The first table below looks at the demand for MODAF skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MODAF over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
UK Ministry of Defence Architectural Framework (MODAF)
Rank 508 558 562
Rank change year-on-year
+50 +4
Contract jobs citing MODAF 21 26 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.045% 0.045% 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.064% 0.066% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 16
Average daily rate £385 £525 £406
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.66% +29.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £425 £363
10% offered a daily rate of more than £555 £623 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £445 £388
% change year-on-year
-4.38% +14.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
32941 39581 41270
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 71.01% 67.87% 67.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 19678 22705 23413
Average daily rate £413 £403 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.48% -8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £580 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 976 1282 1475
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%

MODAF
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MODAF within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

MODAF Jobs Demand Trend

MODAF
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MODAF within the UK.

MODAF Daily Rate Trend

MODAF
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MODAF within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

MODAF Daily Rate Histogram

MODAF
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MODAF within the UK.

MODAF Hourly Rate Trend

MODAF
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MODAF within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +38 18 £400 -23.80%
London +36 7 £385 -32.30%
South West +21 5 £480 +7.98%
South East +14 4 - -
Canary Wharf - 4 - -
Taunton +6 2 - -
Somerset +6 2 - -
Hampshire -8 2 - -
Berkshire - 2 - -
East Midlands - 2 - -
Bristol +9 1 - -
Reading - 1 - -

MODAF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing MODAF also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MODAF.

1 36 (80.00%) TOGAF
2 24 (53.33%) Security Cleared
3 20 (44.44%) Enterprise Architecture
4 18 (40.00%) SC Cleared
5 15 (33.33%) UML
6 14 (31.11%) Zachman Framework
7 13 (28.89%) ITIL
8 8 (17.78%) Business Analysis
9 7 (15.56%) Agile Software Development
9 7 (15.56%) PRINCE2
9 7 (15.56%) Microsoft
10 6 (13.33%) Intranet
10 6 (13.33%) C
10 6 (13.33%) Military
10 6 (13.33%) GIS
10 6 (13.33%) Management Information System
10 6 (13.33%) Finance
10 6 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (13.33%) Degree
10 6 (13.33%) DV Cleared
10 6 (13.33%) Use Case
10 6 (13.33%) Open Source
11 5 (11.11%) DoDAF
11 5 (11.11%) ArchiMate
11 5 (11.11%) Retail
11 5 (11.11%) MS Excel
12 4 (8.889%) SOA
12 4 (8.889%) OO
12 4 (8.889%) RUP
12 4 (8.889%) MS Project

MODAF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing MODAF also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MODAF. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (4.444%) XML
1 2 (4.444%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.444%) Oracle Coherence
2 1 (2.222%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (11.11%) MS Excel
2 4 (8.889%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.33%) Intranet
2 3 (6.667%) Firewall
3 1 (2.222%) LAN
3 1 (2.222%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.33%) GIS
2 1 (2.222%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.222%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (2.222%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (2.222%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (8.889%) ClearQuest
2 1 (2.222%) Rational DOORS
General
1 6 (13.33%) Military
1 6 (13.33%) Finance
2 5 (11.11%) Retail
3 3 (6.667%) Telecoms
3 3 (6.667%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.444%) Legal
4 2 (4.444%) Games
4 2 (4.444%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 36 (80.00%) Architect
2 13 (28.89%) Solutions Architect
3 12 (26.67%) Enterprise Architect
4 6 (13.33%) Systems Architect
5 4 (8.889%) Project Manager
5 4 (8.889%) Analyst
6 2 (4.444%) Business Systems Analyst
6 2 (4.444%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (4.444%) Business Analyst
6 2 (4.444%) Business Architect
6 2 (4.444%) Infrastructure Architect
6 2 (4.444%) Information Architect
6 2 (4.444%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.444%) Information Systems Architect
6 2 (4.444%) Requirements Analyst
7 1 (2.222%) Requirements Engineer
7 1 (2.222%) Java Architect
7 1 (2.222%) Lead Architect
7 1 (2.222%) Java Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.222%) Security Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) Management Information System
1 6 (13.33%) Open Source
2 4 (8.889%) Telematics
3 1 (2.222%) Wiki
3 1 (2.222%) IaaS
3 1 (2.222%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.444%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (80.00%) TOGAF
2 20 (44.44%) Enterprise Architecture
3 15 (33.33%) UML
4 14 (31.11%) Zachman Framework
5 13 (28.89%) ITIL
6 8 (17.78%) Business Analysis
7 7 (15.56%) Agile Software Development
7 7 (15.56%) PRINCE2
8 6 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (13.33%) Use Case
9 5 (11.11%) DoDAF
9 5 (11.11%) ArchiMate
10 4 (8.889%) SOA
10 4 (8.889%) OO
10 4 (8.889%) RUP
10 4 (8.889%) Content Management
10 4 (8.889%) Document Management
10 4 (8.889%) Web Design
10 4 (8.889%) Service Delivery
10 4 (8.889%) CMMI
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.33%) C
2 2 (4.444%) XPath
3 1 (2.222%) Java
Qualifications
1 24 (53.33%) Security Cleared
2 18 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 6 (13.33%) Degree
3 6 (13.33%) DV Cleared
4 4 (8.889%) MBCS
4 4 (8.889%) CITP
4 4 (8.889%) Chartered Engineer
5 2 (4.444%) BC Cleared
6 1 (2.222%) HP AIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.444%) ISO 9000
1 2 (4.444%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (4.444%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.444%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (15.56%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.889%) HP
3 3 (6.667%) Oracle
4 2 (4.444%) Open Text
4 2 (4.444%) VMware
5 1 (2.222%) CA