TOGAF Contract Job Trends in England

The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring TOGAF skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 249 271 296
Rank change year-on-year +22 +25 -73
Contract jobs citing TOGAF 484 271 243
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.05% 0.97% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 1.07% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 177 162
10th Percentile £500 £443 £469
25th Percentile £550 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £635
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -5.55% -2.12%
75th Percentile £738 £738 £739
90th Percentile £838 £825 £775
UK median daily rate £650 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 3 7
10th Percentile £17.57 £67.20 -
25th Percentile £20.31 £79.50 £63.75
Median hourly rate £20.62 £100.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -79.39% +48.15% +3.85%
75th Percentile £88.75 - £82.07
90th Percentile £104.50 - £84.44
UK median hourly rate £20.62 £100.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year -79.39% +48.15% +1.89%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

TOGAF falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 39,123 25,281 28,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.74% 90.90% 86.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,918 16,062 17,635
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,776 1,509 1,303
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £17.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £66.55
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -1.91%

TOGAF
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing TOGAF relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

TOGAF job vacancy trend in England

TOGAF
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing TOGAF.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing TOGAF

TOGAF
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TOGAF in England over the 6 months to 18 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for TOGAF in England

TOGAF
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing TOGAF.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing TOGAF

TOGAF
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing TOGAF in England over the 6 months to 18 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for TOGAF in England

TOGAF
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TOGAF within the England region over the 6 months to 18 September 2026. 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
London +19 244 £663 -5.36% 247
South East -14 93 £640 +26.42% 105
South West -4 45 £675 +17.39% 44
North of England -67 39 £530 +6.00% 50
Midlands -29 38 £675 +12.50% 22
West Midlands -31 27 £813 +35.42% 9
Yorkshire -25 20 £510 -7.27% 15
North West -63 18 £550 +11.11% 31
East Midlands -12 10 £650 +30.00% 13
East of England -32 8 £550 -31.25% 10
TOGAF
UK

