Roadmaps Contract Job Trends in London

Roadmaps
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Roadmaps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 39 48
Rank change year-on-year +11 +9 -9
Contract jobs citing Roadmaps 1,589 787 705
As % of all contract jobs in London 7.86% 5.88% 4.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.84% 6.36% 4.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,021 515 459
10th Percentile £431 £371 £420
25th Percentile £520 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £614
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -6.35% -1.76%
75th Percentile £715 £700 £731
90th Percentile £838 £808 £814
England median daily rate £577 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.91% -8.33% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 2
10th Percentile £31.87 £47.85 £33.67
25th Percentile £34.06 £51.63 £39.10
Median hourly rate £36.00 £62.50 £48.80
Median % change year-on-year -42.40% +28.09% -7.93%
75th Percentile £53.75 £80.00 £59.10
90th Percentile £75.25 £95.00 £64.89
England median hourly rate £80.28 £59.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +34.92% +2.06% +26.25%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,982 12,382 14,424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.94% 92.49% 89.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,765 8,174 9,384
10th Percentile £360 £334 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 244 181
10th Percentile £15.97 £18.06 £17.25
25th Percentile £18.81 £25.01 £24.18
Median hourly rate £33.60 £30.25 £36.80
Median % change year-on-year +11.07% -17.80% -7.80%
75th Percentile £60.25 £47.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £80.38 £64.93 £78.75
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -5.56%

Roadmaps
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Roadmaps job vacancy trend in London

Roadmaps
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Roadmaps.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Roadmaps

Roadmaps
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Roadmaps in London over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Roadmaps in London

Roadmaps
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Roadmaps.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Roadmaps

Roadmaps
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Roadmaps in London over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Roadmaps in London

Roadmaps
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Roadmaps within the London region over the 6 months to 11 October 2026. 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
Central London +2 197 £625 +1.01% 490
West London +21 67 £638 +27.50% 73
East London +12 10 £600 +15.38% 21
South London -13 7 £650 +21.39% 18
North London - 4 £601 - 1
Roadmaps
England

