The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for TOGAF skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited TOGAF over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 282 271 260
Rank change year-on-year -11 -11 -7
Contract jobs citing TOGAF 364 583 976
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.84% 0.97% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 1.08% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 395 628
10th Percentile £500 £511 £490
25th Percentile £600 £579 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £670 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year +3.08% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £750 £744 £740
90th Percentile £800 £825 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £675 £625 £625
% change year-on-year +8.00% - +9.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 9
10th Percentile £56.83 £38.25 £55.07
25th Percentile £57.33 £41.63 £68.00
Median hourly rate £67.50 £56.84 £88.22
Median % change year-on-year +18.76% -35.57% +76.44%
75th Percentile £75.92 £73.19 £96.23
90th Percentile £86.22 £78.47 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.44 £56.84 £88.22
% change year-on-year +1.06% -35.57% +76.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

TOGAF is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

TOGAF
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing TOGAF as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for TOGAF in the UK

TOGAF
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for TOGAF in the UK

TOGAF
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TOGAF over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for TOGAF in the UK

TOGAF
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for TOGAF in the UK

TOGAF
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing TOGAF over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for TOGAF in the UK

TOGAF
Top 18 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TOGAF within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +6 303 £660 +1.54% 129
UK excluding London +27 198 £675 +8.00% 101
Work from Home +27 140 £650 +4.00% 60
London +5 138 £645 -7.86% 43
South West +14 52 £675 +16.58% 15
North of England +28 47 £670 +7.89% 22
North West +29 37 £660 +7.76% 13
Scotland +47 32 £700 +4.71% 12
South East -19 28 £750 +15.38% 27
Midlands +27 21 £550 -15.38% 14
West Midlands +35 17 £680 +0.74% 9
East of England +4 11 £649 -0.15% 3
Yorkshire 0 7 £775 +21.57% 6
East Midlands +17 4 £414 -36.31% 5
Northern Ireland - 4 £650 - 2
North East +22 3 £897 +49.49% 3
Isle of Man - 3 - - 2
Wales +10 2 £519 -9.78% 6

