Roadmaps Contract Job Trends in Wales

Roadmaps
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Roadmaps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 39 38
Rank change year-on-year +13 -1 +6
Contract jobs citing Roadmaps 15 5 18
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 3.99% 1.15% 3.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.79% 1.47% 4.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 15
10th Percentile £408 £741 £535
25th Percentile £446 £766 £565
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £838 £650
Median % change year-on-year -42.69% +28.85% +33.33%
75th Percentile £638 £916 £700
90th Percentile £688 £944 £770
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

Roadmaps 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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 313 339 414
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 83.24% 78.11% 87.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 181 317
10th Percentile £190 £140 £180
25th Percentile £266 £213 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £498 £550 £575
90th Percentile £648 £644 £640
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 46 21
10th Percentile £14.23 £15.48 £14.86
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.12 £21.25
Median hourly rate £20.50 £25.18 £27.17
Median % change year-on-year -18.59% -7.31% +50.92%
75th Percentile £25.15 £40.00 £52.50
90th Percentile - £51.75 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -37.13% -9.60% +37.21%

Roadmaps
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Roadmaps relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Roadmaps job vacancy trend in Wales

Roadmaps
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Roadmaps.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Roadmaps

Roadmaps
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Roadmaps in Wales over the 6 months to 12 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Roadmaps in Wales

Roadmaps
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Roadmaps.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Roadmaps

Roadmaps
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Roadmaps within the Wales region over the 6 months to 12 October 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
South Wales +17 12 £478 -36.33% 26
West Wales - 1 £625 -
North Wales - 1 £263 -
Roadmaps
UK

Roadmaps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (20.00%) UserZoom
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (53.33%) Azure
2 5 (33.33%) AWS
2 5 (33.33%) GCP
3 3 (20.00%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) DNS
1 1 (6.67%) LAN
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Cypress.io
General
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (46.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Digital Health
4 1 (6.67%) Law
4 1 (6.67%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Military
4 1 (6.67%) Retail
4 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Architect
2 5 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (26.67%) Cloud Architect
4 3 (20.00%) Lead
4 3 (20.00%) User Researcher
5 2 (13.33%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
5 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Architect
5 2 (13.33%) Migration Architect
5 2 (13.33%) Principal Architect
5 2 (13.33%) Principal Solutions Architect
6 1 (6.67%) Cloud Solutions Architect
6 1 (6.67%) Customer Support Specialist
6 1 (6.67%) IT Support
6 1 (6.67%) IT Support Specialist
6 1 (6.67%) Product Owner
6 1 (6.67%) Senior User Researcher
6 1 (6.67%) Software Engineering Team Leader
6 1 (6.67%) Software Team Leader
6 1 (6.67%) Support Specialist
6 1 (6.67%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) .NET
1 1 (6.67%) .NET Core
1 1 (6.67%) .NET Framework
1 1 (6.67%) Entity Framework
1 1 (6.67%) Jest
1 1 (6.67%) Next.js
1 1 (6.67%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Cloud Native
2 2 (13.33%) NHS
2 2 (13.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
3 1 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Agile
2 7 (46.67%) Strategic Roadmap
2 7 (46.67%) TOGAF
3 5 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 5 (33.33%) Data Privacy
3 5 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 5 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 5 (33.33%) ITIL
4 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
4 4 (26.67%) IT Strategy
4 4 (26.67%) Service Delivery
4 4 (26.67%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
5 3 (20.00%) Customer Service
5 3 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
5 3 (20.00%) Service Design
5 3 (20.00%) Sprint Planning
5 3 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) Korn
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
1 1 (6.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) Degree
2 6 (40.00%) Azure Certification
3 4 (26.67%) AWS Certification
3 4 (26.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 4 (26.67%) CITP
3 4 (26.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (26.67%) Master's Degree
3 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
4 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (13.33%) CISSP
6 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (6.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (13.33%) ITGC
1 2 (13.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.67%) SLA
2 1 (6.67%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (33.33%) Google
3 1 (6.67%) Ab Initio