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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 267 306
Rank change year-on-year +9 +39 -76
Contract jobs citing TOGAF 467 280 244
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.01% 1.01% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 1.11% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 186 154
10th Percentile £495 £439 £469
25th Percentile £537 £500 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £633
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -5.14% -2.69%
75th Percentile £731 £738 £747
90th Percentile £844 £828 £779
UK median daily rate £638 £600 £644
% change year-on-year +6.25% -6.80% -0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 6
10th Percentile £17.57 £67.20 -
25th Percentile £20.31 £79.50 £63.75
Median hourly rate £50.31 £100.00 £71.45
Median % change year-on-year -49.69% +39.96% +25.54%
75th Percentile £83.50 - £82.81
90th Percentile £98.13 - £84.67
UK median hourly rate £50.31 £100.00 £71.45
% change year-on-year -49.69% +39.96% +24.62%

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 39,007 25,232 28,124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.55% 90.97% 86.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,733 16,031 17,231
10th Percentile £325 £295 £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 2,853 1,544 1,222
10th Percentile £13.90 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £17.85 £20.26
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.00 £67.02
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% -1.16%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 +1 230 £650 -3.70% 201
South East -12 91 £625 +23.15% 85
South West -9 42 £675 +17.39% 40
North of England -69 41 £550 +10.55% 56
Midlands -28 38 £675 +12.50% 23
West Midlands -34 27 £813 +33.20% 17
Yorkshire -27 21 £530 -3.64% 21
North West -68 19 £550 +11.79% 31
East Midlands -12 10 £650 +30.00% 6
East of England -25 8 £550 -31.25% 6
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 (4.28%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.71%) Confluence
4 6 (1.28%) OpenStack
5 5 (1.07%) IIS
6 4 (0.86%) Apache
7 2 (0.43%) nginx
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 (1.71%) MS Visio
2 7 (1.50%) Navisworks
2 7 (1.50%) Revit
3 4 (0.86%) 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 21 (4.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 13 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.71%) ContrOCC
4 5 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.64%) Endur
6 2 (0.43%) Cloudability
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle Retail
6 2 (0.43%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.43%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.43%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.43%) 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
1 225 (48.18%) Azure
2 164 (35.12%) AWS
3 87 (18.63%) GCP
4 38 (8.14%) Entra ID
5 37 (7.92%) Microsoft 365
6 32 (6.85%) Power Platform
7 22 (4.71%) SaaS
8 15 (3.21%) GitHub
9 14 (3.00%) Microsoft Copilot
9 14 (3.00%) PaaS
10 12 (2.57%) Microsoft Purview
11 11 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (2.14%) Azure Data Factory
12 10 (2.14%) Serverless
13 9 (1.93%) IaaS
13 9 (1.93%) OCI
13 9 (1.93%) OpenShift
13 9 (1.93%) Snowflake
14 8 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (1.71%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 30 (6.42%) WAN
2 29 (6.21%) Firewall
3 24 (5.14%) Network Security
4 22 (4.71%) LAN
5 19 (4.07%) MPLS
6 16 (3.43%) BGP
6 16 (3.43%) SD-WAN
7 12 (2.57%) DNS
8 9 (1.93%) IPsec
8 9 (1.93%) TCP/IP
9 8 (1.71%) VPN
10 6 (1.28%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (1.28%) OSPF
11 5 (1.07%) 4G
11 5 (1.07%) 5G
11 5 (1.07%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (1.07%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (1.07%) Modbus
11 5 (1.07%) NGFW
11 5 (1.07%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (8.35%) Metadata
2 18 (3.85%) Data Lake
3 15 (3.21%) Power BI
4 12 (2.57%) NoSQL
5 11 (2.36%) Oracle Database
6 8 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.50%) Semantic Layer
7 7 (1.50%) SQL Server
8 6 (1.28%) SAP BW
8 6 (1.28%) SAP HANA
9 4 (0.86%) Big Data
9 4 (0.86%) Delta Lake
9 4 (0.86%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (0.86%) Metadata Repository
9 4 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.43%) Amazon Aurora
11 2 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.43%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (1.93%) JIRA
2 6 (1.28%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.86%) Claude Code
3 4 (0.86%) Git
4 3 (0.64%) GitLab
5 2 (0.43%) ERwin
5 2 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
General
1 172 (36.83%) Social Skills
2 90 (19.27%) Finance
3 70 (14.99%) Public Sector
4 37 (7.92%) Banking
5 36 (7.71%) Analytical Skills
6 30 (6.42%) Influencing Skills
7 29 (6.21%) Retail
8 23 (4.93%) Telecoms
9 22 (4.71%) Military
10 20 (4.28%) Manufacturing
11 19 (4.07%) Aerospace
12 16 (3.43%) Local Government
13 15 (3.21%) Billing
14 14 (3.00%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (2.57%) Legal
16 9 (1.93%) Pharmaceutical
16 9 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
17 8 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
