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 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 209 298
Rank change year-on-year +81 +89 -58
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 1,157 449 272
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.11% 1.36% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.49% 1.51% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 754 292 147
10th Percentile £475 £450 £445
25th Percentile £536 £505 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.00% -5.34%
75th Percentile £715 £718 £744
90th Percentile £825 £825 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +4.35% - -9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 2 0
10th Percentile £20.31 £32.13 -
25th Percentile £68.88 £35.33 -
Median hourly rate £84.25 £42.34 -
Median % change year-on-year +99.01% - -
75th Percentile £110.75 £49.00 -
90th Percentile - £52.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £83.50 £42.34 -
% change year-on-year +97.24% - -

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 46,512 29,792 32,258
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.69% 90.47% 86.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,938 18,529 19,417
10th Percentile £325 £294 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £737 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,382 1,881 1,250
10th Percentile £13.63 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.30 £20.03
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -10.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £42.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.54 £65.14 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £22.27 £40.33
% change year-on-year +68.43% -44.79% -7.83%

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 13 October 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 13 October 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 13 October 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 +68 1,015 £625 +2.92% 875
London +70 548 £650 +4.00% 522
UK excluding London +50 455 £600 +4.35% 388
Work from Home +58 328 £600 +4.35% 387
North of England +39 145 £600 +11.63% 105
South East +11 141 £550 -4.35% 118
Midlands -11 86 £626 +4.38% 51
Yorkshire +37 80 £550 - 40
West Midlands -20 63 £626 +4.38% 39
North West -17 57 £600 +11.73% 55
South West -23 47 £650 +13.04% 31
Scotland -11 28 £625 +8.93% 39
East Midlands -9 21 £600 +9.89% 12
East of England -23 14 £550 -31.25% 27
North East -31 12 £650 +18.18% 10
Northern Ireland - 3 £650 - 16
Wales -19 1 £650 +35.42% 3
Channel Islands - 1 £625 -

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 51 (4.41%) SAS
2 28 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.82%) Confluence
4 15 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.95%) Apache
5 11 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.95%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.52%) NetWeaver
7 5 (0.43%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.43%) CMS
7 5 (0.43%) Mule
7 5 (0.43%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.35%) Apache Superset
8 4 (0.35%) SAP EP
9 3 (0.26%) IBM HTTP Server
9 3 (0.26%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 3 (0.26%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.26%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.26%) WebLogic Portal
9 3 (0.26%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 15 (1.30%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.086%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.086%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.086%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 55 (4.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 15 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
5 8 (0.69%) ContrOCC
6 7 (0.61%) SAP MM
7 6 (0.52%) Primavera
7 6 (0.52%) SAP CO
7 6 (0.52%) SAP FI
7 6 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (0.43%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
9 4 (0.35%) SAP CRM
10 3 (0.26%) Cloudability
10 3 (0.26%) Endur
10 3 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
10 3 (0.26%) SAP HR
10 3 (0.26%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 405 (35.00%) Azure
2 253 (21.87%) AWS
3 130 (11.24%) GCP
4 80 (6.91%) Power Platform
5 70 (6.05%) Entra ID
5 70 (6.05%) SaaS
6 60 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
7 42 (3.63%) Serverless
8 40 (3.46%) Azure DevOps
9 37 (3.20%) GitHub
