Technology Roadmap Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Technology Roadmaps
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Technology Roadmap skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 157 194
Rank change year-on-year -5 +37 -26
Permanent jobs citing Technology Roadmap 7 14 37
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.16% 0.46% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.49% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 3 14 17
10th Percentile £53,600 £51,564 £48,750
25th Percentile £55,250 £55,163 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.23% -3.70% -0.63%
75th Percentile £60,000 £86,875 £73,750
90th Percentile - £103,250 £79,250
South East median annual salary £60,750 £77,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -21.61% +14.81% -3.57%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Technology 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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,425 2,843 4,881
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 76.67% 93.95% 86.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,024 1,218 3,603
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £29,035
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,000 £67,000
90th Percentile £82,125 £91,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%

Technology Roadmap
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Technology Roadmap relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Technology Roadmap job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Technology Roadmap
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Technology Roadmap.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Technology Roadmap

Technology Roadmap
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technology Roadmap within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 March 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
Oxfordshire +10 3 £59,000 +4.41% 7
Buckinghamshire -4 2 - - 7
Berkshire - 2 - - 18
Technology Roadmap
South East

Technology Roadmap
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Broadband
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Games
2 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) IT Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Systems Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Lead Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Principal Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 5 (71.43%) IT Strategy
2 5 (71.43%) Strategic Thinking
2 5 (71.43%) Technology Strategy
3 4 (57.14%) Software Engineering
4 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (42.86%) Culture Change
4 3 (42.86%) Data Governance
4 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
5 2 (28.57%) Agile
5 2 (28.57%) CRM
5 2 (28.57%) Customer Engagement
5 2 (28.57%) Customer Experience
5 2 (28.57%) Line Management
5 2 (28.57%) Product Vision
5 2 (28.57%) Release Train
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft