Roadmaps Contracts

Roadmaps
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Roadmaps skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Roadmaps over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 35 42
Rank change year-on-year -14 +7 +10
Contract jobs citing Roadmaps 1,618 3,018 4,790
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.76% 5.38% 5.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.40% 6.00% 6.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,042 2,160 3,376
10th Percentile £401 £425 £415
25th Percentile £481 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £688
90th Percentile £825 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £573 £565 £550
% change year-on-year +1.33% +2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 39 45
10th Percentile £33.00 £36.23 £27.60
25th Percentile £41.09 £45.00 £34.25
Median hourly rate £60.60 £65.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.77% +44.44% -
75th Percentile £84.67 £80.63 £75.00
90th Percentile £91.20 £90.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £59.55 £65.50 £60.92
% change year-on-year -9.09% +7.52% +43.34%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Roadmaps 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 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

Roadmaps
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Roadmaps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Roadmaps in the UK

Roadmaps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Roadmaps in the UK

Roadmaps
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Roadmaps over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Roadmaps in the UK

Roadmaps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Roadmaps in the UK

Roadmaps
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Roadmaps over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Roadmaps in the UK

Roadmaps
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Roadmaps within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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 -15 1,365 £600 -0.83% 1,490
London -12 732 £600 -4.00% 735
UK excluding London -16 714 £573 +1.33% 787
Work from Home -11 575 £573 -4.58% 720
South East -21 189 £550 -10.20% 205
North of England -16 169 £570 +3.64% 213
Scotland -8 128 £492 -1.60% 55
North West -2 113 £585 +6.36% 137
Midlands -6 100 £675 +3.85% 142
West Midlands -1 85 £675 - 101
South West +2 84 £600 +2.13% 80
Yorkshire -18 49 £445 -24.26% 56
East of England -40 40 £635 -2.31% 81
East Midlands -26 13 £445 -31.54% 41
North East -1 7 £850 +61.90% 21
Northern Ireland +3 5 £640 +16.36% 12
Wales -6 3 £625 +4.17% 13

