Enterprise Solutions Architect Contracts

Enterprise Solution Architect
UK

The median Enterprise Solution Architect daily rate in the UK is £800, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 511 574 662
Rank change year-on-year +63 +88 +130
Contract jobs requiring an Enterprise Solutions Architect 18 13 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.062% 0.030% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.032% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 7 24
10th Percentile £600 £510 £552
25th Percentile £631 £553 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £650 £668
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -2.69% -4.57%
75th Percentile - £678 £751
90th Percentile - £689 £843
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £657 £650
% change year-on-year -8.68% +1.08% -2.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 26,930 40,005 55,472
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 92.75% 94.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,553 26,036 38,744
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,045 2,664 1,555
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.23% -18.89% +90.68%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.30 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £40.00 £42.26
% change year-on-year -31.25% -5.35% +116.50%

Enterprise Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Enterprise Solutions Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Enterprise Solutions Architect in the UK

Enterprise Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Enterprise Solutions Architect.

Daily rate trend for Enterprise Solutions Architect in the UK

Enterprise Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Solutions Architect over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Enterprise Solutions Architect in the UK

Enterprise Solutions Architect
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Enterprise Solutions Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 2025. 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 +78 17 £800 +28.51% 10
London +56 12 £800 +53.85% 5
UK excluding London +54 5 £600 -8.68% 5
Work from Home +41 4 £599 -9.24% 3
Midlands +20 3 £599 -4.85% 1
West Midlands +15 3 £599 -9.79% 1
North West - 1 £620 -
South West - 1 £725 -
North of England - 1 £620 -

Enterprise Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 May 2025, Enterprise Solutions Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Enterprise Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 14 (77.78%) Agile
2 9 (50.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 9 (50.00%) Event-Driven
2 9 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (33.33%) DevOps
3 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 5 (27.78%) TOGAF
4 5 (27.78%) Degree
5 4 (22.22%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (22.22%) Kubernetes
5 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
5 4 (22.22%) CI/CD
6 3 (16.67%) Roadmaps
6 3 (16.67%) GCP
6 3 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
6 3 (16.67%) Architecture Governance
6 3 (16.67%) .NET Framework
6 3 (16.67%) Test Automation
6 3 (16.67%) NoSQL
6 3 (16.67%) Azure
6 3 (16.67%) AWS
6 3 (16.67%) Google
6 3 (16.67%) Finance
6 3 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (16.67%) .NET
6 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
6 3 (16.67%) ITIL
7 2 (11.11%) UML
7 2 (11.11%) MS Visio
7 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification

Enterprise Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.56%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) AWS
1 3 (16.67%) Azure
1 3 (16.67%) GCP
2 1 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) NoSQL
1 3 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.56%) Big Data
2 1 (5.56%) Data Lake
General
1 9 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Billing
4 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.56%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) .NET
1 3 (16.67%) .NET Framework
2 1 (5.56%) Hugging Face
2 1 (5.56%) Keras
2 1 (5.56%) Middleware
2 1 (5.56%) PyTorch
2 1 (5.56%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
1 1 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Life Science
1 1 (5.56%) NHS
1 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
1 1 (5.56%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (5.56%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (77.78%) Agile
2 9 (50.00%) Event-Driven
2 9 (50.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 6 (33.33%) DevOps
4 5 (27.78%) TOGAF
5 4 (22.22%) CI/CD
5 4 (22.22%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (16.67%) Architecture Governance
6 3 (16.67%) ITIL
6 3 (16.67%) Roadmaps
6 3 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
6 3 (16.67%) Test Automation
7 2 (11.11%) ArchiMate
7 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
7 2 (11.11%) Data Governance
7 2 (11.11%) Domain-Driven Design
7 2 (11.11%) Migration
7 2 (11.11%) Project Delivery
7 2 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (11.11%) UML
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) Python
1 1 (5.56%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) AWS Certification
2 2 (11.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 2 (11.11%) Azure Certification
2 2 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (11.11%) Master's Degree
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.56%) CCNP
3 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) Google
3 1 (5.56%) Cisco
3 1 (5.56%) Databricks
3 1 (5.56%) OpenAI