Roadmaps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 46 (2.89%) Confluence
2 40 (2.52%) SharePoint
3 32 (2.01%) CMS
4 19 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
4 19 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (1.01%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 11 (0.69%) Sitecore CMS
7 8 (0.50%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.44%) SAS
9 6 (0.38%) IIS
10 5 (0.31%) Apache
11 4 (0.25%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.19%) nginx
13 2 (0.13%) Appian
13 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
13 2 (0.13%) HCL Notes
13 2 (0.13%) MQSeries
14 1 (0.063%) Drupal
14 1 (0.063%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.063%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.50%) Chatbot
3 8 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.38%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.25%) CPLEX
6 4 (0.25%) Trello
7 3 (0.19%) Productboard
8 2 (0.13%) Notion
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.063%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.063%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 31 (1.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
3 9 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
5 6 (0.38%) SAP CO
5 6 (0.38%) SAP FI
5 6 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
5 6 (0.38%) Temenos T24
6 5 (0.31%) Aladdin
6 5 (0.31%) Shopify
6 5 (0.31%) Workfront
7 4 (0.25%) Finacle
7 4 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.25%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.19%) SAP HCM
8 3 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 428 (26.94%) Azure
2 290 (18.25%) AWS
3 122 (7.68%) GCP
4 108 (6.80%) Power Platform
5 103 (6.48%) Entra ID
6 78 (4.91%) Microsoft 365
7 77 (4.85%) SaaS
8 62 (3.90%) GitHub
9 55 (3.46%) Azure DevOps
10 50 (3.15%) Serverless
11 49 (3.08%) Microsoft Copilot
12 46 (2.89%) Microsoft Purview
13 31 (1.95%) Snowflake
14 28 (1.76%) GitHub Actions
15 26 (1.64%) AWS Lambda
16 25 (1.57%) OpenShift
17 23 (1.45%) OneDrive
18 22 (1.38%) Azure AI
18 22 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
19 18 (1.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.45%) Network Security
2 21 (1.32%) Firewall
3 17 (1.07%) WAN
4 12 (0.76%) VPN
5 10 (0.63%) DNS
6 9 (0.57%) LAN
7 8 (0.50%) SAN
8 7 (0.44%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.31%) BGP
9 5 (0.31%) HTTPS
9 5 (0.31%) Internet
9 5 (0.31%) Modbus
9 5 (0.31%) MQTT
9 5 (0.31%) SMS
10 4 (0.25%) DHCP
10 4 (0.25%) SSL
10 4 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.25%) Wireless
11 3 (0.19%) Cisco IOS
11 3 (0.19%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (4.53%) Metadata
2 68 (4.28%) Power BI
3 40 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
4 36 (2.27%) Data Lake
5 23 (1.45%) Delta Lake
6 19 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (1.01%) SQL Server
8 13 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
8 13 (0.82%) NoSQL
9 12 (0.76%) Oracle Database
10 11 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (0.57%) Relational Database
12 8 (0.50%) Tableau
13 7 (0.44%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (0.44%) Big Data
13 7 (0.44%) Parquet
13 7 (0.44%) SAP HANA
14 6 (0.38%) Ataccama
14 6 (0.38%) Redis
14 6 (0.38%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 91 (5.73%) JIRA
2 41 (2.58%) Git
3 40 (2.52%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.50%) Claude Code
4 8 (0.50%) GitLab
4 8 (0.50%) Selenium
5 5 (0.31%) Visual Website Optimizer
6 4 (0.25%) MLflow
6 4 (0.25%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.19%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.19%) PowerBuilder
7 3 (0.19%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.19%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.19%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.13%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.13%) MSI
8 2 (0.13%) ScriptRunner
8 2 (0.13%) Snyk
8 2 (0.13%) Subversion
8 2 (0.13%) Zephyr
General
1 519 (32.66%) Finance
2 514 (32.35%) Social Skills
3 213 (13.40%) Banking
4 200 (12.59%) Analytical Skills
5 169 (10.64%) Public Sector
6 159 (10.01%) Influencing Skills
7 103 (6.48%) Retail
8 99 (6.23%) Marketing
9 69 (4.34%) Manufacturing
10 50 (3.15%) Legal
11 32 (2.01%) Billing
11 32 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
11 32 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
12 29 (1.83%) Telecoms
13 27 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
14 26 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
15 23 (1.45%) Aviation
15 23 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 23 (1.45%) Local Government
16 22 (1.38%) Law
Job Titles
1 495 (31.15%) Architect
2 255 (16.05%) Lead
3 167 (10.51%) Senior
4 137 (8.62%) Solutions Architect
5 122 (7.68%) Product Manager
6 102 (6.42%) Enterprise Architect
7 91 (5.73%) Consultant
8 89 (5.60%) Product Owner
9 76 (4.78%) Analyst
10 71 (4.47%) Project Manager
11 62 (3.90%) Senior Manager
12 54 (3.40%) Business Analyst
13 46 (2.89%) Data Architect
13 46 (2.89%) Programme Manager
14 41 (2.58%) Lead Architect
14 41 (2.58%) Technical Architect
15 40 (2.52%) Security Architect
16 39 (2.45%) Delivery Manager
17 38 (2.39%) Technical Manager
18 36 (2.27%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (6.42%) Terraform
2 88 (5.54%) REST
3 45 (2.83%) SOAP
4 44 (2.77%) Kafka
5 31 (1.95%) Middleware
6 27 (1.70%) .NET