TOGAF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 21 (4.34%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.65%) Confluence
4 6 (1.24%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.83%) Apache
6 3 (0.62%) IIS
7 2 (0.41%) nginx
8 1 (0.21%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.21%) Camunda
8 1 (0.21%) CIMPLICITY
8 1 (0.21%) JBoss
8 1 (0.21%) Mendix
8 1 (0.21%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.21%) Predix
8 1 (0.21%) SAS
8 1 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (1.65%) MS Visio
2 7 (1.45%) Navisworks
2 7 (1.45%) Revit
3 4 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.21%) Gliffy
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 23 (4.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 10 (2.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.65%) ContrOCC
4 5 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.62%) Endur
6 2 (0.41%) Cloudability
6 2 (0.41%) Oracle Retail
6 2 (0.41%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.41%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.41%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.41%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.21%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.21%) Avolution ABACUS
7 1 (0.21%) Maximo
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.21%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 234 (48.35%) Azure
2 166 (34.30%) AWS
3 89 (18.39%) GCP
4 39 (8.06%) Entra ID
4 39 (8.06%) Microsoft 365
5 34 (7.02%) Power Platform
6 25 (5.17%) SaaS
7 17 (3.51%) PaaS
8 15 (3.10%) GitHub
9 14 (2.89%) Microsoft Copilot
10 12 (2.48%) IaaS
10 12 (2.48%) Microsoft Purview
10 12 (2.48%) Serverless
11 11 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (2.07%) Azure Data Factory
12 10 (2.07%) Snowflake
13 9 (1.86%) Azure Logic Apps
13 9 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
13 9 (1.86%) OpenShift
14 8 (1.65%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.99%) Firewall
2 28 (5.79%) WAN
3 25 (5.17%) Network Security
4 22 (4.55%) LAN
5 17 (3.51%) MPLS
6 16 (3.31%) BGP
7 14 (2.89%) SD-WAN
8 12 (2.48%) DNS
9 9 (1.86%) TCP/IP
10 8 (1.65%) IPsec
10 8 (1.65%) VPN
11 6 (1.24%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (1.24%) OSPF
12 5 (1.03%) 4G
12 5 (1.03%) Cisco Firepower
12 5 (1.03%) Cisco Nexus
12 5 (1.03%) DHCP
12 5 (1.03%) Modbus
12 5 (1.03%) NGFW
12 5 (1.03%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (8.06%) Metadata
2 18 (3.72%) Data Lake
3 17 (3.51%) Power BI
4 12 (2.48%) NoSQL
5 11 (2.27%) Oracle Database
6 8 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.45%) Semantic Layer
7 7 (1.45%) SQL Server
8 5 (1.03%) Big Data
9 4 (0.83%) Delta Lake
9 4 (0.83%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (0.83%) Metadata Repository
9 4 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.62%) SAP BW
10 3 (0.62%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.41%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 9 (1.86%) JIRA
2 5 (1.03%) Claude Code
2 5 (1.03%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.83%) Git
4 3 (0.62%) GitLab
5 2 (0.41%) ERwin
5 2 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
General
1 176 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 90 (18.60%) Finance
3 73 (15.08%) Public Sector
4 38 (7.85%) Banking
5 36 (7.44%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (6.61%) Influencing Skills
7 27 (5.58%) Retail
8 23 (4.75%) Military
8 23 (4.75%) Telecoms
9 18 (3.72%) Aerospace
10 17 (3.51%) Manufacturing
11 16 (3.31%) Local Government
12 15 (3.10%) Billing
12 15 (3.10%) Legal
13 14 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (1.45%) Marketing
15 7 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 421 (86.98%) Architect
2 124 (25.62%) Solutions Architect
3 99 (20.45%) Enterprise Architect
4 75 (15.50%) Security Architect
5 45 (9.30%) Lead
6 42 (8.68%) Technical Architect
7 36 (7.44%) Data Architect
7 36 (7.44%) Senior
8 33 (6.82%) Lead Architect
9 31 (6.40%) Senior Architect
10 24 (4.96%) Integration Architect
11 20 (4.13%) Cybersecurity Architect
11 20 (4.13%) Network Architect
12 19 (3.93%) Cloud Architect
13 18 (3.72%) Senior Solutions Architect
14 14 (2.89%) Azure Architect
15 12 (2.48%) Lead Security Architect
16 11 (2.27%) Payments Architect
16 11 (2.27%) Technical Leader
17 10 (2.07%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (6.61%) REST
2 28 (5.79%) Terraform
3 23 (4.75%) .NET
4 20 (4.13%) Kafka
4 20 (4.13%) Middleware
5 17 (3.51%) SOAP
6 16 (3.31%) OAuth
7 14 (2.89%) SAML
8 8 (1.65%) JSON
8 8 (1.65%) OpenID
8 8 (1.65%) XML
9 6 (1.24%) LDAP
