Strategic Roadmap Job Trends in the Midlands

Strategic Roadmaps
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Strategic Roadmap skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 178 218
Rank change year-on-year -13 +40 +77
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Roadmap 26 61 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.33% 0.95% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 1.05% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 16 33 15
10th Percentile - £49,236 £55,400
25th Percentile £40,000 £50,136 £60,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% +12.31% -7.14%
75th Percentile £82,500 £112,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £143,000 £119,500
England median annual salary £90,000 £81,750 £79,632
% change year-on-year +10.09% +2.66% -3.48%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,316 5,806 4,932
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.35% 90.45% 86.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3,499 2,544 4,063
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
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 Midlands

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

Strategic Roadmap job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Strategic Roadmap
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Strategic Roadmap.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Strategic Roadmap

Strategic Roadmap
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Strategic Roadmap in the Midlands over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Strategic Roadmap in the Midlands

Strategic Roadmap
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Roadmap within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 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
West Midlands -2 15 £72,500 -0.34% 5
East Midlands -5 11 £40,000 -46.67% 9
Strategic Roadmap
England

Strategic Roadmap
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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 5 (19.23%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (7.69%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (11.54%) NetSuite
2 1 (3.85%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 10 (38.46%) Azure
2 8 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (19.23%) AWS
3 5 (19.23%) Entra ID
3 5 (19.23%) OneDrive
4 4 (15.38%) SaaS
5 3 (11.54%) GCP
6 2 (7.69%) OCI
7 1 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (3.85%) Oracle CX
7 1 (3.85%) PaaS
7 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
7 1 (3.85%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) Firewall
1 2 (7.69%) SD-WAN
1 2 (7.69%) VLAN
1 2 (7.69%) VPN
1 2 (7.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 16 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 12 (46.15%) Finance
3 8 (30.77%) Manufacturing
4 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (11.54%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (11.54%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (11.54%) Law
4 3 (11.54%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (7.69%) Games
5 2 (7.69%) Legal
5 2 (7.69%) Marketing
5 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 11 (42.31%) Architect
2 5 (19.23%) IT Engineer
2 5 (19.23%) IT Support
2 5 (19.23%) IT Support Engineer
2 5 (19.23%) Network Manager
2 5 (19.23%) Network Operations Manager
2 5 (19.23%) Operations Manager
2 5 (19.23%) Support Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Enterprise Architect
3 4 (15.38%) Senior
3 4 (15.38%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (11.54%) .NET Architect
4 3 (11.54%) C# Architect
4 3 (11.54%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
4 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure Architect
4 3 (11.54%) Lead
4 3 (11.54%) Product Architect
4 3 (11.54%) SaaS Architect
5 2 (7.69%) Production Manager
5 2 (7.69%) Senior Production Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) .NET
2 1 (3.85%) EDI
2 1 (3.85%) Middleware
2 1 (3.85%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) Data Centre
2 5 (19.23%) Cyber Security Posture
3 4 (15.38%) Client/Server
3 4 (15.38%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (7.69%) Product Ownership
5 1 (3.85%) AI Agents
5 1 (3.85%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.85%) IoT
5 1 (3.85%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 11 (42.31%) Project Delivery
3 9 (34.62%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (34.62%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (30.77%) Enterprise Architecture
4 8 (30.77%) Technology Roadmap
5 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (26.92%) Technical Architecture
6 6 (23.08%) Agile
6 6 (23.08%) ERP
6 6 (23.08%) Migration
6 6 (23.08%) Network Management
6 6 (23.08%) Strategic Thinking
7 5 (19.23%) Budget Management
7 5 (19.23%) Business Strategy
7 5 (19.23%) Cost Control
7 5 (19.23%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (19.23%) Data Protection
7 5 (19.23%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 5 (19.23%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) C#
1 3 (11.54%) SQL
2 2 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) Degree
2 5 (19.23%) DBS Check
2 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (19.23%) GDPR
2 2 (7.69%) QA
3 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
System Software
1 5 (19.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (42.31%) Microsoft
2 5 (19.23%) Progress
3 3 (11.54%) SAP
4 2 (7.69%) Oracle
5 1 (3.85%) JD Edwards
5 1 (3.85%) Planon
5 1 (3.85%) Salesforce
5 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow