Strategic Roadmap Contracts in the South East

Strategic Roadmaps
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Strategic Roadmap skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Strategic Roadmap over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 171 168
Rank change year-on-year +41 -3 +52
Contract jobs citing Strategic Roadmap 25 20 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.83% 0.36% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 0.43% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 16 38
10th Percentile £388 £541 £340
25th Percentile £425 £570 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +30.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £600 £825 £634
90th Percentile £715 - £708
England median daily rate £600 £630 £600
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,747 4,698 5,149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.51% 84.74% 89.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,755 2,739 3,581
10th Percentile £254 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £510
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -1.86% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 437 224
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £16.05 £18.20 £22.34
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +127.43%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.50 £64.72
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.55
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.34
% change year-on-year -19.25% -3.59% +53.69%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Roadmap in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Strategic Roadmap in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Strategic Roadmap in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Roadmap in the South East over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Roadmap in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Strategic Roadmap in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Roadmap in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Thames Valley +49 20 £575 -11.54% 27
Berkshire +38 13 £550 -2.22% 18
Buckinghamshire +19 7 £575 -11.54% 3
West Sussex +15 3 £413 - 1
Kent +7 1 £750 - 2
Surrey - 1 £575 - 3
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.00%) Smallworld
Business Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.00%) Azure
2 3 (12.00%) AWS
3 2 (8.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (8.00%) PaaS
3 2 (8.00%) SaaS
4 1 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (4.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.00%) Network Security
1 4 (16.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (4.00%) GPON
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Big Data
2 1 (4.00%) GIS
General
1 13 (52.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.00%) Finance
3 3 (12.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Back Office
4 2 (8.00%) Financial Institution
4 2 (8.00%) General Ledger
4 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Architect
2 4 (16.00%) Head of Architecture
2 4 (16.00%) Head of Security
2 4 (16.00%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (12.00%) Consultant
3 3 (12.00%) Head of Strategy
3 3 (12.00%) Lead
3 3 (12.00%) Product Owner
4 2 (8.00%) Automation Architect
4 2 (8.00%) Head of Delivery
4 2 (8.00%) Head of Digital
4 2 (8.00%) Lead Architect
4 2 (8.00%) Lead Solutions Architect
4 2 (8.00%) Salesforce Architect
4 2 (8.00%) Salesforce Solution Architect
4 2 (8.00%) Service Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Business Consultant
5 1 (4.00%) Business Continuity Consultant
5 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (4.00%) Telecoms Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (8.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (8.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (8.00%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (8.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (8.00%) NHS
3 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.00%) PKI
3 1 (4.00%) SCADA
3 1 (4.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Linux
1 1 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 7 (28.00%) Agile
2 7 (28.00%) ITIL
3 6 (24.00%) Risk Management
4 5 (20.00%) Business Strategy
4 5 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 5 (20.00%) Scrum
4 5 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (16.00%) Customer Experience
5 4 (16.00%) Decision-Making
5 4 (16.00%) Information Security
5 4 (16.00%) IT Strategy
5 4 (16.00%) Kanban
5 4 (16.00%) OWASP
5 4 (16.00%) TOGAF
6 3 (12.00%) Business Continuity
6 3 (12.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (12.00%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) Java
1 1 (4.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (4.00%) Magik
1 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) CISA
2 1 (4.00%) CISM
2 1 (4.00%) CISSP
2 1 (4.00%) GCIA
2 1 (4.00%) GCIH
2 1 (4.00%) GIAC
2 1 (4.00%) ISACA
2 1 (4.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (24.00%) NIST
2 5 (20.00%) GDPR
3 4 (16.00%) COBIT
4 3 (12.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (4.00%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (4.00%) Data Quality
5 1 (4.00%) ISO 22301
5 1 (4.00%) NIST 800
5 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
5 1 (4.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) CSIRT
1 1 (4.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (8.00%) Salesforce
1 2 (8.00%) VMware
2 1 (4.00%) BiZZdesign
2 1 (4.00%) Cisco
2 1 (4.00%) Dynatrace
2 1 (4.00%) IBM
2 1 (4.00%) Informatica
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) Oracle
2 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (4.00%) Sparx
2 1 (4.00%) Splunk