Roadmaps Contract Job Trends in Reading

Roadmaps
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Roadmaps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 30 34
Rank change year-on-year +15 +4 -12
Contract jobs citing Roadmaps 90 71 53
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 12.82% 6.56% 5.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.04% 7.22% 5.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 30 35
10th Percentile £430 £498 £468
25th Percentile £488 £500 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £548 £625
Median % change year-on-year -8.68% -12.40% +19.05%
75th Percentile £538 £672 £744
90th Percentile £708 £800 £765
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +11.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 1
10th Percentile £65.00 - -
25th Percentile £85.00 - -
Median hourly rate £90.00 - £65.00
75th Percentile £99.38 - -
90th Percentile £105.55 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £90.00 £56.75 £56.03
% change year-on-year +58.60% +1.28% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 641 983 963
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 91.31% 90.85% 92.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 443 551 628
10th Percentile £337 £330 £213
25th Percentile £425 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £609 £650 £615
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 11 17
10th Percentile £14.75 £29.00 £41.24
25th Percentile £16.66 £49.38 £59.89
Median hourly rate £58.00 £60.46 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year -4.06% -4.48% -2.63%
75th Percentile £82.25 £67.21 £65.25
90th Percentile £96.75 £74.87 £66.96
Berkshire median hourly rate £37.28 £59.00 £61.45
% change year-on-year -36.81% -3.98% +21.68%

Roadmaps
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Roadmaps job vacancy trend in Reading

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Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Roadmaps

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Roadmaps in Reading over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Roadmaps in Reading

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Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Roadmaps

Roadmaps
Hourly Rate Histogram in Reading

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Roadmaps in Reading over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Roadmaps in Reading

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 6 (6.67%) OpenStack
2 5 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.33%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.11%) Appian
Business Applications
1 2 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (25.56%) AWS
2 19 (21.11%) Azure
3 8 (8.89%) Entra ID
4 6 (6.67%) SaaS
5 5 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (4.44%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 4 (4.44%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (4.44%) AWS CloudTrail
6 4 (4.44%) AWS Control Tower
6 4 (4.44%) AWS KMS
6 4 (4.44%) Power Automate
6 4 (4.44%) Power Platform
6 4 (4.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 3 (3.33%) GCP
8 2 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.11%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.11%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.11%) Serverless
9 1 (1.11%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.67%) BGP
1 6 (6.67%) Firewall
1 6 (6.67%) LAN
1 6 (6.67%) MPLS
1 6 (6.67%) WAN
2 3 (3.33%) Network Security
3 2 (2.22%) DWDM
3 2 (2.22%) SDH
4 1 (1.11%) 2G
4 1 (1.11%) 5G
4 1 (1.11%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.11%) Delta Lake
1 1 (1.11%) Metadata
1 1 (1.11%) Power BI
1 1 (1.11%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 3 (3.33%) JIRA
2 2 (2.22%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.11%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.11%) GitLab
3 1 (1.11%) Robot Framework
3 1 (1.11%) Selenium
3 1 (1.11%) SonarQube
General
1 39 (43.33%) Public Sector
2 31 (34.44%) Social Skills
3 13 (14.44%) Finance
4 6 (6.67%) Telecoms
5 3 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.33%) Billing
5 3 (3.33%) Legal
5 3 (3.33%) Marketing
6 2 (2.22%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.22%) Automotive
7 1 (1.11%) Banking
7 1 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (38.89%) Architect
1 35 (38.89%) Consultant
2 32 (35.56%) Network Consultant
3 8 (8.89%) Security Architect
4 6 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
4 6 (6.67%) IP Architect
4 6 (6.67%) IP Specialist
4 6 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
4 6 (6.67%) Technical Architect
5 5 (5.56%) Delivery Manager
5 5 (5.56%) Product Manager
6 4 (4.44%) Cloud Architect
6 4 (4.44%) Lead
6 4 (4.44%) Product Owner
7 3 (3.33%) Cisco Consultant
7 3 (3.33%) Cisco Network Consultant
7 3 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 3 (3.33%) Security Manager
7 3 (3.33%) Senior
7 3 (3.33%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.89%) REST
2 7 (7.78%) NETCONF
2 7 (7.78%) YANG
3 2 (2.22%) SOAP
4 1 (1.11%) Jinja
4 1 (1.11%) JSON
4 1 (1.11%) Middleware
4 1 (1.11%) PySpark
4 1 (1.11%) Web Services
4 1 (1.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (17.78%) Cloud Native
2 8 (8.89%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (7.78%) Product Ownership
4 5 (5.56%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.33%) PKI
5 3 (3.33%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.22%) AI Agents
6 2 (2.22%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (2.22%) CMDB
6 2 (2.22%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.22%) IoT
6 2 (2.22%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.11%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (43.33%) Migration
2 38 (42.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 29 (32.22%) Collaborative Working
4 21 (23.33%) Agile
5 20 (22.22%) TOGAF
6 14 (15.56%) ITIL
7 13 (14.44%) Enterprise Architecture
7 13 (14.44%) Strategic Roadmap
8 11 (12.22%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (12.22%) DevOps
9 10 (11.11%) Network Segmentation
10 9 (10.00%) DevSecOps
10 9 (10.00%) Microservices
10 9 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
10 9 (10.00%) Technology Roadmap
11 8 (8.89%) ArchiMate
11 8 (8.89%) MODAF
11 8 (8.89%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (8.89%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 8 (8.89%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.89%) Python
2 3 (3.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.11%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (52.22%) Security Cleared
2 44 (48.89%) SC Cleared
3 13 (14.44%) AWS Certification
4 8 (8.89%) Azure Certification
4 8 (8.89%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (6.67%) CCIE
5 6 (6.67%) JNCIE
5 6 (6.67%) TOGAF Certification
6 4 (4.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (3.33%) CISSP
8 2 (2.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (2.22%) CCSP
8 2 (2.22%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.11%) Degree
9 1 (1.11%) PMI Certification
9 1 (1.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.56%) NIST
2 4 (4.44%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (4.44%) GDPR
2 4 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (4.44%) NCSC
3 3 (3.33%) PCI DSS
3 3 (3.33%) PSD2
4 2 (2.22%) GRC
5 1 (1.11%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.11%) Def Stans
5 1 (1.11%) EU AI Act
5 1 (1.11%) QA
5 1 (1.11%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.44%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (3.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (7.78%) Ansible
2 5 (5.56%) Terraform
3 2 (2.22%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 41 (45.56%) Cisco
2 33 (36.67%) Aruba
3 8 (8.89%) Microsoft
3 8 (8.89%) ServiceNow
4 5 (5.56%) Palo Alto
4 5 (5.56%) VMware
5 4 (4.44%) Citrix
5 4 (4.44%) CloudEndure
6 3 (3.33%) Fortinet
6 3 (3.33%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.22%) Databricks
7 2 (2.22%) F5
7 2 (2.22%) HubSpot
7 2 (2.22%) IBM
7 2 (2.22%) Juniper
7 2 (2.22%) Nokia
8 1 (1.11%) Oracle
8 1 (1.11%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.11%) Veracode
8 1 (1.11%) Workday