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 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 202 281
Rank change year-on-year +54 +79 -40
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 1,021 431 297
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.91% 1.31% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 1.45% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 672 291 184
10th Percentile £475 £450 £450
25th Percentile £537 £511 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -1.14%
75th Percentile £725 £725 £750
90th Percentile £825 £825 £838
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £599 £650
% change year-on-year +0.17% -7.85% +1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 3 4
10th Percentile £20.31 £34.27 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £40.67 £63.75
Median hourly rate £82.41 £52.67 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +56.46% -21.97% -3.57%
75th Percentile £108.13 £77.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £110.75 £90.80 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £82.21 £42.34 -
% change year-on-year +94.18% - -

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 45,278 29,786 33,285
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.80% 90.49% 85.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,840 18,586 21,275
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £423 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,823 1,710 1,832
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.31 £18.46
Median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +68.19% -39.40% -2.35%
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.00 £74.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +91.13% -45.88% +13.33%

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 14 August 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 14 August 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 14 August 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 +64 898 £628 +0.48% 550
London +76 493 £650 - 327
UK excluding London +17 396 £600 +0.17% 282
Work from Home +55 293 £600 +3.36% 228
South East -1 135 £600 -2.83% 95
North of England +6 112 £569 -4.85% 60
Midlands -19 69 £621 +3.42% 36
Yorkshire +5 54 £550 -6.38% 18
North West -17 54 £572 -4.27% 35
West Midlands -29 48 £615 +2.67% 21
South West -46 44 £650 - 36
Scotland -1 25 £600 +13.91% 27
East Midlands -18 18 £650 -7.14% 15
East of England -13 12 £650 -3.70% 15
North East -40 4 £625 - 7
Northern Ireland - 4 £713 - 6
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 49 (4.80%) SAS
2 28 (2.74%) SharePoint
3 22 (2.15%) Confluence
4 12 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.78%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.69%) Apache
7 5 (0.49%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.49%) Mule
7 5 (0.49%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.39%) CMS
8 4 (0.39%) NetWeaver
8 4 (0.39%) SAP EP
9 3 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.29%) Apache Superset
10 2 (0.20%) Camunda
10 2 (0.20%) Mendix
11 1 (0.098%) CIMPLICITY
11 1 (0.098%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.098%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 10 (0.98%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.098%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.098%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.098%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.098%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 35 (3.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (2.06%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 12 (1.18%) Oracle ERP
4 8 (0.78%) ContrOCC
5 6 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.59%) Primavera
6 4 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.39%) SAP CRM
7 3 (0.29%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.29%) Endur
7 3 (0.29%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (0.29%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.29%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle Retail
8 2 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.20%) SAP CS
8 2 (0.20%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 325 (31.83%) Azure
2 212 (20.76%) AWS
3 110 (10.77%) GCP
4 61 (5.97%) SaaS
5 59 (5.78%) Power Platform
6 51 (5.00%) Entra ID
7 43 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
8 29 (2.84%) Serverless
9 24 (2.35%) PaaS
10 23 (2.25%) OCI
11 22 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (2.15%) Microsoft Copilot
