Roadmaps Contracts

Roadmaps
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Roadmaps skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Roadmaps over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 47 33 43
Rank change year-on-year -14 +10 +9
Contract jobs citing Roadmaps 1,660 3,190 4,709
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.90% 5.57% 5.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.53% 6.20% 5.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,095 2,293 3,295
10th Percentile £407 £433 £413
25th Percentile £475 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £600 £590
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +1.69% +7.27%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £683
90th Percentile £825 £800 £754
UK excluding London median daily rate £570 £570 £550
% change year-on-year - +3.64% +5.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 42 43
10th Percentile £33.00 £30.50 £27.05
25th Percentile £34.81 £37.76 £34.99
Median hourly rate £67.50 £64.00 £43.95
Median % change year-on-year +5.47% +45.62% +0.46%
75th Percentile £86.89 £80.19 £70.38
90th Percentile £92.00 £90.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £68.47 £65.00 £65.47
% change year-on-year +5.33% -0.71% +89.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Roadmaps 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 36,644 51,414 79,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.11% 89.76% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,629 35,622 55,798
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,441 1,693 1,893
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.99 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.52
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% -5.27%

Roadmaps
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Roadmaps in the UK

Roadmaps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Roadmaps in the UK

Roadmaps
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Roadmaps over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Roadmaps in the UK

Roadmaps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Roadmaps in the UK

Roadmaps
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Roadmaps over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Roadmaps in the UK

Roadmaps
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Roadmaps within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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 -14 1,404 £600 -1.23% 1,512
London -12 753 £600 -4.00% 717
UK excluding London -17 734 £570 - 926
Work from Home -12 576 £575 -4.17% 724
South East -20 183 £525 -12.50% 327
North of England -13 177 £580 +5.45% 207
Scotland -7 133 £500 -2.82% 55
North West -5 119 £585 +6.36% 121
Midlands -10 104 £663 +1.92% 158
South West +4 95 £575 -4.17% 94
West Midlands -2 88 £675 +3.85% 107
Yorkshire -18 55 £500 -13.04% 61
East of England -35 40 £630 -3.08% 79
East Midlands -22 14 £445 -31.54% 50
North East +4 11 £760 +44.76% 25
Northern Ireland +2 3 £640 +16.36% 6
Wales -12 3 £625 +10.62% 19

