Roadmaps Contracts in the UK excluding London

Roadmaps
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 35 41
Rank change year-on-year -18 +6 -3
Contract jobs citing Roadmaps 735 1,249 1,555
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.62% 5.43% 5.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.30% 6.07% 5.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 485 917 1,105
10th Percentile £408 £414 £406
25th Percentile £457 £486 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +3.64% +6.80%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £638
90th Percentile £800 £745 £725
UK median daily rate £585 £600 £590
% change year-on-year -2.50% +1.69% +7.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 34 22
10th Percentile £27.82 £18.09 £36.17
25th Percentile £42.89 £37.76 £43.95
Median hourly rate £68.47 £65.50 £65.47
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% +0.05% +89.53%
75th Percentile £88.00 £80.81 £77.50
90th Percentile £92.26 £90.00 £94.15
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £43.95
% change year-on-year +3.85% +47.90% +0.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,112 20,583 27,136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.30% 89.45% 89.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,220 14,187 18,951
10th Percentile £250 £258 £235
25th Percentile £381 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,064 1,254 1,350
10th Percentile £12.35 £10.63 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -4.99%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.74 £61.52
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

Roadmaps
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Roadmaps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Roadmaps in the UK excluding London

Roadmaps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Roadmaps in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Roadmaps in the UK excluding London

Roadmaps
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Roadmaps in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Roadmaps in the UK excluding London

Roadmaps
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Roadmaps in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Roadmaps in the UK excluding London

Roadmaps
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Roadmaps in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Roadmaps in the UK excluding London

Roadmaps
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 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
South East -17 183 £525 -12.50% 301
North of England -11 177 £580 +5.45% 198
Scotland -6 133 £500 -2.82% 54
North West -4 119 £585 +6.36% 113
Midlands -9 104 £663 +1.92% 152
South West +4 96 £569 -4.21% 87
West Midlands 0 88 £675 +3.85% 100
Yorkshire -19 55 £500 -13.04% 58
East of England -36 40 £630 -3.08% 75
East Midlands -25 14 £445 -31.54% 51
North East +2 11 £760 +44.76% 27
Northern Ireland +3 3 £640 +16.36% 6
Wales -13 3 £625 +10.62% 18
Roadmaps
UK

