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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 260 306
Rank change year-on-year 0 +46 -80
Contract jobs citing TOGAF 470 292 240
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.01% 1.05% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 1.15% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 194 151
10th Percentile £496 £442 £469
25th Percentile £528 £500 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £630
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -4.76% -3.08%
75th Percentile £736 £738 £744
90th Percentile £843 £825 £775
UK median daily rate £638 £595 £638
% change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% -1.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 5
10th Percentile £17.57 £67.20 -
25th Percentile £20.31 £79.50 £63.75
Median hourly rate £50.31 £100.00 £75.40
Median % change year-on-year -49.69% +32.63% +33.47%
75th Percentile £83.50 - £83.55
90th Percentile £98.13 - £84.89
UK median hourly rate £50.31 £100.00 £75.40
% change year-on-year -49.69% +32.63% +32.48%

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 39,431 25,424 27,856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.70% 90.99% 86.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,955 16,149 17,033
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.64% -2.57% -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 2,897 1,546 1,199
10th Percentile £13.87 £14.42 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.50 £46.55 £67.01
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £39.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +55.07% -40.82% -

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -4 228 £650 -3.70% 215
South East -17 92 £625 +19.62% 95
North of England -73 44 £550 +10.00% 55
South West -9 42 £675 +17.39% 50
Midlands -33 39 £675 +12.50% 24
West Midlands -26 28 £806 +32.17% 18
Yorkshire -28 23 £575 +7.08% 22
North West -59 20 £550 +11.45% 29
East Midlands -12 10 £650 +30.00% 6
East of England -30 8 £550 -31.25% 14
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 20 (4.26%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.70%) Confluence
4 6 (1.28%) IIS
4 6 (1.28%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.85%) Apache
6 2 (0.43%) nginx
7 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.21%) Camunda
7 1 (0.21%) CIMPLICITY
7 1 (0.21%) JBoss
7 1 (0.21%) Mendix
7 1 (0.21%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.21%) Predix
7 1 (0.21%) SAS
7 1 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 10 (2.13%) MS Visio
2 7 (1.49%) Navisworks
2 7 (1.49%) Revit
3 6 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.21%) Gliffy
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 22 (4.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 13 (2.77%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.70%) ContrOCC
4 7 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.64%) Endur
5 3 (0.64%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.43%) Cloudability
6 2 (0.43%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.43%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.43%) Workfront
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%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.21%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 228 (48.51%) Azure
2 167 (35.53%) AWS
3 90 (19.15%) GCP
4 38 (8.09%) Entra ID
5 37 (7.87%) Microsoft 365
6 32 (6.81%) Power Platform
7 20 (4.26%) SaaS
8 16 (3.40%) GitHub
9 14 (2.98%) Microsoft Copilot
9 14 (2.98%) PaaS
10 12 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (2.55%) Microsoft Purview
11 10 (2.13%) Azure Data Factory
11 10 (2.13%) Serverless
12 9 (1.91%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (1.91%) IaaS
12 9 (1.91%) OCI
12 9 (1.91%) OpenShift
12 9 (1.91%) Snowflake
13 8 (1.70%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 30 (6.38%) WAN
2 29 (6.17%) Firewall
3 24 (5.11%) Network Security
4 22 (4.68%) LAN
5 19 (4.04%) MPLS
6 16 (3.40%) BGP
6 16 (3.40%) SD-WAN
7 12 (2.55%) DNS
8 9 (1.91%) IPsec
8 9 (1.91%) TCP/IP
9 8 (1.70%) VPN
10 6 (1.28%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (1.28%) OSPF
11 5 (1.06%) 4G
11 5 (1.06%) 5G
11 5 (1.06%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (1.06%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (1.06%) Modbus
11 5 (1.06%) Radio Access Network
11 5 (1.06%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (8.30%) Metadata
2 18 (3.83%) Data Lake
3 15 (3.19%) Power BI
4 12 (2.55%) NoSQL
5 11 (2.34%) Oracle Database
6 8 (1.70%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (1.70%) SAP HANA
7 7 (1.49%) SAP BW
7 7 (1.49%) SQL Server
8 5 (1.06%) Semantic Layer
9 4 (0.85%) Big Data
9 4 (0.85%) Delta Lake
9 4 (0.85%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (0.85%) Metadata Repository
9 4 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.64%) GIS
10 3 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.43%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 9 (1.91%) JIRA
2 7 (1.49%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.85%) Claude Code
3 4 (0.85%) Git
4 3 (0.64%) GitLab
5 2 (0.43%) ERwin
5 2 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
General
1 173 (36.81%) Social Skills
2 89 (18.94%) Finance
3 70 (14.89%) Public Sector
4 37 (7.87%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (7.87%) Banking
5 31 (6.60%) Influencing Skills
6 29 (6.17%) Retail
7 23 (4.89%) Telecoms
8 22 (4.68%) Military
9 21 (4.47%) Manufacturing
10 19 (4.04%) Aerospace
11 16 (3.40%) Local Government
12 15 (3.19%) Billing
13 14 (2.98%) Documentation Skills
14 12 (2.55%) Legal
15 10 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
