MODAF Contract Job Trends in the South East

UK Ministry of Defence Architectural Framework (MODAF)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring MODAF skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 - 191
Rank change year-on-year - - +36
Contract jobs citing MODAF 13 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.30% - 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% - 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile £91 - £651
25th Percentile £97 - £925
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £1,025
Median % change year-on-year - - +61.42%
75th Percentile £741 - £1,150
90th Percentile £769 - -
England median daily rate £550 - £700
% change year-on-year - - +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85.00 - -
Median hourly rate £90.00 - -
75th Percentile £97.50 - -
90th Percentile £102.60 - -
England median hourly rate £90.00 £85.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year +5.88% +50.47% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

MODAF 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,660 2,963 4,452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.25% 89.01% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,403 1,830 2,833
10th Percentile £230 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £517
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -1.35% +2.99%
75th Percentile £600 £620 £615
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 331 112 259
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.37 £17.80
25th Percentile £17.00 £25.56 £26.00
Median hourly rate £23.58 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.53% -22.73% +22.22%
75th Percentile £54.38 £62.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.63 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -20.00% +21.43%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MODAF relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

MODAF job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing MODAF.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing MODAF

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MODAF in the South East over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for MODAF in the South East

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing MODAF.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing MODAF

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MODAF within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 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
Thames Valley - 11 £100 -
Berkshire - 8 £100 -
Buckinghamshire - 3 - -
Hampshire - 1 £775 - 1
Surrey - 1 - -
MODAF
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 8 (61.54%) AWS
1 8 (61.54%) Azure
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Aerospace
3 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (92.31%) Architect
2 6 (46.15%) Technical Architect
3 4 (30.77%) Enterprise Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Head of Architecture
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 12 (92.31%) Roadmaps
3 11 (84.62%) Agile
4 8 (61.54%) DevSecOps
4 8 (61.54%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 7 (53.85%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (53.85%) Technology Roadmap
6 6 (46.15%) ArchiMate
6 6 (46.15%) Service Design
6 6 (46.15%) Thought Leadership
7 5 (38.46%) Enterprise Architecture
7 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (30.77%) ITIL
9 3 (23.08%) Strategic Thinking
9 3 (23.08%) Zachman Framework
10 2 (15.38%) IT Strategy
10 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
10 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
10 2 (15.38%) Strategic Roadmap
10 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) Security Cleared
2 8 (61.54%) SC Cleared
3 7 (53.85%) AWS Certification
3 7 (53.85%) TOGAF Certification
4 6 (46.15%) Azure Certification
5 3 (23.08%) DV Cleared
6 2 (15.38%) CISSP
7 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (7.69%) Degree
7 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
7 1 (7.69%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) COBIT
1 2 (15.38%) NCSC
2 1 (7.69%) Def Stans
2 1 (7.69%) GDPR
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.69%) JSP 440
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Cisco
1 5 (38.46%) VMware
2 1 (7.69%) Sparx