Roadmaps Job Trends in Manchester

Roadmaps
North West > Manchester

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 25 27
Rank change year-on-year -30 +2 +11
Permanent jobs citing Roadmaps 88 194 180
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 3.18% 7.07% 7.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.94% 7.59% 8.60%
Number of salaries quoted 63 95 142
10th Percentile £52,644 £46,713 £51,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £57,155 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £71,991 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year -2.77% +10.16% +0.54%
75th Percentile £89,500 £87,500 £84,991
90th Percentile £111,750 £99,000 £96,539
North West median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £66,757
% change year-on-year +7.69% -2.63% +6.81%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Roadmaps 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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,236 2,555 2,093
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 80.90% 93.15% 92.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,307 1,196 1,664
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £33,815
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £84,964
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -

Roadmaps
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Roadmaps relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Roadmaps job vacancy trend in Manchester

Roadmaps
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Roadmaps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Roadmaps

Roadmaps
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Roadmaps in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Roadmaps in Manchester

Roadmaps
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Roadmaps within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 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
Altrincham 0 6 £62,500 +25.00% 1
Salford -3 2 £73,300 +23.34% 3
Bolton +13 1 £52,500 +77.22% 16
Roadmaps
North West

Roadmaps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.27%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (2.27%) CMS
2 2 (2.27%) Confluence
3 1 (1.14%) Apache
3 1 (1.14%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.14%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (2.27%) Adobe XD
1 2 (2.27%) Sketch
2 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.27%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (2.27%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (2.27%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (2.27%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.14%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 38 (43.18%) Azure
2 31 (35.23%) AWS
3 16 (18.18%) GCP
4 13 (14.77%) SaaS
5 8 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (4.55%) OCI
6 4 (4.55%) Power Platform
7 3 (3.41%) GitHub
7 3 (3.41%) PaaS
7 3 (3.41%) Snowflake
8 2 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (2.27%) dbt
8 2 (2.27%) Figma
8 2 (2.27%) IaaS
9 1 (1.14%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (1.14%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (1.14%) Cloud Composer
9 1 (1.14%) Collibra
9 1 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.14%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.41%) SAN
2 2 (2.27%) OpenVPN
2 2 (2.27%) SSH
3 1 (1.14%) Network Security
3 1 (1.14%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (13.64%) MongoDB
1 12 (13.64%) NoSQL
2 9 (10.23%) SQL Server
3 4 (4.55%) MySQL
4 3 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (2.27%) Big Data
5 2 (2.27%) Hadoop
6 1 (1.14%) BigQuery
6 1 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.14%) DB2
6 1 (1.14%) Neo4j
6 1 (1.14%) Power BI
6 1 (1.14%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.14%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (6.82%) JIRA
2 3 (3.41%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (2.27%) Cypress.io
3 2 (2.27%) Git
3 2 (2.27%) Jenkins
General
1 20 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 15 (17.05%) Finance
3 11 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (9.09%) Marketing
6 6 (6.82%) Law
7 5 (5.68%) Retail
8 2 (2.27%) Automotive
8 2 (2.27%) Electronics
8 2 (2.27%) Games
8 2 (2.27%) General Ledger
8 2 (2.27%) Legal
8 2 (2.27%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.14%) Back Office
9 1 (1.14%) Banking
