Enterprise Architect
Shortage Now
States / territories with a shortage signal
Snapshot
Median salary
A$142,300
Full-time annual
People employed
20,300
Estimated workforce
Shortage signal
No shortage (national)
Categories identify where a shortage occurs; they are not a severity score.
What you actually do
Develops, maintains and communicates the overarching enterprise architecture for an organisation, aligning processes, information and technology with business strategy. Ensures coherence and alignment across departments, and optimises systems and processes to achieve business goals.
Read official OSCA descriptionSkills & main tasks
Official main tasks
- Creates and maintains the strategic enterprise architecture roadmap and frameworks in alignment with business objectives
- Describes the interrelationships between the organisation's business, data, applications and infrastructure
- Assesses existing functions and capabilities, and identifies gaps and vulnerabilities
- Develops strategies to improve and support enterprise efficiency and performance
- Evaluates new technologies for potential adoption to improve efficiency and achieve business requirements
- Ensures compliance between business strategies, enterprise transformation activities, technology directions, policies and practices
- Facilitates architectural changes in the organisation, helps mitigate the associated risks, and evaluates its effectiveness
Where people work
State / territory distribution
Highest education
Share of workers
Education & work pattern
Part-time
10%
Female rate
36%
Median age
41
2030 & 2035 employment outlook
to 2030
+15%
7,749 projected jobs
to 2035
+26%
13,308 projected jobs
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OSCA skill level 1
A classification attribute describing the occupation; it is not a personal eligibility or qualification decision.
Real jobs right now
Live signal from SEEK, Indeed & moreCurrent vacancy signal
QLD · May 2026
349
ACT · May 2026
112
VIC · May 2026
493
NT · May 2026
12
SA · May 2026
89
NSW · May 2026
641
Where could this career take you?
Compare state-level shortage signals, salary context, study options and visa information for Enterprise Architect.
Regional demand
Largest employment base
#1 Melbourne - West
4,588 estimated employed
- 1
Melbourne - West
4,588 employed
VIC
+17.31%
year on year
- 2
Melbourne - Inner
3,757 employed
VIC
+24.12%
year on year
- 3
Melbourne - South East
3,691 employed
VIC
+29.37%
year on year
- 4
Australian Capital Territory
2,357 employed
ACT
+8.32%
year on year
- 5
Melbourne - Outer East
1,766 employed
VIC
+12.84%
year on year
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Ranked by current shortage signal and projected employment growth.
Workers in this occupation
38,730
Moved in from another occupation
5,135
Moved to another occupation
3,300
Recommendation score: shortage = 2 points, no shortage = 1 point, plus 1 point for each 10% of projected growth to 2035.
- 1
5
points
- 2
4
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- 3
4
points
- 4
4
points
- 5
3
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Data status
- Classification
- OSCA 223431
- Last updated
- Refresh pending
- Sources
- Jobs and Skills Australia OSL · Jobs and Skills Australia DOM · ABS OSCA · OSCA 2024 — Jobs and Skills Australia
Labour-market data coverage
- Shortage signal and drivers: JSA Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO unit group where applicable).
- Work profile, state distribution and education: JSA Occupation Profiles (ANZSCO mapped).
- Regional employment: JSA NERO, June 2026.
- Career-move observations: JSA DOM, last available 2020–21. Observed Australian worker transitions are not personalised recommendations; many contractors and sole traders are excluded, as are transitions below 10 workers.
- Vacancy signal: JSA Internet Vacancy Index, 3-month average (ANZSCO unit group).
- Employment outlook: JSA employment projections (ANZSCO unit group).
Data confidence: estimate.