12 19 (1.86%) Azure AI
13 17 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
14 16 (1.57%) iPaaS
14 16 (1.57%) Snowflake
15 15 (1.47%) GitHub
15 15 (1.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 14 (1.37%) Amazon S3
16 14 (1.37%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 30 (2.94%) Network Security
2 26 (2.55%) Firewall
3 23 (2.25%) VPN
4 17 (1.67%) WAN
5 14 (1.37%) LAN
6 10 (0.98%) MPLS
7 8 (0.78%) BGP
7 8 (0.78%) DNS
7 8 (0.78%) IPsec
7 8 (0.78%) SD-WAN
8 6 (0.59%) HTTP
8 6 (0.59%) NGFW
8 6 (0.59%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.49%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (0.39%) 4G
10 4 (0.39%) 5G
10 4 (0.39%) BIG-IP
10 4 (0.39%) Cisco Firepower
10 4 (0.39%) DHCP
10 4 (0.39%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (4.60%) Data Lake
2 41 (4.02%) Metadata
3 31 (3.04%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (2.84%) Power BI
5 18 (1.76%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.27%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 12 (1.18%) Base SAS
7 12 (1.18%) SQL Server
8 11 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (0.88%) Oracle Database
10 7 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (0.69%) SAS Enterprise Guide
11 6 (0.59%) Big Data
12 5 (0.49%) Delta Lake
12 5 (0.49%) Neo4j
12 5 (0.49%) SAS Visual Analytics
13 4 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.39%) Semantic Layer
14 3 (0.29%) BigQuery
14 3 (0.29%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 17 (1.67%) JIRA
2 12 (1.18%) Git
3 9 (0.88%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.69%) GitLab
5 6 (0.59%) ERwin
6 5 (0.49%) Hudson
7 4 (0.39%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.20%) Flyway
8 2 (0.20%) Liquibase
8 2 (0.20%) Postman
8 2 (0.20%) Selenium
8 2 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.20%) Subversion
8 2 (0.20%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.098%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.098%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.098%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.098%) JUnit
9 1 (0.098%) TeamCity
General
1 329 (32.22%) Social Skills
2 260 (25.47%) Finance
3 163 (15.96%) Public Sector
4 96 (9.40%) Banking
5 91 (8.91%) Retail
6 90 (8.81%) Analytical Skills
7 68 (6.66%) Influencing Skills
8 40 (3.92%) Legal
9 29 (2.84%) Military
10 28 (2.74%) Aerospace
11 23 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
11 23 (2.25%) Local Government
12 22 (2.15%) Manufacturing
13 18 (1.76%) Telecoms
14 17 (1.67%) Marketing
15 15 (1.47%) Billing
16 14 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
17 12 (1.18%) Financial Institution
18 10 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 10 (0.98%) Law
Job Titles
1 721 (70.62%) Architect
2 236 (23.11%) Solutions Architect
3 166 (16.26%) Enterprise Architect
4 124 (12.14%) Lead
5 74 (7.25%) Technical Architect
6 67 (6.56%) Data Architect
7 61 (5.97%) Security Architect
8 57 (5.58%) Lead Architect
8 57 (5.58%) Senior
9 35 (3.43%) Senior Architect
10 33 (3.23%) Project Manager
11 30 (2.94%) SAP Architect
12 29 (2.84%) Technical Leader
13 27 (2.64%) ServiceNow Architect
14 25 (2.45%) Cloud Architect
15 24 (2.35%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
16 22 (2.15%) Azure Architect
17 21 (2.06%) Technical Manager
18 20 (1.96%) Analyst
18 20 (1.96%) Integration Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (7.84%) REST
2 66 (6.46%) Middleware
3 49 (4.80%) SOAP
4 35 (3.43%) .NET
5 27 (2.64%) OAuth
6 22 (2.15%) Kafka
7 17 (1.67%) Oracle Fusion
8 16 (1.57%) JSON
8 16 (1.57%) SAML
8 16 (1.57%) XML
9 14 (1.37%) React
9 14 (1.37%) Web Services
10 13 (1.27%) OAuth2
11 12 (1.18%) OpenID
12 11 (1.08%) JWT
13 10 (0.98%) AngularJS
14 9 (0.88%) Node.js
15 8 (0.78%) EDI
15 8 (0.78%) GraphQL
16 7 (0.69%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 116 (11.36%) Cloud Native
2 77 (7.54%) Product Ownership
3 75 (7.35%) Enterprise Software
4 41 (4.02%) AI Agents
4 41 (4.02%) CMDB
5 40 (3.92%) Onboarding
6 37 (3.62%) Hybrid Cloud
7 36 (3.53%) Operational Technology
8 29 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
9 27 (2.64%) Management Information System
9 27 (2.64%) Security Posture
10 25 (2.45%) Data Centre
10 25 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
11 23 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
12 18 (1.76%) IoT
13 14 (1.37%) Public Cloud
14 13 (1.27%) FMCG
15 9 (0.88%) Data Structures
15 9 (0.88%) Enterprise Cloud
