UK Ministry of Defence Architectural Framework (MODAF)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring MODAF skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited MODAF over the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 844 876
Rank change year-on-year +552 +32 +304
Permanent jobs citing MODAF 607 64 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.08% 0.059% 0.048%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 0.071% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 498 21 42
10th Percentile - £52,500 £43,750
25th Percentile - £55,000 £58,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £67,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.83% -4.29% +9.38%
75th Percentile - £97,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £58,943 £107,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,683 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -20.53% -14.29% +27.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

MODAF 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 52,374 89,733 89,113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 92.95% 82.98% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 26,156 62,034 53,948
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -9.54% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,890 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.78% -9.09% +4.76%

MODAF
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing MODAF as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for MODAF in the UK

MODAF
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MODAF.

Salary trend for MODAF in the UK

MODAF
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MODAF over the 6 months to 9 June 2025.

Salary histogram for MODAF in the UK

MODAF
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MODAF within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 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
UK excluding London +502 573 £47,683 -20.53% 33
Work from Home +448 530 £47,683 -20.53% 27
England +493 458 £47,683 -28.83% 35
North of England +193 149 £47,683 - 2
South East +205 125 £47,683 -34.46% 7
Scotland +185 99 £47,683 -
North West +94 99 £57,560 - 2
South West +152 75 £47,683 -20.53% 13
Midlands +137 50 £47,683 - 3
Yorkshire +102 50 £47,683 -
East Midlands +101 50 £47,683 - 1
East of England - 50 £47,683 - 6
Wales +65 25 £47,683 - 2
London +122 9 - - 1

MODAF
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 3 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 65 (10.71%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 65 (10.71%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 9 (1.48%) AWS
1 9 (1.48%) Azure
1 9 (1.48%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.33%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 65 (10.71%) Rational DOORS
General
1 523 (86.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 596 (98.19%) Systems Engineer
2 65 (10.71%) Platform Engineer
3 11 (1.81%) Architect
4 10 (1.65%) Lead
4 10 (1.65%) Lead Systems Engineer
4 10 (1.65%) Radar Engineer
5 9 (1.48%) Solutions Architect
6 7 (1.15%) AWS Architect
7 6 (0.99%) AWS Solution Architect
7 6 (0.99%) Azure Architect
8 5 (0.82%) Applications Architect
8 5 (0.82%) Senior
8 5 (0.82%) Senior Architect
8 5 (0.82%) Senior Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.49%) Integration Architect
9 3 (0.49%) Technical Architect
9 3 (0.49%) Technical Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.33%) Enterprise Architect
11 1 (0.16%) Digital Architect
11 1 (0.16%) UML Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.33%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 67 (11.04%) Product Ownership
2 7 (1.15%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 598 (98.52%) Agile
2 596 (98.19%) SysML
3 538 (88.63%) UML
4 531 (87.48%) Systems Engineering
5 523 (86.16%) Cybersecurity
6 76 (12.52%) TOGAF
7 72 (11.86%) ArchiMate
8 65 (10.71%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 65 (10.71%) Platform Engineering
8 65 (10.71%) Programme Delivery
8 65 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 10 (1.65%) People Management
9 10 (1.65%) Roadmaps
10 9 (1.48%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 9 (1.48%) Scrum
11 8 (1.32%) Architecture Roadmap
12 7 (1.15%) Decision-Making
12 7 (1.15%) Kanban
12 7 (1.15%) Target Operating Model
12 7 (1.15%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 531 (87.48%) MATLAB
2 2 (0.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 596 (98.19%) BPSS Clearance
1 596 (98.19%) Degree
2 65 (10.71%) TOGAF Certification
3 2 (0.33%) CISSP
3 2 (0.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (0.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 65 (10.71%) Sparx
2 6 (0.99%) Google
2 6 (0.99%) IBM
2 6 (0.99%) Oracle
2 6 (0.99%) Salesforce
3 2 (0.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (0.33%) VMware