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 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 245 267
Rank change year-on-year +72 +22 -15
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 723 330 377
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.57% 1.13% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.85% 1.24% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 490 216 255
10th Percentile £463 £490 £468
25th Percentile £513 £550 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £635 £650
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% -2.31% -1.89%
75th Percentile £722 £738 £738
90th Percentile £800 £813 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £626 £650
% change year-on-year -4.15% -3.69% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 1 9
10th Percentile £58.85 - £60.25
25th Percentile £65.00 - £63.75
Median hourly rate £75.00 £100.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +48.15% -7.98%
75th Percentile £91.32 - £71.25
90th Percentile £100.63 - £88.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £76.25 - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - -4.57%

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 39,056 26,574 37,868
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.05% 90.71% 86.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,707 17,203 24,522
10th Percentile £316 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £635 £638
90th Percentile £725 £743 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £488 £500
% change year-on-year - -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,310 1,024 2,401
10th Percentile £14.96 £14.93 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.54 £18.51 £15.89
Median hourly rate £37.16 £30.45 £33.55
Median % change year-on-year +22.04% -9.24% -7.45%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £57.83
90th Percentile £78.25 £75.00 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.25 £29.00 £33.07
% change year-on-year +31.90% -12.29% -8.47%

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 16 April 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 16 April 2026.

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 16 April 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 +66 614 £625 -3.85% 235
UK excluding London +18 351 £600 -4.15% 165
London +65 280 £625 -3.85% 105
Work from Home +63 207 £550 -9.84% 85
South East +7 108 £650 +3.17% 56
North of England -19 93 £569 -6.76% 40
Midlands -17 69 £540 -10.00% 27
West Midlands -19 54 £553 -7.79% 12
Yorkshire -15 47 £600 -7.69% 22
South West -20 42 £650 - 22
North West -24 42 £550 -2.14% 14
Scotland +3 24 £550 -7.72% 6
East of England -22 14 £650 - 14
East Midlands -23 14 £535 -33.13% 15
North East -10 9 £713 -5.00% 5
Wales -15 3 £550 -12.00% 2
Northern Ireland - 3 £500 - 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 38 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 22 (3.04%) SAS
3 17 (2.35%) Confluence
4 11 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.11%) Camunda
6 6 (0.83%) NetWeaver
6 6 (0.83%) SAP EP
7 5 (0.69%) Apache
7 5 (0.69%) Appian
8 3 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.41%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.41%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.41%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.28%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.28%) CMS
10 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.14%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.55%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 31 (4.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 21 (2.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.97%) SAP CRM
5 3 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.41%) Oracle Retail
5 3 (0.41%) SAP GRC
6 2 (0.28%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.28%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.14%) Actimize
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.14%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.14%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.14%) Summit
7 1 (0.14%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.14%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 235 (32.50%) Azure
2 159 (21.99%) AWS
3 67 (9.27%) GCP
4 56 (7.75%) SaaS
