Enterprise Architecture Job Trends in the North of England

Enterprise Architecture
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Enterprise Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 220 157
Rank change year-on-year +65 -63 +134
Permanent jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 108 54 137
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.01% 0.59% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 0.66% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 63 41 104
10th Percentile £59,786 £45,628 £60,878
25th Percentile £69,000 £52,000 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £69,300 £79,632
Median % change year-on-year +8.23% -12.97% +2.75%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £96,000 £98,474 £94,577
England median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £79,632
% change year-on-year +6.25% +0.46% -6.32%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,531 8,241 7,566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.17% 90.66% 88.34%
Number of salaries quoted 4,542 3,667 5,961
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £38,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -0.94%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,040 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Enterprise Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Enterprise Architecture job vacancy trend in the North of England

Enterprise Architecture
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Enterprise Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Enterprise Architecture

Enterprise Architecture
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Architecture in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Enterprise Architecture in the North of England

Enterprise Architecture
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 Architecture within the North of England region over the 6 months to 12 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 +52 58 £70,000 +10.63% 21
Yorkshire +25 48 £75,000 -18.76% 13
North East +6 2 £85,000 +6.25% 4
Enterprise Architecture
England

Enterprise Architecture
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (8.33%) Confluence
2 8 (7.41%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.85%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.85%) HCL Notes
3 2 (1.85%) IIS
3 2 (1.85%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 6 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.85%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 57 (52.78%) Azure
2 47 (43.52%) AWS
3 31 (28.70%) Serverless
4 9 (8.33%) GCP
4 9 (8.33%) OCI
5 8 (7.41%) IaaS
5 8 (7.41%) SaaS
6 7 (6.48%) PaaS
7 5 (4.63%) Power Platform
8 4 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.85%) GitHub
11 1 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.93%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.78%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.85%) Big Data
2 2 (1.85%) Hadoop
2 2 (1.85%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (0.93%) Power BI
3 1 (0.93%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 66 (61.11%) Social Skills
2 22 (20.37%) Finance
3 16 (14.81%) Public Sector
4 13 (12.04%) Manufacturing
5 7 (6.48%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.63%) Law
7 4 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.78%) Legal
8 3 (2.78%) Retail
9 2 (1.85%) Banking
9 2 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.85%) Police
10 1 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 90 (83.33%) Architect
2 37 (34.26%) Solutions Architect
3 22 (20.37%) Enterprise Architect
4 15 (13.89%) Senior
5 14 (12.96%) Applications Architect
6 13 (12.04%) Lead
6 13 (12.04%) Senior Architect
7 11 (10.19%) Azure Architect
7 11 (10.19%) Software Architect
8 10 (9.26%) Lead Architect
8 10 (9.26%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 8 (7.41%) AWS Architect
9 8 (7.41%) Enterprise Information Architect
9 8 (7.41%) Enterprise Security Architect
9 8 (7.41%) Information Architect
9 8 (7.41%) Information Security Architect
9 8 (7.41%) Security Architect
10 7 (6.48%) AWS Solution Architect
11 6 (5.56%) Cloud Architect
11 6 (5.56%) Senior Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.85%) .NET
1 2 (1.85%) ASP.NET
1 2 (1.85%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (1.85%) Kafka
1 2 (1.85%) WCF
2 1 (0.93%) REST
2 1 (0.93%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (28.70%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (6.48%) Cloud Native
3 6 (5.56%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (4.63%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (3.70%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.85%) Cyberattack
6 2 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.85%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.93%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.93%) PMI
7 1 (0.93%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.93%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.93%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (46.30%) TOGAF
2 36 (33.33%) Microservices
3 33 (30.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 32 (29.63%) Migration
5 29 (26.85%) Architectural Patterns
5 29 (26.85%) Mentoring
5 29 (26.85%) Stakeholder Management
6 27 (25.00%) Data Modelling
7 25 (23.15%) Computer Science
8 24 (22.22%) Application Security
8 24 (22.22%) EAI
9 21 (19.44%) IT Strategy
10 20 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (17.59%) Business Strategy
11 19 (17.59%) ERP
11 19 (17.59%) Roadmaps
12 16 (14.81%) Strategic Thinking
13 15 (13.89%) Design Patterns
14 14 (12.96%) Agile
14 14 (12.96%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 29 (26.85%) C#
2 27 (25.00%) Java
2 27 (25.00%) Python
3 26 (24.07%) JavaScript
3 26 (24.07%) TypeScript
4 5 (4.63%) SQL
5 2 (1.85%) C++
5 2 (1.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (35.19%) Degree
2 35 (32.41%) TOGAF Certification
3 29 (26.85%) AWS Certification
4 28 (25.93%) Azure Certification
5 26 (24.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 25 (23.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (10.19%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (8.33%) CISM
9 9 (8.33%) CISSP
10 8 (7.41%) DBS Check
11 3 (2.78%) Master's Degree
11 3 (2.78%) MBA
12 2 (1.85%) SC Cleared
12 2 (1.85%) Security Cleared
13 1 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.93%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.41%) GRC
2 2 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.85%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.85%) QA
3 1 (0.93%) GDPR
3 1 (0.93%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.93%) NIST
3 1 (0.93%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (2.78%) Docker
2 1 (0.93%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (4.63%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.85%) Ansible
2 2 (1.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 36 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 11 (10.19%) Oracle
2 11 (10.19%) SAP
3 9 (8.33%) Siemens
4 6 (5.56%) BiZZdesign
5 3 (2.78%) Google
5 3 (2.78%) Sparx
6 2 (1.85%) Lotus
7 1 (0.93%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.93%) Databricks
7 1 (0.93%) UiPath