DoDAF Contract Job Trends

Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs 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 601 - 577
Rank change year-on-year - - +96
Contract jobs citing DoDAF 26 0 9
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.054% - 0.021%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.064% - 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £555
25th Percentile £738 - £591
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - £600
75th Percentile £813 - £641
90th Percentile - - £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £775 - £650
% change year-on-year - - +5.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 0 0
Median hourly rate £88.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £88.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 40,321 26,530 37,209
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.49% 90.95% 86.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,358 17,078 23,948
10th Percentile £321 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -1.00% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £744 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £479 £500
% change year-on-year +2.30% -4.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,401 1,077 2,439
10th Percentile £14.96 £14.47 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.85 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.00 £28.75 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.09% -21.23% +1.39%
75th Percentile £67.25 £61.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.00 £27.13 £37.50
% change year-on-year +62.21% -27.67% +7.14%

DoDAF
Job Vacancy Trend

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

DoDAF job vacancy trend in the UK

DoDAF
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

DoDAF
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

DoDAF
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hourly rate histogram for DoDAF in the UK

DoDAF
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

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 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
England - 26 £775 - 3
UK excluding London - 26 £775 - 2
South East - 24 - - 1
North West - 2 £775 - 1
North of England - 2 £775 - 1

DoDAF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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