7 26 (1.64%) React
8 18 (1.13%) OAuth
9 17 (1.07%) HTML
9 17 (1.07%) Model Context Protocol
9 17 (1.07%) PySpark
10 15 (0.94%) SailPoint
11 14 (0.88%) Web Services
11 14 (0.88%) XML
12 13 (0.82%) Elastic Stack
12 13 (0.82%) LangChain
12 13 (0.82%) LangGraph
13 12 (0.76%) Microsoft Graph
13 12 (0.76%) OAuth2
13 12 (0.76%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 235 (14.79%) Product Ownership
2 127 (7.99%) Cloud Native
3 108 (6.80%) Onboarding
4 64 (4.03%) AI Agents
5 59 (3.71%) Legacy Systems
6 48 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
7 46 (2.89%) Operational Technology
8 42 (2.64%) Management Information System
9 41 (2.58%) CMDB
10 32 (2.01%) Distributed Systems
11 30 (1.89%) Data Centre
12 27 (1.70%) Security Posture
13 21 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
14 20 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
15 19 (1.20%) Marketing Technology
16 17 (1.07%) IoT
17 16 (1.01%) Legacy Applications
17 16 (1.01%) Mobile App
18 15 (0.94%) Credit Risk
19 13 (0.82%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 38 (2.39%) Windows
2 35 (2.20%) Linux
3 14 (0.88%) Unix
4 11 (0.69%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.25%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.19%) Alpine Linux
7 3 (0.19%) Android
7 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.13%) macOS
9 1 (0.063%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.063%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 670 (42.16%) Stakeholder Management
2 482 (30.33%) Agile
3 364 (22.91%) AI
4 289 (18.19%) Analytics
5 283 (17.81%) Decision-Making
6 266 (16.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 256 (16.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 246 (15.48%) Strategic Roadmap
9 242 (15.23%) DevOps
10 241 (15.17%) Migration
11 213 (13.40%) CI/CD
12 195 (12.27%) Product Roadmap
13 187 (11.77%) Enterprise Architecture
14 173 (10.89%) Technology Roadmap
15 169 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
16 165 (10.38%) Technical Leadership
17 145 (9.13%) Risk Management
18 144 (9.06%) Cybersecurity
19 136 (8.56%) Change Management
20 133 (8.37%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 167 (10.51%) Python
2 149 (9.38%) SQL
3 57 (3.59%) JavaScript
4 56 (3.52%) PowerShell
5 52 (3.27%) Java
6 34 (2.14%) TypeScript
7 20 (1.26%) Bicep
8 18 (1.13%) Bash
9 16 (1.01%) C#
10 8 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 7 (0.44%) Groovy
11 7 (0.44%) Shell Script
12 6 (0.38%) BeanShell
12 6 (0.38%) Korn
12 6 (0.38%) Scala
13 5 (0.31%) ABAP
13 5 (0.31%) Apex Code
13 5 (0.31%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.31%) SOQL
14 4 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 265 (16.68%) Security Cleared
2 223 (14.03%) SC Cleared
3 101 (6.36%) Degree
4 53 (3.34%) PMP
5 48 (3.02%) Azure Certification
6 41 (2.58%) PMI Certification
7 34 (2.14%) CISSP
8 32 (2.01%) AWS Certification
8 32 (2.01%) DV Cleared
9 28 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (1.70%) TOGAF Certification
11 24 (1.51%) CISM
11 24 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
12 22 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
12 22 (1.38%) Master's Degree
13 15 (0.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 9 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
15 8 (0.50%) DBS Check
15 8 (0.50%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 7 (0.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (8.56%) Data Quality
2 67 (4.22%) QA
3 64 (4.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 60 (3.78%) NIST
5 57 (3.59%) GDPR
6 38 (2.39%) PMO
7 30 (1.89%) GRC
8 22 (1.38%) Actionable Recommendations
9 20 (1.26%) Accessibility
10 18 (1.13%) PCI DSS
11 12 (0.76%) SLA
12 11 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 9 (0.57%) ISO 20022
14 8 (0.50%) NCSC
14 8 (0.50%) SEPA
14 8 (0.50%) SOC 2
15 7 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
15 7 (0.44%) GxP
15 7 (0.44%) HIPAA
16 6 (0.38%) Basel III
System Software
1 64 (4.03%) Active Directory
2 52 (3.27%) Docker
3 15 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.13%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.13%) IAG
5 2 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.13%) vSphere
6 1 (0.063%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 1 (0.063%) ISA Server
6 1 (0.063%) KVM
6 1 (0.063%) NFS
6 1 (0.063%) Samba
6 1 (0.063%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 100 (6.29%) Kubernetes
2 30 (1.89%) Grafana
3 26 (1.64%) Ansible
4 22 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (1.20%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.25%) SCCM
9 3 (0.19%) Argo
9 3 (0.19%) Kibana
9 3 (0.19%) Rancher
10 2 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.13%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.13%) Istio
10 2 (0.13%) Netcool
10 2 (0.13%) Netcool/OMNIbus
10 2 (0.13%) Puppet
10 2 (0.13%) Tivoli
10 2 (0.13%) Tivoli Monitoring
10 2 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 283 (17.81%) Microsoft
2 95 (5.98%) ServiceNow
3 91 (5.73%) Salesforce
4 87 (5.48%) Databricks
5 71 (4.47%) Oracle
5 71 (4.47%) SAP
6 64 (4.03%) Google
7 31 (1.95%) Splunk
8 26 (1.64%) Adobe
9 25 (1.57%) CyberArk
10 22 (1.38%) IBM
11 18 (1.13%) Cisco
11 18 (1.13%) Dynatrace
12 17 (1.07%) OpenAI
13 16 (1.01%) VMware
13 16 (1.01%) Workday
14 15 (0.94%) Okta
15 13 (0.82%) Foundry
16 12 (0.76%) Sitecore
17 11 (0.69%) Informatica