Enterprise Architect Contracts

Enterprise Architect
UK

The median Enterprise Architect daily rate in the UK is £675 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 332 320 440
Rank change year-on-year -12 +120 -52
Contract jobs requiring an Enterprise Architect 255 438 494
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.60% 0.76% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.81% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 318 333
10th Percentile £500 £550 £513
25th Percentile £563 £613 £608
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £711 £675
Median % change year-on-year -5.01% +5.28% -
75th Percentile £800 £800 £775
90th Percentile £888 £875 £851
UK excluding London median daily rate £669 £650 £650
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 2
10th Percentile - £68.50 £72.50
25th Percentile - - £75.12
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £81.86
Median % change year-on-year - -14.49% -
75th Percentile - £80.88 £86.23
90th Percentile - £81.70 £87.42
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £70.00 £81.86
% change year-on-year - -14.49% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,468 54,175 84,246
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.61% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,716 37,826 59,224
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +8.47%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.20% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,674 1,504 2,051
10th Percentile £12.83 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.82
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +4.19%

Enterprise Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Enterprise Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Enterprise Architect in the UK

Enterprise Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Enterprise Architect.

Daily rate trend for Enterprise Architect in the UK

Enterprise Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Architect over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Enterprise Architect in the UK

Enterprise Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Enterprise Architect.

Hourly rate trend for Enterprise Architect in the UK

Enterprise Architect
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Enterprise Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -1 214 £675 -3.57% 59
London +46 127 £700 -4.76% 35
Work from Home +16 97 £664 -5.18% 28
UK excluding London -29 89 £669 +3.00% 29
Midlands +35 29 £750 +15.38% 6
West Midlands +39 28 £750 +15.38% 6
North of England +13 26 £625 -3.85% 4
Yorkshire +12 12 £620 -0.80% 1
South West -26 12 £660 +5.60% 6
North West +7 11 £575 -17.86% 2
South East -2 11 £750 +4.17% 10
Scotland +29 7 £775 - 2
East of England +1 6 £588 -25.40% 1
North East +12 3 £897 - 1
Northern Ireland - 2 £600 -
East Midlands +16 1 £595 -14.70%

Enterprise Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, 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 job ads featuring Enterprise Architect in the job title.

1 91 (35.69%) Enterprise Architecture
2 81 (31.76%) Roadmaps
3 54 (21.18%) TOGAF
3 54 (21.18%) Finance
4 52 (20.39%) IT Strategy
5 45 (17.65%) Social Skills
6 43 (16.86%) Public Sector
7 36 (14.12%) Azure
7 36 (14.12%) Data Modelling
8 35 (13.73%) Data Architecture
8 35 (13.73%) Business Strategy
9 34 (13.33%) Security Cleared
10 32 (12.55%) Agile
11 31 (12.16%) SC Cleared
12 30 (11.76%) Technology Strategy
13 29 (11.37%) Analytical Skills
14 28 (10.98%) Analytics
15 27 (10.59%) Data Management
16 26 (10.20%) Microsoft
17 25 (9.80%) Banking
17 25 (9.80%) Telecoms
18 23 (9.02%) Architectural Design
19 22 (8.63%) Data Strategy
19 22 (8.63%) Stakeholder Management
19 22 (8.63%) Business Intelligence
20 21 (8.24%) Degree
20 21 (8.24%) Sparx
21 20 (7.84%) Problem-Solving
21 20 (7.84%) Data Protection
21 20 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement

