Roadmaps Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Roadmaps
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Roadmaps skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 53 43
Rank change year-on-year +13 -10 -23
Permanent jobs citing Roadmaps 178 161 198
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.41% 4.76% 5.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.49% 5.18% 5.61%
Number of salaries quoted 48 81 136
10th Percentile £46,250 £55,000 £44,425
25th Percentile £52,438 £62,500 £50,956
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.36% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £77,188 £97,500 £76,563
90th Percentile £93,250 £112,500 £106,250
South East median annual salary £67,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.08% - -7.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,245 3,106 3,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.48% 91.78% 89.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,770 1,383 2,439
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £45,000 £39,043
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

Roadmaps
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Roadmaps job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Roadmaps
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Roadmaps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Roadmaps

Roadmaps
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Roadmaps in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Roadmaps in the Thames Valley

Roadmaps
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Roadmaps within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 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
Berkshire +23 122 £65,000 -35.00% 94
Buckinghamshire +10 35 £55,000 -35.29% 30
Oxfordshire -9 21 £82,500 +26.92% 29
Roadmaps
South East

Roadmaps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (1.12%) CMS
2 1 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (7.30%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 57 (32.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.56%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.56%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.56%) SAP EWM
2 1 (0.56%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.56%) SAP IBP
2 1 (0.56%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 54 (30.34%) Azure DevOps
2 22 (12.36%) Azure
3 14 (7.87%) GCP
4 12 (6.74%) Power Platform
5 11 (6.18%) AWS
6 8 (4.49%) SaaS
7 3 (1.69%) Benchling
7 3 (1.69%) Collibra
8 2 (1.12%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.12%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.56%) Azure AI
9 1 (0.56%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.56%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.56%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.56%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.56%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.56%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.37%) SMS
2 2 (1.12%) Broadband
3 1 (0.56%) S/MIME
3 1 (0.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.43%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (6.74%) Power BI
3 9 (5.06%) Metadata
4 8 (4.49%) Tableau
5 6 (3.37%) BigQuery
6 5 (2.81%) Qlik Sense
7 3 (1.69%) Data Mining
7 3 (1.69%) SAP BW
7 3 (1.69%) SAP HANA
8 2 (1.12%) Data Hub
9 1 (0.56%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 55 (30.90%) JIRA
2 50 (28.09%) eCATT
3 38 (21.35%) NeoLoad
4 3 (1.69%) ERwin
4 3 (1.69%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.56%) GitLab
5 1 (0.56%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.56%) SonarQube
General
1 93 (52.25%) Finance
2 82 (46.07%) Marketing
3 61 (34.27%) Manufacturing
4 37 (20.79%) Social Skills
5 33 (18.54%) Pharmaceutical
6 31 (17.42%) Presentation Skills
7 28 (15.73%) Analytical Skills
8 26 (14.61%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (6.74%) Law
10 4 (2.25%) Publishing
11 3 (1.69%) Retail
12 2 (1.12%) Games
12 2 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.12%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.56%) Banking
13 1 (0.56%) Billing
13 1 (0.56%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 80 (44.94%) Lead
2 55 (30.90%) Senior
3 32 (17.98%) Test Leader
4 29 (16.29%) Analyst
5 24 (13.48%) Architect
6 21 (11.80%) Test Analyst
7 19 (10.67%) Automation Test Lead
8 12 (6.74%) Performance Analyst
8 12 (6.74%) Performance Test Analyst
8 12 (6.74%) Testing Analyst
9 10 (5.62%) Performance Test Leader
9 10 (5.62%) Product Owner
10 9 (5.06%) Automation Test Analyst
11 8 (4.49%) Product Manager
12 7 (3.93%) Data Manager
13 6 (3.37%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 6 (3.37%) Cloud Architect
13 6 (3.37%) Data Architect
13 6 (3.37%) Platform Architect
13 6 (3.37%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.12%) ADO
1 2 (1.12%) Laravel
1 2 (1.12%) React
1 2 (1.12%) Vue
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.56%) PySpark
2 1 (0.56%) REST
2 1 (0.56%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 36 (20.22%) Life Science
2 17 (9.55%) Product Ownership
3 9 (5.06%) Management Information System
4 8 (4.49%) Cloud Native
5 7 (3.93%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.69%) Biopharmaceutical
6 3 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.69%) LIMS
6 3 (1.69%) Pharmacovigilance
7 2 (1.12%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.12%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.12%) Sports Betting
8 1 (0.56%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.56%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.56%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.56%) IoT
8 1 (0.56%) iSeries
8 1 (0.56%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.56%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.69%) Windows
2 2 (1.12%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (36.52%) Product Roadmap
2 62 (34.83%) Analytics
3 59 (33.15%) Source to Pay
4 56 (31.46%) Test Management
5 54 (30.34%) Agile
6 51 (28.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 45 (25.28%) AI
7 45 (25.28%) Data Science
8 44 (24.72%) Test Strategy
9 41 (23.03%) Machine Learning
10 38 (21.35%) Computer Science
10 38 (21.35%) ERP
10 38 (21.35%) Performance Testing
10 38 (21.35%) Requirements Gathering
11 36 (20.22%) Generative AI
12 35 (19.66%) Continuous Delivery
12 35 (19.66%) Enterprise Architecture
13 34 (19.10%) Visualisation
14 33 (18.54%) Hematology
14 33 (18.54%) Immunology
Programming Languages
1 19 (10.67%) Python
2 12 (6.74%) SQL
3 6 (3.37%) Go
3 6 (3.37%) Java
4 2 (1.12%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.12%) PHP
5 1 (0.56%) R
Qualifications
1 48 (26.97%) Degree
2 40 (22.47%) Master's Degree
3 30 (16.85%) PhD
4 8 (4.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (3.37%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.69%) CISM
6 3 (1.69%) CISSP
6 3 (1.69%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.69%) PMP
6 3 (1.69%) SAP Certification
7 2 (1.12%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.12%) CISA
7 2 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.12%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.56%) CEH
8 1 (0.56%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.56%) GIAC
8 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (16.85%) GxP
2 18 (10.11%) Data Quality
3 11 (6.18%) GDPR
4 9 (5.06%) QA
5 8 (4.49%) Accessibility
6 5 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.69%) NIST
8 2 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.12%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.56%) GRC
9 1 (0.56%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.56%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.56%) Docker
1 1 (0.56%) vCloud
1 1 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 50 (28.09%) HP ALM
2 7 (3.93%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.56%) Ansible
3 1 (0.56%) Docker Swarm
3 1 (0.56%) Rundeck
3 1 (0.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 64 (35.96%) SAP
2 50 (28.09%) HP
3 10 (5.62%) Salesforce
4 8 (4.49%) Google
5 7 (3.93%) Microsoft
6 6 (3.37%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 3 (1.69%) Databricks
7 3 (1.69%) LabVantage
8 2 (1.12%) Cognos
8 2 (1.12%) Concur
8 2 (1.12%) Oracle
9 1 (0.56%) Citrix
9 1 (0.56%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.56%) IBM
9 1 (0.56%) Thales
9 1 (0.56%) VMware