Roadmaps
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 49 (2.95%) Confluence
2 33 (1.99%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 19 (1.14%) CMS
5 10 (0.60%) SAS
6 8 (0.48%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.30%) Apache
7 5 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.24%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.24%) Drupal
8 4 (0.24%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.18%) IIS
9 3 (0.18%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.18%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.12%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.12%) WordPress
11 1 (0.060%) Exchange Server 2013
11 1 (0.060%) GeoServer
Applications
1 38 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.66%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.48%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.18%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.12%) Trello
10 1 (0.060%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 49 (2.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 27 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.84%) Aladdin
4 10 (0.60%) SAP FI
4 10 (0.60%) Workday HCM
5 9 (0.54%) SAP CO
5 9 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
6 8 (0.48%) SAP SD
7 6 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
7 6 (0.36%) SAP ERP
7 6 (0.36%) Shopify
8 4 (0.24%) Infor SunSystems
8 4 (0.24%) SAP BPC
8 4 (0.24%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.18%) Fidessa
9 3 (0.18%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.18%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.18%) SAP Hybris
9 3 (0.18%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 250 (15.06%) Azure
2 192 (11.57%) AWS
3 70 (4.22%) Power Platform
3 70 (4.22%) SaaS
4 65 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
5 59 (3.55%) GCP
6 54 (3.25%) PaaS
7 35 (2.11%) IaaS
8 32 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
9 27 (1.63%) SuccessFactors
10 23 (1.39%) Entra ID
10 23 (1.39%) GitHub
10 23 (1.39%) Serverless
11 22 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
12 21 (1.27%) AWS CloudFormation
13 15 (0.90%) AWS Lambda
14 13 (0.78%) OpenShift
14 13 (0.78%) PowerApps
15 12 (0.72%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 83 (5.00%) Firewall
2 40 (2.41%) VPN
3 35 (2.11%) Network Security
4 31 (1.87%) DNS
5 28 (1.69%) VoIP
6 26 (1.57%) WAN
7 19 (1.14%) 5G
8 15 (0.90%) LAN
8 15 (0.90%) MPLS
8 15 (0.90%) TCP/IP
9 14 (0.84%) 4G
9 14 (0.84%) BGP
10 13 (0.78%) Intranet
10 13 (0.78%) Radio Access Network
11 11 (0.66%) Cisco ASA
11 11 (0.66%) Cisco Nexus
11 11 (0.66%) DHCP
11 11 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (0.54%) Cisco IOS
12 9 (0.54%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (3.55%) Power BI
2 36 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (1.39%) Big Data
3 23 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (1.39%) Tableau
4 22 (1.33%) NoSQL
5 21 (1.27%) Metadata
5 21 (1.27%) SQL Server
6 20 (1.20%) Data Lake
7 17 (1.02%) MongoDB
8 12 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
8 12 (0.72%) Oracle Database
9 10 (0.60%) OLAP
9 10 (0.60%) OLTP
10 8 (0.48%) Amazon Aurora
10 8 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.48%) GIS
10 8 (0.48%) SAP BW
11 7 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.36%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 116 (6.99%) JIRA
2 35 (2.11%) Jenkins
3 32 (1.93%) Git
4 18 (1.08%) Rational DOORS
5 12 (0.72%) Artifactory
6 10 (0.60%) GitLab
7 9 (0.54%) TeamCity
8 8 (0.48%) Bitbucket
8 8 (0.48%) LoadRunner
8 8 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
9 7 (0.42%) Selenium
10 6 (0.36%) NeoLoad
11 5 (0.30%) Subversion
12 4 (0.24%) JMeter
12 4 (0.24%) webpack
12 4 (0.24%) XCUITest
13 3 (0.18%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.18%) Visual Website Optimizer
14 2 (0.12%) ERwin
14 2 (0.12%) JUnit
General
1 450 (27.11%) Social Skills
2 377 (22.71%) Finance
3 216 (13.01%) Public Sector
4 201 (12.11%) Analytical Skills
5 120 (7.23%) Banking
6 82 (4.94%) Telecoms
7 73 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
8 67 (4.04%) Marketing
9 66 (3.98%) Influencing Skills
10 61 (3.67%) Retail
11 59 (3.55%) Legal
12 53 (3.19%) Manufacturing
13 35 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 30 (1.81%) Front Office
15 27 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
16 23 (1.39%) Investment Banking
17 19 (1.14%) Law
18 18 (1.08%) Military
19 17 (1.02%) Back Office
20 16 (0.96%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 483 (29.10%) Architect
2 174 (10.48%) Senior
3 168 (10.12%) Analyst
4 167 (10.06%) Lead
5 147 (8.86%) Solutions Architect
6 109 (6.57%) Consultant
6 109 (6.57%) Product Manager
7 93 (5.60%) Business Analyst
7 93 (5.60%) Product Owner
8 83 (5.00%) Enterprise Architect
9 77 (4.64%) Technical Architect
10 68 (4.10%) Developer
11 52 (3.13%) Project Manager
12 46 (2.77%) Data Architect
13 40 (2.41%) Security Architect
14 37 (2.23%) Network Engineer
15 35 (2.11%) Delivery Manager
16 34 (2.05%) Lead Architect
17 32 (1.93%) Senior Architect
18 30 (1.81%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (1.99%) Node.js
2 31 (1.87%) .NET
2 31 (1.87%) REST
3 24 (1.45%) React
3 24 (1.45%) Web Services
