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 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 241 263
Rank change year-on-year +68 +22 -18
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 717 316 383
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.61% 1.09% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.88% 1.20% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 479 202 256
10th Percentile £463 £480 £478
25th Percentile £513 £550 £529
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £635 £650
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% -2.31% -3.70%
75th Percentile £725 £734 £738
90th Percentile £800 £800 £831
UK excluding London median daily rate £612 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -2.08% -3.85% +2.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 6
10th Percentile £56.92 - £55.00
25th Percentile £65.00 - £65.31
Median hourly rate £75.00 - £70.00
75th Percentile £91.32 - £83.81
90th Percentile £97.25 - £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 38,117 26,296 38,255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.75% 90.49% 86.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,146 17,083 24,839
10th Percentile £313 £308 £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 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £748
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -0.51% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,236 956 2,346
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.12 £12.84
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.47 £16.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -9.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.94 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £77.35 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.25 £31.64 £31.80
% change year-on-year -1.23% -0.50% -11.67%

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 28 March 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 28 March 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 28 March 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 +56 613 £625 -0.79% 207
UK excluding London +34 352 £612 -2.08% 137
London +70 276 £625 -3.85% 96
Work from Home +62 196 £550 -9.84% 91
South East -2 106 £650 +3.67% 61
North of England -17 92 £600 +6.38% 33
Midlands -13 74 £548 -4.78% 19
West Midlands -9 57 £559 -6.83% 15
Yorkshire -15 46 £625 +11.11% 17
South West -12 45 £650 - 10
North West -28 42 £563 +0.45% 12
Scotland +3 23 £575 -9.73% 6
East of England -15 16 £650 - 8
East Midlands -19 16 £537 +26.35% 4
North East -3 9 £713 -5.00% 4
Wales -14 3 £550 -12.00% 1
Northern Ireland - 2 £500 -

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 (5.30%) SharePoint
2 23 (3.21%) SAS
3 16 (2.23%) Confluence
4 9 (1.26%) Camunda
4 9 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.84%) Appian
5 6 (0.84%) NetWeaver
5 6 (0.84%) SAP EP
6 5 (0.70%) Apache
7 3 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.42%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.42%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.42%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.28%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.28%) CMS
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.14%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.56%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 30 (4.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 23 (3.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.98%) SAP CRM
5 3 (0.42%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.42%) Oracle Retail
5 3 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.42%) SAP GRC
6 2 (0.28%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.28%) SAP MDG
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%) Summit
7 1 (0.14%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.14%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 245 (34.17%) Azure
2 164 (22.87%) AWS
3 68 (9.48%) GCP
4 56 (7.81%) SaaS
5 40 (5.58%) Power Platform
6 36 (5.02%) Microsoft 365
7 31 (4.32%) Serverless
8 26 (3.63%) Entra ID
8 26 (3.63%) PaaS
