MODAF Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring MODAF skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 - 140
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Contract jobs citing MODAF 13 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.56% - 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% - 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile £92 - £757
25th Percentile £100 - £925
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - £1,025
Median % change year-on-year - - +61.42%
75th Percentile £713 - £1,150
90th Percentile £720 - -
South East median daily rate £675 £675 £988
% change year-on-year - -31.65% +55.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85.00 - -
Median hourly rate £92.50 - -
75th Percentile £97.50 - -
90th Percentile £101.75 - -
South East median hourly rate £92.50 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,962 1,537 2,466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.23% 92.26% 89.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,298 897 1,491
10th Percentile £270 £262 £213
25th Percentile £395 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £615 £600
90th Percentile £650 £663 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £509
% change year-on-year - -1.77% +1.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 42 150
10th Percentile £15.65 £24.79 £16.24
25th Percentile £18.87 £42.60 £20.17
Median hourly rate £26.44 £60.25 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -56.11% +33.26% +55.90%
75th Percentile £68.50 £64.73 £62.54
90th Percentile £97.50 £79.72 £79.78
South East median hourly rate £25.04 £42.88 £47.50
% change year-on-year -41.61% -9.73% +5.56%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

MODAF job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing MODAF.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing MODAF

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MODAF in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for MODAF in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing MODAF.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing MODAF

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MODAF within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 February 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
Berkshire - 12 £675 - 1
Buckinghamshire - 1 - -
MODAF
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (69.23%) AWS
1 9 (69.23%) Azure
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Aerospace
3 2 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (100.00%) Architect
2 6 (46.15%) Technical Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Enterprise Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Lead
5 1 (7.69%) Lead Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Lead Enterprise Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Platform Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Platform Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 11 (84.62%) Roadmaps
3 9 (69.23%) Agile
3 9 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (61.54%) ArchiMate
4 8 (61.54%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 8 (61.54%) Technology Roadmap
5 7 (53.85%) DevSecOps
5 7 (53.85%) Thought Leadership
6 6 (46.15%) Service Design
7 4 (30.77%) Enterprise Architecture
8 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 2 (15.38%) Business Strategy
9 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
9 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
9 2 (15.38%) SFIA
9 2 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
10 1 (7.69%) CI/CD
10 1 (7.69%) Design Patterns
10 1 (7.69%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 12 (92.31%) Security Cleared
2 11 (84.62%) SC Cleared
3 8 (61.54%) AWS Certification
4 7 (53.85%) Azure Certification
4 7 (53.85%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (15.38%) Chartered Engineer
5 2 (15.38%) CISSP
6 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) COBIT
1 1 (7.69%) Def Stans
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.69%) NCSC
1 1 (7.69%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Cisco
1 5 (38.46%) VMware