Technology Roadmap Contracts

Technology Roadmaps
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Technology Roadmap skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Technology Roadmap over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 463 391 442
Rank change year-on-year -72 +51 -3
Contract jobs citing Technology Roadmap 122 330 477
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.57% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.63% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 257 300
10th Percentile £405 £460 £425
25th Percentile £519 £550 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +17.37%
75th Percentile £681 £738 £713
90th Percentile £825 £805 £758
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £650 £530
% change year-on-year -7.69% +22.64% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile £33.57 - -
25th Percentile £33.61 - £33.00
Median hourly rate £35.13 - £96.00
75th Percentile £52.72 - £96.23
90th Percentile £82.81 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £102.87 - £96.23
% change year-on-year - - +240.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Technology 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 36,956 52,182 79,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.29% 89.83% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,793 36,175 55,967
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
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 2,422 1,727 1,890
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technology Roadmap over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Technology Roadmap over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

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 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 -75 107 £600 -7.69% 186
London -30 56 £600 -11.11% 68
Work from Home +42 54 £638 +2.00% 94
UK excluding London +4 54 £600 -7.69% 121
East of England -5 15 £625 -10.71% 21
South East +3 12 £650 +8.33% 26
North of England +8 11 £550 -8.33% 31
North West +19 9 £550 -4.35% 15
South West +14 8 £588 -16.07% 9
Scotland +46 6 £600 +2.13% 11
Yorkshire +14 2 £525 -19.23% 13
Midlands +13 2 £600 - 23
East Midlands +13 1 £600 -1.03% 10
West Midlands +12 1 - - 13

