Technology Roadmap Contracts in the Thames Valley

Technology Roadmaps
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 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 89 139 134
Rank change year-on-year +50 -5 +11
Contract jobs citing Technology Roadmap 13 6 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.86% 0.22% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 0.26% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 16
10th Percentile - £318 £500
25th Percentile - £490 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £600 £606
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -1.03% +7.30%
75th Percentile £574 £698 £655
90th Percentile £582 £708 £744
South East median daily rate £560 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -13.85% +8.33% +16.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Technology Roadmap
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Technology Roadmap in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technology Roadmap in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Technology Roadmap in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technology Roadmap in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Technology Roadmap in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +36 9 - - 16
Buckinghamshire +18 4 £560 +58.87% 13
Technology Roadmap
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (15.38%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) AWS
1 2 (15.38%) OpenShift
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) 3G
1 2 (15.38%) 3GPP
1 2 (15.38%) 4G
1 2 (15.38%) 5G
1 2 (15.38%) LTE
General
1 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
2 2 (15.38%) Back Office
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Architect
2 3 (23.08%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Automation Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Design Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Design Authority
4 1 (7.69%) BSS Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Financial Controller
4 1 (7.69%) HR Manager
4 1 (7.69%) OSS Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Technology Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Telecoms Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Workday Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Onboarding
2 2 (15.38%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.69%) Tandem
3 1 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Mac OS
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
1 1 (7.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (30.77%) Thought Leadership
3 3 (23.08%) Data Migration
3 3 (23.08%) Migration
3 3 (23.08%) Strategic Roadmap
4 2 (15.38%) Agile
4 2 (15.38%) Coaching
4 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
4 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
4 2 (15.38%) Network Architecture
4 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
4 2 (15.38%) Project Management
5 1 (7.69%) Business Case
5 1 (7.69%) Business Transformation
5 1 (7.69%) Conversational UI
5 1 (7.69%) CRM
5 1 (7.69%) IT Strategy
5 1 (7.69%) ITIL
5 1 (7.69%) Service Delivery
5 1 (7.69%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) ACCA
1 2 (15.38%) CIMA
1 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) VMware
2 1 (7.69%) Apple
2 1 (7.69%) BT
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco
2 1 (7.69%) F5
2 1 (7.69%) HP
2 1 (7.69%) Openreach
2 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow
2 1 (7.69%) Virgin Media
2 1 (7.69%) Workday