Technology Roadmap Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Technology Roadmaps
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Technology Roadmap skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 108 129
Rank change year-on-year +11 +21 +32
Contract jobs citing Technology Roadmap 17 18 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.04% 0.81% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.14% 0.95% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 10
10th Percentile £266 £450 £486
25th Percentile £384 £478 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £513 £555
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% -7.66% -11.90%
75th Percentile £533 £593 £651
90th Percentile £560 £693 £709
South East median daily rate £619 £525 £561
% change year-on-year +17.97% -6.55% -10.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £15.23 - -
25th Percentile £16.27 - -
Median hourly rate £18.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £18.00 - -

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 1,489 1,897 2,503
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 90.96% 85.37% 90.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 906 1,060 1,673
10th Percentile £270 £299 £275
25th Percentile £400 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.44% +4.00%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £518
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 87 91
10th Percentile £14.20 £17.50 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.13 £30.21 £24.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £60.46 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.40% +20.91% +163.16%
75th Percentile £48.71 £70.39 £66.00
90th Percentile £78.50 £86.63 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £21.25 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -62.95% +9.24% +63.02%

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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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Technology Roadmap.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Technology Roadmap

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technology Roadmap in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technology Roadmap in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Technology Roadmap.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Technology Roadmap

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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 17 September 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 +25 10 £413 -40.48% 8
Buckinghamshire +3 6 £560 +9.27% 8
Oxfordshire -10 1 £450 - 1
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 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) AWS
2 1 (5.88%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.88%) PaaS
2 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) NAS
1 1 (5.88%) SAN
General
1 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Back Office
2 2 (11.76%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Retail
3 1 (5.88%) Banking
3 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Architect
2 4 (23.53%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (17.65%) IT Support
3 3 (17.65%) IT Support Specialist
3 3 (17.65%) Support Specialist
4 2 (11.76%) Automation Architect
5 1 (5.88%) AWS Architect
5 1 (5.88%) AWS Solution Architect
5 1 (5.88%) BSS Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Financial Controller
5 1 (5.88%) Lead
5 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) OSS Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Telecoms Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Linux
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 6 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (29.41%) Thought Leadership
4 4 (23.53%) Agile
4 4 (23.53%) Migration
5 3 (17.65%) Business Case
5 3 (17.65%) Customer Experience
5 3 (17.65%) Data Migration
5 3 (17.65%) Strategic Roadmap
6 2 (11.76%) Business Strategy
6 2 (11.76%) Coaching
6 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
6 2 (11.76%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (11.76%) IT Strategy
6 2 (11.76%) ITIL
6 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
6 2 (11.76%) Technology Strategy
7 1 (5.88%) Identity Management
7 1 (5.88%) Service Delivery
7 1 (5.88%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) ACCA
1 2 (11.76%) CIMA
1 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
1 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
1 1 (5.88%) QA
1 1 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Remedy
2 1 (5.88%) BT
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Openreach
2 1 (5.88%) Virgin Media
2 1 (5.88%) VMware
2 1 (5.88%) Workday