Product Roadmap Contracts

Product Roadmaps
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Product Roadmap skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Product Roadmap over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 368 336 349
Rank change year-on-year -32 +13 +35
Contract jobs citing Product Roadmap 227 421 662
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.53% 0.73% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.81% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 310 492
10th Percentile £384 £440 £410
25th Percentile £481 £460 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £661 £638 £638
90th Percentile £742 £726 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 3
10th Percentile £63.85 £37.04 -
25th Percentile £64.75 £37.80 £36.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £75.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +100.00% -18.92%
75th Percentile £68.75 £90.00 £41.75
90th Percentile - - £43.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £82.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Product Roadmap is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,094 51,920 79,222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.82% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,889 35,981 55,625
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,716 1,886
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.24 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +41.73% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

Product Roadmap
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Product Roadmap as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Product Roadmap in the UK

Product Roadmap
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Roadmap.

Daily rate trend for Product Roadmap in the UK

Product Roadmap
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Roadmap over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Roadmap in the UK

Product Roadmap
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Roadmap.

Hourly rate trend for Product Roadmap in the UK

Product Roadmap
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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
England -2 198 £585 +6.36% 294
London +30 111 £600 - 122
UK excluding London -34 95 £525 - 182
Work from Home +3 69 £509 -4.37% 142
South East +7 43 £525 +11.70% 50
North of England +9 23 £630 +17.21% 54
North West +18 19 £850 +54.20% 35
Scotland -3 16 £473 -3.22% 19
Midlands +27 11 £550 - 18
West Midlands +16 9 £550 -6.38% 17
South West +11 3 £409 -9.11% 26
Yorkshire -9 3 £525 -0.47% 12
East Midlands +18 2 £388 -26.19% 1
North East +16 1 £525 -19.23% 7