16 9 (1.91%) Marketing
16 9 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
17 8 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
18 7 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 405 (86.17%) Architect
2 115 (24.47%) Solutions Architect
3 97 (20.64%) Enterprise Architect
4 71 (15.11%) Security Architect
5 44 (9.36%) Lead
6 40 (8.51%) Technical Architect
7 34 (7.23%) Senior
8 33 (7.02%) Data Architect
8 33 (7.02%) Lead Architect
9 30 (6.38%) Senior Architect
10 23 (4.89%) Integration Architect
11 20 (4.26%) Network Architect
12 19 (4.04%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 18 (3.83%) Cloud Architect
13 18 (3.83%) Senior Solutions Architect
14 13 (2.77%) Azure Architect
15 12 (2.55%) Lead Security Architect
16 11 (2.34%) Payments Architect
16 11 (2.34%) Technical Leader
17 10 (2.13%) SAP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (7.87%) REST
2 28 (5.96%) Terraform
3 22 (4.68%) Kafka
4 21 (4.47%) .NET
4 21 (4.47%) SOAP
5 19 (4.04%) Middleware
6 16 (3.40%) OAuth
7 15 (3.19%) SAML
8 8 (1.70%) OpenID
8 8 (1.70%) SAP Basis
8 8 (1.70%) SAP Fiori
8 8 (1.70%) SAPUI5
9 7 (1.49%) JSON
9 7 (1.49%) SAP PI
9 7 (1.49%) XML
10 6 (1.28%) LDAP
10 6 (1.28%) NETCONF
10 6 (1.28%) SLSA
10 6 (1.28%) Spring Boot
10 6 (1.28%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 68 (14.47%) Cloud Native
2 35 (7.45%) Hybrid Cloud
3 32 (6.81%) Data Centre
3 32 (6.81%) Management Information System
4 30 (6.38%) Onboarding
5 22 (4.68%) Enterprise Cloud
5 22 (4.68%) Operational Technology
6 19 (4.04%) Product Ownership
7 18 (3.83%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (3.62%) Public Cloud
9 15 (3.19%) Legacy Systems
10 14 (2.98%) IoT
10 14 (2.98%) PKI
11 13 (2.77%) Private Cloud
12 12 (2.55%) CMDB
12 12 (2.55%) FMCG
13 11 (2.34%) Security Posture
13 11 (2.34%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 10 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
14 10 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 25 (5.32%) Windows
2 24 (5.11%) Linux
3 21 (4.47%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.64%) Android
6 2 (0.43%) Alpine Linux
6 2 (0.43%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.43%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.43%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (46.60%) Enterprise Architecture
2 200 (42.55%) Roadmaps
3 140 (29.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 112 (23.83%) Cybersecurity
4 112 (23.83%) Security Architecture
5 100 (21.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 96 (20.43%) Agile
6 96 (20.43%) Architectural Patterns
6 96 (20.43%) Architecture Governance
7 91 (19.36%) Technical Leadership
8 81 (17.23%) SABSA
9 78 (16.60%) Migration
10 77 (16.38%) AI
11 74 (15.74%) Data Architecture
12 72 (15.32%) DevOps
13 71 (15.11%) Integration Patterns
14 70 (14.89%) CI/CD
14 70 (14.89%) Microservices
15 68 (14.47%) Risk Management
16 65 (13.83%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 29 (6.17%) Python
2 24 (5.11%) SQL
3 17 (3.62%) Java
4 8 (1.70%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.49%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.28%) Bicep
6 6 (1.28%) C#
7 5 (1.06%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.85%) ABAP
9 3 (0.64%) Bash
10 1 (0.21%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.21%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 198 (42.13%) Security Cleared
2 115 (24.47%) SC Cleared
3 105 (22.34%) TOGAF Certification
4 97 (20.64%) CISSP
5 83 (17.66%) DV Cleared
6 63 (13.40%) Degree
7 55 (11.70%) Azure Certification
8 54 (11.49%) Cisco Certification
9 47 (10.00%) CISM
10 43 (9.15%) AWS Certification
11 28 (5.96%) Computer Science Degree
12 27 (5.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 19 (4.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 18 (3.83%) CCNP
15 17 (3.62%) CCIE
16 16 (3.40%) CCSP
16 16 (3.40%) Microsoft Certification
17 12 (2.55%) JNCIE
17 12 (2.55%) Master's Degree
18 10 (2.13%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (15.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (13.19%) NIST
3 42 (8.94%) NCSC
4 31 (6.60%) GDPR
5 27 (5.74%) Data Quality
6 17 (3.62%) PCI DSS
7 10 (2.13%) GRC
7 10 (2.13%) SLA
8 9 (1.91%) ISO 20022
9 8 (1.70%) Accessibility
10 7 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (1.49%) ISO 19650
10 7 (1.49%) JSP 440
10 7 (1.49%) QA
10 7 (1.49%) SEPA
11 6 (1.28%) ISO 31000
11 6 (1.28%) ISO 9001
11 6 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 6 (1.28%) PMO
12 5 (1.06%) NIST 800
System Software
1 31 (6.60%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.40%) Docker
3 11 (2.34%) Virtual Desktop
3 11 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.49%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.06%) ISA Server
6 4 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.43%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 43 (9.15%) Kubernetes
2 19 (4.04%) Ansible
3 14 (2.98%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.49%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (1.28%) CASB
7 3 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.64%) Grafana
8 2 (0.43%) Argo
8 2 (0.43%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.43%) 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
1 133 (28.30%) Microsoft
2 35 (7.45%) Google
3 31 (6.60%) Oracle
4 29 (6.17%) Databricks
5 23 (4.89%) Cisco
5 23 (4.89%) SAP
6 22 (4.68%) ServiceNow
6 22 (4.68%) Sparx
6 22 (4.68%) VMware
7 13 (2.77%) BiZZdesign
7 13 (2.77%) CyberArk
8 11 (2.34%) F5
9 10 (2.13%) BeyondTrust
10 9 (1.91%) Apple
10 9 (1.91%) Palo Alto
10 9 (1.91%) Splunk
10 9 (1.91%) Zscaler
11 8 (1.70%) Liquidlogic
11 8 (1.70%) Qualys
11 8 (1.70%) Salesforce