5 40 (5.53%) Power Platform
6 38 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
7 32 (4.43%) Serverless
8 27 (3.73%) Entra ID
9 25 (3.46%) PaaS
10 24 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (2.90%) Azure Logic Apps
11 21 (2.90%) IaaS
12 20 (2.77%) Microsoft Copilot
12 20 (2.77%) OCI
13 16 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
13 16 (2.21%) Microsoft Purview
14 15 (2.07%) Azure AI
14 15 (2.07%) GitHub
14 15 (2.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 13 (1.80%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.21%) Firewall
2 13 (1.80%) VPN
3 12 (1.66%) SD-WAN
3 12 (1.66%) WAN
4 10 (1.38%) DNS
4 10 (1.38%) IPsec
5 8 (1.11%) Network Security
6 7 (0.97%) LAN
6 7 (0.97%) MPLS
7 6 (0.83%) DHCP
7 6 (0.83%) Kerberos
7 6 (0.83%) SSL
8 5 (0.69%) BGP
8 5 (0.69%) Internet
9 4 (0.55%) BIG-IP
9 4 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (0.55%) MQTT
9 4 (0.55%) RFID
9 4 (0.55%) VLAN
9 4 (0.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (3.73%) Data Lake
1 27 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
2 25 (3.46%) Metadata
3 23 (3.18%) Oracle Database
4 20 (2.77%) Power BI
4 20 (2.77%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 13 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (1.66%) SQL Server
7 9 (1.24%) NoSQL
8 8 (1.11%) DynamoDB
9 5 (0.69%) Metadata Repository
9 5 (0.69%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.41%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.41%) DocumentDB
10 3 (0.41%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.41%) Oracle Exadata
10 3 (0.41%) Oracle ODI
10 3 (0.41%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (3.04%) JIRA
2 16 (2.21%) Jenkins
3 12 (1.66%) Git
3 12 (1.66%) GitLab
4 8 (1.11%) Selenium
5 7 (0.97%) JUnit
6 3 (0.41%) ERwin
6 3 (0.41%) Hudson
6 3 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (0.41%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.41%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.28%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.28%) Flyway
7 2 (0.28%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.14%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.14%) gulp
8 1 (0.14%) LSMW
8 1 (0.14%) Postman
8 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.14%) Yeoman
General
1 216 (29.88%) Social Skills
2 174 (24.07%) Finance
3 104 (14.38%) Public Sector
4 70 (9.68%) Banking
5 69 (9.54%) Analytical Skills
6 45 (6.22%) Influencing Skills
7 35 (4.84%) Legal
7 35 (4.84%) Retail
8 24 (3.32%) Documentation Skills
9 17 (2.35%) Telecoms
10 16 (2.21%) Military
10 16 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (1.80%) Aerospace
12 11 (1.52%) Financial Institution
13 10 (1.38%) Billing
13 10 (1.38%) Manufacturing
14 8 (1.11%) Law
14 8 (1.11%) Marketing
15 7 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 6 (0.83%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 507 (70.12%) Architect
2 162 (22.41%) Solutions Architect
3 140 (19.36%) Enterprise Architect
4 66 (9.13%) Lead
5 61 (8.44%) Technical Architect
6 50 (6.92%) Senior
7 31 (4.29%) Data Architect
8 30 (4.15%) Lead Architect
8 30 (4.15%) Security Architect
9 27 (3.73%) Senior Architect
9 27 (3.73%) ServiceNow Architect
10 24 (3.32%) Consultant
11 23 (3.18%) SAP Architect
12 20 (2.77%) Analyst
12 20 (2.77%) Azure Architect
13 18 (2.49%) Applications Architect
14 17 (2.35%) Cloud Architect
14 17 (2.35%) Designer
14 17 (2.35%) Project Manager
15 16 (2.21%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (8.85%) REST
2 33 (4.56%) Middleware
3 32 (4.43%) SOAP
4 28 (3.87%) .NET
5 21 (2.90%) Web Services
6 17 (2.35%) OAuth
7 15 (2.07%) AngularJS
8 13 (1.80%) Kafka
8 13 (1.80%) Microsoft Graph
8 13 (1.80%) React
9 11 (1.52%) OAuth2
9 11 (1.52%) SAML
10 10 (1.38%) OpenID
11 9 (1.24%) Node.js
11 9 (1.24%) Oracle Fusion
11 9 (1.24%) SAP Fiori
11 9 (1.24%) XML
12 8 (1.11%) LangChain
12 8 (1.11%) LangGraph
12 8 (1.11%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 56 (7.75%) Cloud Native
2 54 (7.47%) Product Ownership
3 32 (4.43%) CMDB
4 28 (3.87%) Enterprise Software
5 19 (2.63%) Data Centre
5 19 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
6 18 (2.49%) Data Protection Act
6 18 (2.49%) Operational Technology
7 17 (2.35%) Onboarding
8 16 (2.21%) IoT
9 14 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