15 9 (0.88%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.76%) Windows
2 14 (1.37%) Linux
3 5 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.39%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.29%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.20%) Android
6 2 (0.20%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.20%) Unix
6 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.098%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.098%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (33.20%) Roadmaps
2 312 (30.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 234 (22.92%) TOGAF
4 199 (19.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 192 (18.81%) Agile
5 192 (18.81%) Integration Patterns
6 180 (17.63%) AI
7 174 (17.04%) Migration
7 174 (17.04%) Technical Leadership
8 148 (14.50%) Architectural Patterns
9 142 (13.91%) Analytics
10 140 (13.71%) Cybersecurity
11 139 (13.61%) Architecture Governance
12 133 (13.03%) DevOps
13 130 (12.73%) CI/CD
13 130 (12.73%) Decision-Making
14 122 (11.95%) Data Architecture
15 117 (11.46%) Event-Driven
16 113 (11.07%) Data Integration
16 113 (11.07%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 75 (7.35%) Python
2 50 (4.90%) Java
3 47 (4.60%) SQL
4 21 (2.06%) JavaScript
5 16 (1.57%) PowerShell
6 13 (1.27%) C#
6 13 (1.27%) TypeScript
7 8 (0.78%) Bash
7 8 (0.78%) Kotlin
8 7 (0.69%) ABAP
9 5 (0.49%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.39%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.29%) Bicep
11 3 (0.29%) Korn
12 2 (0.20%) Go
12 2 (0.20%) Ruby
12 2 (0.20%) Rust
12 2 (0.20%) Scala
13 1 (0.098%) C++
13 1 (0.098%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 296 (28.99%) Security Cleared
2 221 (21.65%) SC Cleared
3 57 (5.58%) Azure Certification
4 56 (5.48%) DV Cleared
5 53 (5.19%) Degree
6 41 (4.02%) TOGAF Certification
7 31 (3.04%) AWS Certification
7 31 (3.04%) CISSP
8 30 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (1.96%) CISM
11 16 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
12 15 (1.47%) PMP
13 13 (1.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 8 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (0.78%) PMI Certification
15 7 (0.69%) CCIE
15 7 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (0.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 5 (0.49%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (8.42%) Data Quality
2 50 (4.90%) GRC
3 49 (4.80%) GDPR
4 45 (4.41%) NIST
5 42 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 31 (3.04%) NCSC
7 22 (2.15%) QA
8 14 (1.37%) PMO
9 12 (1.18%) COBIT
9 12 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 11 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (1.08%) NIST 800
11 10 (0.98%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.78%) SLA
13 6 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.59%) ISO 31000
13 6 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 5 (0.49%) Accessibility
14 5 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (0.39%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 33 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.76%) Docker
3 12 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (0.88%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.098%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.098%) KVM
7 1 (0.098%) NFS
7 1 (0.098%) Samba
7 1 (0.098%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.098%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 46 (4.51%) Kubernetes
2 32 (3.13%) Terraform
3 21 (2.06%) Ansible
4 10 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.39%) SCCM
7 2 (0.20%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.20%) Grafana
7 2 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.20%) Puppet
7 2 (0.20%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.098%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.098%) CASB
8 1 (0.098%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.098%) Istio
8 1 (0.098%) OpenNMS
8 1 (0.098%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.098%) SCOM
8 1 (0.098%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 204 (19.98%) Microsoft
2 100 (9.79%) Oracle
3 81 (7.93%) SAP
4 68 (6.66%) ServiceNow
5 51 (5.00%) Google
6 48 (4.70%) Databricks
7 42 (4.11%) Salesforce
8 23 (2.25%) BiZZdesign
8 23 (2.25%) Workday
9 22 (2.15%) Zscaler
10 21 (2.06%) Sparx
11 20 (1.96%) MuleSoft
12 19 (1.86%) VMware
13 17 (1.67%) Informatica
14 15 (1.47%) Cisco
15 13 (1.27%) Foundry
15 13 (1.27%) IBM
16 11 (1.08%) Ariba
17 10 (0.98%) OpenAI
18 9 (0.88%) Palo Alto