Product Roadmap Contracts in the UK excluding London

Product Roadmaps
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Product Roadmap skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Product Roadmap over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 253 288 265
Rank change year-on-year +35 -23 -10
Contract jobs citing Product Roadmap 86 107 184
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.67% 0.53% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.63% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 76 148
10th Percentile £357 £409 £423
25th Percentile £444 £475 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% +2.38% -
75th Percentile £620 £627 £589
90th Percentile £715 £721 £690
UK median daily rate £507 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.91% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £48.31 - £47.46
25th Percentile £51.51 - £61.95
Median hourly rate £58.09 - £82.50
75th Percentile £65.92 - £90.00
90th Percentile £69.87 - -
UK median hourly rate £53.50 £67.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year -20.74% -10.00% +100.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,714 17,075 20,684
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.67% 84.25% 89.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,292 10,208 14,243
10th Percentile £234 £250 £258
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £651 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 858 2,062 1,260
10th Percentile £14.10 £12.34 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.08 £15.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.82% +8.57% +75.00%
75th Percentile £63.00 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.71
UK median hourly rate £27.64 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -24.27% +1.39% +40.19%

Product Roadmap
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Product Roadmap as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Product Roadmap in the UK excluding London

Product Roadmap
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Roadmap in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Product Roadmap in the UK excluding London

Product Roadmap
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Roadmap in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Roadmap in the UK excluding London

Product Roadmap
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Roadmap in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Product Roadmap in the UK excluding London

Product Roadmap
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Product Roadmap in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Product Roadmap in the UK excluding London

Product Roadmap
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 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
North of England +12 25 £450 -28.23% 164
South West +57 23 £569 +39.06% 48
South East +18 20 £522 -0.57% 171
North West -7 14 £409 -34.85% 97
Scotland -6 8 £487 +2.91% 37
East of England - 7 £638 - 57
North East +2 6 £775 +47.62% 18
Yorkshire +16 5 £494 -5.95% 50
Midlands +11 5 £433 -21.36% 68
West Midlands +6 4 £450 -18.18% 49
East Midlands +10 1 £433 +11.61% 14
Product Roadmap
UK

Product Roadmap
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (6.98%) Confluence
2 1 (1.16%) CMS
2 1 (1.16%) GeoServer
2 1 (1.16%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (1.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (1.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (2.33%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 9 (10.47%) AWS
2 8 (9.30%) PaaS
2 8 (9.30%) SaaS
3 6 (6.98%) Azure
4 5 (5.81%) Serverless
5 4 (4.65%) Amazon S3
5 4 (4.65%) AWS CloudFormation
5 4 (4.65%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (2.33%) Amazon SQS
6 2 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (2.33%) GCP
6 2 (2.33%) Oracle CX
6 2 (2.33%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.16%) iPaaS
7 1 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.30%) PBX
1 8 (9.30%) VoIP
2 5 (5.81%) SD-WAN
3 3 (3.49%) Broadband
4 2 (2.33%) DHCP
4 2 (2.33%) DNS
4 2 (2.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.65%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.33%) Amazon Aurora
2 2 (2.33%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (2.33%) GIS
3 1 (1.16%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.16%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.16%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (8.14%) JIRA
2 3 (3.49%) Git
3 2 (2.33%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.33%) Rational Rhapsody
3 2 (2.33%) Subversion
4 1 (1.16%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.16%) Oracle Forms
General
1 23 (26.74%) Social Skills
2 15 (17.44%) Public Sector
3 12 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (13.95%) Finance
3 12 (13.95%) Telecoms
4 5 (5.81%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (4.65%) Legal
5 4 (4.65%) Military
6 3 (3.49%) Banking
6 3 (3.49%) Marketing
7 2 (2.33%) Retail
8 1 (1.16%) Automotive
8 1 (1.16%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.16%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (1.16%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.16%) Police
8 1 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (19.77%) Product Manager
2 16 (18.60%) Architect
3 14 (16.28%) Product Owner
4 8 (9.30%) Lead
5 7 (8.14%) Analyst
6 6 (6.98%) Business Analyst
7 5 (5.81%) Security Architect
8 4 (4.65%) Author
8 4 (4.65%) Developer
8 4 (4.65%) Senior
8 4 (4.65%) Technical Architect
8 4 (4.65%) Technical Author
9 3 (3.49%) Coordinator
9 3 (3.49%) Scrum Master
9 3 (3.49%) Security Assurance Coordinator
9 3 (3.49%) Security Technical Architect
9 3 (3.49%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (3.49%) Technical Assurance Architect
9 3 (3.49%) Technical Coordinator
10 2 (2.33%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.65%) AWS CDK
2 2 (2.33%) PostGIS
2 2 (2.33%) React
2 2 (2.33%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.16%) .NET
3 1 (1.16%) Next.js
3 1 (1.16%) Node.js
3 1 (1.16%) RESTful
3 1 (1.16%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 35 (40.70%) Product Ownership
2 8 (9.30%) Blackberry
2 8 (9.30%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (6.98%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (3.49%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (3.49%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.33%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.33%) Cyberattack
5 2 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.16%) Blog
6 1 (1.16%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.16%) FMCG
6 1 (1.16%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.16%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.16%) PropTech
6 1 (1.16%) Robotics
6 1 (1.16%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.49%) Linux
2 2 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (2.33%) Solaris
2 2 (2.33%) Unix
3 1 (1.16%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 52 (60.47%) Agile
3 23 (26.74%) Product Management
4 22 (25.58%) Stakeholder Management
5 19 (22.09%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (20.93%) Product Backlog
7 17 (19.77%) Product Strategy
8 16 (18.60%) User Stories
9 15 (17.44%) Migration
9 15 (17.44%) Product Vision
9 15 (17.44%) Scrum
10 13 (15.12%) Project Management
10 13 (15.12%) Service Design
11 12 (13.95%) Backlog Prioritisation
11 12 (13.95%) Business Case
11 12 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (12.79%) Backlog Management
12 11 (12.79%) Commercial Awareness
12 11 (12.79%) User Experience
13 9 (10.47%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.98%) Python
2 3 (3.49%) Java
2 3 (3.49%) JavaScript
2 3 (3.49%) TypeScript
3 2 (2.33%) Bash
3 2 (2.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 19 (22.09%) Security Cleared
2 14 (16.28%) DV Cleared
3 13 (15.12%) SC Cleared
4 8 (9.30%) CCNP
4 8 (9.30%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (9.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 6 (6.98%) Degree
6 2 (2.33%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.16%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.16%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (1.16%) MBA
7 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.16%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.98%) QA
2 5 (5.81%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.49%) GDPR
4 1 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 15 (17.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (2.33%) vSphere
3 1 (1.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.33%) Ansible
1 2 (2.33%) Grafana
1 2 (2.33%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.33%) Red Hat Satellite
1 2 (2.33%) SELinux
2 1 (1.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (17.44%) VMware
2 8 (9.30%) Avaya
2 8 (9.30%) Cisco
2 8 (9.30%) Ericsson
2 8 (9.30%) F5
2 8 (9.30%) Juniper
2 8 (9.30%) Nokia
2 8 (9.30%) Palo Alto
2 8 (9.30%) Ribbon
3 5 (5.81%) Microsoft
4 3 (3.49%) Oracle
5 2 (2.33%) IBM
5 2 (2.33%) Red Hat
5 2 (2.33%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.33%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.33%) SolarWinds
5 2 (2.33%) Symantec
5 2 (2.33%) Veritas
6 1 (1.16%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 1 (1.16%) SAP