Roadmaps Contracts in the West Midlands

Roadmaps
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Roadmaps skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Roadmaps over the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 40 38
Rank change year-on-year -6 -2 +25
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Roadmaps 76 70 109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.42% 3.72% 5.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.01% 4.54% 5.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 49 87
10th Percentile £350 £500 £450
25th Percentile £413 £525 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £688
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -12.73% +14.58%
75th Percentile £599 £830 £745
90th Percentile £710 £950 £750
England median daily rate £550 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £54.75 - -
Median hourly rate £56.50 - -
75th Percentile £58.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £56.50 £58.49 £47.50
% change year-on-year -3.40% +23.14% +5.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Roadmaps 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,518 1,542 1,851
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.26% 81.85% 85.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 962 1,039 1,258
10th Percentile £235 £269 £263
25th Percentile £382 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% - -
75th Percentile £575 £625 £605
90th Percentile £650 £725 £725
England median daily rate £511 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.64% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 58 41
10th Percentile £12.62 £13.13 £14.36
25th Percentile £14.01 £14.78 £20.00
Median hourly rate £24.34 £21.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.91% -19.44% +54.29%
75th Percentile £34.71 £37.50 £30.00
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.38 £43.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £40.59
% change year-on-year -41.51% +5.94% +50.44%

Roadmaps
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Roadmaps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Roadmaps in the West Midlands

Roadmaps
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Roadmaps
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Roadmaps in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Roadmaps in the West Midlands

Roadmaps
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Roadmaps
DemandTrendContract 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 Roadmaps within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Warwickshire +1 27 £500 -25.93% 32
Birmingham -4 23 £513 -24.04% 50
Coventry +2 9 £500 -11.11% 4
Solihull +9 7 £550 +10.00%
Shropshire - 4 £423 - 4
Walsall - 2 £350 -
Roadmaps
England

Roadmaps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (2.63%) Confluence
1 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.32%) SAS
2 1 (1.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.63%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.32%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (2.63%) ResourceLink
2 1 (1.32%) Primavera
2 1 (1.32%) SAP PS
2 1 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (14.47%) Azure
2 5 (6.58%) AWS
3 4 (5.26%) Entra ID
3 4 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.95%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.63%) Amazon SageMaker
5 2 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (2.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.32%) Alation
6 1 (1.32%) Amazon EMR
6 1 (1.32%) Asana
6 1 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.32%) Collibra
6 1 (1.32%) dbt
6 1 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.32%) Figma
6 1 (1.32%) GCP
6 1 (1.32%) Miro
6 1 (1.32%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.32%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.58%) Firewall
2 4 (5.26%) SD-WAN
2 4 (5.26%) WAN
3 3 (3.95%) Network Security
4 2 (2.63%) NGFW
4 2 (2.63%) SSH
5 1 (1.32%) Kerberos
5 1 (1.32%) LAN
5 1 (1.32%) MPLS
5 1 (1.32%) VoIP
5 1 (1.32%) VPN
5 1 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.95%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.63%) NoSQL
2 2 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.63%) Power BI
3 1 (1.32%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.32%) Metadata
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (1.32%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 3 (3.95%) JIRA
2 1 (1.32%) MLflow
2 1 (1.32%) TestDirector
General
1 32 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 21 (27.63%) Finance
3 16 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
4 8 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (6.58%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.26%) Legal
7 3 (3.95%) Banking
7 3 (3.95%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.63%) Automotive
8 2 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.32%) Marketing
9 1 (1.32%) Retail
9 1 (1.32%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (19.74%) Architect
2 8 (10.53%) Analyst
2 8 (10.53%) Product Manager
3 6 (7.89%) Consultant
3 6 (7.89%) Senior
4 5 (6.58%) Lead
4 5 (6.58%) Product Owner
5 4 (5.26%) Applications Architect
5 4 (5.26%) Data Analyst
5 4 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (3.95%) Business Analyst
6 3 (3.95%) Data Architect
6 3 (3.95%) Data Business Analyst
6 3 (3.95%) Data Engineer
6 3 (3.95%) Enterprise Architect
6 3 (3.95%) Network Architect
7 2 (2.63%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
7 2 (2.63%) Product Management Specialist
7 2 (2.63%) Product Specialist
7 2 (2.63%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.63%) .NET
1 2 (2.63%) .NET Framework
1 2 (2.63%) LDAP
2 1 (1.32%) OAuth
2 1 (1.32%) OLE
2 1 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.32%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.79%) Product Ownership
2 8 (10.53%) Onboarding
3 5 (6.58%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (5.26%) Blockchain
4 4 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (5.26%) Data Structures
4 4 (5.26%) IoT
4 4 (5.26%) Operational Technology
4 4 (5.26%) PKI
5 3 (3.95%) Algorithms
5 3 (3.95%) Replication
6 2 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.32%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.32%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.32%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (1.32%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.32%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (1.32%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.53%) Windows
2 2 (2.63%) AIX
2 2 (2.63%) Linux
2 2 (2.63%) Solaris
2 2 (2.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (36.84%) Agile
2 18 (23.68%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (19.74%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (18.42%) Project Delivery
6 13 (17.11%) DevOps
6 13 (17.11%) Product Management
6 13 (17.11%) Product Roadmap
7 12 (15.79%) Technology Roadmap
8 11 (14.47%) Migration
8 11 (14.47%) Product Vision
8 11 (14.47%) Project Management
9 10 (13.16%) Change Management
9 10 (13.16%) Decision-Making
9 10 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 10 (13.16%) Strategic Roadmap
10 9 (11.84%) Analytics
10 9 (11.84%) Data Modelling
10 9 (11.84%) Process Improvement
10 9 (11.84%) Product Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.95%) PowerShell
1 3 (3.95%) Python
1 3 (3.95%) SQL
2 1 (1.32%) Bash
Qualifications
1 13 (17.11%) Degree
1 13 (17.11%) Security Cleared
2 9 (11.84%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (2.63%) CISM
4 2 (2.63%) CISSP
4 2 (2.63%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.32%) BC Cleared
5 1 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.32%) CEH
5 1 (1.32%) CRISC
5 1 (1.32%) CSSLP
5 1 (1.32%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (1.32%) GCIH
5 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.32%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.32%) PMP
5 1 (1.32%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.21%) GDPR
2 5 (6.58%) NIST
2 5 (6.58%) PCI DSS
3 4 (5.26%) Data Quality
3 4 (5.26%) FIPS 140-2
3 4 (5.26%) PMO
3 4 (5.26%) QA
4 3 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (2.63%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.32%) Automotive SPICE
6 1 (1.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (1.32%) ISO 26262
6 1 (1.32%) P3O
6 1 (1.32%) SLA
6 1 (1.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (9.21%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.32%) Docker
2 1 (1.32%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (3.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.63%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.32%) CASB
3 1 (1.32%) Kubeflow
3 1 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (17.11%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.95%) Apple
3 2 (2.63%) Autodesk
3 2 (2.63%) BeyondTrust
3 2 (2.63%) CyberArk
3 2 (2.63%) Databricks
3 2 (2.63%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.32%) Adobe
4 1 (1.32%) BT
4 1 (1.32%) CenturyLink
4 1 (1.32%) Cribl.io
4 1 (1.32%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.32%) Darktrace
4 1 (1.32%) Informatica
4 1 (1.32%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.32%) Oracle
4 1 (1.32%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.32%) Qualys
4 1 (1.32%) SAP