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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 204 298
Rank change year-on-year +55 +94 -55
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 1,000 429 289
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.87% 1.30% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.21% 1.44% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 659 291 178
10th Percentile £465 £450 £449
25th Percentile £537 £510 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -
75th Percentile £725 £725 £750
90th Percentile £825 £825 £841
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £599 £650
% change year-on-year +0.17% -7.85% +2.08%
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 45,292 29,826 33,298
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.86% 90.48% 85.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,883 18,657 21,289
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 2,827 1,696 1,836
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £18.80 £17.30 £18.35
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £41.08
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -38.77% -1.96%
75th Percentile £68.00 £47.66 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.51 £68.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £22.84 £42.50
% change year-on-year +92.47% -46.26% +17.24%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 +61 874 £638 +2.00% 856
London +68 486 £650 - 538
UK excluding London +7 384 £600 +0.17% 413
Work from Home +52 290 £600 +3.36% 387
South East -4 129 £600 -2.83% 134
North of England -6 106 £563 -5.86% 90
Midlands -24 68 £615 +2.50% 42
Yorkshire +2 54 £550 -6.38% 27
West Midlands -21 49 £621 +3.59% 26
North West -27 48 £600 +0.42% 55
South West -41 44 £650 - 52
Scotland +1 27 £600 +13.91% 55
East Midlands -7 16 £600 -14.29% 16
East of England -13 11 £600 -11.11% 27
North East -39 4 £625 - 8
Northern Ireland - 4 £713 - 10
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 (4.90%) SAS
2 28 (2.80%) SharePoint
3 21 (2.10%) Confluence
4 12 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.80%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.70%) Apache
7 5 (0.50%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.50%) Mule
7 5 (0.50%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.40%) NetWeaver
8 4 (0.40%) SAP EP
9 3 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.30%) Apache Superset
9 3 (0.30%) CMS
10 2 (0.20%) Camunda
10 2 (0.20%) Mendix
11 1 (0.10%) CIMPLICITY
11 1 (0.10%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.10%) Predix
Applications
1 10 (1.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.10%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 35 (3.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (2.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 12 (1.20%) Oracle ERP
4 8 (0.80%) ContrOCC
5 6 (0.60%) Primavera
6 5 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.40%) SAP CRM
8 3 (0.30%) Aladdin
8 3 (0.30%) Endur
8 3 (0.30%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.30%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS R12
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle Retail
9 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.20%) SAP CS
9 2 (0.20%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.20%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 307 (30.70%) Azure
2 203 (20.30%) AWS
3 99 (9.90%) GCP
4 58 (5.80%) SaaS
5 57 (5.70%) Power Platform
6 48 (4.80%) Entra ID
7 42 (4.20%) Microsoft 365
8 27 (2.70%) Serverless
9 24 (2.40%) PaaS
10 23 (2.30%) OCI
11 21 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (2.10%) Microsoft Copilot
12 18 (1.80%) Azure AI
13 16 (1.60%) iPaaS
13 16 (1.60%) Snowflake
14 15 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
14 15 (1.50%) GitHub
14 15 (1.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 14 (1.40%) Amazon S3
15 14 (1.40%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 31 (3.10%) Network Security
2 27 (2.70%) Firewall
3 23 (2.30%) VPN
4 17 (1.70%) WAN
5 14 (1.40%) LAN
6 10 (1.00%) MPLS
7 9 (0.90%) IPsec
8 8 (0.80%) BGP
8 8 (0.80%) DNS
