Strategic Roadmap Contracts in the Thames Valley

Strategic Roadmaps
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 105 107
Rank change year-on-year +10 +2 +56
Contract jobs citing Strategic Roadmap 21 24 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.25% 1.03% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 1.21% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 30
10th Percentile £498 £384 £338
25th Percentile £504 £436 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.10% -2.50% -17.36%
75th Percentile £681 £650 £644
90th Percentile £793 £700 £724
South East median daily rate £508 £589 £500
% change year-on-year -13.84% +17.80% -23.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £59.45 -
South East median hourly rate £70.16 £59.45 -
% change year-on-year +18.02% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,544 1,977 2,581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.18% 84.63% 90.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 917 1,120 1,742
10th Percentile £305 £263 £313
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £507 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% -1.65% +3.00%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £623
90th Percentile £680 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £520 £518
% change year-on-year -3.85% +0.31% +3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 113 82
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.50 £14.23
25th Percentile £15.12 £22.50 £21.35
Median hourly rate £25.15 £55.08 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.33% +10.15% +150.00%
75th Percentile £53.63 £66.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £85.65 £74.98
South East median hourly rate £21.67 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -62.22% +14.70% +105.25%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Roadmap in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Strategic Roadmap in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Strategic Roadmap in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Roadmap in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Roadmap in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Strategic Roadmap in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Roadmap in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
Berkshire +6 15 £508 +11.54% 11
Buckinghamshire +9 5 £725 +11.54% 8
Oxfordshire - 1 £900 - 5
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (4.76%) Smallworld
Business Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 8 (38.10%) AWS
1 8 (38.10%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) Entra ID
2 3 (14.29%) GCP
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) Firewall
1 3 (14.29%) Network Security
2 1 (4.76%) GPON
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) Big Data
2 1 (4.76%) GIS
General
1 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 8 (38.10%) Finance
3 4 (19.05%) Financial Institution
3 4 (19.05%) General Ledger
4 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Retail
5 2 (9.52%) Back Office
5 2 (9.52%) Banking
5 2 (9.52%) Telecoms
6 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (80.95%) Architect
2 8 (38.10%) Security Architect
3 6 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
4 4 (19.05%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Automation Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Salesforce Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Salesforce Solution Architect
6 1 (4.76%) Audit Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) Business Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Chief Information Security Officer
6 1 (4.76%) Chief Security Officer
6 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (4.76%) GIS Architect
6 1 (4.76%) Information Security Officer
6 1 (4.76%) Product Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Security Officer
6 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow Manager
6 1 (4.76%) SOC Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) Telecoms Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Telecoms Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 3 (14.29%) Cloud Security Posture
2 3 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (14.29%) Public Cloud
2 3 (14.29%) Security Posture
3 2 (9.52%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (4.76%) AI Agents
4 1 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (4.76%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 9 (42.86%) TOGAF
3 6 (28.57%) Enterprise Architecture
4 5 (23.81%) Mentoring
4 5 (23.81%) Microservices
4 5 (23.81%) Regulatory Compliance
5 4 (19.05%) ArchiMate
5 4 (19.05%) Architectural Patterns
5 4 (19.05%) Business Strategy
5 4 (19.05%) Cloud Security
5 4 (19.05%) Information Security
5 4 (19.05%) Migration
5 4 (19.05%) SIEM
6 3 (14.29%) Architectural Design
6 3 (14.29%) DevSecOps
6 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (14.29%) Secrets Management
6 3 (14.29%) Static Application Security Testing
6 3 (14.29%) Technology Roadmap
6 3 (14.29%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) Java
1 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
1 1 (4.76%) Magik
1 1 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) CISSP
2 3 (14.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (14.29%) AWS Certification
2 3 (14.29%) Azure Certification
2 3 (14.29%) CCSP
2 3 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.76%) CISA
3 1 (4.76%) CISM
3 1 (4.76%) GCIA
3 1 (4.76%) GCIH
3 1 (4.76%) GIAC
3 1 (4.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (23.81%) NIST
2 4 (19.05%) GDPR
2 4 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (19.05%) PCI DSS
3 3 (14.29%) PSD2
4 1 (4.76%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (4.76%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.76%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Salesforce
2 1 (4.76%) BiZZdesign
2 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow
2 1 (4.76%) Sparx
2 1 (4.76%) Splunk