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SFIA Monthly News - June 2026

SFIA Monthly News - June 2026

SFIA 10 update | AI skills | Guidance and a test for building SFIA skills-based role profiles

Topics covered

  1. SFIA 10 update
  2. AI and SFIA
  3. New practical guidance: SFIA skills profiling
  4. New online test: Understanding Skills-based Role & Job Design
  5. New on My SFIA: Save content with bookmarks

SFIA 10 update

Last month we reported on the consultation workshops and what we heard from the community. This month we are sharing what has happened since, and where the SFIA 10 development work now stands. SFIA 10 is planned for release in Q4 2027.

Since the workshops

  • All workshop feedback has been reviewed
  • A summary of the topics raised at the workshops has been published on the SFIA 10 site
  • 30 change requests have been raised directly from the consultation workshops
  • There are now 84 change requests in total on the SFIA 10 site
  • Follow-up calls and discussions are under way with contributors to explore specific ideas in more depth

→ View the SFIA 10 consultation summary

The SFIA 10 themes: now published

We have now published the themes guiding SFIA 10. These go beyond what the consultation workshops alone identified; they bring together what we heard from the community, the broader direction of the industry, and themes carried forward from SFIA 9.

The published themes cover areas including:

  • Working with AI: how SFIA describes accountability and everyday capability as AI becomes part of professional practice; the single most prominent theme raised through the consultation
  • Behaviours and attributes: reviewing the behavioural factors and generic attributes to reflect what is expected of professionals today, including the human capabilities that grow in importance as work becomes more AI-enabled
  • Regulation, legislation and compliance: how SFIA reflects the growing body of regulation practitioners are accountable for, from data protection to AI governance and sustainability reporting
  • Staying relevant across key areas of practice: testing how well SFIA continues to serve communities including cybersecurity, data and analytics, digital health, service management, cloud, software engineering, and operational technology
  • How SFIA is structured: reviewing how skills are organised, how they are sized and how they fit together
  • How SFIA evolves: exploring how the framework is released, versioned and communicated to balance currency with stability
  • Connecting SFIA with related professions: extending SFIA's reach as a shared common language across domains
  • Easier to find, use and consume: improving navigation and programmatic access, including for AI tools
  • Assessment and recognition: how skills are measured, supported and credentialled

These themes are not a final programme. They will continue to develop as consultation progresses and as the Design Authority works through the detail with the community.

→ Read the SFIA 10 themes

AI and SFIA

Working with AI was the most prominent theme raised through the consultation. SFIA 9 already provides a comprehensive foundation for AI skills work and we have a full set of resources to help organisations and professionals use SFIA 9 as a framework for AI skills right now and also a interactive html view of SFIA 9 and AI and Machine learning. 

We are exploring what further support might be developed ahead of SFIA 10.

  • The consultation has surfaced important distinctions in this space. There is a meaningful difference between AI changing how an existing role is carried out and AI itself being the object of a professional's accountability.
  • Both matter.And how SFIA addresses each of them is one of the most significant design questions for SFIA 10.

New practical guidance: SFIA skills profiling

We have published a new suite of practical guidance to help you get started with - and get more from - SFIA skills profiling.

The new resources cover:

  • Where to start with SFIA skills profiling - an introduction for those new to the process
  • Getting started with SFIA skills profiling across teams - guidance for wider team and organisational rollout
  • Building SFIA-based role profiles - practical steps for creating role profiles grounded in SFIA
  • Using SFIA skills profiles in your team, function or professional area - making skills profiles work day to day

→ Explore the skills profiling guidance

New online test: Understanding Skills-based Role & Job Design

We have launched a new online test to validate your knowledge and understanding of building skills profiles using SFIA and using those profiles to manage and develop skills.

Benefits

  • Validates your knowledge of building SFIA-based skills profiles and using them to manage and develop skills
  • Opportunity to obtain a digital professional certification to share on LinkedIn and other profiles
  • Confirms you have the knowledge and confidence to build SFIA-based role profiles

Test details

  • 40 multiple-choice questions
  • Allow around half an hour to complete
  • Currently free to take - pay only for the digital badge if desired

→ Take the Understanding Skills-based Role & Job Design test

New on My SFIA: Save content with bookmarks

My SFIA provides a single place to access your account details, useful resources, bookmarked pages, downloads and updates.

It is designed to help you:

  • get back to important SFIA content quickly.
  • keep useful pages together for later reference.
  • access resources linked to your account or licence.
  • find relevant updates and resources more easily.

You can now bookmark pages on the SFIA site to save content you want to return to. Look for the bookmark option as you navigate the framework and guidance pages.

→ Visit SFIA online

Thank you for your continued engagement with the SFIA community.

Peter Leather

SFIA Updates Manager

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