TOGAF Job Trends in the North West

The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring TOGAF skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 150 169
Rank change year-on-year +4 +19 +57
Permanent jobs citing TOGAF 33 55 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.54% 1.06% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 1.17% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 22 26 11
10th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £96,250
25th Percentile £63,225 £60,000 £103,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -34.55% +69.23%
75th Percentile £76,875 £77,500 -
90th Percentile £84,700 £80,500 -
England median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 £80,500
% change year-on-year +3.13% -0.62% +0.63%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

TOGAF 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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,116 4,694 3,486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.01% 90.27% 89.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,462 2,311 2,675
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,320 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

TOGAF
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing TOGAF relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

TOGAF job vacancy trend in the North West

TOGAF
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing TOGAF.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing TOGAF

TOGAF
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing TOGAF in the North West over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for TOGAF in the North West

TOGAF
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TOGAF within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +10 22 £70,000 -6.67% 5
Lancashire +12 7 £61,950 -10.22% 2
Merseyside -2 2 £73,750 - 1
Cheshire -14 2 £84,000 -2.89% 4
TOGAF
England

TOGAF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (48.48%) Azure
2 11 (33.33%) AWS
3 5 (15.15%) GCP
4 4 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (9.09%) GitHub
6 2 (6.06%) IaaS
6 2 (6.06%) Power Platform
7 1 (3.03%) PaaS
7 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.09%) BGP
1 3 (9.09%) DHCP
1 3 (9.09%) DNS
1 3 (9.09%) Firewall
1 3 (9.09%) LAN
1 3 (9.09%) Network Security
1 3 (9.09%) OSPF
1 3 (9.09%) SAN
1 3 (9.09%) SD-WAN
1 3 (9.09%) TCP/IP
1 3 (9.09%) VLAN
1 3 (9.09%) VPN
1 3 (9.09%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.09%) NoSQL
2 1 (3.03%) Power BI
2 1 (3.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 12 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 9 (27.27%) Finance
3 4 (12.12%) Back Office
4 3 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 3 (9.09%) Retail
5 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Banking
6 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (72.73%) Architect
2 20 (60.61%) Solutions Architect
3 6 (18.18%) Senior
3 6 (18.18%) Senior Architect
3 6 (18.18%) Senior Solutions Architect
4 5 (15.15%) AWS Architect
4 5 (15.15%) AWS Solution Architect
4 5 (15.15%) TOGAF Architect
5 3 (9.09%) AWS DevOps
5 3 (9.09%) DevOps Architect
5 3 (9.09%) Enterprise Architect
5 3 (9.09%) Enterprise Architecture Director
5 3 (9.09%) IT Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Network Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Senior DevOps
6 2 (6.06%) Enterprise Information Architect
6 2 (6.06%) Information Architect
6 2 (6.06%) Information Security Architect
6 2 (6.06%) Lead
6 2 (6.06%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Management Information System
2 5 (15.15%) Cloud Native
3 3 (9.09%) Data Centre
4 2 (6.06%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (60.61%) Enterprise Architecture
2 9 (27.27%) Agile
2 9 (27.27%) Roadmaps
3 8 (24.24%) DevOps
3 8 (24.24%) ITIL
4 7 (21.21%) IT Strategy
4 7 (21.21%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (18.18%) Mentoring
5 6 (18.18%) Strategic Thinking
5 6 (18.18%) UML
6 5 (15.15%) Architectural Design
6 5 (15.15%) Business Strategy
6 5 (15.15%) CI/CD
7 4 (12.12%) ArchiMate
7 4 (12.12%) Business Transformation
7 4 (12.12%) Data Privacy
7 4 (12.12%) Information Architecture
7 4 (12.12%) Microservices
7 4 (12.12%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.15%) Python
2 3 (9.09%) Bicep
2 3 (9.09%) C#
2 3 (9.09%) Java
2 3 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 3 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (48.48%) TOGAF Certification
2 10 (30.30%) Azure Certification
3 8 (24.24%) AWS Certification
3 8 (24.24%) Degree
4 5 (15.15%) CISSP
5 4 (12.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 4 (12.12%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (9.09%) CCIE
6 3 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (9.09%) Master's Degree
6 3 (9.09%) MBA
6 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (6.06%) CISM
7 2 (6.06%) DBS Check
7 2 (6.06%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.09%) GDPR
1 3 (9.09%) HIPAA
1 3 (9.09%) NIST
2 2 (6.06%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (9.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (15.15%) Google
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft
3 3 (9.09%) VMware
4 1 (3.03%) Alteryx
4 1 (3.03%) Ariba
4 1 (3.03%) Databricks
4 1 (3.03%) SAP