10 30 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
11 27 (2.33%) Microsoft Copilot
12 26 (2.25%) iPaaS
13 25 (2.16%) PaaS
14 24 (2.07%) Azure AI
15 22 (1.90%) OCI
16 21 (1.82%) Boomi
17 20 (1.73%) Azure Service Bus
17 20 (1.73%) GitHub Actions
17 20 (1.73%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.85%) Network Security
2 28 (2.42%) Firewall
3 23 (1.99%) WAN
4 19 (1.64%) VPN
5 15 (1.30%) LAN
6 13 (1.12%) HTTP
7 10 (0.86%) BGP
7 10 (0.86%) DNS
8 9 (0.78%) MPLS
8 9 (0.78%) SD-WAN
9 7 (0.61%) IPsec
10 6 (0.52%) NGFW
10 6 (0.52%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.43%) 5G
11 5 (0.43%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (0.43%) Internet
11 5 (0.43%) Modbus
11 5 (0.43%) Radio Access Network
12 4 (0.35%) 4G
12 4 (0.35%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (5.96%) Metadata
2 55 (4.75%) Data Lake
3 37 (3.20%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (2.85%) Power BI
5 19 (1.64%) NoSQL
6 14 (1.21%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 13 (1.12%) Base SAS
8 11 (0.95%) SQL Server
9 10 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (0.86%) SAP HANA
10 9 (0.78%) Big Data
10 9 (0.78%) Semantic Layer
11 8 (0.69%) Delta Lake
12 7 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (0.61%) Neo4j
12 7 (0.61%) SAP BW
13 6 (0.52%) Amazon Athena
13 6 (0.52%) Geospatial Data
13 6 (0.52%) Oracle Database
13 6 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (1.73%) JIRA
2 15 (1.30%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.21%) Git
4 11 (0.95%) GitLab
5 5 (0.43%) ERwin
6 3 (0.26%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.26%) Terragrunt
7 2 (0.17%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.17%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.17%) Hudson
7 2 (0.17%) Postman
7 2 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.17%) Subversion
7 2 (0.17%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.086%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.086%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.086%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.086%) Mockito
8 1 (0.086%) Rational DOORS
General
1 413 (35.70%) Social Skills
2 313 (27.05%) Finance
3 191 (16.51%) Public Sector
4 110 (9.51%) Banking
5 105 (9.08%) Analytical Skills
6 92 (7.95%) Retail
7 87 (7.52%) Influencing Skills
8 36 (3.11%) Legal
8 36 (3.11%) Manufacturing
9 31 (2.68%) Military
10 30 (2.59%) Aerospace
11 28 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
12 23 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
13 22 (1.90%) Local Government
14 21 (1.82%) Telecoms
15 18 (1.56%) Marketing
16 17 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
17 15 (1.30%) Billing
18 12 (1.04%) Investment Banking
19 11 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 824 (71.22%) Architect
2 271 (23.42%) Solutions Architect
3 182 (15.73%) Enterprise Architect
4 144 (12.45%) Lead
5 96 (8.30%) Technical Architect
6 92 (7.95%) Data Architect
7 79 (6.83%) Senior
8 68 (5.88%) Lead Architect
9 54 (4.67%) Security Architect
10 52 (4.49%) Senior Architect
11 47 (4.06%) SAP Architect
12 39 (3.37%) Technical Leader
13 35 (3.03%) Project Manager
14 34 (2.94%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
15 33 (2.85%) Integration Architect
16 29 (2.51%) Azure Architect
17 28 (2.42%) Analyst
17 28 (2.42%) Technical Manager
18 27 (2.33%) Cloud Architect
19 25 (2.16%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (7.26%) REST
2 74 (6.40%) Middleware
3 48 (4.15%) Terraform
4 46 (3.98%) SOAP
5 34 (2.94%) OAuth
6 33 (2.85%) Kafka
7 30 (2.59%) .NET
8 21 (1.82%) SAML
9 20 (1.73%) JSON
9 20 (1.73%) SAP Fiori
10 19 (1.64%) XML
11 17 (1.47%) JWT
11 17 (1.47%) Oracle Fusion
12 15 (1.30%) SAPUI5
13 14 (1.21%) OAuth2
13 14 (1.21%) OpenID
13 14 (1.21%) Swagger
14 13 (1.12%) GraphQL
14 13 (1.12%) Node.js
14 13 (1.12%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 157 (13.57%) Cloud Native
2 92 (7.95%) Enterprise Software
3 66 (5.70%) Product Ownership
4 62 (5.36%) Onboarding
5 55 (4.75%) AI Agents
6 46 (3.98%) Hybrid Cloud
7 40 (3.46%) Distributed Systems
8 38 (3.28%) CMDB
9 34 (2.94%) Operational Technology
10 31 (2.68%) Management Information System
11 28 (2.42%) Data Centre
12 27 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
13 25 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
14 22 (1.90%) IoT
14 22 (1.90%) Security Posture
15 18 (1.56%) FMCG
15 18 (1.56%) Public Cloud
16 16 (1.38%) Marketing Technology
