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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 201 283
Rank change year-on-year +49 +82 -51
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 847 400 354
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.68% 1.34% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 1.47% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 542 259 232
10th Percentile £463 £450 £451
25th Percentile £525 £510 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £738 £725 £738
90th Percentile £825 £820 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £620 £650
% change year-on-year +0.81% -4.62% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 2 6
10th Percentile £34.76 £56.20 -
25th Percentile £68.13 £63.50 £63.75
Median hourly rate £88.00 £76.34 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.28% +13.09% -3.57%
75th Percentile £110.75 £88.50 £83.81
90th Percentile - £95.40 £88.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £88.00 £52.67 £87.50
% change year-on-year +67.08% -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 42,883 27,154 37,300
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.85% 91.05% 85.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,719 17,238 23,736
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £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 2,572 1,254 2,607
10th Percentile £14.70 £14.20 £12.70
25th Percentile £20.07 £17.79 £16.04
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.40 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +73.07% -32.27% +7.05%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.19 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.08 £38.12
% change year-on-year +79.46% -34.22% +17.29%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +49 732 £650 +4.00% 220
UK excluding London +6 378 £625 +0.81% 157
London +58 359 £675 +3.85% 98
Work from Home +55 253 £575 -3.52% 111
South East -5 120 £650 +4.00% 57
North of England -5 111 £550 -9.84% 38
Midlands -16 71 £575 -7.26% 24
Yorkshire -7 61 £563 -10.00% 15
West Midlands -25 52 £576 -3.96% 16
North West -22 47 £550 -1.26% 19
South West -25 36 £650 - 16
Scotland -11 28 £625 +4.87% 10
East Midlands -13 17 £575 -17.86% 8
East of England -19 15 £650 +10.64% 11
North East - 8 £800 - 5
Wales -17 2 - - 3
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 34 (4.01%) SharePoint
2 22 (2.60%) SAS
3 19 (2.24%) Confluence
4 11 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.94%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.59%) NetWeaver
7 5 (0.59%) SAP EP
8 4 (0.47%) Apache
9 3 (0.35%) Camunda
9 3 (0.35%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.24%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.24%) Mule
11 1 (0.12%) CMS
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 7 (0.83%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.12%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 26 (3.07%) SAP S/4HANA
1 26 (3.07%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 9 (1.06%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.71%) Primavera
4 5 (0.59%) SAP CRM
5 4 (0.47%) ContrOCC
6 3 (0.35%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.35%) Oracle Retail
6 3 (0.35%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.24%) Endur
7 2 (0.24%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.24%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.24%) SAP CS
7 2 (0.24%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle 11i
8 1 (0.12%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.12%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.12%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 251 (29.63%) Azure
2 169 (19.95%) AWS
3 61 (7.20%) GCP
3 61 (7.20%) SaaS
4 41 (4.84%) Power Platform
5 34 (4.01%) Serverless
6 33 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
7 32 (3.78%) PaaS
8 30 (3.54%) Entra ID
9 22 (2.60%) OCI
10 21 (2.48%) Microsoft Copilot
11 20 (2.36%) IaaS
12 19 (2.24%) Azure AI
13 18 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