TOGAF
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 5 (1.37%) Confluence
2 4 (1.10%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (0.55%) CMS
3 2 (0.55%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.27%) SAS
4 1 (0.27%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (2.20%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 19 (5.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 6 (1.65%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.37%) Oracle Assets
3 5 (1.37%) Oracle Cash Management
3 5 (1.37%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (1.10%) Avolution ABACUS
4 4 (1.10%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (1.10%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.27%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle AGIS
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 96 (26.37%) Azure
2 78 (21.43%) AWS
3 34 (9.34%) SaaS
4 28 (7.69%) PaaS
5 23 (6.32%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (4.95%) IaaS
7 16 (4.40%) GCP
8 15 (4.12%) Power Platform
9 11 (3.02%) Cloud Computing
10 10 (2.75%) Entra ID
11 9 (2.47%) OCI
12 5 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.37%) Mimecast
13 4 (1.10%) Apigee
13 4 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.10%) Kong
14 3 (0.82%) OpenShift
15 2 (0.55%) Azure Stack
15 2 (0.55%) GitHub
15 2 (0.55%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.77%) Network Security
1 21 (5.77%) WAN
2 16 (4.40%) Firewall
2 16 (4.40%) VoIP
3 14 (3.85%) PBX
4 12 (3.30%) LAN
4 12 (3.30%) VPN
5 10 (2.75%) DNS
5 10 (2.75%) SDH
6 9 (2.47%) DHCP
7 7 (1.92%) Internet
8 6 (1.65%) TCP/IP
8 6 (1.65%) VSAN
9 5 (1.37%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (1.37%) Cisco Firepower
9 5 (1.37%) Cisco ISE
9 5 (1.37%) Junos
9 5 (1.37%) MPLS
9 5 (1.37%) SD-WAN
9 5 (1.37%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.65%) Metadata
2 5 (1.37%) Big Data
3 4 (1.10%) Data Lake
3 4 (1.10%) Hadoop
3 4 (1.10%) MongoDB
3 4 (1.10%) OLAP
3 4 (1.10%) OLTP
3 4 (1.10%) Oracle OLAP
3 4 (1.10%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.82%) Apache Cassandra
4 3 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.82%) HBase
4 3 (0.82%) MySQL
4 3 (0.82%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.55%) Data Vault
5 2 (0.55%) Metadata Repository
5 2 (0.55%) Power BI
6 1 (0.27%) Adabas
Development Applications
1 26 (7.14%) Rational DOORS
2 17 (4.67%) JIRA
3 3 (0.82%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.82%) Jenkins
General
1 92 (25.27%) Finance
2 90 (24.73%) Social Skills
3 61 (16.76%) Public Sector
4 36 (9.89%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (8.79%) Telecoms
6 30 (8.24%) Banking
7 18 (4.95%) Aerospace
8 17 (4.67%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (3.85%) Local Government
10 12 (3.30%) Military
11 9 (2.47%) Retail
12 8 (2.20%) Legal
13 7 (1.92%) Aeronautics
13 7 (1.92%) Digital Economy
13 7 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.37%) Law
16 4 (1.10%) Manufacturing
17 3 (0.82%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 299 (82.14%) Architect
2 124 (34.07%) Solutions Architect
3 61 (16.76%) Enterprise Architect
4 41 (11.26%) Security Architect
5 22 (6.04%) Cloud Architect
6 20 (5.49%) Technical Architect
7 19 (5.22%) Domain Architect
8 18 (4.95%) Senior
9 15 (4.12%) AWS Architect
10 13 (3.57%) Integration Architect
11 12 (3.30%) IT Architect
12 11 (3.02%) Project Manager
13 10 (2.75%) Business Architect
14 9 (2.47%) Azure Architect
14 9 (2.47%) Cloud Solutions Architect
14 9 (2.47%) Systems Engineer
15 8 (2.20%) Analyst
15 8 (2.20%) Cybersecurity Architect
15 8 (2.20%) Data Architect
15 8 (2.20%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.02%) Web Services
2 9 (2.47%) Kafka
2 9 (2.47%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (1.65%) Middleware
3 6 (1.65%) REST
4 5 (1.37%) J2EE
4 5 (1.37%) SOAP
5 4 (1.10%) .NET
5 4 (1.10%) Apache Camel
5 4 (1.10%) IBM Integration Bus
5 4 (1.10%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (1.10%) Spring
5 4 (1.10%) Spring Boot
5 4 (1.10%) Spring Integration
6 3 (0.82%) ModSecurity
6 3 (0.82%) OpenAPI
7 2 (0.55%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.55%) HTML
7 2 (0.55%) React
7 2 (0.55%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.04%) Public Cloud
2 20 (5.49%) Data Centre
3 17 (4.67%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.30%) Operational Technology
4 12 (3.30%) VxBlock/Vblock
5 10 (2.75%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (2.47%) Blackberry
6 9 (2.47%) Video Conferencing
7 8 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.92%) PKI
8 7 (1.92%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.37%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.10%) DataPower
10 4 (1.10%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.10%) NHS
10 4 (1.10%) SCADA
11 3 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.82%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.85%) Windows
2 11 (3.02%) Linux
3 1 (0.27%) Android
3 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.27%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (29.95%) Enterprise Architecture
2 103 (28.30%) Agile
3 102 (28.02%) Roadmaps
4 70 (19.23%) ArchiMate
5 66 (18.13%) IT Strategy
5 66 (18.13%) ITIL
6 64 (17.58%) Problem-Solving
7 52 (14.29%) Technology Strategy
8 48 (13.19%) Business Strategy
9 47 (12.91%) Architectural Design
9 47 (12.91%) Decision-Making
10 45 (12.36%) Risk Management
11 43 (11.81%) Zachman Framework
12 38 (10.44%) Migration
13 37 (10.16%) Cybersecurity
14 36 (9.89%) Project Management
15 35 (9.62%) DevOps
16 34 (9.34%) Project Delivery
16 34 (9.34%) Security Architecture
17 32 (8.79%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 19 (5.22%) Java
2 9 (2.47%) SQL
3 8 (2.20%) Python
4 3 (0.82%) C#
4 3 (0.82%) JavaScript
4 3 (0.82%) PowerShell
4 3 (0.82%) Scala
5 2 (0.55%) Perl
6 1 (0.27%) COBOL
6 1 (0.27%) Natural
Qualifications
1 104 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 81 (22.25%) SC Cleared
3 75 (20.60%) Degree
4 71 (19.51%) TOGAF Certification
5 41 (11.26%) CISSP
6 35 (9.62%) DV Cleared
7 31 (8.52%) CISM
8 30 (8.24%) Cisco Certification
9 19 (5.22%) Azure Certification
9 19 (5.22%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (4.40%) HND
11 13 (3.57%) CCNP
12 12 (3.30%) PMP
13 10 (2.75%) CEH
13 10 (2.75%) CISA
14 9 (2.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 8 (2.20%) AWS Certification
15 8 (2.20%) CCSK
15 8 (2.20%) CREST Certified
16 7 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (6.32%) NIST
3 18 (4.95%) NCSC
4 14 (3.85%) COBIT
5 9 (2.47%) Data Quality
6 8 (2.20%) ISO 22301
6 8 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 7 (1.92%) QA
8 3 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.82%) GDPR
8 3 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.55%) FATCA
9 2 (0.55%) MiFID
9 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.27%) IFRS
10 1 (0.27%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.27%) ISO 9000
10 1 (0.27%) NIST 800
System Software
1 16 (4.40%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (1.92%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.65%) vSphere
5 5 (1.37%) Docker
6 3 (0.82%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (3.85%) VxRail
2 7 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (1.65%) vCenter Server
4 5 (1.37%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.37%) PowerCLI
4 5 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.82%) Ansible
5 3 (0.82%) OPNET
6 2 (0.55%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 59 (16.21%) Microsoft
2 40 (10.99%) Cisco
3 27 (7.42%) VMware
4 25 (6.87%) IBM
4 25 (6.87%) Sparx
5 24 (6.59%) Oracle
6 23 (6.32%) Juniper
6 23 (6.32%) Nokia
7 22 (6.04%) Google
8 15 (4.12%) Dell
9 12 (3.30%) Palo Alto
10 9 (2.47%) Avaya
10 9 (2.47%) Ericsson
10 9 (2.47%) Ribbon
11 7 (1.92%) Workday
12 6 (1.65%) SAP
12 6 (1.65%) ServiceNow
13 5 (1.37%) CheckPoint
13 5 (1.37%) Ciena
13 5 (1.37%) Infoblox