SFIA Jobs in England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring SFIA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SFIA over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 669 805 234
Rank change year-on-year +136 -571 +894
Permanent jobs citing SFIA 22 34 1,407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.045% 0.040% 1.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.048% 0.046% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 9 30 34
10th Percentile £55,386 £56,750 £45,000
25th Percentile - £69,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,670 £73,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% -2.67% +11.94%
75th Percentile £71,250 £76,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £78,750 - £105,500
UK median annual salary £57,670 £73,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -21.00% -2.67% +11.94%

All Process and 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 46,063 73,227 85,387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.14% 85.42% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 23,601 53,820 50,635
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £42,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,000 £73,410 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

SFIA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SFIA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SFIA in England

SFIA
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SFIA in England.

Salary trend for SFIA in England

SFIA
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SFIA in England over the 6 months to 15 May 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 15 May 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 +86 10 £57,670 -21.00% 2
South East +99 5 £57,670 +4.85% 1
Midlands - 3 £62,500 -
West Midlands - 3 £62,500 -
South West +116 2 £67,500 +17.39% 3
North West - 1 - - 3
North of England - 1 - - 3
SFIA
UK

SFIA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (9.09%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (31.82%) Azure
2 5 (22.73%) Power Platform
3 3 (13.64%) AWS
4 2 (9.09%) Asana
4 2 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (9.09%) Snowflake
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (4.55%) GCP
5 1 (4.55%) GitHub
5 1 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (4.55%) SaaS
5 1 (4.55%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Network Security
1 2 (9.09%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (22.73%) Power BI
2 3 (13.64%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (9.09%) SQL Server
4 1 (4.55%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (4.55%) Data Lake
4 1 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (4.55%) Metadata
4 1 (4.55%) MySQL
4 1 (4.55%) NoSQL
4 1 (4.55%) Relational Database
4 1 (4.55%) Spark SQL
4 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) JMeter
2 2 (9.09%) Cypress.io
2 2 (9.09%) JIRA
2 2 (9.09%) JUnit
2 2 (9.09%) LoadRunner
2 2 (9.09%) Postman
2 2 (9.09%) Selenium
2 2 (9.09%) TestRail
3 1 (4.55%) ERwin
3 1 (4.55%) Gatling
3 1 (4.55%) Git
3 1 (4.55%) Jenkins
3 1 (4.55%) Locust
3 1 (4.55%) REST Assured
General
1 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Finance
3 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
4 2 (9.09%) Banking
4 2 (9.09%) Financial Institution
5 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Coordinator
1 5 (22.73%) Security Assurance Coordinator
2 4 (18.18%) Architect
2 4 (18.18%) Senior
3 3 (13.64%) Lead
4 2 (9.09%) Applications Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Head of Cybersecurity
4 2 (9.09%) Head of Security
4 2 (9.09%) ICT Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Lead Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Lead Security Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Network Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Programme Director
4 2 (9.09%) Security Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Tester
5 1 (4.55%) Functional Tester
5 1 (4.55%) Principal Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (18.18%) Leaflet
2 2 (9.09%) AngularJS
2 2 (9.09%) Node.js
3 1 (4.55%) CSS
3 1 (4.55%) EDI
3 1 (4.55%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (4.55%) HTML
3 1 (4.55%) Middleware
3 1 (4.55%) PySpark
3 1 (4.55%) REST
3 1 (4.55%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.55%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.55%) Distributed Architecture
3 1 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.55%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Agile
2 7 (31.82%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (31.82%) Decision-Making
2 7 (31.82%) Risk Management
3 5 (22.73%) Business Case
3 5 (22.73%) Impact Assessments
3 5 (22.73%) Information Security
3 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (18.18%) Analytics
4 4 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (18.18%) Data Governance
4 4 (18.18%) Information Security Management
4 4 (18.18%) Security Management
4 4 (18.18%) Software Testing
5 3 (13.64%) CI/CD
5 3 (13.64%) Defect Management
5 3 (13.64%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 3 (13.64%) Information Governance
5 3 (13.64%) Test Planning
5 3 (13.64%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) SQL
2 2 (9.09%) Python
3 1 (4.55%) Bicep
3 1 (4.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (59.09%) Security Cleared
2 10 (45.45%) CISSP
3 9 (40.91%) SC Cleared
4 8 (36.36%) CESG Certified Professional
5 6 (27.27%) DV Cleared
6 4 (18.18%) CISM
6 4 (18.18%) CISMP
7 3 (13.64%) Azure Certification
7 3 (13.64%) ISTQB
7 3 (13.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (9.09%) CCNA
8 2 (9.09%) CCNP
8 2 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 2 (9.09%) PMI Certification
8 2 (9.09%) PMP
9 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (4.55%) Degree
9 1 (4.55%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) Def Stans
1 5 (22.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (22.73%) NIST
1 5 (22.73%) RMADS
2 3 (13.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (13.64%) Data Quality
3 1 (4.55%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Databricks
2 2 (9.09%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.55%) Google
3 1 (4.55%) Splunk