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 10 (8.20%) Confluence
2 2 (1.64%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.64%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.82%) Oracle AGIS
2 1 (0.82%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.82%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.82%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.82%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.82%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.82%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.82%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.82%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (0.82%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 30 (24.59%) Azure
2 10 (8.20%) AWS
2 10 (8.20%) SaaS
3 7 (5.74%) PaaS
4 5 (4.10%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.28%) GitHub
5 4 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.46%) IaaS
7 2 (1.64%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.64%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.64%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.64%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.64%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.82%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.82%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.82%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.82%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.82%) Serverless
8 1 (0.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.38%) Firewall
2 8 (6.56%) VPN
3 5 (4.10%) Cisco ASA
3 5 (4.10%) Cisco Nexus
3 5 (4.10%) OSPF
4 3 (2.46%) Spanning Tree
4 3 (2.46%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.46%) VLAN
4 3 (2.46%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.64%) BGP
5 2 (1.64%) LAN
5 2 (1.64%) SAN
5 2 (1.64%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.64%) WAN
6 1 (0.82%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.82%) Skype
6 1 (0.82%) SNMP
6 1 (0.82%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.74%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (3.28%) Power BI
3 3 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.64%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.64%) Snowflake Schema
4 2 (1.64%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.82%) Adabas
5 1 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.82%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.82%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.82%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.82%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (6.56%) JIRA
2 2 (1.64%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 29 (23.77%) Finance
2 28 (22.95%) Social Skills
3 19 (15.57%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (15.57%) Public Sector
4 8 (6.56%) Banking
4 8 (6.56%) Telecoms
5 5 (4.10%) Legal
5 5 (4.10%) Local Government
5 5 (4.10%) Police
6 3 (2.46%) Billing
6 3 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (2.46%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.46%) Retail
7 2 (1.64%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.64%) Back Office
7 2 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.82%) Electronics
8 1 (0.82%) Marketing
8 1 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (41.80%) Architect
2 17 (13.93%) Technical Architect
3 12 (9.84%) Lead
4 10 (8.20%) Solutions Architect
5 8 (6.56%) Enterprise Architect
6 6 (4.92%) Administrator
6 6 (4.92%) Development Manager
6 6 (4.92%) Lead Architect
6 6 (4.92%) Linux Administrator
6 6 (4.92%) Linux Systems Administrator
6 6 (4.92%) Senior
6 6 (4.92%) Systems Administrator
6 6 (4.92%) Technical Leader
7 5 (4.10%) Applications Architect
7 5 (4.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (4.10%) Product Manager
7 5 (4.10%) Senior Architect
8 4 (3.28%) Chief Technology Officer
8 4 (3.28%) Network Engineer
8 4 (3.28%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.10%) .NET
2 2 (1.64%) J2EE
2 2 (1.64%) Web Services
3 1 (0.82%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.82%) Ajax
3 1 (0.82%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.82%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.82%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (0.82%) EntireX
3 1 (0.82%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.82%) HTML
3 1 (0.82%) HTML5
3 1 (0.82%) Node.js
3 1 (0.82%) OpenID
3 1 (0.82%) RESTful
3 1 (0.82%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.82%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.66%) Data Centre
2 9 (7.38%) Management Information System
2 9 (7.38%) Product Ownership
3 8 (6.56%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (4.92%) PKI
4 6 (4.92%) Public Cloud
5 3 (2.46%) Mainframe
5 3 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.64%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.64%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.82%) Blackberry
7 1 (0.82%) CMDB
7 1 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.82%) FMCG
7 1 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.82%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.82%) NHS
7 1 (0.82%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (14.75%) Linux
2 9 (7.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 9 (7.38%) Windows
3 6 (4.92%) Windows Server 2016
3 6 (4.92%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (4.10%) Android
4 5 (4.10%) Apple iOS
5 3 (2.46%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.82%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.82%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 34 (27.87%) Agile
3 20 (16.39%) Business Strategy
3 20 (16.39%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (13.93%) Technical Leadership
5 16 (13.11%) Migration
6 15 (12.30%) Collaborative Working
7 14 (11.48%) Enterprise Architecture
8 13 (10.66%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (10.66%) DevOps
8 13 (10.66%) IT Strategy
9 12 (9.84%) Technical Architecture
10 11 (9.02%) Stakeholder Management
11 10 (8.20%) Computer Science
11 10 (8.20%) Strategic Roadmap
11 10 (8.20%) Technology Strategy
12 9 (7.38%) Performance Optimisation
12 9 (7.38%) Security Architecture
13 8 (6.56%) Disaster Recovery
13 8 (6.56%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.56%) Java
1 8 (6.56%) Python
2 5 (4.10%) C#
3 4 (3.28%) Bash
3 4 (3.28%) SQL
4 3 (2.46%) C++
4 3 (2.46%) PHP
5 2 (1.64%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.82%) Bicep
6 1 (0.82%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.82%) Natural
6 1 (0.82%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 38 (31.15%) Security Cleared
2 18 (14.75%) SC Cleared
3 14 (11.48%) Degree
4 11 (9.02%) DV Cleared
5 9 (7.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (7.38%) Master's Degree
6 5 (4.10%) CTC Cleared
7 3 (2.46%) Chartered Engineer
7 3 (2.46%) CITP
8 2 (1.64%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.64%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.64%) PhD
9 1 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.92%) GDPR
2 4 (3.28%) QA
3 2 (1.64%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.82%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.82%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (9.84%) Active Directory
2 11 (9.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.92%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.82%) Docker
4 1 (0.82%) Firmware
4 1 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (4.92%) Red Hat Satellite
2 3 (2.46%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.64%) Terraform
4 1 (0.82%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.82%) Matomo
4 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (18.85%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.84%) Red Hat
3 11 (9.02%) VMware
4 9 (7.38%) Cisco
5 6 (4.92%) Atlassian
6 5 (4.10%) F5
6 5 (4.10%) Palo Alto
7 4 (3.28%) Oracle
7 4 (3.28%) Salesforce
8 3 (2.46%) SAP
8 3 (2.46%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.46%) Splunk
9 2 (1.64%) Sparx
9 2 (1.64%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.82%) Adaptive Insights
10 1 (0.82%) Aruba
10 1 (0.82%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.82%) Databricks
10 1 (0.82%) ForgeRock
10 1 (0.82%) Ping Identity