Strategic Roadmap Contract Job Trends in the North West

Strategic Roadmaps
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Strategic Roadmap skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 76 122
Rank change year-on-year -33 +46 +42
Contract jobs citing Strategic Roadmap 26 44 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.19% 1.86% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 2.23% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 23 14
10th Percentile - £520 £456
25th Percentile £463 £619 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £716 £700
Median % change year-on-year -30.19% +2.32% +12.00%
75th Percentile £519 £819 £724
90th Percentile £659 £850 £747
England median daily rate £551 £620 £625
% change year-on-year -11.13% -0.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
Median hourly rate £70.16 £79.47 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.72% - -
England median hourly rate £70.16 £60.83 £71.25
% change year-on-year +15.34% -14.62% +103.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Strategic Roadmap 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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,947 1,976 2,471
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.82% 83.38% 88.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,284 1,148 1,662
10th Percentile £300 £300 £275
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £595
90th Percentile £675 £677 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 107 163
10th Percentile £13.51 £16.40 £15.80
25th Percentile £17.34 £27.38 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.84% +21.43% +57.30%
75th Percentile £51.63 £57.75 £46.18
90th Percentile £71.45 £70.90 £66.60
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.81% +51.01%

Strategic Roadmap
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Strategic Roadmap as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Roadmap in the North West

Strategic Roadmap
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Strategic Roadmap.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Strategic Roadmap

Strategic Roadmap
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Roadmap in the North West over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Roadmap in the North West

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Strategic Roadmap.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Strategic Roadmap

Strategic Roadmap
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Roadmap within the North West region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
Cheshire -26 14 £475 -33.68% 8
Lancashire -1 4 - - 10
Manchester -19 4 £544 -19.44% 19
Merseyside - 4 £792 - 1
Strategic Roadmap
England

Strategic Roadmap
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Business Applications
1 9 (34.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (11.54%) Magento
2 3 (11.54%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) AWS
1 5 (19.23%) Azure
1 5 (19.23%) GCP
2 2 (7.69%) SaaS
3 1 (3.85%) AWS Data Pipeline
3 1 (3.85%) Google Analytics
3 1 (3.85%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 8 (30.77%) Network Security
2 4 (15.38%) BGP
2 4 (15.38%) Firewall
2 4 (15.38%) LAN
2 4 (15.38%) MPLS
2 4 (15.38%) OSPF
2 4 (15.38%) VLAN
2 4 (15.38%) VPN
3 3 (11.54%) SAN
3 3 (11.54%) WLAN
4 1 (3.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) BigQuery
1 1 (3.85%) Looker
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
1 1 (3.85%) Pylint
General
1 10 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 7 (26.92%) Finance
3 2 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (15.38%) Architect
1 4 (15.38%) Designer
1 4 (15.38%) Network Designer
1 4 (15.38%) Solutions Designer
2 3 (11.54%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 3 (11.54%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (11.54%) Industrial Engineer
2 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (11.54%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (7.69%) .NET Architect
3 2 (7.69%) .NET Solutions Architect
3 2 (7.69%) Product Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Senior
4 1 (3.85%) Integration Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Process Analyst
4 1 (3.85%) Process Consultant
4 1 (3.85%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (3.85%) Security Architect
4 1 (3.85%) Senior Security Architect
4 1 (3.85%) Supply Chain Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) .NET
1 3 (11.54%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.85%) LangChain
2 1 (3.85%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (11.54%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.85%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (3.85%) PKI
3 1 (3.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Linux
1 3 (11.54%) Windows
1 3 (11.54%) Windows Server
1 3 (11.54%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (11.54%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 13 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (34.62%) Business Process Mapping
4 9 (34.62%) ERP
4 9 (34.62%) Lean Six Sigma
4 9 (34.62%) Process Improvement
4 9 (34.62%) Six Sigma
5 8 (30.77%) Coaching
5 8 (30.77%) Workshop Facilitation
6 6 (23.08%) SAP Implementation
6 6 (23.08%) Service Design
6 6 (23.08%) Use Case
7 5 (19.23%) Computer Science
7 5 (19.23%) ITSM
8 4 (15.38%) Agile
8 4 (15.38%) Network Design
8 4 (15.38%) Process Management
8 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (15.38%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) C#
1 3 (11.54%) PHP
2 1 (3.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 5 (19.23%) Degree
3 4 (15.38%) CCIE
3 4 (15.38%) CCNP
3 4 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (15.38%) JNCIE
3 4 (15.38%) Master's Degree
4 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) GDPR
2 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (3.85%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.85%) NIST
2 1 (3.85%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.85%) SOC 1
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (11.54%) Backup Exec
1 3 (11.54%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 9 (34.62%) SAP
2 7 (26.92%) Cisco
3 4 (15.38%) F5
3 4 (15.38%) Fortinet
4 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
4 3 (11.54%) Symantec
4 3 (11.54%) Veeam
4 3 (11.54%) VMware
5 1 (3.85%) Ariba
5 1 (3.85%) Google
5 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.85%) Splunk