Roadmaps Contracts in the Midlands

Roadmaps
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 52 43 35
Rank change year-on-year -9 -8 +15
Contract jobs citing Roadmaps 63 101 194
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.29% 3.66% 5.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.76% 4.46% 6.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 82 122
10th Percentile £400 £419 £425
25th Percentile £425 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £675 £613
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +10.20% +5.24%
75th Percentile £600 £784 £705
90th Percentile £720 £950 £745
England median daily rate £600 £589 £600
% change year-on-year +1.87% -1.83% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 18
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £70.97 £16.25
Median hourly rate - £71.93 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year - +327.39% -42.72%
75th Percentile - £72.90 £17.42
90th Percentile - - £18.91
England median hourly rate £53.50 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -17.69% +30.00% +13.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,676 2,266 3,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.57% 82.19% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,510 2,125
10th Percentile £200 £237 £250
25th Percentile £358 £356 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -4.04% +4.21%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 172 119
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.07 £11.96
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.81 £15.05
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +7.22% +1.37%
75th Percentile £24.22 £35.00 £26.81
90th Percentile £36.55 £55.00 £55.50
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Roadmaps
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Roadmaps in the Midlands

Roadmaps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Roadmaps in the Midlands

Roadmaps
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Roadmaps in the Midlands

Roadmaps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Roadmaps in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Roadmaps within the Midlands 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
West Midlands -14 50 £525 -22.22% 122
East Midlands +14 13 £475 -13.64% 69
Roadmaps
England

Roadmaps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.59%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (1.59%) Confluence
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.59%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (6.35%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (1.59%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 13 (20.63%) Azure
2 5 (7.94%) AWS
2 5 (7.94%) Entra ID
3 4 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (4.76%) SaaS
5 2 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.17%) GCP
6 1 (1.59%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.59%) Azure API Management
6 1 (1.59%) Azure Event Grid
6 1 (1.59%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.59%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.59%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.59%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.59%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.59%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.59%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (1.59%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (1.59%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.35%) Firewall
2 2 (3.17%) LAN
2 2 (3.17%) Network Security
2 2 (3.17%) SD-WAN
2 2 (3.17%) Unified Communications
2 2 (3.17%) VoIP
2 2 (3.17%) WAN
2 2 (3.17%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.59%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.35%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.17%) NoSQL
2 2 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (3.17%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.59%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Git
1 2 (3.17%) JIRA
2 1 (1.59%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.59%) NetBeans
General
1 20 (31.75%) Social Skills
2 12 (19.05%) Finance
3 9 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (9.52%) Retail
5 4 (6.35%) Banking
5 4 (6.35%) Law
6 3 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.17%) Marketing
7 2 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.17%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.59%) Automotive
8 1 (1.59%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.59%) Legal
8 1 (1.59%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.59%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 21 (33.33%) Architect
2 11 (17.46%) Lead
2 11 (17.46%) Solutions Architect
3 7 (11.11%) Senior
4 6 (9.52%) Analyst
4 6 (9.52%) Consultant
4 6 (9.52%) Product Manager
5 4 (6.35%) Applications Architect
6 3 (4.76%) Enterprise Architect
6 3 (4.76%) Product Owner
6 3 (4.76%) Security Architect
7 2 (3.17%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 2 (3.17%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.17%) Finance Manager
7 2 (3.17%) Salesforce Architect
7 2 (3.17%) Security Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.17%) Senior Architect
7 2 (3.17%) Senior Network Consultant
7 2 (3.17%) Senior Product Manager
7 2 (3.17%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.35%) .NET
2 2 (3.17%) .NET Framework
2 2 (3.17%) ADO
3 1 (1.59%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (1.59%) Middleware
3 1 (1.59%) OAuth
3 1 (1.59%) OpenID
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.59%) POSIX
3 1 (1.59%) REST
3 1 (1.59%) SAML
3 1 (1.59%) SOAP
3 1 (1.59%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.52%) Product Ownership
2 5 (7.94%) IoT
2 5 (7.94%) Management Information System
3 4 (6.35%) Blockchain
3 4 (6.35%) Data Structures
3 4 (6.35%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (4.76%) Data Centre
4 3 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.17%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (3.17%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.17%) Operational Technology
5 2 (3.17%) Public Cloud
5 2 (3.17%) Replication
6 1 (1.59%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.59%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.59%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.59%) PMI
6 1 (1.59%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.94%) Windows
2 3 (4.76%) Linux
3 2 (3.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (46.03%) Agile
2 13 (20.63%) DevOps
2 13 (20.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (19.05%) Migration
4 11 (17.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (17.46%) Strategic Roadmap
5 10 (15.87%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
7 8 (12.70%) Decision-Making
7 8 (12.70%) Risk Management
7 8 (12.70%) Scrum
8 7 (11.11%) Project Delivery
8 7 (11.11%) Project Management
8 7 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
8 7 (11.11%) Technology Roadmap
9 6 (9.52%) Change Management
9 6 (9.52%) Product Management
9 6 (9.52%) Test Automation
9 6 (9.52%) TOGAF
9 6 (9.52%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.35%) Python
2 3 (4.76%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.17%) SQL
4 1 (1.59%) Apex Code
4 1 (1.59%) Bash
4 1 (1.59%) C
4 1 (1.59%) C#
4 1 (1.59%) C++
4 1 (1.59%) Java
4 1 (1.59%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 7 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 6 (9.52%) Degree
3 5 (7.94%) CISSP
4 3 (4.76%) CISM
5 2 (3.17%) AWS Certification
5 2 (3.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (3.17%) CRISC
5 2 (3.17%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (3.17%) PMI Certification
5 2 (3.17%) SANS
6 1 (1.59%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.59%) CISA
6 1 (1.59%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.59%) GIAC
6 1 (1.59%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.59%) PMP
6 1 (1.59%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.52%) QA
2 5 (7.94%) GDPR
2 5 (7.94%) NIST
3 4 (6.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (4.76%) GRC
5 2 (3.17%) Data Quality
6 1 (1.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (1.59%) IEC 61508
6 1 (1.59%) MISRA
6 1 (1.59%) MISRA C
6 1 (1.59%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.59%) PMO
6 1 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (1.59%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 6 (9.52%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.17%) Docker
3 1 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (6.35%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.17%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.59%) CASB
3 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.59%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (12.70%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.94%) SAP
3 4 (6.35%) Salesforce
3 4 (6.35%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.17%) Aruba
4 2 (3.17%) Cisco
4 2 (3.17%) Mitel
5 1 (1.59%) Ariba
5 1 (1.59%) Oracle
5 1 (1.59%) QNX
5 1 (1.59%) Qualys