18 7 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 7 (1.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 402 (86.08%) Architect
2 116 (24.84%) Solutions Architect
3 93 (19.91%) Enterprise Architect
4 71 (15.20%) Security Architect
5 44 (9.42%) Lead
6 39 (8.35%) Technical Architect
7 35 (7.49%) Data Architect
8 34 (7.28%) Senior
9 33 (7.07%) Lead Architect
10 30 (6.42%) Senior Architect
11 25 (5.35%) Integration Architect
12 20 (4.28%) Network Architect
13 19 (4.07%) Cybersecurity Architect
14 18 (3.85%) Cloud Architect
14 18 (3.85%) Senior Solutions Architect
15 13 (2.78%) Azure Architect
16 12 (2.57%) Lead Security Architect
17 11 (2.36%) Payments Architect
17 11 (2.36%) Technical Leader
18 10 (2.14%) SAP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (7.07%) REST
2 28 (6.00%) Terraform
3 21 (4.50%) .NET
3 21 (4.50%) Kafka
4 19 (4.07%) Middleware
4 19 (4.07%) SOAP
5 16 (3.43%) OAuth
6 15 (3.21%) SAML
7 8 (1.71%) OpenID
8 7 (1.50%) JSON
8 7 (1.50%) XML
9 6 (1.28%) LDAP
9 6 (1.28%) NETCONF
9 6 (1.28%) SAP Basis
9 6 (1.28%) SAP Fiori
9 6 (1.28%) SAPUI5
9 6 (1.28%) SLSA
9 6 (1.28%) Spring Boot
9 6 (1.28%) YANG
10 5 (1.07%) React
Miscellaneous
1 67 (14.35%) Cloud Native
2 35 (7.49%) Hybrid Cloud
3 31 (6.64%) Data Centre
3 31 (6.64%) Management Information System
4 30 (6.42%) Onboarding
5 22 (4.71%) Enterprise Cloud
6 21 (4.50%) Operational Technology
7 19 (4.07%) Product Ownership
8 18 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
9 16 (3.43%) Public Cloud
10 15 (3.21%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (3.00%) IoT
11 14 (3.00%) PKI
12 13 (2.78%) Private Cloud
13 12 (2.57%) CMDB
14 11 (2.36%) FMCG
14 11 (2.36%) Security Posture
14 11 (2.36%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 10 (2.14%) Cyber Threat
15 10 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.14%) Windows
2 23 (4.93%) Linux
3 20 (4.28%) Windows Server
4 14 (3.00%) 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
1 215 (46.04%) Enterprise Architecture
2 198 (42.40%) Roadmaps
3 143 (30.62%) Stakeholder Management
4 112 (23.98%) Cybersecurity
5 109 (23.34%) Security Architecture
6 99 (21.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 96 (20.56%) Agile
7 96 (20.56%) Architectural Patterns
8 95 (20.34%) Architecture Governance
9 91 (19.49%) Technical Leadership
10 81 (17.34%) SABSA
11 80 (17.13%) Migration
12 75 (16.06%) AI
13 74 (15.85%) Data Architecture
14 70 (14.99%) DevOps
14 70 (14.99%) Integration Patterns
15 69 (14.78%) Microservices
16 68 (14.56%) CI/CD
16 68 (14.56%) Risk Management
17 65 (13.92%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 29 (6.21%) Python
2 24 (5.14%) SQL
3 17 (3.64%) Java
4 8 (1.71%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.50%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.28%) Bicep
6 6 (1.28%) C#
7 5 (1.07%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.86%) ABAP
9 3 (0.64%) Bash
10 1 (0.21%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.21%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 197 (42.18%) Security Cleared
2 115 (24.63%) SC Cleared
3 102 (21.84%) TOGAF Certification
4 97 (20.77%) CISSP
5 82 (17.56%) DV Cleared
6 60 (12.85%) Degree
7 55 (11.78%) Azure Certification
8 53 (11.35%) Cisco Certification
9 46 (9.85%) CISM
10 43 (9.21%) AWS Certification
11 26 (5.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 26 (5.57%) Computer Science Degree
12 19 (4.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 18 (3.85%) CCNP
14 17 (3.64%) CCIE
15 16 (3.43%) Microsoft Certification
16 15 (3.21%) CCSP
17 12 (2.57%) JNCIE
18 10 (2.14%) GIAC
18 10 (2.14%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (14.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 61 (13.06%) NIST
3 42 (8.99%) NCSC
4 30 (6.42%) GDPR
5 27 (5.78%) Data Quality
6 16 (3.43%) PCI DSS
7 10 (2.14%) SLA
8 9 (1.93%) GRC
8 9 (1.93%) ISO 20022
9 8 (1.71%) Accessibility
10 7 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (1.50%) ISO 19650
10 7 (1.50%) JSP 440
10 7 (1.50%) QA
10 7 (1.50%) SEPA
11 6 (1.28%) PMO
12 5 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (1.07%) ISO 31000
12 5 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 5 (1.07%) NIST 800
System Software
1 31 (6.64%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.43%) Docker
3 11 (2.36%) Virtual Desktop
3 11 (2.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.50%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.86%) ISA Server
5 4 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.43%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 43 (9.21%) Kubernetes
2 19 (4.07%) Ansible
3 14 (3.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (1.93%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (1.50%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (1.07%) 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
1 130 (27.84%) Microsoft
2 34 (7.28%) Google
3 30 (6.42%) Oracle
4 29 (6.21%) Databricks
5 23 (4.93%) SAP
6 22 (4.71%) Cisco
6 22 (4.71%) ServiceNow
6 22 (4.71%) VMware
7 21 (4.50%) Sparx
8 13 (2.78%) BiZZdesign
8 13 (2.78%) CyberArk
9 10 (2.14%) BeyondTrust
9 10 (2.14%) F5
10 9 (1.93%) Apple
10 9 (1.93%) Palo Alto
10 9 (1.93%) Zscaler
11 8 (1.71%) Liquidlogic
11 8 (1.71%) Splunk
12 7 (1.50%) CrowdStrike
12 7 (1.50%) Qualys