UK Ministry of Defence Architectural Framework (MODAF)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for MODAF skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited MODAF over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 539 668 799
Rank change year-on-year +129 +131 -117
Contract jobs citing MODAF 32 19 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.075% 0.033% 0.051%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.087% 0.037% 0.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 13 29
10th Percentile £525 £457 £540
25th Percentile £544 £469 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% - +7.62%
75th Percentile £637 £675 £775
90th Percentile £740 £740 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £598 £488 £600
% change year-on-year +22.56% -18.75% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 8
10th Percentile £50.23 £66.08 £53.88
25th Percentile £56.49 £68.09 £55.63
Median hourly rate £57.33 £76.71 £58.98
Median % change year-on-year -25.26% +30.06% +47.44%
75th Percentile £57.37 £80.99 £82.24
90th Percentile £64.25 £81.59 £90.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.33 £76.71 £57.95
% change year-on-year -25.26% +32.36% +44.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

MODAF is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,673 51,121 79,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.13% 89.77% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,631 35,432 55,673
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,683 1,892
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.99 £16.01 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -4.99%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MODAF.

Daily rate trend for MODAF in the UK

MODAF
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MODAF over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MODAF in the UK

MODAF
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MODAF.

Hourly rate trend for MODAF in the UK

MODAF
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing MODAF over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for MODAF in the UK

MODAF
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MODAF within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +121 31 £610 +1.67% 26
UK excluding London +69 23 £598 +22.56% 27
South West +18 18 £620 -8.15% 13
Work from Home +111 14 £588 +10.59% 11
London +101 8 £616 +0.53% 1
North of England +35 3 £563 - 8
North West +22 2 £563 - 8
South East +31 1 £645 +32.31% 4
East of England +3 1 - - 1
North East - 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.13%) Apache Spark
1 1 (3.13%) SAS
Business Applications
1 14 (43.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.25%) AWS
2 1 (3.13%) Azure
2 1 (3.13%) GCP
2 1 (3.13%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.50%) WAN
2 2 (6.25%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.13%) 4G
3 1 (3.13%) 5G
3 1 (3.13%) Network Security
3 1 (3.13%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Big Data
1 1 (3.13%) Data Lake
1 1 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.13%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 6 (18.75%) Rational DOORS
General
1 12 (37.50%) Military
2 7 (21.88%) Social Skills
3 5 (15.63%) Aerospace
3 5 (15.63%) Public Sector
4 4 (12.50%) Legal
4 4 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Local Government
6 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (59.38%) Architect
2 8 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
3 5 (15.63%) Systems Architect
4 4 (12.50%) Delivery Manager
4 4 (12.50%) Enterprise Architect
4 4 (12.50%) IT Manager
4 4 (12.50%) Network Architect
5 2 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.13%) AWS Architect
6 1 (3.13%) Azure Architect
6 1 (3.13%) Azure Data Architect
6 1 (3.13%) IT Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) IT Security Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Network Communications Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Network Systems Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Security Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Senior
6 1 (3.13%) Senior IT Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (12.50%) Product Ownership
3 2 (6.25%) Cloud Native
3 2 (6.25%) Robotics
4 1 (3.13%) Algorithms
4 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Linux
1 1 (3.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (65.63%) TOGAF
2 20 (62.50%) ArchiMate
3 18 (56.25%) SysML
4 17 (53.13%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 14 (43.75%) UML
6 11 (34.38%) Systems Engineering
7 10 (31.25%) Agile
7 10 (31.25%) Enterprise Architecture
8 9 (28.13%) Customer Requirements
8 9 (28.13%) DevOps
8 9 (28.13%) DoDAF
9 8 (25.00%) PRINCE2
10 7 (21.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 6 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (18.75%) Information Assurance
11 6 (18.75%) IT Strategy
11 6 (18.75%) Mentoring
11 6 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (18.75%) Zachman Framework
12 5 (15.63%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.13%) MATLAB
1 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 21 (65.63%) SC Cleared
3 11 (34.38%) DV Cleared
4 8 (25.00%) Degree
5 6 (18.75%) TOGAF Certification
6 4 (12.50%) PMI Certification
6 4 (12.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.75%) NCSC
2 4 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (6.25%) COBIT
3 2 (6.25%) NIST
4 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
4 1 (3.13%) JSP 440
4 1 (3.13%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Firmware
Vendors
1 14 (43.75%) Sparx
2 3 (9.38%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (3.13%) Google
3 1 (3.13%) MuleSoft