SFIA Job Trends in England

Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring SFIA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 597 662 659
Rank change year-on-year +65 -3 -158
Permanent jobs citing SFIA 12 13 8
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.023% 0.026% 0.018%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.028% 0.029% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 8 6 6
10th Percentile £54,500 £49,375 £32,870
25th Percentile £57,885 £57,500 £45,603
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,950 £60,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.25% -25.00% +45.45%
75th Percentile £95,625 £63,438 £90,000
90th Percentile £102,750 £63,825 £93,750
UK median annual salary £75,900 £60,000 £56,623
% change year-on-year +26.50% +5.96% +2.95%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

SFIA falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,885 44,702 41,515
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.30% 90.14% 91.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25,602 22,418 32,186
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

SFIA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SFIA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

SFIA job vacancy trend in England

SFIA
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing SFIA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing SFIA

SFIA
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SFIA in England over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for SFIA in England

SFIA
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SFIA within the England region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +60 7 £90,000 - 8
South West +16 2 £50,000 -16.67% 14
Midlands +26 1 £59,527 -4.76% 16
West Midlands +24 1 £59,527 -4.76% 8
North of England +17 1 £110,000 +106.77% 21
SFIA
UK

SFIA
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 1 (8.33%) CMS
1 1 (8.33%) JBoss
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (8.33%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) AWS
2 1 (8.33%) Amazon S3
2 1 (8.33%) AWS Data Pipeline
2 1 (8.33%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (8.33%) Miro
2 1 (8.33%) Serverless
2 1 (8.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
1 1 (8.33%) Internet
1 1 (8.33%) LAN
1 1 (8.33%) Network Security
1 1 (8.33%) SD-WAN
1 1 (8.33%) WAN
1 1 (8.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (8.33%) DB2
1 1 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (8.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (8.33%) Legal
3 1 (8.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Commercial Contracts Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Commercial Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Contracts Manager
2 2 (16.67%) IT Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Technical Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Compliance Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Data Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Governance Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Head of Sales
3 1 (8.33%) Network Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Principal Network Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Salesforce Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Salesforce Technical Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) EJB
1 1 (8.33%) Middleware
1 1 (8.33%) OAuth
1 1 (8.33%) OpenAPI
1 1 (8.33%) OpenID
1 1 (8.33%) Spring
1 1 (8.33%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) IoT
2 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) DevOps
1 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (25.00%) Agile
2 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (25.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 2 (16.67%) Contract Management
3 2 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) ITIL
3 2 (16.67%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
3 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (8.33%) Change Management
4 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2
4 1 (8.33%) Project Management
4 1 (8.33%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) Java
1 2 (16.67%) Python
2 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) CCIE
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (8.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) COBIT
2 1 (8.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (8.33%) GRC
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Cisco
1 1 (8.33%) IBM
1 1 (8.33%) Planon
1 1 (8.33%) Salesforce