Roadmaps
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 46 (2.84%) Confluence
2 35 (2.16%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.24%) CMS
3 20 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.62%) SAS
5 7 (0.43%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.25%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.25%) Drupal
8 3 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.19%) Apache
8 3 (0.19%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.12%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.12%) IIS
9 2 (0.12%) LiveLink
9 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.12%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.12%) WordPress
10 1 (0.062%) Camunda
Applications
1 34 (2.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.62%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.43%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.19%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.12%) Trello
9 1 (0.062%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 49 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 26 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.87%) Aladdin
4 10 (0.62%) SAP FI
4 10 (0.62%) Workday HCM
5 9 (0.56%) SAP CO
5 9 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
6 8 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
6 8 (0.49%) SAP SD
7 5 (0.31%) SAP ERP
7 5 (0.31%) Shopify
8 4 (0.25%) Infor SunSystems
8 4 (0.25%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 4 (0.25%) SAP BPC
8 4 (0.25%) SAP MM
8 4 (0.25%) Workfront
9 3 (0.19%) Fidessa
9 3 (0.19%) SAP Hybris
9 3 (0.19%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 254 (15.70%) Azure
2 200 (12.36%) AWS
3 73 (4.51%) Microsoft 365
4 68 (4.20%) SaaS
5 66 (4.08%) Power Platform
6 60 (3.71%) GCP
7 51 (3.15%) PaaS
8 34 (2.10%) Dynamics 365
9 31 (1.92%) IaaS
10 29 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
10 29 (1.79%) SuccessFactors
11 26 (1.61%) GitHub
12 25 (1.55%) Serverless
13 24 (1.48%) AWS CloudFormation
13 24 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
14 22 (1.36%) Entra ID
15 16 (0.99%) AWS Lambda
16 15 (0.93%) PowerApps
17 14 (0.87%) OpenShift
18 13 (0.80%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 80 (4.94%) Firewall
2 38 (2.35%) VPN
3 36 (2.22%) Network Security
4 30 (1.85%) DNS
5 29 (1.79%) VoIP
6 27 (1.67%) WAN
7 19 (1.17%) 5G
8 15 (0.93%) LAN
9 14 (0.87%) 4G
10 13 (0.80%) MPLS
10 13 (0.80%) Radio Access Network
11 12 (0.74%) Intranet
12 11 (0.68%) BGP
12 11 (0.68%) DHCP
12 11 (0.68%) TCP/IP
13 9 (0.56%) SDH
13 9 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (0.49%) Cisco Nexus
14 8 (0.49%) CTI
14 8 (0.49%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (3.58%) Power BI
2 35 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (1.42%) Tableau
5 22 (1.36%) NoSQL
6 21 (1.30%) Big Data
7 20 (1.24%) Data Lake
7 20 (1.24%) SQL Server
8 17 (1.05%) Metadata
8 17 (1.05%) MongoDB
9 12 (0.74%) Oracle Database
10 11 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
11 10 (0.62%) OLAP
11 10 (0.62%) OLTP
12 9 (0.56%) Amazon Aurora
13 8 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (0.49%) GIS
13 8 (0.49%) SAP BW
13 8 (0.49%) SAP HANA
14 7 (0.43%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 117 (7.23%) JIRA
2 35 (2.16%) Jenkins
3 29 (1.79%) Git
4 18 (1.11%) Rational DOORS
5 13 (0.80%) Artifactory
6 11 (0.68%) GitLab
6 11 (0.68%) LoadRunner
7 10 (0.62%) TeamCity
8 9 (0.56%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.43%) Selenium
10 6 (0.37%) JMeter
10 6 (0.37%) NeoLoad
11 5 (0.31%) Postman
11 5 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
11 5 (0.31%) Subversion
12 4 (0.25%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.25%) webpack
13 3 (0.19%) JUnit
13 3 (0.19%) Visual Website Optimizer
13 3 (0.19%) XCUITest
General
1 443 (27.38%) Social Skills
2 372 (22.99%) Finance
3 201 (12.42%) Analytical Skills
4 190 (11.74%) Public Sector
5 122 (7.54%) Banking
6 79 (4.88%) Telecoms
7 73 (4.51%) Influencing Skills
8 71 (4.39%) Presentation Skills
9 63 (3.89%) Legal
10 58 (3.58%) Marketing
11 57 (3.52%) Retail
12 52 (3.21%) Manufacturing
13 38 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 30 (1.85%) Front Office
15 26 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
16 23 (1.42%) Investment Banking
17 21 (1.30%) Military
18 18 (1.11%) Law
19 17 (1.05%) Back Office
20 15 (0.93%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 476 (29.42%) Architect
2 175 (10.82%) Senior
3 169 (10.44%) Analyst
4 154 (9.52%) Solutions Architect
5 151 (9.33%) Lead
6 111 (6.86%) Consultant
7 107 (6.61%) Product Manager
8 95 (5.87%) Business Analyst
9 85 (5.25%) Product Owner
10 76 (4.70%) Enterprise Architect
11 73 (4.51%) Technical Architect
12 54 (3.34%) Developer
13 53 (3.28%) Project Manager
14 42 (2.60%) Data Architect
15 39 (2.41%) Security Architect
16 37 (2.29%) Delivery Manager
17 34 (2.10%) Network Engineer
18 33 (2.04%) Lead Architect
19 31 (1.92%) Senior Manager
20 30 (1.85%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (2.16%) Node.js
2 33 (2.04%) REST
3 29 (1.79%) .NET
4 27 (1.67%) React
5 23 (1.42%) HTML
5 23 (1.42%) Web Services
6 19 (1.17%) CSS
