Technology Roadmap Contracts

Technology Roadmaps
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 7 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 352 460 407
Rank change year-on-year +108 -53 +23
Contract jobs citing Technology Roadmap 193 136 300
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.61% 0.31% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.37% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 95 246
10th Percentile £375 £441 £450
25th Percentile £488 £550 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £620 £650
Median % change year-on-year -5.24% -4.62% +4.00%
75th Percentile £688 £720 £743
90th Percentile £759 £800 £820
UK excluding London median daily rate £568 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -9.20% -3.85% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 4 0
10th Percentile £21.40 £33.57 -
25th Percentile £52.00 £33.61 -
Median hourly rate £54.00 £35.13 -
Median % change year-on-year +53.74% - -
75th Percentile £56.00 £52.72 -
90th Percentile - £82.81 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £102.87 -
% change year-on-year -82.50% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 28,907 36,912 51,035
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.67% 85.33% 89.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,194 23,557 35,146
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +0.92%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,436 2,507 1,728
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £12.79
25th Percentile £17.44 £16.09 £16.98
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £38.99
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% -3.82% +49.95%
75th Percentile £53.75 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £75.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.66 £38.12 £35.03
% change year-on-year -35.31% +8.82% +66.81%

Technology Roadmap
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technology Roadmap in the UK

Technology Roadmap
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Technology Roadmap in the UK

Technology Roadmap
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technology Roadmap over the 6 months to 7 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technology Roadmap in the UK

Technology Roadmap
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Technology Roadmap in the UK

Technology Roadmap
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Technology Roadmap over the 6 months to 7 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Technology Roadmap in the UK

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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 Technology Roadmap within the UK over the 6 months to 7 July 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
England +92 163 £588 -5.62% 399
London +60 89 £600 -2.44% 216
UK excluding London +64 77 £568 -9.20% 215
Work from Home +19 47 £575 -11.54% 212
South East +55 30 £568 -5.42% 55
North of England +13 20 £569 +3.41% 70
North West +9 11 £620 +5.98% 36
South West +38 10 £575 -21.50% 16
Yorkshire +10 9 £550 +7.32% 29
Midlands - 8 £599 - 24
West Midlands - 8 £599 - 19
Scotland +7 6 £513 - 11
Wales - 2 £236 - 10
East of England +5 1 - - 31

