Roadmaps Job Trends in the West Midlands

Roadmaps
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands 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 73 44 54
Rank change year-on-year -29 +10 -18
Permanent jobs citing Roadmaps 129 236 146
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.44% 5.70% 3.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.97% 6.22% 4.44%
Number of salaries quoted 85 149 122
10th Percentile £42,588 £42,500 £44,610
25th Percentile £57,000 £52,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £64,000 £73,152
Median % change year-on-year +13.28% -12.51% +21.92%
75th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £112,500 £89,000
England median annual salary £80,000 £75,821 £75,000
% change year-on-year +5.51% +1.10% -

All Process & 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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,341 3,795 3,285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.12% 91.62% 87.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,264 1,687 2,757
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £37,938 £41,563 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Roadmaps
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Roadmaps job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Roadmaps
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Roadmaps

Roadmaps
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Roadmaps in the West Midlands

Roadmaps
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Roadmaps within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham -32 54 £80,000 +23.08% 24
Solihull +16 16 £86,250 +38.00% 2
Coventry +8 13 £75,000 +7.14% 7
Warwickshire +12 10 £77,500 -3.13% 22
Worcestershire -7 8 £42,500 -50.72% 8
Staffordshire -33 8 £60,000 +12.57% 13
Shropshire -15 6 £28,000 -30.00% 15
Bilston - 3 £66,500 - 1
Sutton Coldfield - 3 £72,500 - 1
Walsall +5 1 £72,250 +100.69% 4
Herefordshire -8 1 - -
West Bromwich - 1 £47,500 -
Roadmaps
England