9 24 (3.35%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (3.07%) Azure Logic Apps
11 21 (2.93%) IaaS
11 21 (2.93%) Microsoft Copilot
12 18 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (2.51%) OCI
13 15 (2.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 14 (1.95%) GitHub
14 14 (1.95%) Microsoft Purview
15 13 (1.81%) Azure AI
16 12 (1.67%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.23%) Firewall
2 14 (1.95%) VPN
3 13 (1.81%) SD-WAN
4 12 (1.67%) WAN
5 11 (1.53%) DNS
6 10 (1.39%) IPsec
7 9 (1.26%) Network Security
8 7 (0.98%) DHCP
8 7 (0.98%) LAN
8 7 (0.98%) MPLS
9 6 (0.84%) SSL
10 5 (0.70%) BGP
10 5 (0.70%) Internet
10 5 (0.70%) Kerberos
11 4 (0.56%) BIG-IP
11 4 (0.56%) Intranet
11 4 (0.56%) MQTT
11 4 (0.56%) RFID
11 4 (0.56%) VLAN
11 4 (0.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (4.04%) Data Lake
1 29 (4.04%) Data Warehouse
2 24 (3.35%) Metadata
3 23 (3.21%) Oracle Database
4 22 (3.07%) Power BI
5 20 (2.79%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 13 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (1.67%) SQL Server
8 9 (1.26%) NoSQL
9 7 (0.98%) DynamoDB
10 5 (0.70%) Metadata Repository
10 5 (0.70%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 4 (0.56%) Pentaho
12 3 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.42%) GIS
12 3 (0.42%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.42%) Oracle Exadata
12 3 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.42%) SAP BW
12 3 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (2.93%) JIRA
2 16 (2.23%) Jenkins
3 13 (1.81%) Git
4 12 (1.67%) GitLab
5 8 (1.12%) Selenium
6 7 (0.98%) JUnit
7 4 (0.56%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.56%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (0.42%) ERwin
8 3 (0.42%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.28%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.28%) Flyway
9 2 (0.28%) Hudson
9 2 (0.28%) Liquibase
10 1 (0.14%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.14%) gulp
10 1 (0.14%) LSMW
10 1 (0.14%) Postman
10 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.14%) Yeoman
General
1 217 (30.26%) Social Skills
2 172 (23.99%) Finance
3 108 (15.06%) Public Sector
4 75 (10.46%) Analytical Skills
5 69 (9.62%) Banking
6 49 (6.83%) Influencing Skills
7 30 (4.18%) Legal
8 29 (4.04%) Retail
9 24 (3.35%) Documentation Skills
10 20 (2.79%) Telecoms
11 16 (2.23%) Military
11 16 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (1.67%) Financial Institution
13 11 (1.53%) Aerospace
14 10 (1.39%) Billing
15 9 (1.26%) Manufacturing
15 9 (1.26%) Marketing
16 8 (1.12%) Law
17 7 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 7 (0.98%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 512 (71.41%) Architect
2 164 (22.87%) Solutions Architect
3 138 (19.25%) Enterprise Architect
4 65 (9.07%) Lead
5 60 (8.37%) Technical Architect
6 52 (7.25%) Senior
7 32 (4.46%) Data Architect
8 31 (4.32%) Lead Architect
8 31 (4.32%) Security Architect
8 31 (4.32%) Senior Architect
9 25 (3.49%) Consultant
10 24 (3.35%) Azure Architect
10 24 (3.35%) SAP Architect
11 23 (3.21%) ServiceNow Architect
12 20 (2.79%) Analyst
13 18 (2.51%) Designer
14 17 (2.37%) Applications Architect
14 17 (2.37%) Business Architect
14 17 (2.37%) Cloud Architect
15 15 (2.09%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (8.93%) REST
2 34 (4.74%) Middleware
3 33 (4.60%) SOAP
4 25 (3.49%) .NET
5 22 (3.07%) Web Services
6 16 (2.23%) OAuth
7 13 (1.81%) AngularJS
8 12 (1.67%) Kafka
8 12 (1.67%) Microsoft Graph
9 11 (1.53%) React
10 9 (1.26%) Node.js
10 9 (1.26%) OAuth2
10 9 (1.26%) Oracle Fusion
10 9 (1.26%) SAML
10 9 (1.26%) SAP Fiori
11 8 (1.12%) JSON
11 8 (1.12%) OpenID
11 8 (1.12%) XML
12 7 (0.98%) pytest
12 7 (0.98%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 59 (8.23%) Product Ownership
2 53 (7.39%) Cloud Native
3 31 (4.32%) CMDB
4 25 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
5 21 (2.93%) Data Centre
6 20 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (2.65%) Data Protection Act
8 18 (2.51%) Onboarding
9 17 (2.37%) IoT
10 15 (2.09%) Hybrid Cloud
10 15 (2.09%) Operational Technology