8 8 (0.80%) SD-WAN
9 6 (0.60%) HTTP
9 6 (0.60%) NGFW
9 6 (0.60%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.50%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (0.40%) 4G
11 4 (0.40%) 5G
11 4 (0.40%) BIG-IP
11 4 (0.40%) Cisco Firepower
11 4 (0.40%) DHCP
11 4 (0.40%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (4.80%) Data Lake
2 41 (4.10%) Metadata
3 31 (3.10%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (2.80%) Power BI
5 18 (1.80%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.30%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 12 (1.20%) Base SAS
7 12 (1.20%) SQL Server
8 10 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (0.90%) Oracle Database
10 7 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (0.70%) SAS Enterprise Guide
11 6 (0.60%) Big Data
12 5 (0.50%) Delta Lake
12 5 (0.50%) Neo4j
12 5 (0.50%) SAS Visual Analytics
13 4 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.40%) Semantic Layer
14 3 (0.30%) BigQuery
14 3 (0.30%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 15 (1.50%) JIRA
2 12 (1.20%) Git
3 9 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.70%) GitLab
5 5 (0.50%) ERwin
5 5 (0.50%) Hudson
6 4 (0.40%) PowerDesigner
6 4 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.20%) Flyway
7 2 (0.20%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.20%) Selenium
7 2 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.20%) Subversion
7 2 (0.20%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.10%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.10%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.10%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.10%) JUnit
8 1 (0.10%) Postman
8 1 (0.10%) TeamCity
General
1 320 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 252 (25.20%) Finance
3 161 (16.10%) Public Sector
4 98 (9.80%) Banking
5 90 (9.00%) Retail
6 84 (8.40%) Analytical Skills
7 65 (6.50%) Influencing Skills
8 41 (4.10%) Legal
9 28 (2.80%) Military
10 27 (2.70%) Aerospace
11 23 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
11 23 (2.30%) Local Government
12 22 (2.20%) Manufacturing
13 17 (1.70%) Marketing
13 17 (1.70%) Telecoms
14 14 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
15 13 (1.30%) Billing
16 11 (1.10%) Financial Institution
17 10 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 10 (1.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 707 (70.70%) Architect
2 236 (23.60%) Solutions Architect
3 164 (16.40%) Enterprise Architect
4 123 (12.30%) Lead
5 72 (7.20%) Technical Architect
6 69 (6.90%) Data Architect
7 59 (5.90%) Security Architect
8 57 (5.70%) Lead Architect
9 56 (5.60%) Senior
10 36 (3.60%) Senior Architect
11 32 (3.20%) SAP Architect
12 31 (3.10%) Project Manager
13 28 (2.80%) Technical Leader
14 27 (2.70%) ServiceNow Architect
15 24 (2.40%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
15 24 (2.40%) Cloud Architect
16 21 (2.10%) Azure Architect
17 20 (2.00%) Analyst
18 19 (1.90%) Integration Architect
18 19 (1.90%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (7.90%) REST
2 64 (6.40%) Middleware
3 49 (4.90%) SOAP
4 34 (3.40%) .NET
5 27 (2.70%) OAuth
6 24 (2.40%) Kafka
7 17 (1.70%) Oracle Fusion
8 16 (1.60%) SAML
8 16 (1.60%) XML
9 15 (1.50%) JSON
10 14 (1.40%) React
10 14 (1.40%) Web Services
11 13 (1.30%) OAuth2
12 12 (1.20%) OpenID
13 11 (1.10%) JWT
14 10 (1.00%) AngularJS
15 9 (0.90%) Node.js
16 8 (0.80%) EDI
16 8 (0.80%) GraphQL
17 7 (0.70%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 111 (11.10%) Cloud Native
2 74 (7.40%) Enterprise Software
3 73 (7.30%) Product Ownership
4 41 (4.10%) AI Agents
5 37 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
5 37 (3.70%) Onboarding
6 36 (3.60%) Operational Technology
7 34 (3.40%) CMDB
8 29 (2.90%) Distributed Systems
9 27 (2.70%) Management Information System
10 26 (2.60%) Security Posture
11 22 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
12 20 (2.00%) Data Centre
12 20 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
13 18 (1.80%) IoT
14 15 (1.50%) Public Cloud
15 13 (1.30%) FMCG
16 10 (1.00%) Data Structures
17 9 (0.90%) Mainframe
