Strategic Roadmap Contracts

Strategic Roadmaps
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 319 324 359
Rank change year-on-year +5 +35 +106
Contract jobs citing Strategic Roadmap 214 277 398
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.73% 0.64% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.80% 0.74% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 176 275
10th Percentile £425 £411 £413
25th Percentile £500 £547 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £688 £775 £708
90th Percentile £813 £863 £795
UK excluding London median daily rate £533 £650 £538
% change year-on-year -18.08% +20.93% -10.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 0
10th Percentile £55.04 £38.94 -
25th Percentile £60.73 £66.25 -
Median hourly rate £75.40 £67.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.70% - -
75th Percentile £83.18 £80.59 -
90th Percentile £84.74 £82.37 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.59 £75.40 -
% change year-on-year +6.89% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Strategic Roadmap
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Strategic Roadmap in the UK

Strategic Roadmap
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Strategic Roadmap in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Strategic Roadmap over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Strategic Roadmap in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Strategic Roadmap in the UK

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Strategic Roadmap over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Strategic Roadmap in the UK

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Top 16 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England -3 174 £600 -7.69% 518
UK excluding London +47 91 £533 -18.08% 263
London -4 91 £650 +8.33% 306
Work from Home -6 61 £575 -11.54% 233
North of England +15 32 £513 -11.86% 65
South East +51 25 £575 -11.54% 110
North West +7 22 £550 -5.41% 38
Midlands +25 11 £550 - 31
West Midlands +15 9 £563 +2.27% 14
Yorkshire +12 8 £556 -7.29% 19
Scotland +7 8 £455 -20.87% 16
South West +30 6 £600 -7.69% 26
Wales +4 6 £478 -26.54% 7
East of England +29 4 £688 +1.85% 15
East Midlands - 2 £515 - 14
North East - 2 £440 - 8