16 16 (1.38%) Taxonomies
17 15 (1.30%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.07%) Windows
2 13 (1.12%) Linux
3 11 (0.95%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.26%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.26%) macOS
5 2 (0.17%) Android
5 2 (0.17%) Unix
6 1 (0.086%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.086%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.086%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.086%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 453 (39.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 432 (37.34%) Roadmaps
3 254 (21.95%) TOGAF
4 225 (19.45%) AI
5 220 (19.01%) Technical Leadership
6 219 (18.93%) Agile
7 218 (18.84%) Migration
8 217 (18.76%) Integration Patterns
9 209 (18.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 194 (16.77%) Architecture Governance
11 180 (15.56%) Decision-Making
12 171 (14.78%) Analytics
12 171 (14.78%) DevOps
13 169 (14.61%) Cybersecurity
14 167 (14.43%) Architectural Patterns
15 156 (13.48%) CI/CD
16 153 (13.22%) Data Architecture
17 139 (12.01%) Event-Driven
18 134 (11.58%) Data Modelling
19 126 (10.89%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 68 (5.88%) Python
2 53 (4.58%) SQL
3 45 (3.89%) Java
4 24 (2.07%) JavaScript
5 16 (1.38%) C#
5 16 (1.38%) PowerShell
5 16 (1.38%) TypeScript
6 11 (0.95%) ABAP
7 8 (0.69%) Bicep
8 6 (0.52%) Bash
9 4 (0.35%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.35%) Korn
10 2 (0.17%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.17%) Rust
10 2 (0.17%) Scala
11 1 (0.086%) C++
11 1 (0.086%) COBOL
11 1 (0.086%) Go
11 1 (0.086%) Groovy
11 1 (0.086%) Swift
Qualifications
1 311 (26.88%) Security Cleared
2 236 (20.40%) SC Cleared
3 65 (5.62%) Degree
4 62 (5.36%) Azure Certification
5 54 (4.67%) TOGAF Certification
6 48 (4.15%) DV Cleared
7 43 (3.72%) BPSS Clearance
8 32 (2.77%) AWS Certification
8 32 (2.77%) CISSP
9 27 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
10 22 (1.90%) PMP
11 18 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (1.56%) CISM
12 15 (1.30%) PMI Certification
13 13 (1.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 8 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 8 (0.69%) Master's Degree
15 7 (0.61%) CCIE
16 6 (0.52%) CCSP
16 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (8.99%) Data Quality
2 52 (4.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 48 (4.15%) GRC
4 47 (4.06%) GDPR
5 38 (3.28%) NIST
6 35 (3.03%) NCSC
7 23 (1.99%) QA
8 17 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
9 14 (1.21%) PMO
10 12 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 11 (0.95%) NIST 800
12 8 (0.69%) Accessibility
12 8 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 8 (0.69%) SLA
13 6 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (0.43%) COBIT
14 5 (0.43%) PCI DSS
15 3 (0.26%) ISO 31000
15 3 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 19770
15 3 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 38 (3.28%) Active Directory
2 25 (2.16%) Docker
3 13 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.52%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.26%) vSphere
7 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.17%) IAG
7 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.086%) NFS
8 1 (0.086%) Samba
8 1 (0.086%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.086%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 59 (5.10%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.64%) Ansible
3 16 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.78%) Grafana
6 3 (0.26%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.26%) SCCM
7 2 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.17%) Puppet
7 2 (0.17%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.086%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.086%) CASB
8 1 (0.086%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.086%) Nagios
8 1 (0.086%) OpenNMS
8 1 (0.086%) SCOM
8 1 (0.086%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 251 (21.69%) Microsoft
2 119 (10.29%) SAP
3 103 (8.90%) Oracle
4 68 (5.88%) ServiceNow
5 66 (5.70%) Google
6 60 (5.19%) Databricks
7 41 (3.54%) Salesforce
8 27 (2.33%) MuleSoft
9 23 (1.99%) VMware
9 23 (1.99%) Workday
10 22 (1.90%) Informatica
11 20 (1.73%) BiZZdesign
11 20 (1.73%) IBM
11 20 (1.73%) OpenAI
12 19 (1.64%) Sparx
13 17 (1.47%) Cisco
14 16 (1.38%) Zscaler
15 15 (1.30%) Ariba
16 14 (1.21%) Foundry
17 13 (1.12%) Adobe