9 6 (1.24%) NETCONF
9 6 (1.24%) SLSA
9 6 (1.24%) Spring Boot
9 6 (1.24%) YANG
10 5 (1.03%) .NET Core
10 5 (1.03%) Node.js
10 5 (1.03%) React
11 4 (0.83%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 71 (14.67%) Cloud Native
2 35 (7.23%) Hybrid Cloud
3 31 (6.40%) Data Centre
4 28 (5.79%) Management Information System
5 27 (5.58%) Onboarding
6 24 (4.96%) Enterprise Cloud
7 22 (4.55%) Operational Technology
8 19 (3.93%) Enterprise Software
9 18 (3.72%) Product Ownership
10 15 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
10 15 (3.10%) Public Cloud
11 14 (2.89%) IoT
11 14 (2.89%) PKI
12 13 (2.69%) CMDB
12 13 (2.69%) Private Cloud
13 12 (2.48%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 11 (2.27%) Security Posture
15 10 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
16 9 (1.86%) Cyber Threat
16 9 (1.86%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.75%) Windows
2 22 (4.55%) Linux
3 19 (3.93%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.62%) Android
6 2 (0.41%) Alpine Linux
6 2 (0.41%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.41%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.41%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (46.07%) Enterprise Architecture
2 205 (42.36%) Roadmaps
3 145 (29.96%) Stakeholder Management
4 112 (23.14%) Cybersecurity
5 110 (22.73%) Security Architecture
6 100 (20.66%) Agile
7 99 (20.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 98 (20.25%) Architectural Patterns
9 95 (19.63%) Architecture Governance
10 90 (18.60%) Technical Leadership
11 86 (17.77%) SABSA
12 83 (17.15%) AI
13 80 (16.53%) Migration
14 77 (15.91%) Data Architecture
15 73 (15.08%) DevOps
16 72 (14.88%) Microservices
17 71 (14.67%) Integration Patterns
18 69 (14.26%) CI/CD
19 68 (14.05%) Risk Management
20 63 (13.02%) ArchiMate
Programming Languages
1 31 (6.40%) Python
2 24 (4.96%) SQL
3 18 (3.72%) Java
4 9 (1.86%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.45%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.24%) Bicep
6 6 (1.24%) C#
7 5 (1.03%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.62%) ABAP
8 3 (0.62%) Bash
9 1 (0.21%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.21%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 204 (42.15%) Security Cleared
2 120 (24.79%) SC Cleared
3 105 (21.69%) TOGAF Certification
4 100 (20.66%) CISSP
5 83 (17.15%) DV Cleared
6 61 (12.60%) Degree
7 57 (11.78%) Azure Certification
8 54 (11.16%) Cisco Certification
9 45 (9.30%) CISM
10 43 (8.88%) AWS Certification
11 28 (5.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 27 (5.58%) Computer Science Degree
13 19 (3.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 17 (3.51%) CCNP
14 17 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
15 15 (3.10%) CCIE
15 15 (3.10%) CCSP
16 12 (2.48%) GIAC
17 10 (2.07%) CEH
17 10 (2.07%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (14.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (13.22%) NIST
3 42 (8.68%) NCSC
4 30 (6.20%) GDPR
5 27 (5.58%) Data Quality
6 14 (2.89%) PCI DSS
7 10 (2.07%) ISO 20022
7 10 (2.07%) SLA
8 9 (1.86%) COBIT
9 8 (1.65%) Accessibility
9 8 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (1.65%) SEPA
10 7 (1.45%) GRC
10 7 (1.45%) ISO 19650
10 7 (1.45%) JSP 440
10 7 (1.45%) QA
11 6 (1.24%) PMO
12 5 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 5 (1.03%) NIST 800
System Software
1 32 (6.61%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.51%) Docker
3 11 (2.27%) Virtual Desktop
3 11 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.65%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.62%) ISA Server
7 2 (0.41%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 45 (9.30%) Kubernetes
2 19 (3.93%) Ansible
3 14 (2.89%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.45%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.83%) CASB
7 3 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.62%) Grafana
8 2 (0.41%) Argo
8 2 (0.41%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.41%) SCCM
9 1 (0.21%) Istio
9 1 (0.21%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.21%) Rancher
9 1 (0.21%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 132 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 34 (7.02%) Google
3 31 (6.40%) Databricks
3 31 (6.40%) Oracle
4 23 (4.75%) ServiceNow
4 23 (4.75%) Sparx
4 23 (4.75%) VMware
5 22 (4.55%) SAP
6 21 (4.34%) Cisco
7 13 (2.69%) BiZZdesign
7 13 (2.69%) CyberArk
8 10 (2.07%) BeyondTrust
9 9 (1.86%) Apple
9 9 (1.86%) F5
9 9 (1.86%) Palo Alto
9 9 (1.86%) Zscaler
10 8 (1.65%) Liquidlogic
11 7 (1.45%) Salesforce
11 7 (1.45%) Splunk
11 7 (1.45%) Workday