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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 213 300
Rank change year-on-year +78 +87 -71
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 1,107 443 287
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.03% 1.34% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.40% 1.48% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 717 296 166
10th Percentile £465 £450 £445
25th Percentile £531 £503 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £617 £625
Median % change year-on-year +1.30% -1.28% -5.84%
75th Percentile £713 £718 £749
90th Percentile £825 £825 £831
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £575 £611
% change year-on-year +4.35% -5.89% -6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 3 4
10th Percentile £20.31 £34.27 -
25th Percentile £68.88 £40.67 £63.75
Median hourly rate £84.25 £52.67 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.96% -21.97% -3.57%
75th Percentile £106.81 £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 46,202 29,871 32,996
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.62% 90.47% 85.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,118 18,549 20,447
10th Percentile £325 £300 £311
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
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 3,059 1,786 1,512
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.23 £14.71
25th Percentile £17.36 £17.30 £20.09
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +3.61%
75th Percentile £67.50 £45.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £22.63 £43.00
% change year-on-year +76.76% -47.37% +8.72%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 11 September 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 +70 972 £625 - 657
London +74 531 £650 +4.00% 392
UK excluding London +27 433 £600 +4.35% 328
Work from Home +51 315 £600 +3.90% 427
South East +18 147 £563 -2.17% 115
North of England +11 124 £595 +10.75% 68
Midlands -23 73 £650 +8.33% 48
Yorkshire +13 61 £550 - 32
North West -11 58 £600 +16.73% 30
West Midlands -25 51 £650 +8.33% 26
South West -42 49 £650 - 30
Scotland -3 29 £600 +11.27% 28
East Midlands -11 20 £600 -14.29% 22
East of England -29 12 £650 -18.75% 30
North East -43 5 £604 +9.82% 6
Northern Ireland - 4 £713 - 9
Channel Islands - 1 £625 - 1

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 (4.43%) SAS
2 27 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.63%) Confluence
4 15 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.81%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.72%) Apache
8 7 (0.63%) NetWeaver
9 6 (0.54%) CMS
10 5 (0.45%) Anypoint
10 5 (0.45%) Mule
10 5 (0.45%) OpenStack
10 5 (0.45%) SAP EP
11 4 (0.36%) Apache Superset
12 3 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.18%) Mendix
14 1 (0.090%) Camunda
14 1 (0.090%) Ethereum
14 1 (0.090%) Headless CMS
14 1 (0.090%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 12 (1.08%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.090%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 43 (3.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 11 (0.99%) Oracle ERP
4 9 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.72%) ContrOCC
6 6 (0.54%) Primavera
7 5 (0.45%) SAP CRM
7 5 (0.45%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
9 3 (0.27%) Cloudability
9 3 (0.27%) Endur
9 3 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.27%) SAP CO
9 3 (0.27%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
9 3 (0.27%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.18%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
10 2 (0.18%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 373 (33.69%) Azure
2 234 (21.14%) AWS
3 119 (10.75%) GCP
4 71 (6.41%) Power Platform
5 67 (6.05%) SaaS
6 64 (5.78%) Entra ID
7 55 (4.97%) Microsoft 365
8 36 (3.25%) Serverless
9 34 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
10 26 (2.35%) GitHub
11 25 (2.26%) Azure AI
11 25 (2.26%) Microsoft Copilot
12 23 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
12 23 (2.08%) PaaS
13 22 (1.99%) OCI
14 20 (1.81%) iPaaS
15 18 (1.63%) Snowflake
15 18 (1.63%) SuccessFactors
16 17 (1.54%) Azure Service Bus
16 17 (1.54%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.89%) Network Security
