UK Ministry of Defence Architectural Framework (MODAF)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for MODAF skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited MODAF 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 841 924 1132
Rank change year-on-year +83 +208 -296
Permanent jobs citing MODAF 55 46 100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.056% 0.044% 0.065%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.065% 0.046% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 19 44 36
10th Percentile £52,500 £45,625 £48,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £60,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +31.82% -26.67%
75th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £79,063
90th Percentile £115,000 £90,000 £89,338
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £72,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -17.24% +31.82% -21.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

MODAF
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for MODAF in the UK

MODAF
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MODAF.

Salary trend for MODAF in the UK

MODAF
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MODAF over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for MODAF in the UK

MODAF
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MODAF 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +116 45 £65,000 -13.33% 12
UK excluding London +19 45 £60,000 -17.24% 12
South West +5 26 £58,500 -16.43% 5
London +138 8 £95,000 +4.11%
North of England +43 6 - - 1
Work from Home +76 4 £60,000 -27.27% 6
Scotland - 4 - - 2
North West - 4 - - 1
South East +28 3 £60,000 -29.41% 3
Yorkshire +81 2 - -
East Midlands - 2 - -
Midlands - 2 - -
Wales - 2 - -
Northern Ireland - 2 - -

MODAF
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:

Business Applications
1 7 (12.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (1.82%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.82%) 4G
1 1 (1.82%) 5G
1 1 (1.82%) Network Security
1 1 (1.82%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 10 (18.18%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.82%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 8 (14.55%) Public Sector
2 2 (3.64%) Aerospace
2 2 (3.64%) Law
2 2 (3.64%) Military
Job Titles
1 44 (80.00%) Architect
2 24 (43.64%) Systems Architect
3 12 (21.82%) Technical Architect
4 10 (18.18%) Consultant
4 10 (18.18%) Systems Engineer
5 4 (7.27%) Enterprise Architect
5 4 (7.27%) Enterprise Consultant
5 4 (7.27%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (5.45%) Senior
6 3 (5.45%) Solutions Consultant
7 2 (3.64%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 1 (1.82%) IT Engineer
8 1 (1.82%) Network Communications Engineer
8 1 (1.82%) Network Systems Engineer
8 1 (1.82%) Platform Engineer
8 1 (1.82%) Senior Consultant
8 1 (1.82%) Senior IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 37 (67.27%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.82%) Linux
1 1 (1.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (94.55%) TOGAF
2 48 (87.27%) ArchiMate
3 40 (72.73%) Service Design
3 40 (72.73%) Technical Architecture
4 39 (70.91%) Agile
5 36 (65.45%) Actionable Insight
5 36 (65.45%) Project Management
5 36 (65.45%) Value Proposition
6 9 (16.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (14.55%) BPMN
7 8 (14.55%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 8 (14.55%) UML
8 7 (12.73%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (9.09%) Business Case
9 5 (9.09%) Enterprise Architecture
9 5 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 5 (9.09%) Mentoring
9 5 (9.09%) Systems Engineering
10 4 (7.27%) CI/CD
10 4 (7.27%) DevSecOps
Qualifications
1 54 (98.18%) Security Cleared
2 10 (18.18%) Degree
3 9 (16.36%) SC Cleared
4 6 (10.91%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (3.64%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.64%) Master's Degree
5 2 (3.64%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.45%) ECSS
2 1 (1.82%) GDPR
Vendors
1 7 (12.73%) Sparx