Strategic Roadmap Job Trends in the South East

Strategic Roadmaps
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Strategic Roadmap skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 278 242
Rank change year-on-year +47 -36 +8
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Roadmap 39 28 53
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.38% 0.31% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.35% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 22 16 37
10th Percentile £47,000 £55,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £54,438 £64,375 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,250 £85,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.41% +30.77% -21.21%
75th Percentile £87,323 £90,625 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,500 £97,500 £122,500
England median annual salary £90,000 £82,000 £79,632
% change year-on-year +9.76% +2.97% -3.48%

All Process & 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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,324 7,915 7,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.21% 88.16% 88.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,975 3,773 5,421
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £45,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Strategic Roadmap
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Strategic Roadmap relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Strategic Roadmap job vacancy trend in the South East

Strategic Roadmap
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Strategic Roadmap.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Strategic Roadmap

Strategic Roadmap
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Roadmap in the South East over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Strategic Roadmap in the South East

Strategic Roadmap
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Roadmap within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +29 28 £63,500 -29.44% 19
Berkshire +8 16 £65,000 -27.78% 10
Buckinghamshire +10 8 £55,750 -38.33% 5
Kent -14 5 £62,500 +9.65% 7
Hampshire +33 4 £86,215 +32.64% 11
Oxfordshire +21 4 £80,000 - 4
West Sussex +3 2 £95,000 +10.14% 3
Strategic Roadmap
England

Strategic Roadmap
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (30.77%) GCP
2 9 (23.08%) Azure
3 8 (20.51%) Power Platform
4 6 (15.38%) AWS
5 4 (10.26%) ChatGPT
5 4 (10.26%) Veeva
6 2 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (5.13%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.56%) Azure AI
7 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (2.56%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (30.77%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (20.51%) Power BI
3 6 (15.38%) BigQuery
3 6 (15.38%) Metadata
3 6 (15.38%) Tableau
4 5 (12.82%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (2.56%) Big Data
5 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 16 (41.03%) Social Skills
2 13 (33.33%) Marketing
3 12 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (30.77%) Law
4 4 (10.26%) Digital Health
5 3 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.13%) Finance
6 2 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.56%) Avionics
7 1 (2.56%) Electronics
7 1 (2.56%) Local Government
7 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (41.03%) Architect
2 11 (28.21%) Senior
3 7 (17.95%) Analyst
4 6 (15.38%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 6 (15.38%) Cloud Architect
4 6 (15.38%) Data Architect
4 6 (15.38%) GCP Architect
4 6 (15.38%) Platform Architect
4 6 (15.38%) Senior Architect
4 6 (15.38%) Senior Data Architect
5 4 (10.26%) Business Intelligence Manager
5 4 (10.26%) Business Manager
5 4 (10.26%) Data Manager
5 4 (10.26%) Digital Transformation
5 4 (10.26%) Lead
5 4 (10.26%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (10.26%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
5 4 (10.26%) Senior Business Manager
5 4 (10.26%) Senior Manager
6 3 (7.69%) Business Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.95%) Cloud Native
2 5 (12.82%) Management Information System
3 4 (10.26%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.56%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (2.56%) Educational Technology
4 1 (2.56%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.56%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.56%) VMS
1 1 (2.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 20 (51.28%) Analytics
2 20 (51.28%) Data Governance
3 18 (46.15%) Decision-Making
4 16 (41.03%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (41.03%) Data Science
5 15 (38.46%) Mentoring
6 14 (35.90%) AI
7 12 (30.77%) Architectural Design
7 12 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
7 12 (30.77%) Data Modelling
7 12 (30.77%) ETL
8 10 (25.64%) Agile
9 8 (20.51%) Cost Optimisation
9 8 (20.51%) Data Strategy
9 8 (20.51%) Machine Learning
9 8 (20.51%) Translating Business Requirements
10 7 (17.95%) Cloud Security
10 7 (17.95%) Master Data Management
10 7 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 14 (35.90%) Python
2 7 (17.95%) SQL
3 6 (15.38%) Go
3 6 (15.38%) Java
4 1 (2.56%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 7 (17.95%) Degree
2 1 (2.56%) Azure Certification
2 1 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.56%) CISA
2 1 (2.56%) CISM
2 1 (2.56%) CISSP
2 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.56%) DV Cleared
2 1 (2.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.56%) Postgraduate
2 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (33.33%) Data Quality
2 3 (7.69%) QA
3 2 (5.13%) GRC
3 2 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.56%) GDPR
4 1 (2.56%) NIST
Systems Management
1 7 (17.95%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (15.38%) Google
2 3 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.13%) Cognos
3 2 (5.13%) Salesforce
3 2 (5.13%) SAP
4 1 (2.56%) AppDynamics
4 1 (2.56%) New Relic