Roadmaps Job Trends in the North West

Roadmaps
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Roadmaps skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 88 40
Rank change year-on-year +42 -48 -18
Permanent jobs citing Roadmaps 315 215 507
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.92% 4.57% 4.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.21% 4.82% 5.80%
Number of salaries quoted 222 123 389
10th Percentile £47,294 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +20.83% -
75th Percentile £84,688 £95,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £99,750 £115,000 £95,695
England median annual salary £80,000 £78,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +1.91% +12.14% -3.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,489 4,461 8,737
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 69.36% 94.77% 78.81%
Number of salaries quoted 5,732 2,030 6,597
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +4.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Roadmaps
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Roadmaps job vacancy trend in the North West

Roadmaps
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Roadmaps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Roadmaps

Roadmaps
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Roadmaps in the North West over the 6 months to 15 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Roadmaps in the North West

Roadmaps
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Roadmaps within the North West region over the 6 months to 15 June 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
Manchester -5 192 £75,000 +0.17% 89
Lancashire +62 40 £63,076 +19.01% 27
Cheshire +39 40 £67,500 -15.63% 14
Cumbria -5 29 £47,271 -32.47% 2
Merseyside -20 13 £52,500 -34.38% 11
Roadmaps
England

Roadmaps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 22 (6.98%) SharePoint
2 19 (6.03%) Confluence
3 14 (4.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.63%) IIS
5 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (5.40%) SAP ERP
1 17 (5.40%) SAP QM
2 11 (3.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.63%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.32%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.32%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.32%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 99 (31.43%) Azure
2 46 (14.60%) AWS
3 32 (10.16%) Power Platform
4 29 (9.21%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (9.21%) SaaS
5 27 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (5.40%) GitHub
7 16 (5.08%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (4.76%) GCP
9 12 (3.81%) Boomi
10 10 (3.17%) Microsoft Purview
10 10 (3.17%) PowerApps
11 9 (2.86%) Entra ID
12 7 (2.22%) Serverless
13 6 (1.90%) Azure Sentinel
14 5 (1.59%) IaaS
15 4 (1.27%) Power Automate
15 4 (1.27%) Snowflake
16 3 (0.95%) Azure Logic Apps
16 3 (0.95%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.22%) DNS
2 4 (1.27%) Firewall
3 3 (0.95%) LTE
4 2 (0.63%) DHCP
4 2 (0.63%) SAN
4 2 (0.63%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.63%) SNMP
4 2 (0.63%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.63%) VLAN
4 2 (0.63%) WAN
5 1 (0.32%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.32%) Broadband
5 1 (0.32%) Modbus
5 1 (0.32%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.67%) Power BI
2 14 (4.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 9 (2.86%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.95%) BigQuery
4 3 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.32%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.32%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.32%) Db2
6 1 (0.32%) Looker
6 1 (0.32%) Metadata
6 1 (0.32%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.32%) MySQL
6 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 32 (10.16%) JIRA
2 2 (0.63%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.32%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.32%) Git
3 1 (0.32%) GitLab
3 1 (0.32%) Jasmine
3 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.32%) Karma Test Runner
3 1 (0.32%) PyCharm
3 1 (0.32%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.32%) YouTrack
General
1 100 (31.75%) Finance
2 89 (28.25%) Social Skills
3 52 (16.51%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (9.84%) Retail
5 29 (9.21%) Aerospace
6 28 (8.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (7.62%) Marketing
7 24 (7.62%) Public Sector
8 21 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
8 21 (6.67%) Law
9 10 (3.17%) Banking
9 10 (3.17%) Legal
10 8 (2.54%) Games
11 6 (1.90%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.90%) Police
12 5 (1.59%) Billing
13 4 (1.27%) Advertising
13 4 (1.27%) Fire and Rescue
