Strategic Roadmap Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Strategic Roadmaps
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 239 242 312
Rank change year-on-year +3 +70 +91
Contract jobs citing Strategic Roadmap 62 106 167
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.63% 0.70% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.80% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 74 109
10th Percentile £461 £411 £456
25th Percentile £500 £525 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £559 £629 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.10% +14.27% -8.71%
75th Percentile £646 £784 £736
90th Percentile £728 £903 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £627 £600
% change year-on-year -4.31% +4.50% -3.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £83.55 -
UK median hourly rate £75.40 £71.45 -
% change year-on-year +5.53% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,943 13,319 22,924
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.20% 87.90% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,147 8,917 16,193
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 575 527
10th Percentile £13.92 £15.17 £18.67
25th Percentile £19.00 £24.63 £30.00
Median hourly rate £39.04 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.14% -22.73% +57.14%
75th Percentile £67.00 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.15 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £35.80
% change year-on-year -19.33% +0.42% +43.20%

Strategic Roadmap
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Strategic Roadmap as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Strategic Roadmap trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Strategic Roadmap
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Strategic Roadmap.

Strategic Roadmap daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Strategic Roadmap
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Strategic Roadmap over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Strategic Roadmap daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Strategic Roadmap
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Strategic Roadmap.

Strategic Roadmap hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Strategic Roadmap
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (9.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (6.45%) CMS
2 4 (6.45%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.84%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (8.06%) Trello
2 2 (3.23%) Revit
3 1 (1.61%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.61%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.61%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (1.61%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 17 (27.42%) Azure
2 11 (17.74%) AWS
3 7 (11.29%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (8.06%) GCP
4 5 (8.06%) SaaS
5 4 (6.45%) Entra ID
6 3 (4.84%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (4.84%) Amazon ECS
6 3 (4.84%) Amazon EKS
6 3 (4.84%) Amazon S3
6 3 (4.84%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (4.84%) AWS CodeBuild
6 3 (4.84%) AWS CodePipeline
6 3 (4.84%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (4.84%) GitHub
6 3 (4.84%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (4.84%) OpenShift
6 3 (4.84%) PaaS
6 3 (4.84%) Serverless
7 2 (3.23%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.23%) DHCP
1 2 (3.23%) DNS
1 2 (3.23%) Firewall
1 2 (3.23%) TCP/IP
1 2 (3.23%) Unified Communications
1 2 (3.23%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.84%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (4.84%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.61%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (9.68%) JIRA
2 3 (4.84%) Jenkins
General
1 31 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 16 (25.81%) Finance
3 15 (24.19%) Public Sector
4 8 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (8.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (6.45%) Back Office
7 3 (4.84%) Telecoms
8 2 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.61%) Banking
9 1 (1.61%) Digital Health
9 1 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (22.58%) Architect
2 11 (17.74%) Lead
3 10 (16.13%) Product Manager
4 8 (12.90%) Consultant
5 4 (6.45%) Cloud Architect
5 4 (6.45%) Digital Director
5 4 (6.45%) IT Director
5 4 (6.45%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (4.84%) Designer
6 3 (4.84%) Technical Architect
6 3 (4.84%) Technology Consultant
7 2 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.23%) IT Engineer
7 2 (3.23%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.23%) Lead Architect
7 2 (3.23%) Lead Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.23%) Migration Architect
8 1 (1.61%) Digital Product Manager
8 1 (1.61%) SC Cleared DBA
8 1 (1.61%) SOC Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.61%) .NET
1 1 (1.61%) LDAP
1 1 (1.61%) React
1 1 (1.61%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.68%) Cloud Native
1 6 (9.68%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.45%) Data Centre
2 4 (6.45%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (4.84%) Operational Technology
3 3 (4.84%) Private Cloud
4 2 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.61%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.61%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.61%) NHS
5 1 (1.61%) PKI
5 1 (1.61%) PMI
5 1 (1.61%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.61%) SCADA
5 1 (1.61%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.29%) Windows
2 4 (6.45%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.84%) Linux
4 2 (3.23%) Mac OS
4 2 (3.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 19 (30.65%) Agile
3 14 (22.58%) Decision-Making
4 13 (20.97%) IT Strategy
5 11 (17.74%) Backlog Management
6 10 (16.13%) DevOps
6 10 (16.13%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (14.52%) Budget Management
7 9 (14.52%) Enterprise Architecture
8 8 (12.90%) Infrastructure as Code
8 8 (12.90%) Performance Metrics
8 8 (12.90%) Product Vision
8 8 (12.90%) Resource Management
8 8 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (12.90%) Technology Strategy
8 8 (12.90%) User Research
9 7 (11.29%) Analytics
9 7 (11.29%) Product Management
9 7 (11.29%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.23%) Bash
2 1 (1.61%) C#
2 1 (1.61%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.61%) Python
2 1 (1.61%) SQL
2 1 (1.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (8.06%) Degree
1 5 (8.06%) Security Cleared
2 4 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (6.45%) Master's Degree
2 4 (6.45%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.84%) AWS Certification
3 3 (4.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 3 (4.84%) Azure Certification
3 3 (4.84%) CITP
3 3 (4.84%) RHCSA
4 2 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (3.23%) CISM
4 2 (3.23%) CISSP
5 1 (1.61%) CISA
5 1 (1.61%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (1.61%) GCIA
5 1 (1.61%) GIAC
5 1 (1.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (1.61%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.61%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.90%) Accessibility
2 4 (6.45%) QA
3 3 (4.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (4.84%) NIST
4 2 (3.23%) GDPR
4 2 (3.23%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.61%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.61%) ISO 20022
5 1 (1.61%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.61%) PMO
5 1 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (14.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (9.68%) Docker
3 5 (8.06%) Active Directory
4 2 (3.23%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (9.68%) Kubernetes
1 6 (9.68%) Terraform
2 3 (4.84%) Ansible
3 2 (3.23%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.23%) SCCM
4 1 (1.61%) CSIRT
4 1 (1.61%) QRadar
4 1 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (14.52%) Microsoft
1 9 (14.52%) VMware
2 5 (8.06%) Red Hat
3 3 (4.84%) Google
3 3 (4.84%) Oracle
4 2 (3.23%) Apple
4 2 (3.23%) Autodesk
4 2 (3.23%) SAP
5 1 (1.61%) Centrify
5 1 (1.61%) Cisco
5 1 (1.61%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.61%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.61%) IBM
5 1 (1.61%) Splunk
5 1 (1.61%) SunGard
5 1 (1.61%) Thycotic