SFIA Job Trends in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London 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 368 428 440
Rank change year-on-year +60 +12 +162
Permanent jobs citing SFIA 7 3 4
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.051% 0.019% 0.023%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.058% 0.020% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £65,750 - £74,500
25th Percentile £78,125 - £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.03%
75th Percentile £95,625 - £92,500
90th Percentile £96,750 - £95,500
England median annual salary £82,950 £60,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +38.25% -25.00% +45.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,162 14,894 16,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 88.56% 94.33% 92.94%
Number of salaries quoted 7,768 8,375 13,273
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,881 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

SFIA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

SFIA job vacancy trend in London

SFIA
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing SFIA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing SFIA

SFIA
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for SFIA in London

SFIA
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SFIA within the London 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
West London - 1 £95,000 -
SFIA
England

SFIA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) AWS Data Pipeline
1 1 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (14.29%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Commercial Contracts Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Commercial Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Contracts Manager
1 2 (28.57%) IT Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Compliance Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Data Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Governance Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Salesforce Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Salesforce Technical Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Middleware
1 1 (14.29%) OAuth
1 1 (14.29%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) DevOps
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Contract Management
3 2 (28.57%) Contract Negotiation
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) API Design
4 1 (14.29%) Data Ingestion
4 1 (14.29%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 1 (14.29%) DevSecOps
4 1 (14.29%) Integration Patterns
4 1 (14.29%) Observability
4 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Debt
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) COBIT
2 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
2 1 (14.29%) GRC
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Salesforce