Strategic Roadmap
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 9 (4.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.80%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.34%) CMS
4 3 (1.40%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.47%) Confluence
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.47%) Smallworld
5 1 (0.47%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (4.21%) Trello
2 3 (1.40%) Revit
3 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.93%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.47%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.47%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (1.40%) Magento
1 3 (1.40%) Sage 200
1 3 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.93%) Avolution ABACUS
2 2 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.93%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.47%) Maximo
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.47%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.47%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 50 (23.36%) Azure
2 29 (13.55%) AWS
3 14 (6.54%) GCP
4 12 (5.61%) Entra ID
5 11 (5.14%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (4.21%) SaaS
7 7 (3.27%) IaaS
8 6 (2.80%) Power Platform
9 5 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (2.34%) OpenShift
10 4 (1.87%) GitHub
10 4 (1.87%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.87%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.87%) PaaS
10 4 (1.87%) Snowflake
11 3 (1.40%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (1.40%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (1.40%) AWS CodeBuild
11 3 (1.40%) AWS CodePipeline
11 3 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.61%) Network Security
2 11 (5.14%) Firewall
3 8 (3.74%) DNS
4 7 (3.27%) VLAN
4 7 (3.27%) VPN
4 7 (3.27%) VSAN
5 5 (2.34%) BGP
5 5 (2.34%) OSPF
5 5 (2.34%) Unified Communications
6 4 (1.87%) MPLS
6 4 (1.87%) Radio Access Network
7 3 (1.40%) DHCP
7 3 (1.40%) LAN
7 3 (1.40%) SAN
7 3 (1.40%) SD-WAN
7 3 (1.40%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.40%) WAN
7 3 (1.40%) WLAN
8 2 (0.93%) 3G
8 2 (0.93%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.34%) Power BI
2 4 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.87%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.93%) Big Data
4 2 (0.93%) GIS
4 2 (0.93%) Metadata
4 2 (0.93%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (7.94%) JIRA
2 4 (1.87%) ERwin
3 3 (1.40%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.47%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
General
1 87 (40.65%) Social Skills
2 46 (21.50%) Finance
3 37 (17.29%) Public Sector
4 35 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (7.01%) Banking
6 11 (5.14%) Telecoms
7 9 (4.21%) Back Office
7 9 (4.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.74%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (3.27%) Retail
9 7 (3.27%) Retail Banking
10 6 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.80%) Marketing
10 6 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.34%) Law
12 4 (1.87%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.40%) Legal
13 3 (1.40%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.93%) International Banking
14 2 (0.93%) Military
Job Titles
1 69 (32.24%) Architect
2 30 (14.02%) Product Manager
3 24 (11.21%) Lead
4 22 (10.28%) Solutions Architect
5 18 (8.41%) Consultant
6 12 (5.61%) Senior
7 11 (5.14%) Technical Architect
8 9 (4.21%) Designer
9 8 (3.74%) Analyst
9 8 (3.74%) Data Architect
9 8 (3.74%) Security Architect
10 6 (2.80%) Enterprise Architect
10 6 (2.80%) Head of Security
11 5 (2.34%) Cloud Architect
11 5 (2.34%) Head of Architecture
11 5 (2.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (2.34%) Network Architect
11 5 (2.34%) Product Owner
11 5 (2.34%) Salesforce Architect
11 5 (2.34%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.80%) .NET
2 5 (2.34%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (1.40%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.47%) EDI
4 1 (0.47%) Kafka
4 1 (0.47%) LDAP
4 1 (0.47%) Middleware
4 1 (0.47%) MIDP
4 1 (0.47%) Node.js
4 1 (0.47%) React
4 1 (0.47%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.07%) Hybrid Cloud
2 11 (5.14%) Data Centre
3 10 (4.67%) Cloud Native
4 9 (4.21%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.74%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.34%) Private Cloud
6 5 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.87%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.87%) NHS
7 4 (1.87%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.87%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.87%) Reference Data
8 3 (1.40%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.93%) Blog
9 2 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.93%) Online Banking
9 2 (0.93%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.54%) Windows
2 10 (4.67%) Linux
3 7 (3.27%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.40%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.93%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 60 (28.04%) Agile
3 43 (20.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 38 (17.76%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (16.82%) Enterprise Architecture
6 35 (16.36%) Decision-Making
7 29 (13.55%) IT Strategy
8 27 (12.62%) ITIL
9 23 (10.75%) Product Management
10 22 (10.28%) Technology Strategy
11 21 (9.81%) Backlog Management
11 21 (9.81%) DevOps
11 21 (9.81%) TOGAF
12 20 (9.35%) Product Vision
12 20 (9.35%) Technical Leadership
13 19 (8.88%) Analytics
13 19 (8.88%) Continuous Improvement
13 19 (8.88%) User Experience
14 18 (8.41%) Business Strategy
14 18 (8.41%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.87%) C#
1 4 (1.87%) Python
2 3 (1.40%) Java
2 3 (1.40%) PHP
2 3 (1.40%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.93%) Bash
3 2 (0.93%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.47%) Magik
4 1 (0.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (10.75%) Security Cleared
2 19 (8.88%) Degree
3 16 (7.48%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.67%) Azure Certification
4 10 (4.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (4.21%) AWS Certification
6 8 (3.74%) CISSP
6 8 (3.74%) Master's Degree
7 6 (2.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (2.34%) CCIE
8 5 (2.34%) CCNP
8 5 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.87%) CISM
9 4 (1.87%) CITP
9 4 (1.87%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.87%) JNCIE
9 4 (1.87%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (1.40%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.01%) NIST
2 13 (6.07%) Accessibility
2 13 (6.07%) GDPR
2 13 (6.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (4.21%) QA
4 5 (2.34%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.87%) COBIT
5 4 (1.87%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.40%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.93%) GRC
7 2 (0.93%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.93%) NCSC
7 2 (0.93%) PSD2
8 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.47%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.47%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (7.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (6.54%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.80%) Docker
3 6 (2.80%) VMware NSX
4 5 (2.34%) vSphere
5 2 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.47%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (4.21%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.74%) Terraform
3 4 (1.87%) Ansible
3 4 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.40%) Backup Exec
4 3 (1.40%) SCCM
4 3 (1.40%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.47%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.47%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.47%) Grafana
6 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.47%) QRadar
Vendors
1 33 (15.42%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.81%) VMware
3 17 (7.94%) Cisco
4 11 (5.14%) Oracle
5 10 (4.67%) Google
5 10 (4.67%) SAP
6 9 (4.21%) ServiceNow
7 8 (3.74%) Salesforce
8 7 (3.27%) Fortinet
8 7 (3.27%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.87%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.87%) Sparx
10 3 (1.40%) AlgoSec
10 3 (1.40%) Logitech
10 3 (1.40%) Mavenir
10 3 (1.40%) Okta
10 3 (1.40%) Ping Identity
10 3 (1.40%) Splunk
10 3 (1.40%) Veeam
10 3 (1.40%) Workday