Strategic Roadmap Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Strategic Roadmaps
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Strategic Roadmap skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 109 127
Rank change year-on-year +12 +18 +33
Contract jobs citing Strategic Roadmap 18 7 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.13% 0.37% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 0.43% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 11
10th Percentile £480 £363 £415
25th Percentile £538 £419 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £723 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year +37.62% +10.53% -34.03%
75th Percentile £734 £618 £713
90th Percentile £740 £666 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £607 £625
% change year-on-year -9.39% -2.88% -1.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,458 1,628 2,264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 91.30% 86.50% 91.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 802 987 1,469
10th Percentile £263 £212 £250
25th Percentile £391 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £606 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 49 59
10th Percentile £16.84 £12.30 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.87 £15.00 £13.71
Median hourly rate £20.00 £20.29 £19.18
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.76% -10.79%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £58.89
90th Percentile £37.00 £49.40 £74.60
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.81% +53.66%

Strategic Roadmap
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Strategic Roadmap as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Roadmap in Scotland

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Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Strategic Roadmap.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Strategic Roadmap

Strategic Roadmap
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Roadmap in Scotland over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Roadmap in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 20 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
Glasgow -5 12 £723 +38.88% 3
Edinburgh - 3 £539 - 2
Strategic Roadmap
UK

Strategic Roadmap
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 8 (44.44%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Adobe Campaign
1 1 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (5.56%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 10 (55.56%) AWS
2 9 (50.00%) GitHub
3 8 (44.44%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (5.56%) Asana
4 1 (5.56%) Azure
4 1 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (44.44%) SQL Server
2 7 (38.89%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 8 (44.44%) CircleCI
2 7 (38.89%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (5.56%) Appium
3 1 (5.56%) Cypress.io
3 1 (5.56%) JIRA
3 1 (5.56%) Selenium
General
1 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Public Sector
3 3 (16.67%) Finance
4 2 (11.11%) Banking
4 2 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Military
5 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Architect
2 9 (50.00%) Technical Architect
3 8 (44.44%) Lead
4 7 (38.89%) Lead Architect
4 7 (38.89%) Technical Leader
5 2 (11.11%) Product Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Senior
5 2 (11.11%) Senior Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Senior Product Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Test Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Platform Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) PMO Lead
6 1 (5.56%) Programme Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Programme Test Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (5.56%) Test Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) .NET
1 1 (5.56%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 8 (44.44%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.56%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 10 (55.56%) CI/CD
3 8 (44.44%) Continuous Delivery
3 8 (44.44%) Continuous Integration
3 8 (44.44%) Domain-Driven Design
3 8 (44.44%) Infrastructure as Code
3 8 (44.44%) TDD
4 5 (27.78%) IT Strategy
4 5 (27.78%) Line Management
4 5 (27.78%) Technology Strategy
5 4 (22.22%) Agile
5 4 (22.22%) Case Management
5 4 (22.22%) Coaching
5 4 (22.22%) Mentoring
5 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
6 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (11.11%) Cash Management
7 2 (11.11%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 7 (38.89%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) Degree
3 2 (11.11%) Master's Degree
4 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (5.56%) PMI Certification
4 1 (5.56%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
1 1 (5.56%) PMO
1 1 (5.56%) QA
1 1 (5.56%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 9 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 9 (50.00%) Terraform
2 8 (44.44%) Grafana
2 8 (44.44%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Oracle
2 2 (11.11%) Workday
3 1 (5.56%) Adobe
3 1 (5.56%) Dundas
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.56%) Salesforce