Enterprise Architecture Job Trends in the City of London

Enterprise Architecture
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Enterprise Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 125 139
Rank change year-on-year +23 +14 +21
Permanent jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 34 37 30
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.51% 1.39% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.75% 1.46% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 20 18 30
10th Percentile £79,587 £61,250 £55,500
25th Percentile £81,250 £74,063 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £102,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% -19.51% +13.89%
75th Percentile £119,688 £121,875 £116,875
90th Percentile £132,750 £140,000 £120,000
Central London median annual salary £86,250 £82,500 £102,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -19.51% +13.89%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Enterprise Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,943 2,536 2,693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 86.28% 95.55% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,422 1,623 2,410
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,125 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £113,750 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -

Enterprise Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Enterprise Architecture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Enterprise Architecture job vacancy trend in the City of London

Enterprise Architecture
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Enterprise Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Enterprise Architecture

Enterprise Architecture
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Architecture in the City of London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Enterprise Architecture in the City of London

Enterprise Architecture
Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Enterprise Architecture within the City of London region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London Bridge - 2 £100,000 -
Enterprise Architecture
Central London

Enterprise Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.94%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 20 (58.82%) Azure
2 15 (44.12%) AWS
3 7 (20.59%) GCP
4 4 (11.76%) PaaS
4 4 (11.76%) SaaS
5 3 (8.82%) Azure AKS
5 3 (8.82%) Azure API Management
5 3 (8.82%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (8.82%) Azure Logic Apps
5 3 (8.82%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (5.88%) Azure Functions
6 2 (5.88%) IaaS
6 2 (5.88%) Serverless
7 1 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.94%) OCI
7 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.94%) Snowflake
7 1 (2.94%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.88%) Metadata
2 1 (2.94%) MySQL
2 1 (2.94%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (2.94%) Power BI
2 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
General
1 18 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 17 (50.00%) Finance
3 14 (41.18%) Legal
4 13 (38.24%) Retail
5 9 (26.47%) Banking
6 8 (23.53%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (17.65%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (8.82%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (5.88%) Back Office
9 2 (5.88%) Law
10 1 (2.94%) Financial Institution
10 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
10 1 (2.94%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (52.94%) Architect
2 13 (38.24%) Lead
3 9 (26.47%) Enterprise Architect
4 8 (23.53%) Designer
4 8 (23.53%) Lead Designer
4 8 (23.53%) Solutions Designer
5 7 (20.59%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (14.71%) Lead Architect
7 3 (8.82%) Head of Architecture
7 3 (8.82%) Head of Digital
7 3 (8.82%) Head of Engineering
7 3 (8.82%) Head of Strategy
7 3 (8.82%) Lead Solutions Architect
8 2 (5.88%) Data Architect
8 2 (5.88%) Data Engineer
8 2 (5.88%) Data Science Engineer
8 2 (5.88%) Lead Data Architect
9 1 (2.94%) Chief Technology Officer
9 1 (2.94%) Systems Architect
9 1 (2.94%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) LangChain
1 2 (5.88%) PyTorch
1 2 (5.88%) TensorFlow
1 2 (5.88%) Web Services
2 1 (2.94%) Node.js
2 1 (2.94%) REST
2 1 (2.94%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.82%) AI Agents
3 2 (5.88%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.94%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.94%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.94%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (52.94%) Roadmaps
2 11 (32.35%) Zero Trust
3 10 (29.41%) TOGAF
4 9 (26.47%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (26.47%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (23.53%) Agile
5 8 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (23.53%) Design Patterns
5 8 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (23.53%) Security Architecture
5 8 (23.53%) Technology Strategy
6 7 (20.59%) AI
6 7 (20.59%) Business Strategy
6 7 (20.59%) IT Strategy
6 7 (20.59%) Microservices
7 6 (17.65%) Generative AI
7 6 (17.65%) ITIL
7 6 (17.65%) Machine Learning
7 6 (17.65%) Service Management
8 5 (14.71%) Architecture Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.94%) C#
1 1 (2.94%) Go
1 1 (2.94%) Java
1 1 (2.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (23.53%) CISM
1 8 (23.53%) CISSP
2 3 (8.82%) TOGAF Certification
3 2 (5.88%) Azure Certification
3 2 (5.88%) Degree
4 1 (2.94%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) ISO 9001
1 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.94%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.82%) Oracle
3 2 (5.88%) Databricks
3 2 (5.88%) Google
3 2 (5.88%) MuleSoft
3 2 (5.88%) OpenAI
3 2 (5.88%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.94%) Ariba
4 1 (2.94%) BiZZdesign
4 1 (2.94%) Blue Prism
4 1 (2.94%) SAP
4 1 (2.94%) UiPath
4 1 (2.94%) Workday