Roadmaps Contracts in England

Roadmaps
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Roadmaps skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Roadmaps over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 49 36
Rank change year-on-year +12 -13 +8
Contract jobs citing Roadmaps 1,256 1,441 2,756
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 5.16% 3.87% 5.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.66% 4.48% 6.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 806 978 1,981
10th Percentile £413 £404 £438
25th Percentile £500 £475 £507
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £589 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.87% -1.83% -
75th Percentile £725 £700 £709
90th Percentile £900 £825 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 31 51
10th Percentile £27.50 £33.00 -
25th Percentile £39.02 £34.81 £16.25
Median hourly rate £53.50 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.69% +30.00% +13.77%
75th Percentile £66.75 £77.79 £69.38
90th Percentile £85.78 £88.75 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £64.75 £50.25
% change year-on-year -16.60% +28.86% +14.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Roadmaps 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Roadmaps
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Roadmaps in England

Roadmaps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Roadmaps in England

Roadmaps
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Roadmaps in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Roadmaps in England

Roadmaps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Roadmaps in England

Roadmaps
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Roadmaps in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Roadmaps in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Roadmaps within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
London +10 705 £650 +8.33% 2,031
North of England +11 174 £550 -3.51% 422
South East +16 150 £575 +12.75% 607
North West +12 111 £545 -5.22% 254
South West +17 77 £536 +5.93% 162
Midlands -9 63 £500 -25.93% 199
West Midlands -14 50 £525 -22.22% 122
Yorkshire -4 47 £550 +10.00% 136
East of England +27 40 £600 -4.00% 133
North East +4 16 £625 -13.19% 33
East Midlands +14 13 £475 -13.64% 69
Roadmaps
UK