2 28 (2.53%) Firewall
3 21 (1.90%) WAN
4 17 (1.54%) VPN
5 14 (1.26%) LAN
6 10 (0.90%) BGP
7 9 (0.81%) HTTP
7 9 (0.81%) MPLS
8 8 (0.72%) SD-WAN
9 7 (0.63%) DNS
9 7 (0.63%) IPsec
10 6 (0.54%) NGFW
10 6 (0.54%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.45%) 5G
11 5 (0.45%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (0.45%) Radio Access Network
11 5 (0.45%) SMS
12 4 (0.36%) 4G
12 4 (0.36%) Cisco Firepower
12 4 (0.36%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (5.60%) Metadata
2 49 (4.43%) Data Lake
3 32 (2.89%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (2.53%) Power BI
5 17 (1.54%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.17%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 12 (1.08%) Base SAS
8 11 (0.99%) SQL Server
9 9 (0.81%) Big Data
10 8 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (0.63%) Delta Lake
11 7 (0.63%) Neo4j
11 7 (0.63%) Semantic Layer
12 6 (0.54%) Geospatial Data
12 6 (0.54%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.45%) SAS Enterprise Guide
14 4 (0.36%) SAP BW
14 4 (0.36%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 17 (1.54%) JIRA
2 13 (1.17%) Git
2 13 (1.17%) Jenkins
3 10 (0.90%) GitLab
4 6 (0.54%) ERwin
5 5 (0.45%) Hudson
6 4 (0.36%) PowerDesigner
6 4 (0.36%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.27%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.18%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.18%) Postman
8 2 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.18%) Subversion
8 2 (0.18%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.090%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.090%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.090%) Flyway
9 1 (0.090%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.090%) Mockito
9 1 (0.090%) Selenium
General
1 381 (34.42%) Social Skills
2 282 (25.47%) Finance
3 175 (15.81%) Public Sector
4 103 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
5 101 (9.12%) Banking
6 97 (8.76%) Retail
7 80 (7.23%) Influencing Skills
8 46 (4.16%) Legal
9 34 (3.07%) Military
10 30 (2.71%) Aerospace
11 29 (2.62%) Manufacturing
12 23 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
12 23 (2.08%) Local Government
13 22 (1.99%) Telecoms
14 21 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (1.63%) Marketing
16 16 (1.45%) Billing
17 13 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
18 11 (0.99%) Financial Institution
18 11 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 787 (71.09%) Architect
2 266 (24.03%) Solutions Architect
3 179 (16.17%) Enterprise Architect
4 137 (12.38%) Lead
5 89 (8.04%) Technical Architect
6 79 (7.14%) Data Architect
7 67 (6.05%) Lead Architect
8 66 (5.96%) Senior
9 55 (4.97%) Security Architect
10 40 (3.61%) Senior Architect
11 38 (3.43%) SAP Architect
12 37 (3.34%) Technical Leader
13 36 (3.25%) Project Manager
14 32 (2.89%) ServiceNow Architect
15 31 (2.80%) Cloud Architect
16 28 (2.53%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
17 26 (2.35%) Azure Architect
17 26 (2.35%) Integration Architect
18 24 (2.17%) Analyst
19 22 (1.99%) Senior Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (7.41%) REST
2 68 (6.14%) Middleware
3 46 (4.16%) SOAP
4 41 (3.70%) Terraform
5 36 (3.25%) .NET
6 31 (2.80%) OAuth
7 29 (2.62%) Kafka
8 19 (1.72%) SAML
9 17 (1.54%) JSON
9 17 (1.54%) XML
10 16 (1.45%) Oracle Fusion
11 15 (1.36%) JWT
11 15 (1.36%) React
12 14 (1.26%) OAuth2
13 13 (1.17%) OpenID
14 12 (1.08%) GraphQL
14 12 (1.08%) SAP Fiori
14 12 (1.08%) SAPUI5
15 11 (0.99%) EDI
15 11 (0.99%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 142 (12.83%) Cloud Native
2 87 (7.86%) Enterprise Software
3 69 (6.23%) Product Ownership
4 53 (4.79%) AI Agents
5 52 (4.70%) Onboarding
6 43 (3.88%) CMDB
6 43 (3.88%) Hybrid Cloud
7 36 (3.25%) Distributed Systems
8 35 (3.16%) Operational Technology
9 32 (2.89%) Management Information System
10 25 (2.26%) Data Centre
10 25 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
11 24 (2.17%) Security Posture
12 20 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
12 20 (1.81%) IoT
13 19 (1.72%) Public Cloud
14 15 (1.36%) FMCG
15 13 (1.17%) Enterprise Cloud
15 13 (1.17%) Marketing Technology
16 12 (1.08%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.72%) Windows
2 13 (1.17%) Linux