14 3 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (16.83%) Senior
2 51 (16.19%) Architect
3 47 (14.92%) Lead
4 24 (7.62%) Developer
5 20 (6.35%) Senior Developer
6 17 (5.40%) Analyst
6 17 (5.40%) Solutions Architect
7 14 (4.44%) Enterprise Architect
7 14 (4.44%) Product Owner
8 13 (4.13%) Product Manager
9 12 (3.81%) Senior Architect
10 10 (3.17%) IT Manager
10 10 (3.17%) Project Manager
11 9 (2.86%) Delivery Manager
11 9 (2.86%) IT Architect
11 9 (2.86%) Lead Architect
11 9 (2.86%) Software Engineer
12 8 (2.54%) Consultant
12 8 (2.54%) Lead Enterprise Architect
13 7 (2.22%) Microsoft 365 Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.40%) SAP Fiori
2 14 (4.44%) .NET
2 14 (4.44%) Middleware
2 14 (4.44%) XML
3 13 (4.13%) REST
3 13 (4.13%) SOAP
4 12 (3.81%) EDI
4 12 (3.81%) JSON
5 8 (2.54%) Next.js
5 8 (2.54%) React Native
5 8 (2.54%) Ruby on Rails
6 6 (1.90%) React
6 6 (1.90%) Regular Expression
7 5 (1.59%) Node.js
8 4 (1.27%) Backbone.js
9 3 (0.95%) Hibernate
9 3 (0.95%) OAuth
9 3 (0.95%) Spring
9 3 (0.95%) Spring Boot
9 3 (0.95%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 53 (16.83%) Product Ownership
2 19 (6.03%) Cloud Native
3 15 (4.76%) Data Centre
4 14 (4.44%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.81%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (3.49%) PMI
7 10 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (3.17%) Enterprise Cloud
7 10 (3.17%) Low-Code
8 9 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (2.86%) Mobile App
9 8 (2.54%) Cyberattack
10 7 (2.22%) Management Information System
11 6 (1.90%) Security Operations Centre
12 3 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.95%) Renewable Energy
13 2 (0.63%) CMDB
13 2 (0.63%) Data Structures
13 2 (0.63%) Private Cloud
13 2 (0.63%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.17%) Windows
2 6 (1.90%) Linux
3 4 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.63%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.32%) Android
5 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
2 71 (22.54%) Continuous Improvement
3 69 (21.90%) Agile
3 69 (21.90%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (19.68%) Decision-Making
5 52 (16.51%) AI
5 52 (16.51%) DevOps
5 52 (16.51%) Product Roadmap
6 44 (13.97%) ERP
7 42 (13.33%) Mentoring
8 40 (12.70%) Technology Roadmap
9 38 (12.06%) Coaching
10 34 (10.79%) ITIL
11 33 (10.48%) Business Strategy
11 33 (10.48%) CI/CD
11 33 (10.48%) CRM
12 32 (10.16%) IT Strategy
12 32 (10.16%) Scrum
12 32 (10.16%) Strategic Roadmap
13 31 (9.84%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 40 (12.70%) Python
2 26 (8.25%) SQL
3 12 (3.81%) C#
4 11 (3.49%) Java
5 10 (3.17%) PowerShell
6 8 (2.54%) ABAP
6 8 (2.54%) Ruby
7 6 (1.90%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.90%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.27%) Bash
8 4 (1.27%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.95%) Bicep
10 2 (0.63%) C
10 2 (0.63%) Go
11 1 (0.32%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.32%) C++
11 1 (0.32%) SOQL
11 1 (0.32%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 40 (12.70%) BPSS Clearance
2 18 (5.71%) Degree
3 13 (4.13%) PMI Certification
4 10 (3.17%) Security Cleared
5 9 (2.86%) SC Cleared
6 5 (1.59%) TOGAF Certification
7 4 (1.27%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.95%) CISM
8 3 (0.95%) CISSP
8 3 (0.95%) CRISC
8 3 (0.95%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.95%) PMP
8 3 (0.95%) Postgraduate
9 2 (0.63%) ACCA
9 2 (0.63%) CIMA
9 2 (0.63%) CISA
9 2 (0.63%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.63%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.32%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 16 (5.08%) GDPR
3 12 (3.81%) TickIT
4 7 (2.22%) QA
5 6 (1.90%) NIST
6 5 (1.59%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.95%) P3O
8 3 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.63%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.63%) SLA
10 1 (0.32%) GRC
10 1 (0.32%) GxP
10 1 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (1.90%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.27%) Docker
3 2 (0.63%) DFS Replication
3 2 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (2.22%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.90%) Terraform
3 1 (0.32%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 61 (19.37%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.25%) SAP
3 18 (5.71%) Salesforce
4 7 (2.22%) VMware
5 6 (1.90%) OpenAI
6 5 (1.59%) Juniper
6 5 (1.59%) Palo Alto
7 4 (1.27%) Oracle
7 4 (1.27%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.27%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.95%) Databricks
8 3 (0.95%) Google
9 2 (0.63%) NEC
9 2 (0.63%) OneLogin
9 2 (0.63%) Sitecore
9 2 (0.63%) SolarWinds
9 2 (0.63%) Veeam
9 2 (0.63%) Vertica
10 1 (0.32%) F5
10 1 (0.32%) SYSPRO