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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 218 299
Rank change year-on-year +81 +81 -64
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 1,129 435 284
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.06% 1.32% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.43% 1.45% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 734 293 158
10th Percentile £468 £450 £449
25th Percentile £538 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £718 £716 £739
90th Percentile £825 £825 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £575 £593
% change year-on-year +4.35% -2.95% -5.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 3 2
10th Percentile £20.31 £34.27 -
25th Percentile £67.75 £40.67 £63.75
Median hourly rate £83.50 £52.67 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.53% -21.97% -
75th Percentile £107.88 £77.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £110.75 £90.80 -
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 46,382 29,970 32,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.48% 90.66% 85.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,008 18,622 19,630
10th Percentile £325 £300 £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 £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £733 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,245 1,858 1,349
10th Percentile £13.70 £14.32 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.19 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £39.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.07% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £65.60 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.64 £65.00 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.50 £22.32 £43.00
% change year-on-year +77.01% -48.10% +1.18%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 +71 992 £625 +4.17% 847
London +77 544 £650 +4.00% 490
UK excluding London +38 440 £600 +4.35% 397
Work from Home +58 319 £600 +4.35% 392
South East +21 141 £538 -6.52% 120
North of England +25 136 £600 +11.63% 102
Midlands -22 83 £627 +4.42% 56
Yorkshire +22 73 £550 -6.38% 40
West Midlands -11 62 £627 +4.42% 33
North West -12 58 £600 +16.73% 56
South West -25 44 £650 +13.04% 47
Scotland -6 29 £605 +10.00% 34
East Midlands -15 19 £600 +9.89% 23
East of England -25 12 £600 -25.00% 25
North East -30 9 £650 +18.18% 6
Northern Ireland - 4 £713 - 11
Wales -18 1 £650 +35.42% 5
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 50 (4.43%) SAS
2 26 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.51%) Confluence
4 13 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.97%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.89%) Apache
7 6 (0.53%) NetWeaver
8 5 (0.44%) Anypoint
8 5 (0.44%) CMS
8 5 (0.44%) Mule
8 5 (0.44%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.35%) Apache Superset
9 4 (0.35%) SAP EP
10 3 (0.27%) Mendix
11 2 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.18%) IBM HTTP Server
11 2 (0.18%) nginx
11 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.18%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 14 (1.24%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 52 (4.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.77%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 12 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (1.06%) Oracle ERP
4 8 (0.71%) ContrOCC
5 6 (0.53%) Primavera
6 5 (0.44%) SAP CO
6 5 (0.44%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.44%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
6 5 (0.44%) SAP MM
7 4 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.35%) SAP CRM
8 3 (0.27%) Cloudability
8 3 (0.27%) Endur
8 3 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.27%) SAP HR
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 393 (34.81%) Azure
2 250 (22.14%) AWS
3 126 (11.16%) GCP
4 76 (6.73%) Power Platform
5 68 (6.02%) SaaS
6 67 (5.93%) Entra ID
7 57 (5.05%) Microsoft 365
8 42 (3.72%) Serverless
9 35 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
10 30 (2.66%) GitHub
11 24 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
11 24 (2.13%) iPaaS
11 24 (2.13%) Microsoft Copilot
11 24 (2.13%) PaaS
12 23 (2.04%) Azure AI