Roadmaps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 33 (4.49%) Confluence
2 18 (2.45%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.82%) SAS
5 4 (0.54%) CMS
6 3 (0.41%) Drupal
7 2 (0.27%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.27%) WordPress
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.14%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.14%) LiveLink
8 1 (0.14%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 23 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.68%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.14%) PlantUML
7 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.68%) SAP SD
3 4 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.54%) Infor SunSystems
3 4 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.54%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.54%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.41%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.27%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.27%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.27%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle AGIS
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.14%) Relativity
6 1 (0.14%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.14%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.14%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 99 (13.47%) Azure
2 82 (11.16%) AWS
3 33 (4.49%) SaaS
4 28 (3.81%) Power Platform
5 24 (3.27%) GCP
5 24 (3.27%) PaaS
6 22 (2.99%) SuccessFactors
7 20 (2.72%) IaaS
8 19 (2.59%) Microsoft 365
9 14 (1.90%) Serverless
10 13 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (1.63%) AWS CloudFormation
11 12 (1.63%) Cloud Computing
12 11 (1.50%) AWS Lambda
13 10 (1.36%) OpenShift
14 9 (1.22%) Amazon S3
15 8 (1.09%) AWS CodeBuild
15 8 (1.09%) AWS CodePipeline
15 8 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
16 7 (0.95%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.13%) Firewall
2 22 (2.99%) VPN
3 18 (2.45%) WAN
4 15 (2.04%) VoIP
5 11 (1.50%) DNS
5 11 (1.50%) Network Security
6 10 (1.36%) 5G
7 9 (1.22%) 4G
7 9 (1.22%) SDH
8 8 (1.09%) Intranet
8 8 (1.09%) PBX
8 8 (1.09%) Radio Access Network
9 7 (0.95%) 3G
9 7 (0.95%) LAN
10 6 (0.82%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.68%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (0.68%) DHCP
12 4 (0.54%) Cisco Nexus
12 4 (0.54%) Junos
12 4 (0.54%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.13%) Power BI
2 16 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
2 16 (2.18%) MongoDB
3 14 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (1.50%) Big Data
4 11 (1.50%) Metadata
5 10 (1.36%) Data Lake
6 9 (1.22%) Oracle Database
7 8 (1.09%) Amazon Aurora
7 8 (1.09%) SQL Server
7 8 (1.09%) Tableau
8 7 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (0.82%) Crystal Reports
10 5 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.68%) Hadoop
10 5 (0.68%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.54%) Informix
12 3 (0.41%) OLAP
12 3 (0.41%) OLTP
12 3 (0.41%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 68 (9.25%) JIRA
2 18 (2.45%) Rational DOORS
3 15 (2.04%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.50%) Git
5 5 (0.68%) GitLab
5 5 (0.68%) Selenium
5 5 (0.68%) Subversion
6 4 (0.54%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.27%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.27%) kappa
7 2 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.14%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.14%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.14%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.14%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.14%) XCUITest
General
1 188 (25.58%) Social Skills
2 142 (19.32%) Finance
3 131 (17.82%) Public Sector
4 82 (11.16%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (7.62%) Telecoms
6 36 (4.90%) Manufacturing
7 33 (4.49%) Legal
7 33 (4.49%) Presentation Skills
8 31 (4.22%) Banking
9 28 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
10 22 (2.99%) Marketing
11 20 (2.72%) Retail
12 17 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
14 13 (1.77%) Aerospace
15 11 (1.50%) Back Office
15 11 (1.50%) Electronics
15 11 (1.50%) Law
16 8 (1.09%) Billing
17 7 (0.95%) Digital Economy
Job Titles
1 207 (28.16%) Architect
2 99 (13.47%) Lead
3 87 (11.84%) Solutions Architect
4 86 (11.70%) Analyst
5 82 (11.16%) Senior
6 60 (8.16%) Consultant
7 41 (5.58%) Business Analyst
8 38 (5.17%) Technical Architect
9 36 (4.90%) Developer
9 36 (4.90%) Product Owner
10 34 (4.63%) Product Manager
11 33 (4.49%) Enterprise Architect
12 20 (2.72%) Lead Architect
12 20 (2.72%) Project Manager
13 19 (2.59%) SAP Consultant
14 17 (2.31%) Senior Architect
15 15 (2.04%) Cloud Architect
15 15 (2.04%) Data Manager
15 15 (2.04%) ServiceNow Developer
15 15 (2.04%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.45%) Node.js
2 17 (2.31%) REST
3 14 (1.90%) SOAP
4 12 (1.63%) .NET
5 11 (1.50%) AWS CDK
6 9 (1.22%) React
7 8 (1.09%) Web Services
8 7 (0.95%) HTML
9 5 (0.68%) CSS
10 4 (0.54%) ADO
