Lead Enterprise Architect Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Lead Enterprise Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Lead Enterprise Architect daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £775, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 340 467
Rank change year-on-year +37 +127 +161
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Enterprise Architect 1 5 10
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.010% 0.033% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.035% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 10
10th Percentile - - £673
25th Percentile £763 £660 £681
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £780 £820
Median % change year-on-year -0.64% -4.88% -2.09%
75th Percentile £788 £913 £963
90th Percentile - £935 £1,109
UK median daily rate £775 £664 £900
% change year-on-year +16.63% -26.17% +12.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Lead Enterprise Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Lead Enterprise Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Lead Enterprise Architect trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Lead Enterprise Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Lead Enterprise Architect.

Lead Enterprise Architect daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Lead Enterprise Architect Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Lead Enterprise 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Lead Enterprise Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Information Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture

Lead Enterprise Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Information Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft