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 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 257 237
Rank change year-on-year +24 -20 +23
Contract jobs citing TOGAF 355 245 372
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.12% 0.91% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 1.02% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 151 263
10th Percentile £443 £469 £513
25th Percentile £513 £559 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £630 £649
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% -2.93% -3.85%
75th Percentile £738 £725 £733
90th Percentile £800 £800 £777
UK median daily rate £625 £630 £650
% change year-on-year -0.79% -3.08% -0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 28
10th Percentile £83.88 - £49.84
25th Percentile £85.00 £25.26 -
Median hourly rate £90.00 £51.26 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +75.58% -9.26% +29.86%
75th Percentile £95.63 £81.89 £73.75
90th Percentile £100.05 £84.22 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £90.00 £51.26 £56.91
% change year-on-year +75.58% -9.93% +4.90%

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 28,047 24,036 31,494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.31% 89.14% 87.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,899 14,761 21,230
10th Percentile £304 £310 £305
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,744 772 1,471
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.54 £14.18
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.50 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% -18.24% +21.43%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.84 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.59 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -19.75% +15.71%

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 15 January 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 15 January 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 15 January 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 +3 124 £625 -3.85% 38
South West +17 66 £725 +20.83% 15
South East -6 62 £650 +3.33% 47
North of England -30 49 £537 -6.28% 21
North West -23 28 £570 -10.59% 14
Midlands -34 27 £600 +4.71% 20
West Midlands -37 20 £600 +4.71% 13
Yorkshire -33 19 £537 -5.29% 5
East of England - 17 £650 - 13
East Midlands - 7 £663 - 7
North East -12 2 £523 -34.17% 2
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 52 (14.65%) Confluence
2 14 (3.94%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.69%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.56%) Apache
4 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.56%) Oracle Coherence
4 2 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.56%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.28%) Alfresco
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.28%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.28%) CMS
5 1 (0.28%) Documentum
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 31 (8.73%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (8.45%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (2.82%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.28%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 28 (7.89%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 8 (2.25%) Maximo
3 5 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.85%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.28%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.28%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.28%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 155 (43.66%) Azure
2 112 (31.55%) AWS
3 42 (11.83%) GCP
4 31 (8.73%) SaaS
5 22 (6.20%) PaaS
6 21 (5.92%) Power Platform
7 16 (4.51%) Entra ID
8 15 (4.23%) IaaS
9 14 (3.94%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (3.94%) Serverless
10 13 (3.66%) Amazon ECS
10 13 (3.66%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (3.66%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 12 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
12 11 (3.10%) Azure Sentinel
12 11 (3.10%) GitHub
13 10 (2.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 10 (2.82%) OpenShift
14 9 (2.54%) Azure AKS
15 8 (2.25%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 28 (7.89%) Network Security
2 24 (6.76%) Firewall
3 21 (5.92%) WAN
4 20 (5.63%) VPN
5 18 (5.07%) LAN
6 17 (4.79%) BGP
7 15 (4.23%) SD-WAN
8 12 (3.38%) MPLS
9 11 (3.10%) OSPF
10 10 (2.82%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 7 (1.97%) BIG-IP
12 6 (1.69%) VXLAN
13 5 (1.41%) DNS
13 5 (1.41%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 5 (1.41%) Kerberos
14 4 (1.13%) ATM
14 4 (1.13%) DHCP
14 4 (1.13%) IPv4
14 4 (1.13%) IPv6
14 4 (1.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.07%) Data Warehouse
2 17 (4.79%) Power BI
3 13 (3.66%) NoSQL
4 11 (3.10%) Metadata
5 10 (2.82%) Data Lake
5 10 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (2.25%) DynamoDB
7 7 (1.97%) Amazon Aurora
7 7 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (1.69%) MySQL
8 6 (1.69%) Redis
8 6 (1.69%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.69%) Tableau
9 5 (1.41%) Big Data
9 5 (1.41%) BigQuery
9 5 (1.41%) Data Mining
9 5 (1.41%) RDBMS
9 5 (1.41%) SQL Server
10 4 (1.13%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 50 (14.08%) JIRA
2 14 (3.94%) Git
3 10 (2.82%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.69%) SonarQube
5 5 (1.41%) Gradle
5 5 (1.41%) Maven
5 5 (1.41%) SonarLint
6 3 (0.85%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.56%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.56%) ERwin
7 2 (0.56%) MSI
7 2 (0.56%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
General
1 139 (39.15%) Social Skills
2 70 (19.72%) Finance
