Technology Roadmap Contracts in the North West

Technology Roadmaps
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Technology Roadmap skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Technology Roadmap over the 6 months leading up to 25 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 123 146
Rank change year-on-year +12 +23 +15
Contract jobs citing Technology Roadmap 13 6 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.67% 0.23% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.26% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 10
10th Percentile £375 £531 £425
25th Percentile £581 £540 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £568 £588
Median % change year-on-year +9.25% -3.40% +6.82%
75th Percentile £675 £583 £656
90th Percentile £730 £584 £725
England median daily rate £599 £620 £675
% change year-on-year -3.39% -8.15% +8.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,757 2,273 2,753
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.29% 85.35% 90.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,143 1,438 1,930
10th Percentile £297 £307 £313
25th Percentile £388 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £588
90th Percentile £662 £682 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 260 138
10th Percentile £14.62 £11.00 £16.23
25th Percentile £22.98 £13.88 £22.20
Median hourly rate £30.40 £26.00 £35.02
Median % change year-on-year +16.92% -25.75% +53.91%
75th Percentile £63.00 £46.18 £48.56
90th Percentile £84.80 £66.61 £66.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £36.50 £37.42
% change year-on-year -23.29% -2.46% +49.68%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Technology Roadmap as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Technology Roadmap in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technology Roadmap in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Technology Roadmap in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technology Roadmap in the North West over the 6 months to 25 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technology Roadmap in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technology Roadmap in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Technology Roadmap in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technology Roadmap within the North West region over the 6 months to 25 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
Lancashire - 6 £650 - 41
Cheshire - 4 £375 - 68
Manchester +11 2 - - 118
Merseyside - 1 - - 29
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (7.69%) WebSphere
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Git
1 3 (23.08%) Gradle
1 3 (23.08%) Jenkins
1 3 (23.08%) Xcode
General
1 4 (30.77%) Banking
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Automotive
3 1 (7.69%) Military
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Architect
2 6 (46.15%) Enterprise Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Developer
3 3 (23.08%) iOS Developer
4 2 (15.38%) IT Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Strategy Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Integration Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) CSS
1 3 (23.08%) HTML
2 1 (7.69%) Middleware
2 1 (7.69%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Mobile App
1 3 (23.08%) Mobile Banking
2 2 (15.38%) Onboarding
3 1 (7.69%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Android
1 3 (23.08%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 5 (38.46%) Architecture Roadmap
2 5 (38.46%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (30.77%) Agile
3 4 (30.77%) User Experience
4 3 (23.08%) BDD
4 3 (23.08%) Continuous Deployment
4 3 (23.08%) Front End Development
4 3 (23.08%) iOS Development
4 3 (23.08%) Mobile Development
4 3 (23.08%) Scrum
4 3 (23.08%) TDD
4 3 (23.08%) TOGAF
4 3 (23.08%) Unit Testing
4 3 (23.08%) UX Design
5 2 (15.38%) Information Architecture
5 2 (15.38%) IT Strategy
5 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (15.38%) Process Improvement
5 2 (15.38%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) C
1 3 (23.08%) C++
1 3 (23.08%) Java
1 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
1 3 (23.08%) Kotlin
1 3 (23.08%) Objective-C
1 3 (23.08%) Python
1 3 (23.08%) Ruby
1 3 (23.08%) Scala
1 3 (23.08%) Swift
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) CISM
2 1 (7.69%) CISSP
2 1 (7.69%) DBS Check
2 1 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (7.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Virgin Media
2 1 (7.69%) IBM
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle