Roadmaps Contracts with Work from Home Options

Roadmaps
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 47 36 44
Rank change year-on-year -11 +8 +11
Contract jobs citing Roadmaps 574 1,330 2,372
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.91% 5.57% 5.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.48% 6.22% 5.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 381 970 1,729
10th Percentile £413 £438 £413
25th Percentile £487 £500 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £585
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £698 £700 £688
90th Percentile £838 £800 £763
UK median daily rate £590 £600 £593
% change year-on-year -1.72% +1.18% +7.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 17 19
10th Percentile £30.99 £35.00 £32.50
25th Percentile £33.63 £37.50 £46.88
Median hourly rate £71.93 £66.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.98% -5.71% +137.13%
75th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £84.00 £84.90 £86.20
UK median hourly rate £59.55 £65.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -8.39% +44.44% -2.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,810 21,394 40,150
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.31% 89.63% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,622 15,186 29,240
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 497 521
10th Percentile £14.90 £18.50 £14.50
25th Percentile £23.75 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +68.42%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £59.00
90th Percentile £74.40 £78.30 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%

Roadmaps
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Roadmaps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Roadmaps trend for jobs with a WFH option

Roadmaps
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Roadmaps.

Roadmaps daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Roadmaps
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Roadmaps over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Roadmaps daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Roadmaps
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Roadmaps.

