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 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 113 128
Rank change year-on-year +7 +15 +45
Contract jobs citing Technology Roadmap 20 6 8
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.10% 0.29% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 0.32% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 3 6
10th Percentile £534 £481 £591
25th Percentile £538 £498 £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £550 £750
Median % change year-on-year +31.82% -26.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £864 £663 £891
90th Percentile £1,070 £715 £938
Central London median daily rate £725 £510 £725
% change year-on-year +42.09% -29.62% +16.00%

All Process and 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 1,654 1,902 2,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.68% 92.06% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,167 1,163 1,618
10th Percentile £340 £363 £363
25th Percentile £424 £466 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -1.71%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £758 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 11
10th Percentile £20.02 £15.80 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £22.00 £17.97
Median hourly rate £28.00 £42.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.12% +70.00% -41.86%
75th Percentile £41.94 £102.25 £42.38
90th Percentile £54.95 £127.30 £73.75
Central London median hourly rate £26.54 £35.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -24.19% +37.25% -37.04%

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 20 December 2025.

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 (5.00%) Endur
1 1 (5.00%) OpenLink RightAngle
1 1 (5.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 10 (50.00%) Azure
2 8 (40.00%) AWS
3 4 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (10.00%) SaaS
4 2 (10.00%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (5.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (5.00%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (5.00%) GCP
5 1 (5.00%) iPaaS
5 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) DHCP
1 1 (5.00%) DNS
1 1 (5.00%) Firewall
1 1 (5.00%) VPN
General
1 13 (65.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Finance
3 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (10.00%) Banking
5 1 (5.00%) Back Office
5 1 (5.00%) Billing
5 1 (5.00%) Front Office
5 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Architect
2 3 (15.00%) Analyst
2 3 (15.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (15.00%) Lead
2 3 (15.00%) Lead Architect
2 3 (15.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Chief Technology Officer
3 2 (10.00%) Consultant
3 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (10.00%) HR Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) HR Business Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Lead Solutions Architect
3 2 (10.00%) SAP Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) SAP Business Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) SAP HR Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) SAP HR Business Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Technical Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Presales Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) .NET
1 1 (5.00%) MACH
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Linux
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
1 2 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 9 (45.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (40.00%) Agile
4 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (30.00%) Strategic Roadmap
5 5 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
6 4 (20.00%) Business Analysis
6 4 (20.00%) IT Strategy
6 4 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
6 4 (20.00%) User Experience
7 3 (15.00%) ITIL
7 3 (15.00%) Microservices
7 3 (15.00%) Service Delivery
7 3 (15.00%) TOGAF
7 3 (15.00%) Translating Business Requirements
7 3 (15.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.00%) Bash
2 1 (5.00%) Java
2 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (15.00%) DV Cleared
4 2 (10.00%) Azure Certification
5 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) GDPR
1 5 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (15.00%) QA
3 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (5.00%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Ansible
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (10.00%) Terraform
2 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) CyberArk
2 2 (10.00%) LogRhythm
2 2 (10.00%) McAfee
2 2 (10.00%) SAP
2 2 (10.00%) Trend Micro
3 1 (5.00%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (5.00%) Datto
3 1 (5.00%) OpenLink
3 1 (5.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.00%) Sparx
3 1 (5.00%) Veeam