14 16 (1.89%) GitHub
14 16 (1.89%) SuccessFactors
15 15 (1.77%) Azure Logic Apps
16 13 (1.53%) Azure Functions
17 12 (1.42%) Microsoft Purview
18 11 (1.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.01%) Network Security
2 13 (1.53%) Firewall
2 13 (1.53%) VPN
3 12 (1.42%) WAN
4 11 (1.30%) IPsec
5 9 (1.06%) MPLS
6 8 (0.94%) LAN
7 7 (0.83%) BGP
7 7 (0.83%) SD-WAN
7 7 (0.83%) SSL
8 6 (0.71%) Kerberos
9 5 (0.59%) DHCP
9 5 (0.59%) DNS
10 4 (0.47%) Intranet
10 4 (0.47%) MQTT
10 4 (0.47%) RFID
11 3 (0.35%) BIG-IP
11 3 (0.35%) NGFW
11 3 (0.35%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.24%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (3.90%) Data Lake
2 26 (3.07%) Metadata
3 25 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (2.36%) Power BI
5 13 (1.53%) NoSQL
5 13 (1.53%) Oracle Database
5 13 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (1.30%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 10 (1.18%) Base SAS
7 10 (1.18%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 10 (1.18%) SQL Server
8 6 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.59%) DynamoDB
9 5 (0.59%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 5 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (0.59%) SAS Visual Analytics
10 3 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.35%) DocumentDB
10 3 (0.35%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.35%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 13 (1.53%) JIRA
2 8 (0.94%) Git
2 8 (0.94%) GitLab
2 8 (0.94%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.59%) Hudson
4 4 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (0.35%) ERwin
5 3 (0.35%) Selenium
6 2 (0.24%) Flyway
6 2 (0.24%) JUnit
6 2 (0.24%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.24%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.12%) Postman
General
1 250 (29.52%) Social Skills
2 218 (25.74%) Finance
3 128 (15.11%) Public Sector
4 88 (10.39%) Banking
5 76 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
6 61 (7.20%) Retail
7 45 (5.31%) Influencing Skills
8 40 (4.72%) Legal
9 25 (2.95%) Aerospace
10 22 (2.60%) Military
11 21 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
12 15 (1.77%) Manufacturing
12 15 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (1.65%) Financial Institution
14 11 (1.30%) Local Government
14 11 (1.30%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.18%) Law
16 9 (1.06%) Aviation
17 6 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 6 (0.71%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 579 (68.36%) Architect
2 198 (23.38%) Solutions Architect
3 136 (16.06%) Enterprise Architect
4 93 (10.98%) Lead
5 71 (8.38%) Technical Architect
6 65 (7.67%) Senior
7 49 (5.79%) Data Architect
8 40 (4.72%) Security Architect
9 39 (4.60%) Senior Architect
10 38 (4.49%) Lead Architect
11 28 (3.31%) ServiceNow Architect
12 26 (3.07%) Project Manager
13 25 (2.95%) SAP Architect
14 24 (2.83%) Analyst
15 23 (2.72%) Consultant
16 20 (2.36%) Cloud Architect
17 18 (2.13%) Technical Leader
18 17 (2.01%) Technical Manager
19 16 (1.89%) Salesforce Architect
19 16 (1.89%) Senior Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (7.91%) REST
2 59 (6.97%) Middleware
3 38 (4.49%) SOAP
4 35 (4.13%) .NET
5 22 (2.60%) OAuth
6 21 (2.48%) Web Services
7 18 (2.13%) Kafka
8 16 (1.89%) SAML
9 14 (1.65%) OpenID
10 13 (1.53%) AngularJS
10 13 (1.53%) React
11 12 (1.42%) OAuth2
11 12 (1.42%) Oracle Fusion
12 10 (1.18%) Microsoft Graph
13 9 (1.06%) A2A Protocol
13 9 (1.06%) Model Context Protocol
13 9 (1.06%) XML
14 8 (0.94%) JSON
14 8 (0.94%) Node.js
15 7 (0.83%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 86 (10.15%) Cloud Native
2 70 (8.26%) Product Ownership
3 49 (5.79%) Enterprise Software
4 33 (3.90%) CMDB
5 31 (3.66%) Operational Technology
6 25 (2.95%) AI Agents
7 23 (2.72%) Management Information System
7 23 (2.72%) Onboarding
8 21 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
8 21 (2.48%) Hybrid Cloud
9 20 (2.36%) Data Protection Act
9 20 (2.36%) Security Posture
10 18 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