9 1 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.14%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (26.14%) Lead
2 18 (20.45%) Architect
3 17 (19.32%) Developer
4 12 (13.64%) Senior
5 11 (12.50%) Product Manager
5 11 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
6 8 (9.09%) .NET Developer
7 7 (7.95%) Lead Developer
8 5 (5.68%) Java Developer
8 5 (5.68%) Lead .NET Developer
8 5 (5.68%) Oracle Architect
8 5 (5.68%) Senior Developer
9 4 (4.55%) Enterprise Architect
9 4 (4.55%) Microsoft Specialist
9 4 (4.55%) Oracle Solutions Architect
9 4 (4.55%) Product Owner
10 3 (3.41%) Lead Architect
10 3 (3.41%) Senior Java Developer
10 3 (3.41%) Service Development Manager
10 3 (3.41%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (11.36%) .NET
2 6 (6.82%) Hibernate
2 6 (6.82%) Spring
2 6 (6.82%) Spring Boot
3 5 (5.68%) CSS
4 3 (3.41%) HTML
4 3 (3.41%) React
5 2 (2.27%) .NET Framework
5 2 (2.27%) Blazor
5 2 (2.27%) Framer.js
5 2 (2.27%) Jest
5 2 (2.27%) Kafka
5 2 (2.27%) Next.js
5 2 (2.27%) Node.js
5 2 (2.27%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (2.27%) PyTorch
5 2 (2.27%) RESTful
5 2 (2.27%) TensorFlow
6 1 (1.14%) .NET Core
6 1 (1.14%) Snowpark
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.23%) Distributed Systems
2 8 (9.09%) Cloud Native
3 7 (7.95%) Product Ownership
4 6 (6.82%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (6.82%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (5.68%) Clustering
5 5 (5.68%) Management Information System
5 5 (5.68%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (4.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 4 (4.55%) Microsoft Licensing
6 4 (4.55%) Operational Technology
7 3 (3.41%) Low-Code
8 2 (2.27%) AI Agents
8 2 (2.27%) Animation
8 2 (2.27%) Data Structures
8 2 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (2.27%) Marketing Technology
8 2 (2.27%) Online Games
8 2 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (1.14%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.82%) Windows
1 6 (6.82%) Windows Server
2 3 (3.41%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (34.09%) Agile
2 26 (29.55%) Continuous Improvement
3 24 (27.27%) DevOps
4 23 (26.14%) AI
5 20 (22.73%) CI/CD
5 20 (22.73%) Microservices
6 18 (20.45%) Product Roadmap
6 18 (20.45%) Technology Roadmap
7 17 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (18.18%) Business Strategy
9 14 (15.91%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (14.77%) Containerisation
11 11 (12.50%) Decision-Making
11 11 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
12 10 (11.36%) Clean Code
12 10 (11.36%) Mentoring
13 9 (10.23%) Analytics
13 9 (10.23%) Technical Leadership
14 8 (9.09%) Performance Optimisation
14 8 (9.09%) Product Vision
Programming Languages
1 14 (15.91%) Python
2 13 (14.77%) C#
3 10 (11.36%) Java
3 10 (11.36%) SQL
4 6 (6.82%) JavaScript
5 5 (5.68%) TypeScript
6 3 (3.41%) Bicep
6 3 (3.41%) PowerShell
7 2 (2.27%) C
8 1 (1.14%) Go
8 1 (1.14%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (1.14%) Scala
Qualifications
1 9 (10.23%) Degree
2 6 (6.82%) Azure Certification
3 3 (3.41%) AWS Certification
3 3 (3.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.27%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.27%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.27%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (1.14%) CISM
5 1 (1.14%) CISSP
5 1 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.14%) CRISC
5 1 (1.14%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.14%) SAP Certification
5 1 (1.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.23%) NIST
2 6 (6.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (5.68%) GDPR
4 4 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 3 (3.41%) Accessibility
5 3 (3.41%) HIPAA
6 2 (2.27%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.14%) Data Quality
7 1 (1.14%) GRC
7 1 (1.14%) NCSC
7 1 (1.14%) PMO
7 1 (1.14%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (17.05%) Docker
2 1 (1.14%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 13 (14.77%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (20.45%) Microsoft
2 10 (11.36%) Google
3 8 (9.09%) Oracle
4 3 (3.41%) SAP
4 3 (3.41%) VMware
5 2 (2.27%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.27%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 1 (1.14%) Concur
6 1 (1.14%) Databricks
6 1 (1.14%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.14%) Sitecore