Product Roadmap
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 5 (2.20%) Confluence
2 3 (1.32%) ArcGIS
2 3 (1.32%) CMS
2 3 (1.32%) SAS
3 2 (0.88%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.44%) Drupal
4 1 (0.44%) GeoServer
4 1 (0.44%) Kentico
4 1 (0.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.44%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (0.44%) Blender
3 1 (0.44%) Houdini
3 1 (0.44%) Maya
3 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.44%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.88%) Aladdin
1 2 (0.88%) Bloomberg AIM
1 2 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle AGIS
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (0.44%) SAP APO
2 1 (0.44%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.44%) SAP IBP
2 1 (0.44%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.44%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 26 (11.45%) AWS
1 26 (11.45%) Azure
2 10 (4.41%) AWS CloudFormation
2 10 (4.41%) SaaS
3 8 (3.52%) OpenShift
4 7 (3.08%) GitHub
4 7 (3.08%) Power Platform
4 7 (3.08%) Serverless
5 6 (2.64%) AWS Lambda
5 6 (2.64%) PaaS
6 5 (2.20%) Amazon S3
6 5 (2.20%) GCP
6 5 (2.20%) GitHub Actions
6 5 (2.20%) SuccessFactors
7 4 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.76%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.32%) IaaS
9 2 (0.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (0.88%) Google App Engine
10 1 (0.44%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.49%) Firewall
2 10 (4.41%) VPN
3 4 (1.76%) DHCP
3 4 (1.76%) DNS
4 2 (0.88%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.88%) WAN
4 2 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.44%) 3G
5 1 (0.44%) 4G
5 1 (0.44%) 5G
5 1 (0.44%) Broadband
5 1 (0.44%) DSL
5 1 (0.44%) Intranet
5 1 (0.44%) LAN
5 1 (0.44%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.44%) SNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.41%) Data Lake
2 9 (3.96%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (3.52%) NoSQL
4 7 (3.08%) Power BI
5 6 (2.64%) Amazon Aurora
5 6 (2.64%) Big Data
6 4 (1.76%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.76%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (1.76%) GIS
6 4 (1.76%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.76%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.32%) OLAP
7 3 (1.32%) OLTP
7 3 (1.32%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.32%) Spatial Data
8 2 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.88%) Parquet
9 1 (0.44%) Metadata
9 1 (0.44%) QGIS
9 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (7.93%) JIRA
2 7 (3.08%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.44%) Git
3 1 (0.44%) JMeter
3 1 (0.44%) JUnit
3 1 (0.44%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.44%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.44%) Subversion
General
1 68 (29.96%) Social Skills
2 48 (21.15%) Finance
3 32 (14.10%) Public Sector
4 29 (12.78%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (11.89%) Marketing
6 20 (8.81%) Legal
7 14 (6.17%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (6.17%) Retail
8 11 (4.85%) Telecoms
9 10 (4.41%) Billing
9 10 (4.41%) Pharmaceutical
10 9 (3.96%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (3.52%) Military
12 7 (3.08%) Banking
13 5 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (2.20%) Health Technology
13 5 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (2.20%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.76%) Advertising
15 3 (1.32%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 52 (22.91%) Product Manager
2 37 (16.30%) Product Owner
3 33 (14.54%) Senior
4 31 (13.66%) Architect
5 22 (9.69%) Lead
6 16 (7.05%) Analyst
7 12 (5.29%) Delivery Manager
7 12 (5.29%) Technical Architect
8 11 (4.85%) Business Analyst
8 11 (4.85%) Technical Leader
9 10 (4.41%) Consultant
9 10 (4.41%) Lead Architect
10 9 (3.96%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (3.52%) Developer
11 8 (3.52%) Senior Manager
12 7 (3.08%) Data Architect
12 7 (3.08%) Data Manager
13 6 (2.64%) DevOps Engineer
13 6 (2.64%) Senior Analyst
13 6 (2.64%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.93%) Node.js
2 8 (3.52%) Spring
2 8 (3.52%) Spring Boot
3 7 (3.08%) React
4 6 (2.64%) AWS CDK
4 6 (2.64%) CSS
5 5 (2.20%) HTML
6 4 (1.76%) JSON
6 4 (1.76%) JSON Schema
6 4 (1.76%) YAML
7 3 (1.32%) LDAP
7 3 (1.32%) Middleware
7 3 (1.32%) OAuth
8 2 (0.88%) ADO
8 2 (0.88%) Apache Avro
8 2 (0.88%) Kafka
8 2 (0.88%) REST
8 2 (0.88%) Spring Security
8 2 (0.88%) Web Services
8 2 (0.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 83 (36.56%) Product Ownership
2 14 (6.17%) Management Information System
3 10 (4.41%) Public Cloud
4 8 (3.52%) Mobile App
5 7 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.64%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.20%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.20%) Reference Data
8 4 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.76%) Taxonomies
8 4 (1.76%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.32%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.32%) Blockchain
9 3 (1.32%) CMDB
9 3 (1.32%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.32%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.32%) Solar Power
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.73%) Windows
2 11 (4.85%) Android
2 11 (4.85%) Apple iOS
2 11 (4.85%) Windows Server
3 10 (4.41%) Linux
4 3 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.32%) Solaris
5 2 (0.88%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.88%) Unix
5 2 (0.88%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 117 (51.54%) Agile
3 53 (23.35%) Product Management
4 46 (20.26%) Product Backlog
4 46 (20.26%) Scrum
5 41 (18.06%) User Stories
6 40 (17.62%) Product Strategy
7 36 (15.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 36 (15.86%) DevOps
8 34 (14.98%) Backlog Management
8 34 (14.98%) Project Management
8 34 (14.98%) User Experience
9 33 (14.54%) Analytics
10 29 (12.78%) Backlog Prioritisation
11 27 (11.89%) Decision-Making
12 26 (11.45%) Stakeholder Management
13 25 (11.01%) Problem-Solving
14 23 (10.13%) CI/CD
14 23 (10.13%) Product Requirements
14 23 (10.13%) Product Vision
Programming Languages
1 14 (6.17%) Python
2 13 (5.73%) Java
2 13 (5.73%) SQL
3 11 (4.85%) JavaScript
3 11 (4.85%) TypeScript
4 6 (2.64%) Bash
5 3 (1.32%) C++
6 2 (0.88%) C
6 2 (0.88%) Go
6 2 (0.88%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.88%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.88%) VBScript
7 1 (0.44%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.44%) Perl
7 1 (0.44%) Scala
Qualifications
1 47 (20.70%) Security Cleared
2 44 (19.38%) SC Cleared
3 28 (12.33%) Degree
4 15 (6.61%) DV Cleared
5 10 (4.41%) PMP
6 8 (3.52%) Master's Degree
6 8 (3.52%) PMI Certification
7 6 (2.64%) MBA
8 5 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.32%) CSPO
10 2 (0.88%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.88%) CBAP
11 1 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.44%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.44%) IIBA
11 1 (0.44%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.29%) Accessibility
2 9 (3.96%) QA
3 8 (3.52%) PMO
4 6 (2.64%) Data Quality
5 5 (2.20%) SLA
6 4 (1.76%) GDPR
7 2 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.44%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.44%) GRC
8 1 (0.44%) GxP
System Software
1 11 (4.85%) Docker
2 3 (1.32%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.32%) VMware NSX
2 3 (1.32%) vSphere
3 2 (0.88%) Ceph
3 2 (0.88%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 2 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.88%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 10 (4.41%) Kubernetes
1 10 (4.41%) Terraform
2 6 (2.64%) Ansible
3 3 (1.32%) Grafana
3 3 (1.32%) Red Hat Satellite
4 2 (0.88%) Kibana
4 2 (0.88%) Pacemaker
4 2 (0.88%) Podman
4 2 (0.88%) SCCM
5 1 (0.44%) Argo
5 1 (0.44%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.44%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.44%) Puppet
5 1 (0.44%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.44%) SELinux
5 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.44%) vRealize
5 1 (0.44%) VxRail
Vendors
1 21 (9.25%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.29%) ServiceNow
3 10 (4.41%) Oracle
4 9 (3.96%) SAP
5 7 (3.08%) Google
5 7 (3.08%) VMware
6 6 (2.64%) SolarWinds
7 5 (2.20%) Apple
7 5 (2.20%) Citrix
7 5 (2.20%) Informatica
7 5 (2.20%) Red Hat
7 5 (2.20%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.20%) Workday
8 4 (1.76%) Databricks
9 3 (1.32%) ESRI
10 2 (0.88%) Avaloq
10 2 (0.88%) Bloomberg
10 2 (0.88%) Ivanti
10 2 (0.88%) Symantec
10 2 (0.88%) Zoho