6 19 (1.17%) JSON
7 16 (0.99%) Spring Boot
7 16 (0.99%) XML
8 15 (0.93%) Middleware
9 14 (0.87%) SOAP
10 13 (0.80%) AngularJS
10 13 (0.80%) SAML
10 13 (0.80%) Spring
11 12 (0.74%) AWS CDK
12 11 (0.68%) J2EE
13 10 (0.62%) Kafka
13 10 (0.62%) LDAP
14 9 (0.56%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 222 (13.72%) Product Ownership
2 94 (5.81%) Management Information System
3 38 (2.35%) Data Centre
4 34 (2.10%) Public Cloud
5 33 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
6 28 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
7 26 (1.61%) Fixed Income
8 25 (1.55%) Hedge funds
9 24 (1.48%) Mobile App
10 23 (1.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 23 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
11 21 (1.30%) Derivative
12 20 (1.24%) Security Posture
13 19 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
13 19 (1.17%) Equities
14 18 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
15 17 (1.05%) PKI
15 17 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
16 16 (0.99%) Cloud Native
16 16 (0.99%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 70 (4.33%) Linux
2 68 (4.20%) Windows
3 41 (2.53%) Apple iOS
4 32 (1.98%) Android
5 26 (1.61%) Unix
6 22 (1.36%) Windows Server
7 13 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.37%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.25%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.19%) Solaris
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.062%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.062%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 542 (33.50%) Agile
2 278 (17.18%) Strategic Roadmap
3 243 (15.02%) Product Roadmap
4 223 (13.78%) Problem-Solving
5 217 (13.41%) DevOps
6 214 (13.23%) Stakeholder Management
7 174 (10.75%) Project Management
8 169 (10.44%) Analytics
9 160 (9.89%) Continuous Improvement
10 159 (9.83%) Scrum
11 153 (9.46%) Business Strategy
12 146 (9.02%) Migration
13 133 (8.22%) IT Strategy
14 126 (7.79%) Decision-Making
15 121 (7.48%) Enterprise Architecture
16 120 (7.42%) Technology Roadmap
17 117 (7.23%) Product Management
18 105 (6.49%) CI/CD
18 105 (6.49%) User Experience
19 104 (6.43%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 130 (8.03%) Python
2 110 (6.80%) SQL
3 83 (5.13%) Java
4 45 (2.78%) JavaScript
5 40 (2.47%) PowerShell
6 33 (2.04%) TypeScript
7 27 (1.67%) C++
8 22 (1.36%) C#
9 21 (1.30%) Bash
10 11 (0.68%) C
11 10 (0.62%) VB.NET
12 9 (0.56%) Perl
12 9 (0.56%) Shell Script
13 8 (0.49%) VBA
14 7 (0.43%) Go
15 5 (0.31%) Scala
15 5 (0.31%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.31%) VBScript
16 4 (0.25%) PHP
16 4 (0.25%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 258 (15.95%) Security Cleared
2 214 (13.23%) Degree
3 177 (10.94%) SC Cleared
4 83 (5.13%) DV Cleared
5 59 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 46 (2.84%) Master's Degree
7 34 (2.10%) Cisco Certification
8 24 (1.48%) CISSP
9 21 (1.30%) PMP
10 20 (1.24%) TOGAF Certification
11 18 (1.11%) CCNP
12 16 (0.99%) CISM
12 16 (0.99%) PMI Certification
13 15 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
14 14 (0.87%) Azure Certification
15 11 (0.68%) HND
16 8 (0.49%) CCIE
16 8 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
17 7 (0.43%) CIMA
17 7 (0.43%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (3.65%) QA
2 54 (3.34%) NIST
3 40 (2.47%) Data Quality
4 37 (2.29%) PMO
5 32 (1.98%) Accessibility
6 31 (1.92%) GDPR
7 24 (1.48%) SLA
8 16 (0.99%) Disclosure Scotland
9 13 (0.80%) PCI DSS
10 12 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 11 (0.68%) COBIT
11 11 (0.68%) GRC
12 5 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.25%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 3 (0.19%) ITGC
15 2 (0.12%) GxP
System Software
1 46 (2.84%) Active Directory
2 32 (1.98%) Docker
3 26 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.43%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.37%) vSphere
7 5 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.19%) XenApp
9 2 (0.12%) Ceph
9 2 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.062%) Firmware
10 1 (0.062%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.062%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 69 (4.26%) Terraform
2 51 (3.15%) Kubernetes
3 47 (2.90%) Ansible
4 11 (0.68%) FortiGate
5 10 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.49%) Grafana
7 7 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 7 (0.43%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (0.25%) Kibana
8 4 (0.25%) Opsgenie
8 4 (0.25%) PingFederate
8 4 (0.25%) Puppet
8 4 (0.25%) SCCM
8 4 (0.25%) WSUS
9 3 (0.19%) SolarWinds Orion
10 2 (0.12%) Argo
10 2 (0.12%) Nagios
10 2 (0.12%) OpenView
10 2 (0.12%) Pacemaker
Vendors
1 227 (14.03%) Microsoft
2 114 (7.05%) SAP
3 59 (3.65%) Google
4 56 (3.46%) ServiceNow
5 52 (3.21%) Cisco
6 42 (2.60%) Oracle
7 33 (2.04%) Salesforce
7 33 (2.04%) VMware
8 30 (1.85%) Nokia
9 26 (1.61%) IBM
10 25 (1.55%) Juniper
11 19 (1.17%) Bloomberg
11 19 (1.17%) Palo Alto
12 17 (1.05%) Workday
13 16 (0.99%) Atlassian
13 16 (0.99%) Red Hat
14 14 (0.87%) Databricks
15 13 (0.80%) Informatica
15 13 (0.80%) Splunk
16 12 (0.74%) Adobe