3 7 (0.63%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.27%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.27%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.18%) Android
6 2 (0.18%) Unix
7 1 (0.090%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.090%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 398 (35.95%) Stakeholder Management
2 385 (34.78%) Roadmaps
3 250 (22.58%) TOGAF
4 218 (19.69%) AI
5 215 (19.42%) Agile
6 214 (19.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 203 (18.34%) Integration Patterns
8 202 (18.25%) Technical Leadership
9 186 (16.80%) Migration
10 169 (15.27%) Architecture Governance
11 157 (14.18%) Analytics
11 157 (14.18%) Architectural Patterns
12 155 (14.00%) Cybersecurity
13 153 (13.82%) Decision-Making
14 148 (13.37%) DevOps
15 145 (13.10%) CI/CD
16 144 (13.01%) Data Architecture
17 131 (11.83%) Event-Driven
18 126 (11.38%) Data Modelling
19 122 (11.02%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 74 (6.68%) Python
2 50 (4.52%) Java
3 48 (4.34%) SQL
4 23 (2.08%) JavaScript
5 16 (1.45%) C#
5 16 (1.45%) TypeScript
6 14 (1.26%) PowerShell
7 12 (1.08%) ABAP
8 7 (0.63%) Bash
9 4 (0.36%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.36%) Bicep
10 3 (0.27%) Korn
11 2 (0.18%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.18%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.18%) Ruby
11 2 (0.18%) Rust
11 2 (0.18%) Scala
12 1 (0.090%) C++
12 1 (0.090%) Go
12 1 (0.090%) Swift
Qualifications
1 308 (27.82%) Security Cleared
2 236 (21.32%) SC Cleared
3 59 (5.33%) Azure Certification
4 57 (5.15%) Degree
5 52 (4.70%) DV Cleared
6 47 (4.25%) TOGAF Certification
7 32 (2.89%) BPSS Clearance
8 31 (2.80%) CISSP
9 28 (2.53%) AWS Certification
10 25 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
11 19 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (1.63%) CISM
13 17 (1.54%) PMP
14 14 (1.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 10 (0.90%) PMI Certification
16 9 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
17 7 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 7 (0.63%) CCIE
17 7 (0.63%) CCNP
17 7 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (8.67%) Data Quality
2 49 (4.43%) GRC
3 46 (4.16%) NIST
4 44 (3.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 42 (3.79%) GDPR
6 33 (2.98%) NCSC
7 23 (2.08%) QA
8 16 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
9 15 (1.36%) PMO
10 12 (1.08%) COBIT
10 12 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 12 (1.08%) NIST 800
11 11 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (0.72%) SLA
13 7 (0.63%) Accessibility
14 6 (0.54%) ISO 31000
14 6 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 6 (0.54%) PCI DSS
15 5 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 3 (0.27%) GxP
System Software
1 39 (3.52%) Active Directory
2 25 (2.26%) Docker
3 10 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (0.72%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.18%) IAG
7 1 (0.090%) NFS
7 1 (0.090%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.090%) Samba
7 1 (0.090%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.090%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 56 (5.06%) Kubernetes
2 21 (1.90%) Ansible
3 12 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.36%) Grafana
6 3 (0.27%) SCCM
7 2 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.18%) Puppet
7 2 (0.18%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.090%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.090%) CASB
8 1 (0.090%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.090%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.090%) Nagios
8 1 (0.090%) OpenNMS
8 1 (0.090%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.090%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.090%) SCOM
8 1 (0.090%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 233 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 106 (9.58%) SAP
3 99 (8.94%) Oracle
4 75 (6.78%) ServiceNow
5 60 (5.42%) Google
6 58 (5.24%) Databricks
7 41 (3.70%) Salesforce
8 26 (2.35%) MuleSoft
9 22 (1.99%) Workday
10 21 (1.90%) BiZZdesign
10 21 (1.90%) Informatica
10 21 (1.90%) Sparx
10 21 (1.90%) VMware
11 18 (1.63%) Ariba
12 17 (1.54%) Cisco
12 17 (1.54%) IBM
12 17 (1.54%) OpenAI
13 16 (1.45%) Zscaler
14 15 (1.36%) Foundry
15 10 (0.90%) Adobe