Enterprise Architect Job Trends in the North of England

Enterprise Architect
England > North of England

The median Enterprise Architect salary in the North of England is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 235 244 159
Rank change year-on-year +9 -85 +209
Permanent jobs requiring an Enterprise Architect 28 39 126
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.26% 0.42% 1.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.45% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 21 30 93
10th Percentile - £55,000 £60,878
25th Percentile £67,750 £60,486 £75,208
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £79,632
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +0.46% -12.74%
75th Percentile £90,000 £84,688 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £112,500 £100,064
England median annual salary £85,000 £89,500 £81,500
% change year-on-year -5.03% +9.82% -17.37%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 9,389 8,677 7,554
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.58% 94.01% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 5,398 4,127 5,971
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,055 £50,803
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% -1.47% -3.23%
75th Percentile £67,375 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.04%

Enterprise Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Enterprise Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Enterprise Architect job vacancy trend in the North of England

Enterprise Architect
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Enterprise Architect job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Enterprise Architect job vacancies in the North of England

Enterprise Architect
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Architect in the North of England over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Enterprise Architect in the North of England

Enterprise Architect
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Enterprise Architect within the North of England region over the 6 months to 6 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
North West +20 14 £81,250 +28.40% 6
Yorkshire -18 10 £85,000 +6.25% 3
North East +5 4 £85,000 +54.55% 1
Enterprise Architect
England

Enterprise Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 6 January 2026, Enterprise Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Enterprise Architect in the job title.

1 23 (82.14%) Enterprise Architecture
2 14 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (42.86%) TOGAF
4 11 (39.29%) IT Strategy
4 11 (39.29%) Security Architecture
5 10 (35.71%) Azure
5 10 (35.71%) Roadmaps
5 10 (35.71%) Strategic Thinking
6 9 (32.14%) Architecture Governance
6 9 (32.14%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (32.14%) Microsoft
7 8 (28.57%) AWS
7 8 (28.57%) CISM
7 8 (28.57%) CISSP
7 8 (28.57%) Cloud Security
7 8 (28.57%) Data Protection
7 8 (28.57%) DBS Check
7 8 (28.57%) Decision-Making
7 8 (28.57%) Design Patterns
7 8 (28.57%) GRC
7 8 (28.57%) Information Security
7 8 (28.57%) SABSA
7 8 (28.57%) TOGAF Certification
8 7 (25.00%) Business Strategy
9 5 (17.86%) OCI
9 5 (17.86%) Oracle
9 5 (17.86%) Service Delivery
9 5 (17.86%) Strategic Roadmap
9 5 (17.86%) Technology Strategy
10 4 (14.29%) Architecture Roadmap

Enterprise Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (10.71%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (35.71%) Azure
2 8 (28.57%) AWS
3 5 (17.86%) OCI
4 3 (10.71%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (10.71%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.57%) GitHub
5 1 (3.57%) IaaS
5 1 (3.57%) SaaS
General
1 16 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 3 (10.71%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Finance
5 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.57%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.57%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (82.14%) Enterprise Architecture
2 14 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (42.86%) TOGAF
4 11 (39.29%) IT Strategy
4 11 (39.29%) Security Architecture
5 10 (35.71%) Roadmaps
5 10 (35.71%) Strategic Thinking
6 9 (32.14%) Architecture Governance
6 9 (32.14%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (28.57%) Cloud Security
7 8 (28.57%) Data Protection
7 8 (28.57%) Decision-Making
7 8 (28.57%) Design Patterns
7 8 (28.57%) Information Security
7 8 (28.57%) SABSA
8 7 (25.00%) Business Strategy
9 5 (17.86%) Service Delivery
9 5 (17.86%) Strategic Roadmap
9 5 (17.86%) Technology Strategy
10 4 (14.29%) DevOps
Qualifications
1 8 (28.57%) CISM
1 8 (28.57%) CISSP
1 8 (28.57%) DBS Check
1 8 (28.57%) TOGAF Certification
2 2 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.57%) Degree
3 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (28.57%) GRC
2 1 (3.57%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Ansible
1 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (32.14%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.86%) Oracle
3 3 (10.71%) Sparx
4 1 (3.57%) SAP