Product Roadmap Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Product Roadmaps
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Product Roadmap skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 97 103
Rank change year-on-year -33 +6 +47
Contract jobs citing Product Roadmap 12 10 7
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.52% 0.64% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.74% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 5
10th Percentile £445 £393 £465
25th Percentile £485 £405 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £488 £600
Median % change year-on-year +43.59% -18.75% +14.29%
75th Percentile £788 £693 -
90th Percentile £810 £823 £690
England median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Product 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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,957 1,356 1,504
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 85.61% 86.92% 85.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,238 845 999
10th Percentile £263 £223 £275
25th Percentile £405 £400 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% -1.00%
75th Percentile £588 £612 £600
90th Percentile £675 £725 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 46 62
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £14.97
25th Percentile £16.22 £16.38 £17.94
Median hourly rate £20.25 £21.59 £28.34
Median % change year-on-year -6.21% -23.80% +63.62%
75th Percentile £27.21 £33.70 £50.94
90th Percentile £35.60 £52.50 £68.63
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -20.00% +21.43%

Product Roadmap
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Product Roadmap relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Product Roadmap job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Product Roadmap
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Product Roadmap.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Product Roadmap

Product Roadmap
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Roadmap in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Product Roadmap in the West Midlands

Product Roadmap
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Product Roadmap.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Product Roadmap

Product Roadmap
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Roadmap within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Warwickshire -6 9 £558 +17.37% 4
Birmingham -13 1 £800 +8.84% 4
Coventry - 1 £700 - 1
Product Roadmap
England

Product Roadmap
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (8.33%) Confluence
1 1 (8.33%) PowerFactory
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Maximo
1 1 (8.33%) SAP CO
1 1 (8.33%) SAP CRM
1 1 (8.33%) SAP FI
1 1 (8.33%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
1 1 (8.33%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (8.33%) TestDirector
General
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
4 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (16.67%) Product Owner
2 1 (8.33%) Architect
2 1 (8.33%) Development Director
2 1 (8.33%) Digital Programme Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Innovation Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Operations Director
2 1 (8.33%) Portfolio Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Product Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Programme Manager
2 1 (8.33%) SAP Architect
2 1 (8.33%) SAP Financial Architect
2 1 (8.33%) SAP Solutions Architect
2 1 (8.33%) Senior
2 1 (8.33%) Senior Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Senior Programme Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 3 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 3 (25.00%) PKI
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 9 (75.00%) Agile
3 6 (50.00%) User Stories
4 5 (41.67%) Product Management
4 5 (41.67%) Product Vision
4 5 (41.67%) User Experience
5 4 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 4 (33.33%) Cryptography
5 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (25.00%) Key Management
7 2 (16.67%) Business Development
7 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (16.67%) Cost Reduction
7 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
7 2 (16.67%) Presales
7 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (16.67%) Product Backlog
7 2 (16.67%) SFIA
7 2 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
7 2 (16.67%) Value Proposition
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) CISM
2 2 (16.67%) CISSP
2 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) BC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) CEH
3 1 (8.33%) CRISC
3 1 (8.33%) CSSLP
3 1 (8.33%) Degree
3 1 (8.33%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) FIPS 140-2
1 4 (33.33%) GDPR
1 4 (33.33%) PCI DSS
2 2 (16.67%) NIST
3 1 (8.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (8.33%) QA
3 1 (8.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) SAP
2 1 (8.33%) Ariba
2 1 (8.33%) IBM
2 1 (8.33%) Workday