Technology 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 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.07%) ArcGIS
2 4 (2.07%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 4 (2.07%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.04%) Apache
3 2 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.04%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.04%) CMS
3 2 (1.04%) Confluence
3 2 (1.04%) nginx
4 1 (0.52%) JBoss
4 1 (0.52%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.52%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.52%) WebLogic Portal
4 1 (0.52%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.52%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.04%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.52%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.52%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.52%) Revit
Business Applications
1 14 (7.25%) FLEXCUBE
1 14 (7.25%) Oracle BPM
2 4 (2.07%) Maximo
2 4 (2.07%) Oracle Retail
3 2 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 33 (17.10%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (16.58%) Azure
3 25 (12.95%) AWS
4 13 (6.74%) GCP
5 6 (3.11%) PaaS
6 5 (2.59%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.59%) SaaS
7 4 (2.07%) Amazon S3
7 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (1.55%) IaaS
8 3 (1.55%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.04%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (1.04%) dbt
9 2 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.04%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.04%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.04%) Serverless
10 1 (0.52%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (0.52%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (8.81%) Skype
1 17 (8.81%) WebEx
2 6 (3.11%) Firewall
2 6 (3.11%) WAN
3 5 (2.59%) DNS
3 5 (2.59%) Network Security
4 4 (2.07%) LAN
4 4 (2.07%) SD-WAN
5 3 (1.55%) MPLS
5 3 (1.55%) SAN
5 3 (1.55%) SSL
5 3 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (1.04%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (1.04%) HTTP
6 2 (1.04%) Internet
6 2 (1.04%) iSCSI
6 2 (1.04%) SNA
6 2 (1.04%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.04%) VoIP
6 2 (1.04%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.15%) NoSQL
2 6 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (3.11%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.59%) Oracle Database
4 4 (2.07%) Big Data
5 3 (1.55%) Metadata
6 2 (1.04%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.04%) Tableau
7 1 (0.52%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.52%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.52%) Flink
7 1 (0.52%) GIS
7 1 (0.52%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.52%) Power BI
7 1 (0.52%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 19 (9.84%) Jenkins
2 9 (4.66%) JIRA
3 5 (2.59%) Git
4 4 (2.07%) Gradle
4 4 (2.07%) Xcode
5 1 (0.52%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.52%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.52%) MLflow
5 1 (0.52%) Mockito
5 1 (0.52%) Toad
5 1 (0.52%) webpack
General
1 79 (40.93%) Social Skills
2 54 (27.98%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (23.83%) Finance
4 31 (16.06%) Banking
5 16 (8.29%) Military
6 11 (5.70%) Retail
7 8 (4.15%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (4.15%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (4.15%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.11%) Legal
9 5 (2.59%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.55%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.04%) Automotive
11 2 (1.04%) Back Office
11 2 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.04%) Local Government
11 2 (1.04%) Marketing
11 2 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.04%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 74 (38.34%) Architect
2 23 (11.92%) Enterprise Architect
2 23 (11.92%) Solutions Architect
3 17 (8.81%) Senior
4 14 (7.25%) Developer
5 13 (6.74%) Lead
6 9 (4.66%) Consultant
6 9 (4.66%) Senior Architect
7 8 (4.15%) GCP Architect
8 7 (3.63%) Data Architect
8 7 (3.63%) Network Engineer
8 7 (3.63%) Software Engineer
8 7 (3.63%) Technical Architect
9 6 (3.11%) GCP Data Architect
10 5 (2.59%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 5 (2.59%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
10 5 (2.59%) Infrastructure Architect
10 5 (2.59%) Senior Solutions Architect
11 4 (2.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 4 (2.07%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.63%) .NET
2 6 (3.11%) HTML
3 5 (2.59%) CSS
4 4 (2.07%) Middleware
5 3 (1.55%) J2EE
5 3 (1.55%) JSON
5 3 (1.55%) Kafka
5 3 (1.55%) REST
5 3 (1.55%) Spring
5 3 (1.55%) Spring Boot
6 2 (1.04%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.04%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.04%) ASP.NET
6 2 (1.04%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (1.04%) Blazor
6 2 (1.04%) JWT
6 2 (1.04%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (1.04%) OAuth
6 2 (1.04%) React
6 2 (1.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.70%) Cloud Native
2 8 (4.15%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.63%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (3.11%) Data Centre
4 6 (3.11%) Linux Command Line
5 5 (2.59%) Mobile App
5 5 (2.59%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.07%) Mainframe
6 4 (2.07%) Mobile Banking
6 4 (2.07%) Private Cloud
6 4 (2.07%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.55%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (1.55%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.55%) Insider Threat
7 3 (1.55%) NHS
8 2 (1.04%) Clustering
8 2 (1.04%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.04%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (1.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.29%) Windows
2 14 (7.25%) Linux
3 5 (2.59%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.07%) Android
4 4 (2.07%) Apple iOS
4 4 (2.07%) zOS
5 3 (1.55%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.04%) CentOS
6 2 (1.04%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 64 (33.16%) Agile
3 43 (22.28%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (19.17%) Microservices
5 34 (17.62%) DevOps
6 27 (13.99%) CI/CD
6 27 (13.99%) Stakeholder Management
7 25 (12.95%) Enterprise Architecture
7 25 (12.95%) TOGAF
8 23 (11.92%) Change Management
8 23 (11.92%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 22 (11.40%) ITIL
10 21 (10.88%) Technical Leadership
11 20 (10.36%) IT Strategy
12 19 (9.84%) Market Research
13 18 (9.33%) Computer Science
13 18 (9.33%) Migration
14 17 (8.81%) Decision-Making
14 17 (8.81%) Interaction Design
14 17 (8.81%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 31 (16.06%) Java
2 28 (14.51%) SQL
3 19 (9.84%) PL/SQL
4 17 (8.81%) Python
5 11 (5.70%) JavaScript
6 7 (3.63%) Scala
7 6 (3.11%) Bash
7 6 (3.11%) PowerShell
8 5 (2.59%) C#
8 5 (2.59%) Kotlin
8 5 (2.59%) Perl
9 4 (2.07%) C
9 4 (2.07%) C++
9 4 (2.07%) Objective-C
9 4 (2.07%) Ruby
9 4 (2.07%) Swift
9 4 (2.07%) TypeScript
10 2 (1.04%) Apex Code
10 2 (1.04%) JCL
11 1 (0.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (21.76%) Degree
2 28 (14.51%) Security Cleared
3 25 (12.95%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.66%) DV Cleared
5 7 (3.63%) TOGAF Certification
6 6 (3.11%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (3.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.59%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.59%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.59%) CISSP
7 5 (2.59%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (2.07%) CISM
9 3 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.55%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.55%) SAP Certification
10 2 (1.04%) ACCA
10 2 (1.04%) CIMA
11 1 (0.52%) Avaya Certification
11 1 (0.52%) CCDP
11 1 (0.52%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.63%) Accessibility
1 7 (3.63%) GDPR
2 4 (2.07%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.07%) QA
3 3 (1.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 3 (1.55%) HIPAA
3 3 (1.55%) SLA
3 3 (1.55%) SOC 2
4 2 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.04%) NIST
4 2 (1.04%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.52%) COBIT
5 1 (0.52%) NCSC
5 1 (0.52%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (7.25%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.07%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.55%) Docker
5 2 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.52%) LXC
6 1 (0.52%) ProxySG
6 1 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (3.11%) Ansible
1 6 (3.11%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.55%) CASB
2 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.04%) Terraform
3 2 (1.04%) Tivoli NetView
4 1 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.52%) Kubeflow
4 1 (0.52%) OPNET
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Identity Management
4 1 (0.52%) Puppet
4 1 (0.52%) SCCM
Vendors
1 34 (17.62%) Microsoft
2 28 (14.51%) Oracle
3 18 (9.33%) Cisco
4 17 (8.81%) Polycom
5 9 (4.66%) IBM
6 8 (4.15%) Google
6 8 (4.15%) VMware
7 7 (3.63%) F5
7 7 (3.63%) ServiceNow
8 6 (3.11%) SAP
9 5 (2.59%) Databricks
9 5 (2.59%) Juniper
9 5 (2.59%) Salesforce
10 4 (2.07%) Dell
10 4 (2.07%) ESRI
10 4 (2.07%) Remedy
11 3 (1.55%) Hitachi
11 3 (1.55%) HP
11 3 (1.55%) MuleSoft
11 3 (1.55%) Red Hat