12 23 (2.04%) OCI
13 20 (1.77%) Boomi
14 19 (1.68%) Microsoft Purview
14 19 (1.68%) Snowflake
15 18 (1.59%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 31 (2.75%) Network Security
2 29 (2.57%) Firewall
3 22 (1.95%) WAN
4 19 (1.68%) VPN
5 14 (1.24%) LAN
6 12 (1.06%) HTTP
7 10 (0.89%) BGP
8 9 (0.80%) MPLS
9 8 (0.71%) DNS
9 8 (0.71%) SD-WAN
10 7 (0.62%) IPsec
11 6 (0.53%) NGFW
11 6 (0.53%) TCP/IP
12 5 (0.44%) 5G
12 5 (0.44%) Cisco Nexus
12 5 (0.44%) Modbus
12 5 (0.44%) Radio Access Network
13 4 (0.35%) 4G
13 4 (0.35%) Cisco Firepower
13 4 (0.35%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (5.76%) Metadata
2 55 (4.87%) Data Lake
3 33 (2.92%) Data Warehouse
4 31 (2.75%) Power BI
5 19 (1.68%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.15%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 12 (1.06%) Base SAS
8 10 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (0.89%) SAP HANA
8 10 (0.89%) SQL Server
9 9 (0.80%) Big Data
10 8 (0.71%) Neo4j
11 7 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (0.62%) Delta Lake
11 7 (0.62%) SAP BW
11 7 (0.62%) Semantic Layer
12 6 (0.53%) Amazon Athena
12 6 (0.53%) DynamoDB
12 6 (0.53%) Geospatial Data
12 6 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (1.33%) JIRA
2 13 (1.15%) Git
2 13 (1.15%) Jenkins
3 11 (0.97%) GitLab
4 6 (0.53%) ERwin
5 3 (0.27%) Hudson
5 3 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
5 3 (0.27%) Terragrunt
6 2 (0.18%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.18%) Postman
6 2 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.18%) Subversion
6 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.089%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.089%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.089%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.089%) Mockito
General
1 398 (35.25%) Social Skills
2 300 (26.57%) Finance
3 185 (16.39%) Public Sector
4 106 (9.39%) Banking
5 98 (8.68%) Analytical Skills
6 97 (8.59%) Retail
7 87 (7.71%) Influencing Skills
8 40 (3.54%) Legal
9 34 (3.01%) Manufacturing
10 31 (2.75%) Aerospace
10 31 (2.75%) Military
11 23 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
12 22 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
12 22 (1.95%) Local Government
13 21 (1.86%) Telecoms
14 18 (1.59%) Marketing
14 18 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
15 15 (1.33%) Billing
16 11 (0.97%) Financial Institution
16 11 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 804 (71.21%) Architect
2 263 (23.29%) Solutions Architect
3 183 (16.21%) Enterprise Architect
4 139 (12.31%) Lead
5 88 (7.79%) Technical Architect
6 85 (7.53%) Data Architect
7 70 (6.20%) Senior
8 67 (5.93%) Lead Architect
9 57 (5.05%) Security Architect
10 46 (4.07%) SAP Architect
10 46 (4.07%) Senior Architect
11 37 (3.28%) Technical Leader
12 35 (3.10%) Project Manager
13 32 (2.83%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
13 32 (2.83%) Integration Architect
14 30 (2.66%) Cloud Architect
15 27 (2.39%) Azure Architect
16 26 (2.30%) ServiceNow Architect
17 25 (2.21%) Analyst
17 25 (2.21%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (7.26%) REST
2 72 (6.38%) Middleware
3 46 (4.07%) SOAP
4 40 (3.54%) Terraform
5 34 (3.01%) Kafka
5 34 (3.01%) OAuth
6 32 (2.83%) .NET
7 21 (1.86%) SAML
8 20 (1.77%) JSON
9 19 (1.68%) SAP Fiori
9 19 (1.68%) XML
10 17 (1.51%) JWT
11 15 (1.33%) OAuth2
11 15 (1.33%) OpenID
11 15 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
11 15 (1.33%) SAPUI5
12 14 (1.24%) Swagger
13 13 (1.15%) GraphQL
13 13 (1.15%) OpenAPI
13 13 (1.15%) React
Miscellaneous
1 152 (13.46%) Cloud Native
2 88 (7.79%) Enterprise Software
3 65 (5.76%) Product Ownership
4 59 (5.23%) Onboarding
5 52 (4.61%) AI Agents
6 43 (3.81%) Hybrid Cloud
7 37 (3.28%) CMDB
7 37 (3.28%) Distributed Systems
8 34 (3.01%) Operational Technology
9 33 (2.92%) Management Information System
10 28 (2.48%) Data Centre
11 27 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
12 23 (2.04%) Security Posture
13 22 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
14 21 (1.86%) IoT
15 20 (1.77%) Public Cloud
16 18 (1.59%) FMCG
17 16 (1.42%) Marketing Technology
18 13 (1.15%) Data Structures
18 13 (1.15%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.95%) Windows
