The Enterprise Architect role today
This guide draws on 322 Enterprise Architect postings from 219 companies, published from March to September 2026.
In 2% of Enterprise Architect postings, building or applying AI is the job itself.
AI Governance Frameworks appears in 39% of Enterprise Architect postings, and AI Architecture Patterns in 25%.
Automation exposure averages 30 out of 100 across these postings, which is moderate: parts of the routine work can be automated, which makes AI skills more valuable in the role.
Senior positions make up 53% of postings, entry-level 12%. The most common way of working is hybrid, in 55% of postings.
Common skill gaps
The AI skills our analysis of Enterprise Architect job descriptions most often flags as a gap, with the share of postings where each one comes up.
- AI Governance Frameworks39%
- AI Risk Assessment38%
- AI Architecture Patterns25%
- AI Risk Management23%
- AI Integration Patterns12%
- AI Ethics and Compliance10%
Enterprise Architect salary
Pay comes only from postings that quote it: 27 of the 322 Enterprise Architect postings. Each country uses the pay period its employers quote most.
Netherlands
based on 27 postings quoting pay per month€6,700
median per month
The middle half of advertised salaries, with the line at the median.
Essential Enterprise Architect skills
The skills employers ask for in Enterprise Architect job descriptions, from the most requested down.
Core skills
- AI Governance Frameworks
- AI Architecture Patterns
- Enterprise Architecture
Often requested
- Stakeholder Management
- AI Risk Assessment
- Data Architecture
Also valued
- AI Tools Literacy
- Cloud Architecture
- Cloud AI Services
- Data Analysis
AI skills to learn next
The AI skills employers most often want to add to this role, beyond the ones above.
- AI Governance
- AI Strategy
- AI Security Architecture
- AI Transformation Strategy
How the Enterprise Architect role is evolving
The directions employers are taking this role as they adopt AI, with the skills and responsibilities each one adds.
Most common direction
Toward AI transformation
Typical focus
AI & digital transformation
New responsibilities
- Define and evangelize the enterprise AI architecture vision and roadmap
- Define and maintain the enterprise AI architecture blueprint, ensuring alignment with business strategy and regulatory requirements
- Define and maintain the enterprise AI architecture blueprint, including data, model, and integration layers
- Lead AI readiness assessments and develop AI adoption roadmaps for enterprise clients
Other directions
Toward AI governance
Typical focus
AI governance & risk and AI governance & assurance
Skills to add
- AI Ethics
- AI Compliance
- AI Audit
New responsibilities
- Conduct AI risk assessments and ensure compliance with emerging AI regulations
- Collaborate with legal and compliance teams on AI-related matters
- Conduct AI risk assessments and audits
- Establish AI governance frameworks and oversight mechanisms
Toward data & machine learning
Typical focus
Data & AI and Data & AI platforms
Skills to add
- MLOps
- AI Data Pipelines
- Data Governance
- AI Data Governance
- Feature Store Architecture
New responsibilities
- Design and oversee data architectures that support AI and machine learning workloads
- Ensure data quality and governance for AI initiatives
- Architect data platforms and pipelines that support AI and machine learning initiatives
- Architect data platforms optimized for AI/ML workloads, including feature stores and real-time inference
Toward AI engineering
Typical focus
AI platforms and AI solutions
Skills to add
- AI Security
- AI Observability
- LLM Ops
- AI Engineering
- AI Infrastructure
New responsibilities
- Collaborate with data science teams to operationalize AI models
- Design and oversee the implementation of AI/ML pipelines and infrastructure
- Ensure AI systems are secure, scalable, and compliant with enterprise standards
- Advise clients on AI workload placement across multi-cloud and hybrid environments
Enterprise Architect FAQ
Will AI replace Enterprise Architect jobs?
Automation exposure averages 30 out of 100 across these postings, which is moderate: parts of the routine work can be automated, which makes AI skills more valuable in the role. Employers are mostly reshaping the role toward AI transformation, adding skills such as AI Governance and AI Risk Management.
What skills do Enterprise Architect roles require?
The skills employers ask for most are AI Governance Frameworks, AI Architecture Patterns, Enterprise Architecture, Stakeholder Management and AI Risk Assessment.
Which AI skills should Enterprise Architect candidates learn next?
AI Governance Frameworks, AI Architecture Patterns and AI Governance are the AI skills employers most often want to add. The most common skill gaps are AI Governance Frameworks and AI Risk Assessment.
How is the Enterprise Architect role changing?
The most common direction is AI transformation. Other directions include AI governance, data & machine learning and AI engineering.
How much do Enterprise Architect roles pay in the Netherlands?
Advertised salaries typically range from €6,100 to €7,100 per month, with the median around €6,700, based on 27 postings that quote pay per month.
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This guide is built from public job descriptions for Enterprise Architect roles classified as Core AI or AI-enabled. Skills, automation exposure and career directions are extracted from each job description and compared across the market. Postings are deduplicated, so a job listed on several boards or by several agencies counts once. Salaries are advertised ranges from the Netherlands, taken only from the 27 postings that quote pay. How we collect and deduplicate postings.