Skills frameworks

Skills Framework for the Information Age

SFIA Framework

The Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) provides a common reference model for the identification of the skills needed to develop effective Information Systems (IS) making use of Information Communications Technologies (ICT).

SFIA enables employers of IT professionals to carry out a range of HR activities against a common framework of reference - including skill audit, planning future skill requirements, development programmes, standardisation of job titles and functions, and resource allocation.

The SFIA Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation created in 2003 and whose members are e-skills UK, the BCS (British Computer Society), the IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers), the IMIS (Institute for the Management of Information Systems) and the itSMF (the IT Service Management Forum). The Foundation coordinates activities to facilitate the availability and implementation of SFIA throughout the UK and beyond. 

Version 4 of SFIA was launched in Decmber 08. The framework was reviewed to bring it up to date with current good practice including alignment with the subject-based disciplines of the IT Professional Competency Model (e-skills procom). e-skills procom is an industry-recognised framework for organising qualifications and learning by the disciplines of the IT profession. It enables employers to plan learning and development based on a SFIA-defined job role.

Find out more: www.sfia.org.uk

Last modified: 05 Nov 2009