11 14 (1.95%) AI Agents
11 14 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
12 11 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (1.53%) Management Information System
13 9 (1.26%) Data Structures
13 9 (1.26%) NHS
14 8 (1.12%) Public Cloud
14 8 (1.12%) Security Posture
14 8 (1.12%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.79%) Windows
2 11 (1.53%) Linux
3 6 (0.84%) Mac OS
4 5 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (0.70%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.42%) Unix
5 3 (0.42%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (39.47%) Roadmaps
2 192 (26.78%) TOGAF
3 175 (24.41%) Agile
4 157 (21.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 154 (21.48%) Stakeholder Management
6 125 (17.43%) Architectural Patterns
7 120 (16.74%) Integration Patterns
8 117 (16.32%) AI
9 111 (15.48%) Problem-Solving
10 106 (14.78%) Decision-Making
11 105 (14.64%) DevOps
12 102 (14.23%) CI/CD
13 96 (13.39%) Business Strategy
14 94 (13.11%) Data Modelling
15 93 (12.97%) Migration
16 88 (12.27%) Analytics
17 84 (11.72%) ITIL
18 83 (11.58%) Cybersecurity
19 82 (11.44%) Architectural Design
20 78 (10.88%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 72 (10.04%) Python
2 46 (6.42%) SQL
3 32 (4.46%) Java
4 21 (2.93%) JavaScript
5 17 (2.37%) C#
5 17 (2.37%) PowerShell
6 9 (1.26%) Bash
6 9 (1.26%) TypeScript
7 8 (1.12%) ABAP
8 7 (0.98%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.84%) Kotlin
10 4 (0.56%) Bicep
11 3 (0.42%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.28%) Google Apps Script
12 2 (0.28%) Ruby
13 1 (0.14%) C++
13 1 (0.14%) Korn
13 1 (0.14%) ProC
13 1 (0.14%) R
13 1 (0.14%) Scala
Qualifications
1 205 (28.59%) Security Cleared
2 149 (20.78%) SC Cleared
3 54 (7.53%) Degree
4 43 (6.00%) DV Cleared
5 31 (4.32%) Azure Certification
6 30 (4.18%) TOGAF Certification
7 24 (3.35%) CISSP
7 24 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 21 (2.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 20 (2.79%) AWS Certification
10 16 (2.23%) ISEB
11 15 (2.09%) ITIL Certification
12 13 (1.81%) CISM
12 13 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (1.12%) CCNP
15 7 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 7 (0.98%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 6 (0.84%) CCIE
17 5 (0.70%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (9.07%) GDPR
2 37 (5.16%) Data Quality
2 37 (5.16%) NIST
3 25 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (3.07%) PCI DSS
5 21 (2.93%) NCSC
6 18 (2.51%) COBIT
7 15 (2.09%) GRC
8 10 (1.39%) PMO
9 8 (1.12%) QA
10 7 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.98%) Def Stans
10 7 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.84%) Accessibility
11 6 (0.84%) ISO 20022
11 6 (0.84%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.56%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 4 (0.56%) SEPA
System Software
1 30 (4.18%) Docker
2 26 (3.63%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.12%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.70%) RACF
6 5 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.28%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.28%) vSphere
8 1 (0.14%) IAG
8 1 (0.14%) KVM
Systems Management
1 41 (5.72%) Kubernetes
2 30 (4.18%) Terraform
3 12 (1.67%) Ansible
3 12 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (1.39%) SCCM
6 3 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.28%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.14%) Argo
8 1 (0.14%) Grafana
8 1 (0.14%) Istio
8 1 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.14%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.14%) Podman
8 1 (0.14%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 127 (17.71%) Microsoft
2 63 (8.79%) Oracle
3 61 (8.51%) ServiceNow
4 59 (8.23%) SAP
5 45 (6.28%) Salesforce
6 31 (4.32%) Sparx
7 27 (3.77%) BiZZdesign
8 26 (3.63%) Databricks
9 25 (3.49%) VMware
10 24 (3.35%) Google
11 15 (2.09%) OpenAI
12 14 (1.95%) Ariba
13 13 (1.81%) Cisco
13 13 (1.81%) Pega
14 10 (1.39%) F5
14 10 (1.39%) MuleSoft
15 9 (1.26%) Atlassian
16 8 (1.12%) Temenos
16 8 (1.12%) Zscaler
17 7 (0.98%) Citrix