11 16 (1.89%) Data Centre
12 15 (1.77%) Public Cloud
13 12 (1.42%) IoT
14 10 (1.18%) FMCG
15 9 (1.06%) Data Structures
16 8 (0.94%) Mainframe
16 8 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.36%) Windows
2 13 (1.53%) Linux
3 6 (0.71%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.59%) Unix
5 4 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.35%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.35%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.24%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (34.47%) Roadmaps
2 207 (24.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 195 (23.02%) TOGAF
4 189 (22.31%) Agile
5 163 (19.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 151 (17.83%) Integration Patterns
7 142 (16.77%) Migration
8 136 (16.06%) Architectural Patterns
9 129 (15.23%) AI
10 126 (14.88%) Decision-Making
11 122 (14.40%) Technical Leadership
12 120 (14.17%) CI/CD
13 116 (13.70%) DevOps
14 103 (12.16%) Cybersecurity
15 100 (11.81%) Problem-Solving
16 97 (11.45%) Data Modelling
17 94 (11.10%) Architecture Governance
18 89 (10.51%) Architectural Design
18 89 (10.51%) Microservices
19 88 (10.39%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 62 (7.32%) Python
2 42 (4.96%) SQL
3 40 (4.72%) Java
4 13 (1.53%) JavaScript
5 12 (1.42%) C#
6 10 (1.18%) TypeScript
7 8 (0.94%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.71%) ABAP
8 6 (0.71%) Kotlin
9 5 (0.59%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.47%) Bash
10 4 (0.47%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.35%) Bicep
12 2 (0.24%) Google Apps Script
12 2 (0.24%) Ruby
12 2 (0.24%) Scala
13 1 (0.12%) C++
13 1 (0.12%) Go
13 1 (0.12%) Groovy
13 1 (0.12%) Korn
Qualifications
1 228 (26.92%) Security Cleared
2 166 (19.60%) SC Cleared
3 53 (6.26%) DV Cleared
4 42 (4.96%) Degree
5 40 (4.72%) Azure Certification
6 30 (3.54%) TOGAF Certification
7 28 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (3.19%) BPSS Clearance
9 23 (2.72%) AWS Certification
10 22 (2.60%) CISSP
11 15 (1.77%) CISM
12 14 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
13 11 (1.30%) PMP
14 9 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
14 9 (1.06%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 8 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
16 7 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 7 (0.83%) CCIE
16 7 (0.83%) JNCIE
17 6 (0.71%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (6.85%) Data Quality
2 48 (5.67%) GDPR
3 36 (4.25%) NIST
4 26 (3.07%) NCSC
5 21 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (1.77%) COBIT
6 15 (1.77%) QA
7 14 (1.65%) GRC
8 12 (1.42%) PCI DSS
9 10 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (1.06%) NIST 800
11 8 (0.94%) PMO
11 8 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 6 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.71%) ISO 20022
13 6 (0.71%) ISO 31000
13 6 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 5 (0.59%) SLA
15 4 (0.47%) SEPA
System Software
1 31 (3.66%) Active Directory
2 20 (2.36%) Docker
3 6 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.59%) RACF
4 5 (0.59%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.12%) IAG
6 1 (0.12%) KVM
6 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (3.90%) Kubernetes
2 23 (2.72%) Terraform
3 15 (1.77%) Ansible
4 14 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.94%) SCCM
6 7 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.24%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.12%) CASB
9 1 (0.12%) Grafana
9 1 (0.12%) Istio
9 1 (0.12%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.12%) SCOM
Vendors
1 167 (19.72%) Microsoft
2 71 (8.38%) SAP
3 65 (7.67%) Oracle
4 59 (6.97%) ServiceNow
5 38 (4.49%) Salesforce
6 28 (3.31%) BiZZdesign
7 26 (3.07%) Sparx
8 25 (2.95%) Databricks
9 23 (2.72%) Google
10 16 (1.89%) Workday
11 15 (1.77%) VMware
12 14 (1.65%) Ariba
13 12 (1.42%) MuleSoft
13 12 (1.42%) OpenAI
13 12 (1.42%) Zscaler
14 9 (1.06%) Cisco
15 6 (0.71%) Dynatrace
15 6 (0.71%) Foundry
15 6 (0.71%) Informatica
16 4 (0.47%) Palo Alto