Enterprise Architect Job Trends

Enterprise Architect
UK

The median Enterprise Architect salary in the UK is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 February 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 465 489 493
Rank change year-on-year +24 +4 -23
Permanent jobs requiring an Enterprise Architect 212 195 330
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.40% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.43% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 171 120 254
10th Percentile £71,750 £62,299 £71,888
25th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,208
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £90,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -12.22%
75th Percentile £98,750 £115,000 £100,064
90th Percentile £115,000 £125,000 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -7.78%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 61,931 45,044 70,794
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.23% 91.56% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 38,987 23,380 55,351
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

Enterprise Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Enterprise Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Enterprise Architect
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Enterprise Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Enterprise Architect job vacancies in the UK

Enterprise Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Architect over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Enterprise Architect in the UK

Enterprise Architect
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Enterprise Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 18 February 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
England +53 178 £90,000 +4.90% 65
UK excluding London +19 118 £85,000 +6.25% 47
London +9 60 £102,500 - 27
Work from Home +39 58 £85,000 +6.25% 46
Midlands +30 33 £80,000 +10.34% 6
North of England -26 24 £85,000 +6.25% 9
East of England +31 21 £97,500 +2.63% 2
East Midlands -1 19 £80,000 +23.55% 4
South East +18 17 £75,000 -14.19% 18
South West +8 14 £80,000 -36.00% 12
West Midlands +19 13 £80,000 +6.67% 2
North West +5 13 £81,250 +1.56% 5
Yorkshire -30 9 £85,000 +6.25% 1
Wales +4 6 £85,000 +23.12%
Scotland -32 3 £85,000 -17.07% 2
North East -8 2 £85,000 +54.55% 3

Enterprise Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 February 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 featuring Enterprise Architect in the job title.

1 89 (41.98%) Roadmaps
2 86 (40.57%) Enterprise Architecture
3 61 (28.77%) Azure
4 60 (28.30%) IT Strategy
5 52 (24.53%) Technology Strategy
6 45 (21.23%) AWS
7 43 (20.28%) Agile
8 41 (19.34%) Microsoft
9 39 (18.40%) Technology Roadmap
9 39 (18.40%) TOGAF
10 38 (17.92%) Business Strategy
11 37 (17.45%) Stakeholder Management
12 30 (14.15%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 30 (14.15%) ERP
13 25 (11.79%) SAP
13 25 (11.79%) Strategic Roadmap
14 22 (10.38%) Degree
15 21 (9.91%) AI
16 20 (9.43%) Data Governance
16 20 (9.43%) Integration Patterns
17 19 (8.96%) CRM
17 19 (8.96%) Decision-Making
17 19 (8.96%) Migration
17 19 (8.96%) TOGAF Certification
18 18 (8.49%) Architectural Design
18 18 (8.49%) Data Architecture
18 18 (8.49%) Data Modelling
19 17 (8.02%) AWS Certification
19 17 (8.02%) Security Cleared
20 16 (7.55%) Analytics

Enterprise Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 3 (1.42%) CMS
1 3 (1.42%) Oracle Coherence
2 2 (0.94%) SAS
3 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 9 (4.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (3.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.42%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.94%) Shopify
5 1 (0.47%) Exchequer
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.47%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.47%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.47%) SAP Retail
5 1 (0.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 61 (28.77%) Azure
2 45 (21.23%) AWS
3 12 (5.66%) GCP
4 10 (4.72%) Power Platform
4 10 (4.72%) SaaS
5 8 (3.77%) OCI
6 5 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (2.36%) PaaS
7 4 (1.89%) GitHub
7 4 (1.89%) IaaS
7 4 (1.89%) SuccessFactors
8 3 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (1.42%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.94%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 1 (0.47%) Collibra
10 1 (0.47%) Oracle CX
10 1 (0.47%) Serverless
10 1 (0.47%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.42%) Broadband
1 3 (1.42%) Firewall
1 3 (1.42%) Network Security
1 3 (1.42%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.30%) Power BI
2 4 (1.89%) Data Lake
2 4 (1.89%) Metadata
3 2 (0.94%) Big Data
3 2 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.94%) Pentaho
3 2 (0.94%) SAS EBI
3 2 (0.94%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.47%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.47%) MySQL
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.47%) Tableau
General
1 50 (23.58%) Social Skills
2 43 (20.28%) Finance
3 29 (13.68%) Retail
4 20 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (8.02%) Legal
6 16 (7.55%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (6.13%) Public Sector
7 13 (6.13%) Publishing
8 9 (4.25%) Law
8 9 (4.25%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.89%) Marketing
10 4 (1.89%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.94%) Banking
12 2 (0.94%) Games
13 1 (0.47%) Electronics
13 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.72%) Middleware
2 3 (1.42%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.94%) Kafka
4 1 (0.47%) CSS
4 1 (0.47%) HTML
4 1 (0.47%) LangChain
4 1 (0.47%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.47%) REST
4 1 (0.47%) SOAP
4 1 (0.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (13.21%) Legacy Systems
2 16 (7.55%) Cloud Native
3 8 (3.77%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (3.30%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.83%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.83%) NHS
6 5 (2.36%) Taxonomies
7 3 (1.42%) Augmented Reality
7 3 (1.42%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.94%) Data Fabric
8 2 (0.94%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.47%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.47%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.47%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.47%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.47%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.47%) Marketing Technology
9 1 (0.47%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.30%) Linux
1 7 (3.30%) Windows
2 3 (1.42%) Unix
2 3 (1.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (41.98%) Roadmaps
2 86 (40.57%) Enterprise Architecture
3 60 (28.30%) IT Strategy
4 52 (24.53%) Technology Strategy
5 43 (20.28%) Agile
6 39 (18.40%) Technology Roadmap
6 39 (18.40%) TOGAF
7 38 (17.92%) Business Strategy
8 37 (17.45%) Stakeholder Management
9 30 (14.15%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 30 (14.15%) ERP
10 25 (11.79%) Strategic Roadmap
11 21 (9.91%) AI
12 20 (9.43%) Data Governance
12 20 (9.43%) Integration Patterns
13 19 (8.96%) CRM
13 19 (8.96%) Decision-Making
13 19 (8.96%) Migration
14 18 (8.49%) Data Architecture
14 18 (8.49%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.94%) Python
2 1 (0.47%) Apex Code
2 1 (0.47%) C#
2 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.47%) PHP
Qualifications
1 22 (10.38%) Degree
2 19 (8.96%) TOGAF Certification
3 17 (8.02%) AWS Certification
3 17 (8.02%) Security Cleared
4 14 (6.60%) SC Cleared
5 13 (6.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 7 (3.30%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.89%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.42%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.47%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (1.42%) PMO
1 3 (1.42%) QA
1 3 (1.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (0.94%) Data Quality
2 2 (0.94%) GDPR
3 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (0.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (2.83%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.89%) Ansible
2 4 (1.89%) Terraform
3 3 (1.42%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 41 (19.34%) Microsoft
2 25 (11.79%) SAP
3 16 (7.55%) Workday
4 15 (7.08%) Oracle
5 9 (4.25%) MuleSoft
6 7 (3.30%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.83%) Sparx
8 4 (1.89%) BiZZdesign
8 4 (1.89%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.42%) Adobe
9 3 (1.42%) Ariba
9 3 (1.42%) Informatica
9 3 (1.42%) Splunk
10 2 (0.94%) Talend
10 2 (0.94%) YouTube
11 1 (0.47%) Databricks
11 1 (0.47%) VMware