3 66 (18.59%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (14.37%) Public Sector
5 39 (10.99%) Military
6 27 (7.61%) Banking
7 18 (5.07%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (4.23%) Telecoms
9 14 (3.94%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (3.66%) Legal
11 8 (2.25%) Aerospace
11 8 (2.25%) Financial Institution
12 7 (1.97%) Retail
13 5 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.41%) Marketing
14 4 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.85%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.56%) Corporate Banking
16 2 (0.56%) Local Government
16 2 (0.56%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 302 (85.07%) Architect
2 103 (29.01%) Solutions Architect
3 62 (17.46%) Enterprise Architect
4 44 (12.39%) Security Architect
5 30 (8.45%) Service Architect
5 30 (8.45%) Technical Architect
6 22 (6.20%) Data Architect
7 20 (5.63%) Lead
8 19 (5.35%) Azure Architect
9 18 (5.07%) Lead Architect
10 12 (3.38%) Azure Engineer
10 12 (3.38%) Security Solutions Architect
11 11 (3.10%) Senior
12 10 (2.82%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 10 (2.82%) Senior Architect
13 9 (2.54%) Business Architect
13 9 (2.54%) Network Architect
14 8 (2.25%) Java Architect
14 8 (2.25%) Java Technical Architect
14 8 (2.25%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.79%) REST
2 13 (3.66%) OAuth
3 12 (3.38%) RESTful
4 10 (2.82%) .NET
5 9 (2.54%) ARM Templates
6 8 (2.25%) SAML
7 7 (1.97%) Middleware
7 7 (1.97%) Spring Boot
8 6 (1.69%) Celery
8 6 (1.69%) Dropwizard
8 6 (1.69%) J2EE
8 6 (1.69%) JWT
8 6 (1.69%) Kafka
8 6 (1.69%) Micronaut
8 6 (1.69%) NETCONF
8 6 (1.69%) Web Services
8 6 (1.69%) YANG
9 5 (1.41%) GraphQL
9 5 (1.41%) Oracle Fusion
10 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 60 (16.90%) Cloud Native
2 40 (11.27%) Product Ownership
3 28 (7.89%) Hybrid Cloud
4 19 (5.35%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (4.23%) Management Information System
6 12 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (2.82%) Operational Technology
8 9 (2.54%) Data Centre
9 8 (2.25%) NHS
9 8 (2.25%) Public Cloud
10 7 (1.97%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.69%) Cloud Security Posture
11 6 (1.69%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.69%) N-Tier
11 6 (1.69%) PKI
11 6 (1.69%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (1.41%) Data Fabric
12 5 (1.41%) IoT
12 5 (1.41%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.82%) Windows
2 9 (2.54%) Linux
3 5 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.56%) Unix
5 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (37.75%) Enterprise Architecture
2 125 (35.21%) Roadmaps
3 108 (30.42%) Agile
4 95 (26.76%) ITIL
5 73 (20.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 60 (16.90%) Stakeholder Management
7 57 (16.06%) Cybersecurity
8 49 (13.80%) Microservices
9 45 (12.68%) DevOps
10 44 (12.39%) Business Strategy
10 44 (12.39%) Identity Access Management
10 44 (12.39%) Security Architecture
11 42 (11.83%) Computer Science
12 41 (11.55%) Service Design
12 41 (11.55%) Zachman Framework
13 40 (11.27%) ArchiMate
13 40 (11.27%) Architectural Design
13 40 (11.27%) Migration
14 39 (10.99%) Analytical Thinking
14 39 (10.99%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (10.99%) Python
2 22 (6.20%) Java
3 13 (3.66%) Bicep
4 11 (3.10%) SQL
5 7 (1.97%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.41%) C#
7 2 (0.56%) PHP
7 2 (0.56%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.56%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.28%) Korn
8 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 139 (39.15%) Security Cleared
2 112 (31.55%) SC Cleared
3 104 (29.30%) TOGAF Certification
4 85 (23.94%) Degree
5 59 (16.62%) CISSP
6 54 (15.21%) Azure Certification
7 40 (11.27%) AWS Certification
8 31 (8.73%) CISM
9 30 (8.45%) Cisco Certification
10 26 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
11 23 (6.48%) DV Cleared
12 20 (5.63%) Master's Degree
12 20 (5.63%) Microsoft Certification
13 18 (5.07%) CCIE
14 16 (4.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 15 (4.23%) CCSP
16 13 (3.66%) JNCIE
17 12 (3.38%) ISEB
18 11 (3.10%) ITIL Certification
18 11 (3.10%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (14.08%) GDPR
2 45 (12.68%) NIST
3 43 (12.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (5.63%) PCI DSS
5 18 (5.07%) NCSC
6 15 (4.23%) COBIT
7 14 (3.94%) Data Quality
8 11 (3.10%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (2.25%) HIPAA
9 8 (2.25%) NIST 800
10 7 (1.97%) PSD2
11 6 (1.69%) Def Stans
11 6 (1.69%) GRC
12 5 (1.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 5 (1.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (1.13%) ISO 8583
13 4 (1.13%) QA
14 3 (0.85%) JSP 440
14 3 (0.85%) RMADS
System Software
1 31 (8.73%) Docker
2 7 (1.97%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.85%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.56%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.56%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.28%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 47 (13.24%) Kubernetes
2 38 (10.70%) Terraform
3 30 (8.45%) OPNET
4 17 (4.79%) Ansible
5 10 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.56%) RSA Archer
6 2 (0.56%) SCCM
7 1 (0.28%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 69 (19.44%) Microsoft
2 43 (12.11%) ServiceNow
3 36 (10.14%) Remedy
4 31 (8.73%) Atlassian
5 29 (8.17%) Sparx
6 26 (7.32%) SAP
7 24 (6.76%) Oracle
8 22 (6.20%) Cisco
9 18 (5.07%) BiZZdesign
9 18 (5.07%) Salesforce
10 15 (4.23%) VMware
11 13 (3.66%) F5
12 11 (3.10%) Databricks
12 11 (3.10%) IBM
12 11 (3.10%) Juniper
13 10 (2.82%) CyberArk
13 10 (2.82%) Fortinet
13 10 (2.82%) Palo Alto
13 10 (2.82%) Red Hat
14 8 (2.25%) CheckPoint