9 14 (1.94%) Management Information System
9 14 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.80%) AI Agents
11 11 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
12 10 (1.38%) Public Cloud
13 9 (1.24%) Data Structures
13 9 (1.24%) NHS
13 9 (1.24%) Security Posture
14 8 (1.11%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 21 (2.90%) Windows
2 12 (1.66%) Linux
3 6 (0.83%) Mac OS
3 6 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (0.69%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.55%) Unix
5 4 (0.55%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (39.28%) Roadmaps
2 184 (25.45%) TOGAF
3 175 (24.20%) Agile
4 158 (21.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 156 (21.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 127 (17.57%) Integration Patterns
7 125 (17.29%) Architectural Patterns
8 121 (16.74%) AI
9 109 (15.08%) Problem-Solving
10 108 (14.94%) Decision-Making
11 103 (14.25%) CI/CD
12 99 (13.69%) DevOps
13 98 (13.55%) Data Modelling
14 94 (13.00%) Migration
15 90 (12.45%) Business Strategy
16 89 (12.31%) Analytics
17 85 (11.76%) Architectural Design
17 85 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
17 85 (11.76%) ITIL
18 81 (11.20%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 71 (9.82%) Python
2 44 (6.09%) SQL
3 33 (4.56%) Java
4 21 (2.90%) JavaScript
5 18 (2.49%) C#
6 15 (2.07%) PowerShell
7 10 (1.38%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.24%) Bash
9 8 (1.11%) ABAP
10 7 (0.97%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.83%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.55%) Bicep
13 3 (0.41%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.28%) Google Apps Script
14 2 (0.28%) Ruby
15 1 (0.14%) Go
15 1 (0.14%) Korn
15 1 (0.14%) ProC
15 1 (0.14%) R
15 1 (0.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 209 (28.91%) Security Cleared
2 149 (20.61%) SC Cleared
3 52 (7.19%) Degree
4 46 (6.36%) DV Cleared
5 32 (4.43%) TOGAF Certification
6 29 (4.01%) Azure Certification
7 24 (3.32%) CISSP
8 23 (3.18%) BPSS Clearance
9 22 (3.04%) AWS Certification
10 21 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (2.21%) ISEB
12 15 (2.07%) ITIL Certification
13 13 (1.80%) CISM
14 12 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
15 11 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
16 9 (1.24%) CCNP
17 8 (1.11%) Microsoft Certified Professional
18 7 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 7 (0.97%) PMP
19 6 (0.83%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (8.44%) GDPR
2 40 (5.53%) Data Quality
3 36 (4.98%) NIST
4 22 (3.04%) COBIT
4 22 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 21 (2.90%) NCSC
5 21 (2.90%) PCI DSS
6 15 (2.07%) GRC
7 10 (1.38%) PMO
8 7 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (0.97%) Def Stans
9 6 (0.83%) Accessibility
9 6 (0.83%) ISO 20022
9 6 (0.83%) NIST 800
9 6 (0.83%) QA
9 6 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 4 (0.55%) PSD2
10 4 (0.55%) SEPA
System Software
1 29 (4.01%) Docker
2 27 (3.73%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.24%) VMware NSX
5 7 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.69%) RACF
6 5 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.28%) vSphere
8 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.14%) IAG
8 1 (0.14%) KVM
Systems Management
1 41 (5.67%) Kubernetes
2 30 (4.15%) Terraform
3 12 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (1.66%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (1.52%) Ansible
4 11 (1.52%) SCCM
5 3 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.28%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.28%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.14%) Argo
7 1 (0.14%) Grafana
7 1 (0.14%) Istio
7 1 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.14%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.14%) Podman
7 1 (0.14%) SCOM
7 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 131 (18.12%) Microsoft
2 66 (9.13%) ServiceNow
3 62 (8.58%) Oracle
4 60 (8.30%) SAP
5 44 (6.09%) Salesforce
6 32 (4.43%) Sparx
7 28 (3.87%) BiZZdesign
8 26 (3.60%) Databricks
9 25 (3.46%) VMware
10 24 (3.32%) Google
11 15 (2.07%) Ariba
11 15 (2.07%) OpenAI
12 13 (1.80%) Cisco
13 11 (1.52%) Pega
14 9 (1.24%) MuleSoft
15 8 (1.11%) F5
15 8 (1.11%) Workday
15 8 (1.11%) Zscaler
16 7 (0.97%) Citrix
17 6 (0.83%) Genesys