Roadmaps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (3.66%) Confluence
2 38 (3.03%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.80%) CMS
5 8 (0.64%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.56%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.48%) ArcGIS
7 6 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 5 (0.40%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.24%) IIS
9 3 (0.24%) SharePoint 2010
10 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.16%) Appian
10 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.16%) Drupal
10 2 (0.16%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.080%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.080%) nginx
11 1 (0.080%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 22 (1.75%) MS Visio
3 19 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
5 8 (0.64%) Trello
6 7 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.32%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.24%) InfoPath
8 3 (0.24%) Revit
9 1 (0.080%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.080%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.080%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.080%) Sketch
9 1 (0.080%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (2.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 7 (0.56%) Workday HCM
5 6 (0.48%) FLEXCUBE
5 6 (0.48%) Oracle BPM
6 5 (0.40%) SAP MDG
6 5 (0.40%) SAP MDG-S
7 4 (0.32%) CA PPM
8 3 (0.24%) Magento
8 3 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.24%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.24%) Shopify
9 2 (0.16%) Avolution ABACUS
9 2 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
9 2 (0.16%) Primavera
9 2 (0.16%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
10 1 (0.080%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 202 (16.08%) Azure
2 139 (11.07%) AWS
3 64 (5.10%) SaaS
4 57 (4.54%) Microsoft 365
5 49 (3.90%) GCP
6 39 (3.11%) Power Platform
7 38 (3.03%) PaaS
8 35 (2.79%) Entra ID
9 26 (2.07%) IaaS
10 25 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
10 25 (1.99%) SuccessFactors
11 21 (1.67%) Serverless
12 19 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
13 16 (1.27%) OneDrive
14 15 (1.19%) Snowflake
15 14 (1.11%) PowerApps
16 13 (1.04%) Power Automate
17 11 (0.88%) AWS CloudFormation
17 11 (0.88%) GitHub
18 9 (0.72%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 42 (3.34%) Firewall
2 36 (2.87%) Network Security
3 23 (1.83%) WAN
4 22 (1.75%) VPN
5 21 (1.67%) DNS
6 17 (1.35%) SD-WAN
7 15 (1.19%) MPLS
8 13 (1.04%) LAN
9 12 (0.96%) SSL
10 11 (0.88%) VoIP
11 9 (0.72%) BGP
11 9 (0.72%) Internet
11 9 (0.72%) OSPF
11 9 (0.72%) VSAN
12 8 (0.64%) PBX
12 8 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (0.56%) HTTP
13 7 (0.56%) POP3
13 7 (0.56%) SMTP
13 7 (0.56%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (7.88%) Data Lake
2 26 (2.07%) SQL Server
3 25 (1.99%) Power BI
4 18 (1.43%) Oracle Database
5 17 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (1.27%) Big Data
7 11 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (0.80%) Relational Database
8 10 (0.80%) Tableau
9 9 (0.72%) Data Mining
9 9 (0.72%) DB2
9 9 (0.72%) NoSQL
10 8 (0.64%) Metadata
11 7 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (0.56%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.40%) SAP HANA
12 5 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.32%) GIS
Development Applications
1 75 (5.97%) JIRA
2 17 (1.35%) Jenkins
3 13 (1.04%) ERwin
4 10 (0.80%) GitLab
5 7 (0.56%) Git
5 7 (0.56%) PowerDesigner
6 5 (0.40%) Maven
7 4 (0.32%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.32%) Rational Rhapsody
8 3 (0.24%) Subversion
9 2 (0.16%) Balsamiq
9 2 (0.16%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.16%) Xcode
10 1 (0.080%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.080%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.080%) JIRA Agile
10 1 (0.080%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.080%) webpack
General
1 408 (32.48%) Social Skills
2 370 (29.46%) Finance
3 152 (12.10%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (9.08%) Front Office
5 82 (6.53%) Public Sector
6 76 (6.05%) Banking
7 65 (5.18%) Retail
8 60 (4.78%) Presentation Skills
9 54 (4.30%) Marketing
10 51 (4.06%) Telecoms
11 41 (3.26%) Legal
12 29 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
13 27 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 25 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
15 23 (1.83%) Military
16 17 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
17 15 (1.19%) Manufacturing
18 14 (1.11%) Automotive
18 14 (1.11%) Back Office
19 12 (0.96%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 339 (26.99%) Architect
2 164 (13.06%) Lead
3 133 (10.59%) Solutions Architect
4 119 (9.47%) Product Manager
5 105 (8.36%) Analyst
6 84 (6.69%) Senior
7 82 (6.53%) Consultant
8 65 (5.18%) Business Analyst
9 63 (5.02%) Product Owner
10 50 (3.98%) Technical Architect
11 49 (3.90%) Project Manager
12 41 (3.26%) Enterprise Architect
13 39 (3.11%) Developer
14 37 (2.95%) Head of Finance
15 36 (2.87%) Data Architect
16 32 (2.55%) Security Architect
17 29 (2.31%) Programme Manager
18 26 (2.07%) Data Governance Analyst
18 26 (2.07%) Data Governance Manager
18 26 (2.07%) Governance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.47%) REST
2 23 (1.83%) SOAP
3 21 (1.67%) Kafka