17 9 (0.90%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.80%) Windows
2 14 (1.40%) Linux
3 5 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.40%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.30%) 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 (0.10%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (32.80%) Roadmaps
2 302 (30.20%) Stakeholder Management
3 233 (23.30%) TOGAF
4 191 (19.10%) Integration Patterns
5 190 (19.00%) Agile
5 190 (19.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 174 (17.40%) AI
7 172 (17.20%) Technical Leadership
8 169 (16.90%) Migration
9 148 (14.80%) Architectural Patterns
10 142 (14.20%) Analytics
11 137 (13.70%) Cybersecurity
12 135 (13.50%) Architecture Governance
13 133 (13.30%) DevOps
14 130 (13.00%) CI/CD
15 123 (12.30%) Decision-Making
16 122 (12.20%) Data Architecture
17 116 (11.60%) Event-Driven
18 114 (11.40%) Data Integration
19 112 (11.20%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 75 (7.50%) Python
2 50 (5.00%) Java
3 47 (4.70%) SQL
4 21 (2.10%) JavaScript
5 16 (1.60%) PowerShell
6 13 (1.30%) TypeScript
7 12 (1.20%) C#
8 8 (0.80%) Bash
8 8 (0.80%) Kotlin
9 7 (0.70%) ABAP
10 6 (0.60%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.40%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.30%) Bicep
12 3 (0.30%) Korn
13 2 (0.20%) Go
13 2 (0.20%) Ruby
13 2 (0.20%) Rust
13 2 (0.20%) Scala
14 1 (0.10%) C++
14 1 (0.10%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 288 (28.80%) Security Cleared
2 217 (21.70%) SC Cleared
3 56 (5.60%) DV Cleared
4 54 (5.40%) Azure Certification
5 52 (5.20%) Degree
6 41 (4.10%) TOGAF Certification
7 33 (3.30%) AWS Certification
8 31 (3.10%) CISSP
9 27 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
10 25 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
11 21 (2.10%) CISM
12 16 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
13 13 (1.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 13 (1.30%) PMP
14 8 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (0.70%) CCIE
16 6 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 6 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (0.60%) PMI Certification
17 5 (0.50%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (8.20%) Data Quality
2 49 (4.90%) GRC
3 47 (4.70%) GDPR
4 43 (4.30%) NIST
5 40 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 31 (3.10%) NCSC
7 19 (1.90%) QA
8 12 (1.20%) COBIT
8 12 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 12 (1.20%) PMO
9 11 (1.10%) NIST 800
10 10 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (0.90%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.80%) SLA
13 6 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.60%) ISO 31000
13 6 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 6 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (0.50%) Accessibility
15 4 (0.40%) IFRS
System Software
1 32 (3.20%) Active Directory
2 20 (2.00%) Docker
3 10 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (0.90%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.10%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.10%) KVM
7 1 (0.10%) NFS
7 1 (0.10%) Samba
7 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.10%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 47 (4.70%) Kubernetes
2 34 (3.40%) Terraform
3 21 (2.10%) Ansible
4 10 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.40%) 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 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.10%) CASB
8 1 (0.10%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.10%) Istio
8 1 (0.10%) OpenNMS
8 1 (0.10%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.10%) SCOM
8 1 (0.10%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 192 (19.20%) Microsoft
2 96 (9.60%) Oracle
3 77 (7.70%) SAP
4 62 (6.20%) ServiceNow
5 47 (4.70%) Databricks
6 43 (4.30%) Google
7 42 (4.20%) Salesforce
8 24 (2.40%) BiZZdesign
9 23 (2.30%) Workday
10 22 (2.20%) Zscaler
11 20 (2.00%) Sparx
12 19 (1.90%) MuleSoft
13 16 (1.60%) Informatica
13 16 (1.60%) VMware
14 14 (1.40%) Cisco
15 13 (1.30%) Ariba
16 12 (1.20%) Foundry
17 10 (1.00%) IBM
18 9 (0.90%) OpenAI
18 9 (0.90%) Palo Alto