Roadmaps Contracts in the South West

Roadmaps
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 42 59 73
Rank change year-on-year +17 +14 -28
Contract jobs citing Roadmaps 77 106 111
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 4.59% 3.31% 3.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.08% 3.99% 3.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 78 86
10th Percentile £416 - £413
25th Percentile £450 £413 £496
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £506 £579
Median % change year-on-year +5.93% -12.56% -1.57%
75th Percentile £647 £686 £675
90th Percentile £688 £766 £786
England median daily rate £600 £589 £600
% change year-on-year +1.87% -1.83% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 8
10th Percentile £24.58 - £69.68
25th Percentile £30.74 - £75.38
Median hourly rate £41.74 £33.00 £81.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.48% -59.26% +46.05%
75th Percentile £53.50 - £101.25
90th Percentile £60.10 - £101.63
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
South West

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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,516 2,656 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.35% 83.03% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 1,696 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 336 335
10th Percentile £18.33 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.48 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.36
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Roadmaps in the South West

Roadmaps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Roadmaps in the South West

Roadmaps
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Roadmaps in the South West

Roadmaps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Roadmaps in the South West

Roadmaps
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Roadmaps in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Roadmaps in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Roadmaps within the South West 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
Wiltshire +47 30 £625 +66.67% 37
Bristol +7 27 £475 -29.63% 81
Gloucestershire +7 6 £600 -11.11% 77
Devon -10 4 £475 +11.76% 43
Somerset - 3 £600 - 34
Roadmaps
England

Roadmaps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 3 (3.90%) Confluence
2 2 (2.60%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.30%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (1.30%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.30%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.30%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (1.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 11 (14.29%) AWS
1 11 (14.29%) SaaS
2 10 (12.99%) Azure
2 10 (12.99%) PaaS
3 4 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.60%) Azure Machine Learning
4 2 (2.60%) dbt
4 2 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.60%) GCP
4 2 (2.60%) IaaS
4 2 (2.60%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.30%) iPaaS
5 1 (1.30%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.30%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.39%) PBX
1 8 (10.39%) VoIP
2 3 (3.90%) Firewall
3 2 (2.60%) BGP
3 2 (2.60%) MPLS
3 2 (2.60%) OSPF
3 2 (2.60%) SD-WAN
3 2 (2.60%) VLAN
3 2 (2.60%) VPN
3 2 (2.60%) WAN
4 1 (1.30%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.90%) Geospatial Data
1 3 (3.90%) MongoDB
2 2 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.30%) DB2
3 1 (1.30%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 5 (6.49%) JIRA
General
1 20 (25.97%) Social Skills
2 11 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 9 (11.69%) Telecoms
4 7 (9.09%) Finance
5 5 (6.49%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.49%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (5.19%) Military
7 3 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (3.90%) Marketing
7 3 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.60%) Electronics
8 2 (2.60%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.30%) Automotive
9 1 (1.30%) Banking
9 1 (1.30%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (1.30%) Legal
9 1 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.30%) Police
Job Titles
1 26 (33.77%) Architect
2 12 (15.58%) Lead
3 9 (11.69%) Security Architect
4 7 (9.09%) Analyst
5 6 (7.79%) Business Analyst
5 6 (7.79%) Solutions Architect
5 6 (7.79%) Technical Architect
6 4 (5.19%) Author
6 4 (5.19%) Digital Analyst
6 4 (5.19%) Digital Business Analyst
6 4 (5.19%) Enterprise Architect
6 4 (5.19%) Product Owner
6 4 (5.19%) Technical Author
7 3 (3.90%) Cloud Architect
7 3 (3.90%) Coordinator
7 3 (3.90%) Head of Technology
7 3 (3.90%) Security Assurance Coordinator
7 3 (3.90%) Security Technical Architect
7 3 (3.90%) Technical Assurance Architect
7 3 (3.90%) Technical Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.90%) Kafka
2 1 (1.30%) .NET
2 1 (1.30%) ModSecurity
2 1 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 15 (19.48%) Product Ownership
2 8 (10.39%) Blackberry
2 8 (10.39%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (5.19%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.60%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.60%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (2.60%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.60%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.30%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.30%) FMCG
5 1 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.30%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.30%) PKI
5 1 (1.30%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.49%) Windows
2 4 (5.19%) Linux
3 3 (3.90%) Unix
4 2 (2.60%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.30%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (31.17%) Product Roadmap
2 20 (25.97%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (24.68%) Agile
4 12 (15.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (15.58%) Service Design
5 11 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
6 10 (12.99%) Migration
6 10 (12.99%) Project Management
6 10 (12.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (11.69%) Commercial Awareness
7 9 (11.69%) Impact Assessments
7 9 (11.69%) ITIL
7 9 (11.69%) Thought Leadership
8 8 (10.39%) Cost Reduction
8 8 (10.39%) Root Cause Analysis
8 8 (10.39%) Scrum
8 8 (10.39%) Validation
9 7 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (9.09%) Mentoring
9 7 (9.09%) Product Backlog
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.90%) Python
1 3 (3.90%) Shell Script
2 1 (1.30%) SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (55.84%) Security Cleared
2 34 (44.16%) SC Cleared
3 27 (35.06%) DV Cleared
4 10 (12.99%) CCNP
4 10 (12.99%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (10.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (6.49%) AWS Certification
6 5 (6.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (2.60%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.60%) CCIE
7 2 (2.60%) JNCIE
7 2 (2.60%) JNCIP
8 1 (1.30%) CISSP
8 1 (1.30%) Degree
8 1 (1.30%) IIBA
8 1 (1.30%) ISEB
8 1 (1.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.79%) QA
2 2 (2.60%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.60%) Def Stans
2 2 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.30%) JSP 440
3 1 (1.30%) NCSC
3 1 (1.30%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (11.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.60%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (1.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (1.30%) Ansible
1 1 (1.30%) OPNET
1 1 (1.30%) Puppet
Vendors
1 12 (15.58%) VMware
2 11 (14.29%) Cisco
2 11 (14.29%) Juniper
3 10 (12.99%) Palo Alto
4 9 (11.69%) Microsoft
5 8 (10.39%) Avaya
5 8 (10.39%) Ericsson
5 8 (10.39%) F5
5 8 (10.39%) Nokia
5 8 (10.39%) Ribbon
6 4 (5.19%) Atlassian
7 3 (3.90%) Foundry
7 3 (3.90%) SAP
7 3 (3.90%) ServiceNow
8 2 (2.60%) Fortinet
8 2 (2.60%) Google
8 2 (2.60%) Oracle
9 1 (1.30%) Apple
9 1 (1.30%) HP
9 1 (1.30%) QAD