (3.64%) PowerShell
5 18 (3.28%) JavaScript
6 14 (2.55%) Bash
7 12 (2.19%) C#
7 12 (2.19%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.09%) Bicep
9 4 (0.73%) ABAP
9 4 (0.73%) PL/SQL
9 4 (0.73%) R
10 2 (0.36%) C++
11 1 (0.18%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.18%) C
11 1 (0.18%) Go
11 1 (0.18%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.18%) ProC
11 1 (0.18%) Scala
11 1 (0.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 124 (22.59%) Security Cleared
2 90 (16.39%) SC Cleared
3 57 (10.38%) Degree
4 30 (5.46%) Azure Certification
5 24 (4.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (4.19%) CISSP
7 19 (3.46%) DV Cleared
7 19 (3.46%) TOGAF Certification
8 17 (3.10%) Microsoft Certification
9 16 (2.91%) AWS Certification
10 14 (2.55%) Master's Degree
11 13 (2.37%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (1.82%) CCIE
12 10 (1.82%) ISEB
13 9 (1.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 9 (1.64%) CISM
14 8 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (1.46%) JNCIE
15 7 (1.28%) ITIL Certification
16 5 (0.91%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (11.11%) GDPR
2 41 (7.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (4.55%) NIST
4 17 (3.10%) Data Quality
5 16 (2.91%) QA
6 15 (2.73%) PCI DSS
7 14 (2.55%) COBIT
8 12 (2.19%) NCSC
9 11 (2.00%) GRC
10 9 (1.64%) HIPAA
11 6 (1.09%) Accessibility
11 6 (1.09%) PMO
12 4 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.73%) Def Stans
12 4 (0.73%) ISO 8583
12 4 (0.73%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.36%) EU AI Act
14 2 (0.36%) NIST 800
System Software
1 33 (6.01%) Active Directory
2 23 (4.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (4.01%) Docker
4 5 (0.91%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.55%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.18%) KVM
7 1 (0.18%) RACF
7 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 31 (5.65%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.83%) Terraform
3 17 (3.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (2.91%) SCCM
5 13 (2.37%) Ansible
6 12 (2.19%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.18%) Argo
8 1 (0.18%) Podman
8 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.18%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.18%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 122 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 56 (10.20%) SAP
3 41 (7.47%) Oracle
3 41 (7.47%) Salesforce
4 35 (6.38%) ServiceNow
5 28 (5.10%) VMware
6 25 (4.55%) Databricks
7 20 (3.64%) Sparx
8 19 (3.46%) Google
9 17 (3.10%) Citrix
10 16 (2.91%) Pega
11 15 (2.73%) BiZZdesign
12 14 (2.55%) Cisco
13 13 (2.37%) MuleSoft
13 13 (2.37%) OpenAI
14 9 (1.64%) Atlassian
14 9 (1.64%) F5
15 7 (1.28%) Genesys
15 7 (1.28%) Palo Alto
15 7 (1.28%) Talend