Product Roadmap Contract Job Trends in the South East

Product Roadmaps
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Product Roadmap skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 115 165
Rank change year-on-year -43 +50 +2
Contract jobs citing Product Roadmap 26 49 36
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.59% 1.46% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 1.64% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 23 30
10th Percentile £445 £468 £401
25th Percentile £511 £500 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £571 £498
Median % change year-on-year +2.98% +14.62% -13.43%
75th Percentile £719 £610 £547
90th Percentile £765 £700 £662
England median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £70.16 £40.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +74.31% - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £46.18 £57.50
% change year-on-year +19.10% -19.69% -33.53%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Product 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,699 2,991 4,419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.30% 89.15% 88.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,436 1,847 2,812
10th Percentile £231 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £403 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -0.97% +2.33%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £615
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 333 116 256
10th Percentile £14.80 £19.64 £18.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £25.93 £26.00
Median hourly rate £23.58 £42.69 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.78% -22.38% +22.22%
75th Percentile £55.00 £62.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.38 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -27.10% -18.82% +21.43%

Product Roadmap
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Product Roadmap relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Product Roadmap job vacancy trend in the South East

Product Roadmap
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Product Roadmap.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Product Roadmap

Product Roadmap
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Roadmap in the South East over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Product Roadmap in the South East

Product Roadmap
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Product Roadmap.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Product Roadmap

Product Roadmap
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Roadmap within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Thames Valley -40 12 £663 +15.92% 32
Berkshire -40 8 £663 +15.92% 22
Hampshire -16 7 £520 -0.95% 7
West Sussex -5 4 £575 -8.00% 5
Surrey - 3 £463 - 7
Buckinghamshire - 3 £800 - 5
Oxfordshire - 1 £588 - 5
Product Roadmap
England

Product Roadmap
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (11.54%) Confluence
2 2 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) Azure
2 3 (11.54%) SaaS
3 2 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (7.69%) Nutanix
4 1 (3.85%) AWS
4 1 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.85%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (23.08%) Firewall
2 3 (11.54%) DHCP
2 3 (11.54%) DNS
3 1 (3.85%) Network Security
3 1 (3.85%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (19.23%) JIRA
2 1 (3.85%) Git
2 1 (3.85%) Subversion
General
1 13 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (38.46%) Finance
3 4 (15.38%) Retail
4 2 (7.69%) Back Office
4 2 (7.69%) Front Office
4 2 (7.69%) Law
5 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Legal
5 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (23.08%) Product Owner
2 5 (19.23%) Product Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Architect
3 3 (11.54%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Project Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Security Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Security Product Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Architect
4 2 (7.69%) Senior
4 2 (7.69%) Technical Director
5 1 (3.85%) Digital Product Owner
5 1 (3.85%) Dynamics 365 Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
5 1 (3.85%) ERP Specialist
5 1 (3.85%) Head of Digital
5 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Linux Administrator
5 1 (3.85%) Product Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Senior Product Owner
5 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) Middleware
1 2 (7.69%) XML
2 1 (3.85%) Flutter
2 1 (3.85%) JSON
2 1 (3.85%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (34.62%) Product Ownership
2 2 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.85%) Private Cloud
3 1 (3.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Linux
1 4 (15.38%) Windows
2 3 (11.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (11.54%) Windows Server
3 2 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (3.85%) Solaris
4 1 (3.85%) Unix
4 1 (3.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 16 (61.54%) Agile
3 8 (30.77%) User Stories
4 7 (26.92%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (23.08%) Product Strategy
5 6 (23.08%) Product Vision
6 5 (19.23%) Acceptance Criteria
6 5 (19.23%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 5 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (19.23%) Decision-Making
6 5 (19.23%) DevOps
6 5 (19.23%) Scrum
6 5 (19.23%) Waterfall
7 4 (15.38%) Analytics
7 4 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (15.38%) Product Backlog
7 4 (15.38%) Project Delivery
7 4 (15.38%) Project Management
7 4 (15.38%) Sprint Planning
7 4 (15.38%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) Java
1 2 (7.69%) Python
2 1 (3.85%) Bash
2 1 (3.85%) C#
2 1 (3.85%) Kotlin
2 1 (3.85%) Perl
2 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.85%) SQL
2 1 (3.85%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Degree
2 2 (7.69%) PMI Certification
2 2 (7.69%) PMP
3 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (19.23%) QA
2 3 (11.54%) GDPR
3 2 (7.69%) PMO
4 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
4 1 (3.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (3.85%) EU AI Act
4 1 (3.85%) HIPAA
4 1 (3.85%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (11.54%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (7.69%) Active Directory
3 2 (7.69%) vSphere
4 1 (3.85%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) SCCM
2 1 (3.85%) Ansible
2 1 (3.85%) Red Hat Satellite
2 1 (3.85%) SELinux
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Fortinet
1 4 (15.38%) VMware
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) Palo Alto
3 2 (7.69%) Citrix
3 2 (7.69%) Oracle
4 1 (3.85%) Red Hat
4 1 (3.85%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.85%) SAP
4 1 (3.85%) SolarWinds
4 1 (3.85%) Symantec
4 1 (3.85%) Veritas