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 13 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 839 876
Rank change year-on-year +538 +37 +283
Permanent jobs citing MODAF 565 65 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.01% 0.059% 0.049%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.09% 0.072% 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 457 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 51,882 90,813 88,246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 92.69% 82.65% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 25,914 62,635 53,651
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £33,825
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -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 13 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 13 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 +499 534 £47,683 -20.53% 29
Work from Home +458 487 £47,683 -20.53% 23
England +473 428 £47,683 -28.83% 31
North of England +204 143 £57,560 - 3
South East +202 115 £47,683 -34.46% 4
North West +116 97 £57,560 - 3
Scotland +194 91 £47,683 -
South West +151 70 £47,683 -20.53% 10
Midlands +122 46 £47,683 - 3
Yorkshire +108 46 £47,683 -
East Midlands +95 46 £47,683 - 1
East of England - 46 £47,683 - 7
Wales +63 23 £47,683 - 2
London +105 8 - - 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 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 65 (11.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 65 (11.50%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 9 (1.59%) AWS
2 8 (1.42%) Azure
2 8 (1.42%) GCP
3 1 (0.18%) IaaS
3 1 (0.18%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.35%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 65 (11.50%) Rational DOORS
General
1 481 (85.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 554 (98.05%) Systems Engineer
2 65 (11.50%) Platform Engineer
3 11 (1.95%) Architect
4 10 (1.77%) Lead
4 10 (1.77%) Lead Systems Engineer
4 10 (1.77%) Radar Engineer
5 9 (1.59%) Solutions Architect
6 6 (1.06%) AWS Architect
7 5 (0.88%) AWS Solution Architect
7 5 (0.88%) Azure Architect
7 5 (0.88%) Senior
7 5 (0.88%) Senior Architect
7 5 (0.88%) Senior Solutions Architect
8 4 (0.71%) Applications Architect
9 3 (0.53%) Integration Architect
9 3 (0.53%) Technical Architect
9 3 (0.53%) Technical Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.35%) Enterprise Architect
11 1 (0.18%) Digital Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.18%) TOGAF Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.35%) Kafka
2 1 (0.18%) REST
2 1 (0.18%) SOAP
2 1 (0.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (11.86%) Product Ownership
2 6 (1.06%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.18%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 556 (98.41%) Agile
2 554 (98.05%) SysML
3 495 (87.61%) UML
4 489 (86.55%) Systems Engineering
5 481 (85.13%) Cybersecurity
6 76 (13.45%) TOGAF
7 72 (12.74%) ArchiMate
8 65 (11.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 65 (11.50%) Platform Engineering
8 65 (11.50%) Programme Delivery
8 65 (11.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 10 (1.77%) People Management
10 9 (1.59%) Roadmaps
11 8 (1.42%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 8 (1.42%) Scrum
12 7 (1.24%) Architecture Roadmap
13 6 (1.06%) Decision-Making
13 6 (1.06%) Kanban
13 6 (1.06%) Stakeholder Management
13 6 (1.06%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 489 (86.55%) MATLAB
2 2 (0.35%) Java
Qualifications
1 554 (98.05%) BPSS Clearance
1 554 (98.05%) Degree
2 65 (11.50%) TOGAF Certification
3 3 (0.53%) SC Cleared
3 3 (0.53%) Security Cleared
4 2 (0.35%) CISSP
System Software
1 2 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 65 (11.50%) Sparx
2 5 (0.88%) Google
2 5 (0.88%) IBM
2 5 (0.88%) Oracle
2 5 (0.88%) Salesforce
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft
3 2 (0.35%) VMware