Enterprise Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (1.57%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.78%) SAS
3 1 (0.39%) Cloud Foundry
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle Coherence
3 1 (0.39%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (1.57%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.39%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.39%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 12 (4.71%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.78%) Loan IQ
3 2 (0.78%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.78%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.78%) PeopleSoft CRM
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.39%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 36 (14.12%) Azure
2 14 (5.49%) SaaS
3 13 (5.10%) AWS
3 13 (5.10%) IaaS
4 11 (4.31%) PaaS
5 8 (3.14%) Cloud Computing
5 8 (3.14%) Power Platform
6 7 (2.75%) Akamai
6 7 (2.75%) Cloudflare
6 7 (2.75%) GCP
7 6 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (1.57%) Serverless
9 3 (1.18%) OCI
10 2 (0.78%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (0.78%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.78%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.39%) Amazon EMR
11 1 (0.39%) Amazon Kinesis
11 1 (0.39%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.92%) Firewall
2 8 (3.14%) DNS
3 6 (2.35%) Internet
3 6 (2.35%) VoIP
4 5 (1.96%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (1.96%) Cisco Firepower
4 5 (1.96%) Cisco ISE
4 5 (1.96%) DHCP
4 5 (1.96%) LAN
4 5 (1.96%) MPLS
4 5 (1.96%) PBX
4 5 (1.96%) SD-WAN
4 5 (1.96%) VPN
4 5 (1.96%) WAN
4 5 (1.96%) WLAN
5 4 (1.57%) Wireshark
6 3 (1.18%) Network Security
6 3 (1.18%) SAN
7 2 (0.78%) SCCP
8 1 (0.39%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.67%) Metadata
2 10 (3.92%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (2.35%) NoSQL
3 6 (2.35%) Power BI
4 5 (1.96%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.96%) Data Vault
5 3 (1.18%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.18%) Metadata Repository
5 3 (1.18%) OLAP
5 3 (1.18%) OLTP
6 2 (0.78%) Pentaho
6 2 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.78%) Qlik Sense
6 2 (0.78%) QlikView
6 2 (0.78%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.78%) Tableau
7 1 (0.39%) DTS
7 1 (0.39%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.39%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (3.53%) ERwin
2 2 (0.78%) kappa
General
1 54 (21.18%) Finance
2 45 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 43 (16.86%) Public Sector
4 29 (11.37%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (9.80%) Banking
5 25 (9.80%) Telecoms
6 19 (7.45%) Retail
7 17 (6.67%) Manufacturing
8 14 (5.49%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (5.10%) Marketing
10 11 (4.31%) Electronics
10 11 (4.31%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (3.14%) Law
11 8 (3.14%) Legal
12 7 (2.75%) Local Government
13 5 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.57%) Publishing
15 3 (1.18%) Financial Institution
15 3 (1.18%) General Ledger
16 2 (0.78%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.14%) Web Services
2 5 (1.96%) REST
3 2 (0.78%) JSON
3 2 (0.78%) Middleware
3 2 (0.78%) SOAP
3 2 (0.78%) XML
4 1 (0.39%) D3.js
4 1 (0.39%) JWT
4 1 (0.39%) Kafka
4 1 (0.39%) MACH
4 1 (0.39%) OAuth
4 1 (0.39%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.39%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.06%) Management Information System
2 16 (6.27%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (3.92%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.53%) Wiki
5 7 (2.75%) IoT
6 6 (2.35%) Enterprise Cloud
7 5 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.96%) Operational Technology
7 5 (1.96%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.96%) Taxonomies
8 4 (1.57%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.18%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.18%) SCADA
10 2 (0.78%) CMDB
10 2 (0.78%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.78%) Reference Data
10 2 (0.78%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.35%) Windows
2 2 (0.78%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.39%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (35.69%) Enterprise Architecture
2 81 (31.76%) Roadmaps
3 54 (21.18%) TOGAF
4 52 (20.39%) IT Strategy
5 36 (14.12%) Data Modelling
6 35 (13.73%) Business Strategy
6 35 (13.73%) Data Architecture
7 32 (12.55%) Agile
8 30 (11.76%) Technology Strategy
9 28 (10.98%) Analytics
10 27 (10.59%) Data Management
11 23 (9.02%) Architectural Design
12 22 (8.63%) Business Intelligence
12 22 (8.63%) Data Strategy
12 22 (8.63%) Stakeholder Management
13 20 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
13 20 (7.84%) Data Governance
13 20 (7.84%) Data Protection
13 20 (7.84%) Problem-Solving
14 17 (6.67%) ArchiMate
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.14%) Java
2 4 (1.57%) SQL
3 2 (0.78%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.39%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 34 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 31 (12.16%) SC Cleared
3 21 (8.24%) Degree
4 12 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (3.14%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (3.14%) TOGAF Certification
6 7 (2.75%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.96%) CCIE
7 5 (1.96%) CCIE Data Center
8 4 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.57%) CISSP
9 3 (1.18%) CISA
9 3 (1.18%) CISM
9 3 (1.18%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.18%) SANS
10 2 (0.78%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.78%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.78%) CCNP
11 1 (0.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.10%) GDPR
2 12 (4.71%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.96%) NIST
4 4 (1.57%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.57%) GRC
4 4 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.78%) ISA99
5 2 (0.78%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.39%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (0.78%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.78%) Terraform
2 1 (0.39%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.39%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (10.20%) Microsoft
2 21 (8.24%) Sparx
3 20 (7.84%) SAP
4 7 (2.75%) BiZZdesign
4 7 (2.75%) F5
4 7 (2.75%) Google
5 6 (2.35%) Cisco
5 6 (2.35%) Oracle
6 5 (1.96%) CheckPoint
6 5 (1.96%) Infoblox
6 5 (1.96%) Palo Alto
6 5 (1.96%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.96%) Symantec
6 5 (1.96%) Zscaler
7 3 (1.18%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.78%) Databricks
8 2 (0.78%) Informatica
8 2 (0.78%) PeopleSoft
8 2 (0.78%) Ping Identity
8 2 (0.78%) Splunk