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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 291 821 924
Rank change year-on-year +530 +103 +213
Permanent jobs citing MODAF 591 57 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.07% 0.058% 0.048%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.14% 0.067% 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 498 19 47
10th Percentile - £52,500 £47,500
25th Percentile - £53,750 £59,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.64% -7.14% +27.27%
75th Percentile - £97,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £58,943 £115,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,683 £60,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -20.53% -20.00% +36.36%

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 51,711 84,738 96,776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.87% 85.57% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 26,444 59,708 57,080
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,450 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.90% -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 14 May 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 14 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
UK excluding London +511 557 £47,683 -20.53% 96
Work from Home +450 513 £47,683 -20.53% 94
England +464 447 £47,683 -26.64% 95
North of England +183 147 £47,683 - 19
South East +210 120 £47,683 -34.46% 25
North West +90 99 £57,560 - 8
Scotland +195 96 £47,683 - 4
South West +152 73 £47,683 -18.49% 20
Midlands +108 49 £47,683 - 16
East Midlands +79 49 £47,683 - 6
Yorkshire +121 48 £47,683 - 9
East of England - 48 £47,683 - 12
Wales +63 24 £47,683 - 2
London +117 10 - - 8

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 4 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (0.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 65 (11.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 65 (11.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 10 (1.69%) AWS
1 10 (1.69%) Azure
1 10 (1.69%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.34%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 65 (11.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 506 (85.62%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 579 (97.97%) Systems Engineer
2 65 (11.00%) Platform Engineer
3 12 (2.03%) Architect
4 10 (1.69%) Lead
4 10 (1.69%) Lead Systems Engineer
4 10 (1.69%) Radar Engineer
4 10 (1.69%) Solutions Architect
5 8 (1.35%) AWS Architect
6 7 (1.18%) AWS Solution Architect
6 7 (1.18%) Azure Architect
7 5 (0.85%) Applications Architect
7 5 (0.85%) Senior
7 5 (0.85%) Senior Architect
7 5 (0.85%) Senior Solutions Architect
8 3 (0.51%) Integration Architect
8 3 (0.51%) Technical Architect
8 3 (0.51%) Technical Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.34%) Digital Architect
9 2 (0.34%) Digital Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.34%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.34%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 67 (11.34%) Product Ownership
2 7 (1.18%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 581 (98.31%) Agile
2 579 (97.97%) SysML
3 522 (88.32%) UML
4 514 (86.97%) Systems Engineering
5 506 (85.62%) Cybersecurity
6 77 (13.03%) TOGAF
7 73 (12.35%) ArchiMate
8 65 (11.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 65 (11.00%) Platform Engineering
8 65 (11.00%) Programme Delivery
8 65 (11.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 11 (1.86%) Roadmaps
10 10 (1.69%) People Management
10 10 (1.69%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 10 (1.69%) Scrum
11 9 (1.52%) Architecture Roadmap
12 8 (1.35%) Kanban
12 8 (1.35%) Target Operating Model
12 8 (1.35%) Waterfall
13 7 (1.18%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 514 (86.97%) MATLAB
2 2 (0.34%) Java
Qualifications
1 579 (97.97%) BPSS Clearance
1 579 (97.97%) Degree
2 65 (11.00%) TOGAF Certification
3 2 (0.34%) CISSP
3 2 (0.34%) SC Cleared
3 2 (0.34%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 65 (11.00%) Sparx
2 6 (1.02%) Google
2 6 (1.02%) IBM
2 6 (1.02%) Oracle
2 6 (1.02%) Salesforce
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft
3 2 (0.34%) VMware