10 4 (0.54%) J2EE
10 4 (0.54%) OAuth
10 4 (0.54%) RabbitMQ
10 4 (0.54%) RESTful
10 4 (0.54%) Spring Boot
11 3 (0.41%) Flask
11 3 (0.41%) Pandas
11 3 (0.41%) RAML
11 3 (0.41%) SAML
11 3 (0.41%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 77 (10.48%) Product Ownership
2 59 (8.03%) Management Information System
3 25 (3.40%) Public Cloud
4 23 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
4 23 (3.13%) Security Posture
5 13 (1.77%) Data Centre
5 13 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (1.63%) Mobile App
7 10 (1.36%) IoT
7 10 (1.36%) PKI
7 10 (1.36%) Replication
7 10 (1.36%) Virtual Team
8 9 (1.22%) Blackberry
8 9 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.22%) Private Cloud
8 9 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
9 8 (1.09%) Robotics
10 7 (0.95%) Cloud Native
10 7 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (0.95%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 45 (6.12%) Linux
2 39 (5.31%) Windows
3 20 (2.72%) Apple iOS
4 18 (2.45%) Windows Server
5 15 (2.04%) Android
6 14 (1.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 13 (1.77%) Unix
8 8 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.82%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.41%) Solaris
10 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.27%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (30.75%) Agile
2 125 (17.01%) Stakeholder Management
3 107 (14.56%) Product Roadmap
4 102 (13.88%) Strategic Roadmap
5 94 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
6 86 (11.70%) Project Management
7 82 (11.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 73 (9.93%) DevOps
9 71 (9.66%) Business Strategy
10 70 (9.52%) Risk Management
11 66 (8.98%) Enterprise Architecture
11 66 (8.98%) ITIL
12 64 (8.71%) IT Strategy
13 63 (8.57%) TOGAF
14 60 (8.16%) Decision-Making
15 59 (8.03%) Scrum
16 57 (7.76%) Migration
17 56 (7.62%) Cybersecurity
18 55 (7.48%) Coaching
18 55 (7.48%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 48 (6.53%) Python
2 28 (3.81%) SQL
3 27 (3.67%) Java
4 18 (2.45%) Bash
5 17 (2.31%) PowerShell
6 13 (1.77%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.22%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.68%) Perl
9 4 (0.54%) C++
10 3 (0.41%) C#
10 3 (0.41%) Go
10 3 (0.41%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.41%) VB.NET
10 3 (0.41%) VBScript
11 2 (0.27%) PHP
11 2 (0.27%) R
12 1 (0.14%) C
12 1 (0.14%) COBOL
12 1 (0.14%) Swift
12 1 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 128 (17.41%) Security Cleared
2 110 (14.97%) Degree
3 90 (12.24%) SC Cleared
4 46 (6.26%) DV Cleared
5 25 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (2.59%) Master's Degree
7 16 (2.18%) TOGAF Certification
8 13 (1.77%) ITIL Certification
9 12 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.50%) HND
11 8 (1.09%) CCNP
12 6 (0.82%) CISSP
12 6 (0.82%) ISACA
13 5 (0.68%) CISM
13 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.68%) PMP
13 5 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (0.54%) CIMA
14 4 (0.54%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.27%) NIST
2 20 (2.72%) Accessibility
3 19 (2.59%) Disclosure Scotland
3 19 (2.59%) PMO
3 19 (2.59%) QA
3 19 (2.59%) SLA
4 14 (1.90%) GDPR
5 13 (1.77%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.22%) COBIT
7 8 (1.09%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.54%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.41%) GRC
10 3 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 3 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.41%) ITGC
11 2 (0.27%) GxP
11 2 (0.27%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 25 (3.40%) Active Directory
2 22 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.77%) Docker
4 12 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.95%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.82%) vSphere
7 3 (0.41%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.41%) XenApp
8 2 (0.27%) Ceph
8 2 (0.27%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 2 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.14%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 22 (2.99%) Terraform
2 19 (2.59%) Ansible
3 15 (2.04%) Kubernetes
4 8 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 7 (0.95%) Grafana
6 6 (0.82%) Red Hat Satellite
7 4 (0.54%) SCCM
8 3 (0.41%) Kibana
8 3 (0.41%) WSUS
9 2 (0.27%) Pacemaker
9 2 (0.27%) Podman
10 1 (0.14%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.14%) Argo
10 1 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.14%) Istio
10 1 (0.14%) SCOM
10 1 (0.14%) SELinux
10 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.14%) vRealize
Vendors
1 94 (12.79%) Microsoft
2 59 (8.03%) SAP
3 41 (5.58%) ServiceNow
4 29 (3.95%) Cisco
4 29 (3.95%) VMware
5 28 (3.81%) Google
6 21 (2.86%) Juniper
6 21 (2.86%) Nokia
6 21 (2.86%) Oracle
7 19 (2.59%) IBM
8 15 (2.04%) Red Hat
9 14 (1.90%) Atlassian
10 11 (1.50%) Salesforce
11 9 (1.22%) Avaya
11 9 (1.22%) Palo Alto
12 8 (1.09%) Cadence
12 8 (1.09%) Ericsson
12 8 (1.09%) Ribbon
13 7 (0.95%) Databricks
14 6 (0.82%) IFS