Technology Roadmap Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Technology Roadmaps
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Technology Roadmap skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 110 123
Rank change year-on-year +7 +13 +37
Contract jobs citing Technology Roadmap 18 9 7
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.95% 0.50% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 0.54% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 3 5
10th Percentile £533 £481 £531
25th Percentile £538 £498 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £721 £550 £725
Median % change year-on-year +31.14% -24.14% +16.00%
75th Percentile £841 £663 £788
90th Percentile £941 £715 £885
Central London median daily rate £721 £510 £550
% change year-on-year +41.35% -7.23% -12.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Technology Roadmap falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,690 1,661 2,137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.99% 91.46% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,173 989 1,531
10th Percentile £351 £363 £350
25th Percentile £426 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £568
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% +1.32% -5.42%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £776 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £551
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.40% -6.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 8 14
10th Percentile £20.06 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.06 £28.94 £19.18
Median hourly rate £31.00 £40.50 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.46% +28.57% -10.00%
75th Percentile £42.65 £64.56 £45.06
90th Percentile £52.64 £112.00 £66.70
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -17.60%

Technology Roadmap
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Technology Roadmap relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Technology Roadmap job vacancy trend in the City of London

Technology Roadmap
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Technology Roadmap.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Technology Roadmap

Technology Roadmap
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technology Roadmap in the City of London over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Technology Roadmap in the City of London

Technology Roadmap
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Technology Roadmap.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Technology Roadmap

Technology Roadmap
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Actimize
1 1 (5.56%) Endur
1 1 (5.56%) Exchequer
1 1 (5.56%) OpenLink RightAngle
1 1 (5.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 5 (27.78%) AWS
1 5 (27.78%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (11.11%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (5.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (5.56%) Amazon SageMaker
3 1 (5.56%) AWS Control Tower
3 1 (5.56%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) DHCP
1 1 (5.56%) DNS
1 1 (5.56%) Firewall
1 1 (5.56%) VPN
General
1 11 (61.11%) Social Skills
2 9 (50.00%) Finance
3 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Banking
4 2 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.56%) Back Office
5 1 (5.56%) Front Office
5 1 (5.56%) Military
5 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Architect
2 4 (22.22%) Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Lead
3 3 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Architect
4 2 (11.11%) HR Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) HR Business Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Lead Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Lead Solutions Architect
4 2 (11.11%) SAP Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) SAP Business Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) SAP HR Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) SAP HR Business Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Technical Leader
5 1 (5.56%) Endur Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Head of Release Management
5 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365 Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) .NET
1 1 (5.56%) Kafka
1 1 (5.56%) OpenTelemetry
1 1 (5.56%) Vert.x
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
2 1 (5.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Linux
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
1 2 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 9 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (38.89%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (27.78%) Agile
6 4 (22.22%) Business Analysis
6 4 (22.22%) Collaborative Culture
6 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (22.22%) Strategic Roadmap
7 3 (16.67%) Data Analysis
7 3 (16.67%) IT Strategy
7 3 (16.67%) ITIL
7 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
7 3 (16.67%) Service Delivery
7 3 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
7 3 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
7 3 (16.67%) User Stories
7 3 (16.67%) Validation
8 2 (11.11%) Project Management
8 2 (11.11%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) Java
1 2 (11.11%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 2 (11.11%) SQL
2 1 (5.56%) Bash
2 1 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) Azure Certification
2 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.56%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) GDPR
1 3 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (16.67%) QA
2 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) Ansible
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (11.11%) Terraform
2 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) CyberArk
2 2 (11.11%) LogRhythm
2 2 (11.11%) McAfee
2 2 (11.11%) SAP
2 2 (11.11%) Trend Micro
3 1 (5.56%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (5.56%) Datto
3 1 (5.56%) OpenLink
3 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.56%) Sparx
3 1 (5.56%) Veeam