Roadmaps hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Roadmaps
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Roadmaps over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Roadmaps hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Roadmaps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 27 (4.70%) Confluence
2 9 (1.57%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.22%) CMS
3 7 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.70%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.35%) Apache
6 2 (0.35%) IIS
6 2 (0.35%) LiveLink
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.35%) SAS
6 2 (0.35%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.35%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.17%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.17%) Camunda
7 1 (0.17%) GeoServer
Applications
1 16 (2.79%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.70%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.17%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (2.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.70%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.70%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.52%) SAP BPC
4 3 (0.52%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.35%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 2 (0.35%) SAP APO
5 2 (0.35%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.35%) SAP Hybris
5 2 (0.35%) SAP IBP
5 2 (0.35%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.35%) Shopify
6 1 (0.17%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.17%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.17%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 89 (15.51%) Azure
2 79 (13.76%) AWS
3 38 (6.62%) GCP
4 36 (6.27%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (4.70%) SaaS
6 23 (4.01%) Power Platform
7 19 (3.31%) AWS CloudFormation
8 17 (2.96%) PaaS
9 14 (2.44%) GitHub
9 14 (2.44%) Serverless
10 13 (2.26%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (2.09%) Amazon S3
11 12 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (2.09%) OpenShift
12 9 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (1.57%) Entra ID
13 8 (1.39%) IaaS
13 8 (1.39%) SuccessFactors
14 7 (1.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 6 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.36%) Firewall
2 16 (2.79%) Network Security
3 15 (2.61%) DNS
4 12 (2.09%) 5G
4 12 (2.09%) VPN
5 11 (1.92%) 4G
5 11 (1.92%) LAN
5 11 (1.92%) Radio Access Network
5 11 (1.92%) WAN
6 8 (1.39%) TCP/IP
6 8 (1.39%) VoIP
7 7 (1.22%) Cisco Nexus
7 7 (1.22%) SD-WAN
8 6 (1.05%) DHCP
8 6 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.87%) 3G
9 5 (0.87%) CTI
9 5 (0.87%) VLAN
10 4 (0.70%) 5G NR
10 4 (0.70%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.66%) Power BI
2 19 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (2.26%) MongoDB
4 10 (1.74%) Amazon Aurora
4 10 (1.74%) Elasticsearch
4 10 (1.74%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.22%) Big Data
5 7 (1.22%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.05%) Oracle Database
6 6 (1.05%) Tableau
7 5 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.87%) Informix
8 4 (0.70%) Amazon Athena
8 4 (0.70%) GIS
8 4 (0.70%) InfluxDB
9 3 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.52%) OLTP
9 3 (0.52%) SAP BW
9 3 (0.52%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 40 (6.97%) JIRA
2 19 (3.31%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.09%) Git
4 9 (1.57%) GitLab
5 8 (1.39%) Artifactory
5 8 (1.39%) Bitbucket
5 8 (1.39%) TeamCity
6 5 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.70%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.70%) JMeter
7 4 (0.70%) Postman
7 4 (0.70%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.70%) Selenium
8 2 (0.35%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.17%) Ant
9 1 (0.17%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.17%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.17%) Subversion
9 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.17%) WebDriver
General
1 167 (29.09%) Social Skills
2 127 (22.13%) Finance
3 84 (14.63%) Public Sector
4 56 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
5 47 (8.19%) Banking
6 23 (4.01%) Influencing Skills
6 23 (4.01%) Retail
7 19 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (3.31%) Legal
7 19 (3.31%) Telecoms
8 17 (2.96%) Manufacturing
8 17 (2.96%) Marketing
9 16 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (1.39%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.22%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.22%) Police
13 5 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (0.87%) Front Office
13 5 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 171 (29.79%) Architect
2 74 (12.89%) Senior
3 54 (9.41%) Analyst
4 53 (9.23%) Solutions Architect
5 50 (8.71%) Consultant
6 48 (8.36%) Lead
7 37 (6.45%) Product Manager
8 36 (6.27%) Business Analyst
9 28 (4.88%) Product Owner
10 25 (4.36%) Enterprise Architect
11 23 (4.01%) Developer
12 20 (3.48%) Technical Architect
13 17 (2.96%) Business Architect
13 17 (2.96%) Senior Manager
14 16 (2.79%) Security Architect
15 15 (2.61%) Senior Architect
16 12 (2.09%) Delivery Manager
16 12 (2.09%) Project Manager
16 12 (2.09%) Senior Consultant
17 11 (1.92%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.31%) REST
2 18 (3.14%) .NET
3 17 (2.96%) React
4 15 (2.61%) HTML
5 13 (2.26%) AWS CDK
6 11 (1.92%) CSS
7 10 (1.74%) Node.js
7 10 (1.74%) Web Services
8 9 (1.57%) Spring
8 9 (1.57%) Spring Boot
9 7 (1.22%) JSON
9 7 (1.22%) OAuth
9 7 (1.22%) XML
10 6 (1.05%) SAML
10 6 (1.05%) SOAP
11 5 (0.87%) Redux
12 4 (0.70%) AngularJS
12 4 (0.70%) Elastic Stack
12 4 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
12 4 (0.70%) Spring Security
Miscellaneous
1 59 (10.28%) Product Ownership
2 18 (3.14%) Management Information System
3 15 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (2.26%) Data Centre
4 13 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
5 11 (1.92%) Public Cloud
5 11 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.39%) Virtual Team
7 7 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (1.22%) Replication
8 6 (1.05%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.05%) CMDB
8 6 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (1.05%) IVR
9 5 (0.87%) Derivative
9 5 (0.87%) Mobile App
9 5 (0.87%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 4 (0.70%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 37 (6.45%) Linux
2 20 (3.48%) Windows
3 15 (2.61%) Unix
4 11 (1.92%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.57%) Android
6 8 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.87%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.35%) Solaris
8 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (33.80%) Agile
2 106 (18.47%) Strategic Roadmap
3 87 (15.16%) Problem-Solving
4 73 (12.72%) DevOps
4 73 (12.72%) Product Roadmap
5 72 (12.54%) Stakeholder Management
6 71 (12.37%) Analytics
7 59 (10.28%) Migration
8 54 (9.41%) Continuous Improvement
9 52 (9.06%) Scrum
9 52 (9.06%) Technology Roadmap
10 45 (7.84%) Project Delivery
11 44 (7.67%) Business Analysis
11 44 (7.67%) Business Strategy
12 43 (7.49%) Decision-Making
12 43 (7.49%) Project Management
13 41 (7.14%) Enterprise Architecture
14 40 (6.97%) CI/CD
15 38 (6.62%) Product Management
16 37 (6.45%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 49 (8.54%) SQL
2 47 (8.19%) Python
3 38 (6.62%) Java
4 25 (4.36%) JavaScript
5 22 (3.83%) TypeScript
6 19 (3.31%) PowerShell
7 15 (2.61%) C#
8 14 (2.44%) Bash
9 9 (1.57%) C++
10 6 (1.05%) VB.NET
11 5 (0.87%) Shell Script
11 5 (0.87%) VBA
12 3 (0.52%) Go
12 3 (0.52%) Perl
12 3 (0.52%) PHP
12 3 (0.52%) VBScript
13 2 (0.35%) C
13 2 (0.35%) Ruby
14 1 (0.17%) Groovy
14 1 (0.17%) R
Qualifications
1 89 (15.51%) Security Cleared
2 65 (11.32%) Degree
2 65 (11.32%) SC Cleared
3 20 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (2.79%) DV Cleared
5 13 (2.26%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (2.09%) CISSP
7 11 (1.92%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.22%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.22%) CISM
9 7 (1.22%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (0.87%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.87%) CCNA
10 5 (0.87%) CCNP
10 5 (0.87%) CEH
10 5 (0.87%) CTC Cleared
10 5 (0.87%) PMP
11 4 (0.70%) JNCIA
11 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.31%) QA
2 18 (3.14%) NIST
3 16 (2.79%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.92%) Data Quality
4 11 (1.92%) SLA
5 7 (1.22%) PMO
6 6 (1.05%) GDPR
7 5 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.70%) Disclosure Scotland
8 4 (0.70%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.52%) GRC
10 2 (0.35%) COBIT
10 2 (0.35%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.35%) PSD2
10 2 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.17%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
System Software
1 23 (4.01%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.09%) Docker
3 10 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.70%) vSphere
6 3 (0.52%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.35%) Ceph
7 2 (0.35%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 2 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 25 (4.36%) Terraform
2 23 (4.01%) Ansible
3 20 (3.48%) Kubernetes
4 10 (1.74%) Grafana
5 7 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (1.05%) Red Hat Satellite
7 5 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.70%) Kibana
8 4 (0.70%) PingFederate
9 3 (0.52%) SolarWinds Orion
10 2 (0.35%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.35%) Argo
10 2 (0.35%) Opsgenie
10 2 (0.35%) Pacemaker
10 2 (0.35%) Podman
10 2 (0.35%) SCCM
10 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.35%) WSUS
11 1 (0.17%) Istio
11 1 (0.17%) Matomo
Vendors
1 80 (13.94%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.27%) SAP
3 25 (4.36%) Oracle
4 21 (3.66%) Google
5 17 (2.96%) Cisco
6 16 (2.79%) ServiceNow
7 12 (2.09%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.09%) VMware
8 11 (1.92%) Atlassian
8 11 (1.92%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.57%) Palo Alto
10 8 (1.39%) LogRhythm
11 7 (1.22%) Adobe
11 7 (1.22%) Cadence
11 7 (1.22%) Informatica
11 7 (1.22%) Splunk
12 6 (1.05%) IBM
12 6 (1.05%) Ping Identity
13 5 (0.87%) Genesys
13 5 (0.87%) Juniper