4 21 (1.27%) HTML
5 19 (1.14%) JSON
6 17 (1.02%) CSS
6 17 (1.02%) XML
7 15 (0.90%) SAML
7 15 (0.90%) SOAP
8 14 (0.84%) Middleware
9 13 (0.78%) AngularJS
10 12 (0.72%) Spring
11 11 (0.66%) AWS CDK
11 11 (0.66%) Kafka
11 11 (0.66%) LDAP
11 11 (0.66%) Spring Boot
12 10 (0.60%) J2EE
12 10 (0.60%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 220 (13.25%) Product Ownership
2 97 (5.84%) Management Information System
3 36 (2.17%) Public Cloud
4 35 (2.11%) Data Centre
5 34 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
6 28 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
6 28 (1.69%) Security Posture
7 27 (1.63%) Fixed Income
8 25 (1.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 25 (1.51%) Hedge funds
8 25 (1.51%) Mobile App
9 23 (1.39%) Derivative
9 23 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
10 20 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
10 20 (1.20%) Equities
11 19 (1.14%) CMDB
12 18 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
12 18 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
13 17 (1.02%) Virtual Team
14 16 (0.96%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 72 (4.34%) Linux
2 64 (3.86%) Windows
3 42 (2.53%) Apple iOS
4 30 (1.81%) Android
5 28 (1.69%) Unix
6 23 (1.39%) Windows Server
7 14 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.36%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.18%) Solaris
10 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.12%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.060%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 546 (32.89%) Agile
2 264 (15.90%) Strategic Roadmap
3 241 (14.52%) Product Roadmap
4 226 (13.61%) Problem-Solving
5 206 (12.41%) Stakeholder Management
6 203 (12.23%) DevOps
7 181 (10.90%) Project Management
8 167 (10.06%) Analytics
9 160 (9.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 160 (9.64%) Scrum
10 148 (8.92%) Business Strategy
11 143 (8.61%) Migration
12 140 (8.43%) IT Strategy
13 126 (7.59%) Decision-Making
14 123 (7.41%) Enterprise Architecture
15 121 (7.29%) Cybersecurity
16 119 (7.17%) Technology Roadmap
17 116 (6.99%) Product Management
18 111 (6.69%) Risk Management
19 106 (6.39%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 124 (7.47%) Python
2 104 (6.27%) SQL
3 80 (4.82%) Java
4 44 (2.65%) JavaScript
5 37 (2.23%) PowerShell
6 27 (1.63%) TypeScript
7 25 (1.51%) C++
8 22 (1.33%) Bash
8 22 (1.33%) C#
9 12 (0.72%) Perl
10 10 (0.60%) VB.NET
11 9 (0.54%) C
11 9 (0.54%) Shell Script
12 8 (0.48%) VBA
13 7 (0.42%) Go
14 5 (0.30%) Scala
14 5 (0.30%) VBScript
15 4 (0.24%) PHP
15 4 (0.24%) Ruby
15 4 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 254 (15.30%) Security Cleared
2 223 (13.43%) Degree
3 180 (10.84%) SC Cleared
4 74 (4.46%) DV Cleared
5 58 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 41 (2.47%) Master's Degree
7 35 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
8 29 (1.75%) CISSP
9 22 (1.33%) PMP
10 21 (1.27%) TOGAF Certification
11 20 (1.20%) CISM
12 18 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
13 17 (1.02%) CCNP
13 17 (1.02%) PMI Certification
14 16 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
15 14 (0.84%) Azure Certification
16 11 (0.66%) HND
17 9 (0.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 9 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
18 7 (0.42%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (3.61%) QA
2 58 (3.49%) NIST
3 40 (2.41%) Data Quality
4 39 (2.35%) PMO
5 33 (1.99%) GDPR
6 30 (1.81%) Accessibility
7 25 (1.51%) SLA
8 19 (1.14%) Disclosure Scotland
9 14 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 13 (0.78%) GRC
10 13 (0.78%) PCI DSS
11 10 (0.60%) COBIT
12 5 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.24%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 3 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 3 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 3 (0.18%) ITGC
System Software
1 48 (2.89%) Active Directory
2 31 (1.87%) Docker
3 26 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.42%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.36%) vSphere
7 5 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.18%) XenApp
9 2 (0.12%) Ceph
9 2 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.060%) Firmware
10 1 (0.060%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.060%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 59 (3.55%) Terraform
2 47 (2.83%) Kubernetes
3 44 (2.65%) Ansible
4 11 (0.66%) FortiGate
4 11 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 8 (0.48%) Red Hat Satellite
7 7 (0.42%) Grafana
8 5 (0.30%) SCCM
9 4 (0.24%) Kibana
9 4 (0.24%) Opsgenie
9 4 (0.24%) PingFederate
9 4 (0.24%) Puppet
9 4 (0.24%) WSUS
10 3 (0.18%) SolarWinds Orion
11 2 (0.12%) Argo
11 2 (0.12%) Nagios
11 2 (0.12%) OpenView
11 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 219 (13.19%) Microsoft
2 117 (7.05%) SAP
3 68 (4.10%) ServiceNow
4 60 (3.61%) Google
5 55 (3.31%) Cisco
6 42 (2.53%) Oracle
7 36 (2.17%) VMware
8 33 (1.99%) Nokia
9 30 (1.81%) Salesforce
10 27 (1.63%) IBM
11 24 (1.45%) Juniper
12 19 (1.14%) Palo Alto
13 18 (1.08%) Workday
14 17 (1.02%) Bloomberg
14 17 (1.02%) Red Hat
15 16 (0.96%) Atlassian
16 15 (0.90%) Databricks
16 15 (0.90%) F5
17 14 (0.84%) Adobe
17 14 (0.84%) Informatica