4 20 (1.59%) Web Services
5 18 (1.43%) .NET
6 16 (1.27%) HTML
7 15 (1.19%) CSS
8 12 (0.96%) JSON
8 12 (0.96%) LDAP
8 12 (0.96%) SAML
9 9 (0.72%) AngularJS
9 9 (0.72%) Middleware
9 9 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
9 9 (0.72%) Spring
10 8 (0.64%) Node.js
11 7 (0.56%) ADO
11 7 (0.56%) Bootstrap
11 7 (0.56%) CSS3
11 7 (0.56%) Ray
11 7 (0.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 192 (15.29%) Product Ownership
2 113 (9.00%) Hedge funds
3 111 (8.84%) Derivative
3 111 (8.84%) Fixed Income
3 111 (8.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 110 (8.76%) Equities
5 47 (3.74%) Management Information System
6 43 (3.42%) Onboarding
7 39 (3.11%) Data Centre
7 39 (3.11%) Public Cloud
8 33 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
9 25 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
10 20 (1.59%) Data Structures
10 20 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
11 19 (1.51%) Private Cloud
12 18 (1.43%) Cloud Native
13 16 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
13 16 (1.27%) IoT
13 16 (1.27%) Virtual Team
14 15 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 53 (4.22%) Windows
2 39 (3.11%) Linux
3 27 (2.15%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.67%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.48%) Unix
7 4 (0.32%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.32%) Solaris
7 4 (0.32%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.16%) Android
9 2 (0.16%) CentOS
9 2 (0.16%) HPUX
10 1 (0.080%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 498 (39.65%) Agile
2 218 (17.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 207 (16.48%) Product Roadmap
4 206 (16.40%) Migration
5 196 (15.61%) Problem-Solving
6 174 (13.85%) Strategic Roadmap
7 156 (12.42%) Analytics
8 143 (11.39%) Data Governance
9 141 (11.23%) Project Management
10 135 (10.75%) Decision-Making
11 127 (10.11%) Technology Roadmap
12 115 (9.16%) DevOps
13 114 (9.08%) Data Management
14 111 (8.84%) Investment Management
15 105 (8.36%) Regulatory Compliance
16 103 (8.20%) Continuous Improvement
17 95 (7.56%) Product Management
18 91 (7.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 90 (7.17%) Enterprise Architecture
20 87 (6.93%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 65 (5.18%) SQL
2 59 (4.70%) Python
3 58 (4.62%) Java
4 35 (2.79%) JavaScript
5 33 (2.63%) PowerShell
6 16 (1.27%) Bash
6 16 (1.27%) C#
7 14 (1.11%) PL/SQL
7 14 (1.11%) TypeScript
8 13 (1.04%) Perl
9 10 (0.80%) Shell Script
10 9 (0.72%) C++
11 8 (0.64%) C
12 6 (0.48%) Apex Code
12 6 (0.48%) PHP
13 3 (0.24%) R
13 3 (0.24%) RPG
13 3 (0.24%) RPG IV
14 2 (0.16%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.16%) Scala
Qualifications
1 182 (14.49%) Security Cleared
2 153 (12.18%) SC Cleared
3 140 (11.15%) Degree
4 40 (3.18%) DV Cleared
5 37 (2.95%) CISSP
6 31 (2.47%) Cisco Certification
7 30 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (2.31%) PMI Certification
9 28 (2.23%) CISM
10 27 (2.15%) AWS Certification
11 25 (1.99%) Master's Degree
12 23 (1.83%) PMP
13 20 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
13 20 (1.59%) TOGAF Certification
14 18 (1.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 18 (1.43%) CCNP
15 16 (1.27%) Azure Certification
16 14 (1.11%) CCIE
17 13 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
18 9 (0.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (4.62%) QA
2 40 (3.18%) GDPR
3 37 (2.95%) NIST
4 34 (2.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 24 (1.91%) MiFID
6 23 (1.83%) Accessibility
6 23 (1.83%) Data Quality
7 14 (1.11%) GRC
8 13 (1.04%) PCI DSS
8 13 (1.04%) PMO
9 8 (0.64%) HIPAA
10 7 (0.56%) COBIT
11 6 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.48%) NIST 800
12 5 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 4 (0.32%) NCSC
14 3 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.24%) ISO 20022
14 3 (0.24%) SLA
14 3 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 63 (5.02%) Active Directory
2 40 (3.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (1.43%) Docker
4 11 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.64%) vSphere
6 7 (0.56%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.16%) RACF
8 2 (0.16%) XenApp
8 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.080%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.080%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.080%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 33 (2.63%) Ansible
2 30 (2.39%) Kubernetes
3 27 (2.15%) Terraform
4 17 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.64%) CASB
6 8 (0.64%) SCCM
7 6 (0.48%) MOM
8 5 (0.40%) Packer
9 3 (0.24%) Backup Exec
9 3 (0.24%) Puppet
9 3 (0.24%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.16%) Cisco Prime
10 2 (0.16%) Control-M
10 2 (0.16%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.16%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.16%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (0.16%) SELinux
Vendors
1 161 (12.82%) Microsoft
2 81 (6.45%) SAP
3 67 (5.33%) Oracle
4 58 (4.62%) ServiceNow
5 56 (4.46%) Cisco
6 52 (4.14%) VMware
7 36 (2.87%) Salesforce
8 28 (2.23%) Google
9 24 (1.91%) F5
10 20 (1.59%) Palo Alto
11 19 (1.51%) Fortinet
12 18 (1.43%) IBM
13 16 (1.27%) Juniper
14 15 (1.19%) Adobe
15 14 (1.11%) Nokia
15 14 (1.11%) Red Hat
16 13 (1.04%) Sparx
16 13 (1.04%) Zscaler
17 12 (0.96%) Ericsson
17 12 (0.96%) Splunk