2 13 (1.15%) Linux
3 10 (0.89%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.27%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.27%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.18%) Android
5 2 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.18%) Unix
6 1 (0.089%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.089%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (37.82%) Stakeholder Management
2 406 (35.96%) Roadmaps
3 249 (22.05%) TOGAF
4 223 (19.75%) AI
5 218 (19.31%) Integration Patterns
6 215 (19.04%) Agile
7 211 (18.69%) Technical Leadership
8 209 (18.51%) Migration
9 208 (18.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 187 (16.56%) Architecture Governance
11 176 (15.59%) Decision-Making
12 167 (14.79%) Analytics
13 166 (14.70%) DevOps
14 162 (14.35%) Cybersecurity
15 156 (13.82%) Architectural Patterns
16 154 (13.64%) CI/CD
17 146 (12.93%) Data Architecture
18 140 (12.40%) Event-Driven
19 130 (11.51%) Data Modelling
20 123 (10.89%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 67 (5.93%) Python
2 51 (4.52%) SQL
3 44 (3.90%) Java
4 22 (1.95%) JavaScript
5 14 (1.24%) C#
6 13 (1.15%) PowerShell
6 13 (1.15%) TypeScript
7 11 (0.97%) ABAP
8 6 (0.53%) Bash
9 5 (0.44%) Bicep
10 4 (0.35%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.27%) Korn
12 2 (0.18%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.18%) Rust
13 1 (0.089%) DAML
13 1 (0.089%) Go
13 1 (0.089%) Groovy
13 1 (0.089%) JCL
13 1 (0.089%) Solidity
13 1 (0.089%) Swift
Qualifications
1 303 (26.84%) Security Cleared
2 230 (20.37%) SC Cleared
3 63 (5.58%) Azure Certification
3 63 (5.58%) Degree
4 53 (4.69%) TOGAF Certification
5 48 (4.25%) DV Cleared
6 40 (3.54%) BPSS Clearance
7 34 (3.01%) AWS Certification
8 32 (2.83%) CISSP
9 26 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (1.86%) PMP
11 19 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
12 17 (1.51%) CISM
13 14 (1.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 13 (1.15%) PMI Certification
15 8 (0.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 7 (0.62%) CCIE
16 7 (0.62%) Master's Degree
16 7 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
17 6 (0.53%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (8.68%) Data Quality
2 51 (4.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 50 (4.43%) GRC
4 42 (3.72%) GDPR
5 40 (3.54%) NIST
6 36 (3.19%) NCSC
7 23 (2.04%) QA
8 17 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
9 14 (1.24%) PMO
10 12 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 11 (0.97%) NIST 800
12 8 (0.71%) COBIT
12 8 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 8 (0.71%) SLA
13 6 (0.53%) Accessibility
13 6 (0.53%) ISO 31000
13 6 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 5 (0.44%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 39 (3.45%) Active Directory
2 25 (2.21%) Docker
3 13 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.62%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.27%) vSphere
6 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.18%) IAG
7 1 (0.089%) NFS
7 1 (0.089%) Samba
7 1 (0.089%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.089%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 58 (5.14%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.68%) Ansible
3 14 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.53%) Grafana
6 3 (0.27%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.27%) SCCM
7 2 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.18%) Puppet
7 2 (0.18%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.089%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.089%) CASB
8 1 (0.089%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.089%) Nagios
8 1 (0.089%) OpenNMS
8 1 (0.089%) SCOM
8 1 (0.089%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 239 (21.17%) Microsoft
2 113 (10.01%) SAP
3 100 (8.86%) Oracle
4 68 (6.02%) ServiceNow
5 61 (5.40%) Databricks
5 61 (5.40%) Google
6 42 (3.72%) Salesforce
7 27 (2.39%) MuleSoft
8 23 (2.04%) VMware
8 23 (2.04%) Workday
9 22 (1.95%) Informatica
10 20 (1.77%) IBM
10 20 (1.77%) Sparx
11 19 (1.68%) BiZZdesign
11 19 (1.68%) OpenAI
12 17 (1.51%) Cisco
13 16 (1.42%) Zscaler
14 14 (1.24%) Ariba
15 13 (1.15%) Foundry
16 12 (1.06%) Adobe