DoDAF Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring DoDAF skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 414 - 382
Rank change year-on-year - - +65
Contract jobs citing DoDAF 26 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.11% - 0.019%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% - 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £545
25th Percentile £738 - £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.05%
75th Percentile £813 - £763
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £775 - £600
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 0 0
Median hourly rate £88.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £88.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

DoDAF 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 19,730 11,570 17,345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.30% 90.51% 84.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,930 7,246 10,323
10th Percentile £299 £235 £250
25th Percentile £400 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £479 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.30% -4.20% -
75th Percentile £588 £585 £600
90th Percentile £680 £660 £688
UK median daily rate £501 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.70% -1.00% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,072 828 2,055
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.20 £12.32
25th Percentile £18.87 £17.44 £15.19
Median hourly rate £44.00 £27.13 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.21% -27.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £67.50 £64.50 £60.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.74
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +46.09% -21.23% +1.39%

DoDAF
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DoDAF relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

DoDAF job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

DoDAF
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing DoDAF.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing DoDAF

DoDAF
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing DoDAF.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing DoDAF

DoDAF
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DoDAF in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for DoDAF in the UK excluding London

DoDAF
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DoDAF within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
South East - 24 - - 1
North of England - 2 £775 - 1
North West - 2 £775 - 1
DoDAF
UK

DoDAF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (3.85%) Teamcenter
Development Applications
1 23 (88.46%) Rational DOORS
General
1 23 (88.46%) Aerospace
2 1 (3.85%) Finance
2 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 23 (88.46%) Delivery Manager
1 23 (88.46%) Product Delivery Manager
1 23 (88.46%) Product Manager
2 21 (80.77%) Systems Delivery Manager
2 21 (80.77%) Systems Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Architect
4 1 (3.85%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) Itk
1 1 (3.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (80.77%) Data Structures
1 21 (80.77%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.85%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.85%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (92.31%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 23 (88.46%) Change Control
2 23 (88.46%) Configuration Management
2 23 (88.46%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 23 (88.46%) SysML
2 23 (88.46%) UML
3 22 (84.62%) Agile
3 22 (84.62%) PRINCE2
3 22 (84.62%) Programme Management
3 22 (84.62%) Requirements Management
3 22 (84.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 22 (84.62%) Systems Engineering
4 21 (80.77%) Computer Science
4 21 (80.77%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (11.54%) Digital Engineering
5 3 (11.54%) Roadmaps
6 1 (3.85%) Architectural Patterns
6 1 (3.85%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 1 (3.85%) Digital Twin
6 1 (3.85%) Network Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) C
1 1 (3.85%) C#
1 1 (3.85%) C++
1 1 (3.85%) Java
Qualifications
1 24 (92.31%) Security Cleared
2 21 (80.77%) Degree
3 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) NCSC
1 1 (3.85%) NIST
1 1 (3.85%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 23 (88.46%) IBM