Roadmaps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West 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 3 (2.33%) CMS
1 3 (2.33%) nginx
1 3 (2.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.55%) Confluence
2 2 (1.55%) IIS
2 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.78%) Apache
3 1 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 3 (2.33%) Adobe Illustrator
1 3 (2.33%) InDesign
1 3 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.33%) Photoshop
1 3 (2.33%) Trello
2 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.78%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (7.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (3.10%) NetSuite
3 3 (2.33%) Shopify
4 1 (0.78%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.78%) Odoo
4 1 (0.78%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 30 (23.26%) Azure
2 25 (19.38%) SaaS
3 12 (9.30%) AWS
4 11 (8.53%) Power Platform
5 8 (6.20%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (4.65%) PaaS
7 5 (3.88%) IaaS
8 4 (3.10%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (3.10%) Entra ID
8 4 (3.10%) Power Automate
8 4 (3.10%) PowerApps
9 3 (2.33%) GCP
9 3 (2.33%) GitHub
10 2 (1.55%) Figma
10 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.55%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 1 (0.78%) ChatGPT
11 1 (0.78%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.65%) WAN
2 5 (3.88%) Firewall
2 5 (3.88%) SD-WAN
3 4 (3.10%) DNS
3 4 (3.10%) VPN
4 3 (2.33%) LAN
5 2 (1.55%) DHCP
5 2 (1.55%) DMVPN
5 2 (1.55%) Network Security
5 2 (1.55%) VLAN
5 2 (1.55%) WLAN
6 1 (0.78%) 4G
6 1 (0.78%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.78%) PSTN
6 1 (0.78%) RFID
6 1 (0.78%) RTP
6 1 (0.78%) SMS
6 1 (0.78%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.78%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.78%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.88%) Power BI
1 5 (3.88%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.10%) MySQL
3 3 (2.33%) Tableau
4 2 (1.55%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.55%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.78%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.78%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (4.65%) JIRA
2 5 (3.88%) Git
3 3 (2.33%) Vite
4 2 (1.55%) GitLab
5 1 (0.78%) Balsamiq
General
1 56 (43.41%) Social Skills
2 25 (19.38%) Finance
3 24 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (13.95%) Public Sector
5 13 (10.08%) Manufacturing
6 10 (7.75%) Marketing
7 9 (6.98%) Law
8 7 (5.43%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (5.43%) Legal
9 5 (3.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (3.88%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (3.10%) Retail
11 3 (2.33%) Games
12 2 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.78%) Back Office
13 1 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (25.58%) Architect
2 23 (17.83%) Lead
3 20 (15.50%) Senior
4 16 (12.40%) Solutions Architect
5 13 (10.08%) Analyst
6 9 (6.98%) Product Manager
7 8 (6.20%) Product Owner
8 7 (5.43%) Applications Support
8 7 (5.43%) Applications Support Analyst
8 7 (5.43%) Senior Analyst
8 7 (5.43%) Senior Applications Support
8 7 (5.43%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
8 7 (5.43%) Senior Support Analyst
8 7 (5.43%) Support Analyst
9 5 (3.88%) Enterprise Architect
9 5 (3.88%) Network Manager
9 5 (3.88%) Network Operations Manager
9 5 (3.88%) Operations Manager
9 5 (3.88%) Senior Architect
10 4 (3.10%) Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.33%) .NET
1 3 (2.33%) CSS
1 3 (2.33%) HTML
1 3 (2.33%) Laravel
1 3 (2.33%) LEMP Stack
1 3 (2.33%) Tailwind CSS
1 3 (2.33%) Vue
1 3 (2.33%) YAML
2 2 (1.55%) AngularJS
2 2 (1.55%) EDI
2 2 (1.55%) React
2 2 (1.55%) RESTful
3 1 (0.78%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.78%) Kafka
3 1 (0.78%) Middleware
3 1 (0.78%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.78%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.78%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.30%) Product Ownership
2 11 (8.53%) Data Centre
3 7 (5.43%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 7 (5.43%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (5.43%) Operational Technology
3 7 (5.43%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (4.65%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (3.88%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.88%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (3.88%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.10%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (3.10%) Low-Code
6 4 (3.10%) Virtual Team
7 3 (2.33%) Animation
7 3 (2.33%) e-Learning
7 3 (2.33%) Graphic Design
7 3 (2.33%) Learning Management System
7 3 (2.33%) Video Editing
7 3 (2.33%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (1.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.10%) Windows
2 3 (2.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (31.01%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (27.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 33 (25.58%) Agile
4 32 (24.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 32 (24.81%) Technology Roadmap
5 28 (21.71%) Product Roadmap
6 25 (19.38%) AI
6 25 (19.38%) Enterprise Architecture
7 24 (18.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 22 (17.05%) Business Strategy
9 21 (16.28%) Mentoring
9 21 (16.28%) Project Delivery
10 19 (14.73%) CRM
11 18 (13.95%) Analytics
12 16 (12.40%) Analytical Thinking
12 16 (12.40%) IT Strategy
13 15 (11.63%) ITIL
13 15 (11.63%) Strategic Roadmap
14 13 (10.08%) Migration
14 13 (10.08%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (10.08%) SQL
2 7 (5.43%) T-SQL
3 6 (4.65%) Python
4 5 (3.88%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.10%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.33%) Bash
6 3 (2.33%) PHP
7 2 (1.55%) C#
7 2 (1.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (14.73%) Degree
2 12 (9.30%) SC Cleared
2 12 (9.30%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.10%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (3.10%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (0.78%) CCNA
4 1 (0.78%) CCNP
4 1 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.78%) CISM
4 1 (0.78%) CISSP
4 1 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.78%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (14.73%) QA
2 9 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (5.43%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 7 (5.43%) NIST
4 3 (2.33%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.33%) PMO
5 2 (1.55%) GDPR
5 2 (1.55%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.78%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.78%) NCSC
6 1 (0.78%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (4.65%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.10%) Docker
3 1 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (3.88%) Terraform
2 3 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (17.05%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.43%) Oracle
2 7 (5.43%) SAP
3 4 (3.10%) Cisco
3 4 (3.10%) Salesforce
4 3 (2.33%) Adobe
4 3 (2.33%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 2 (1.55%) Meraki
5 2 (1.55%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.78%) Adaptive Insights
6 1 (0.78%) Autodesk
6 1 (0.78%) Blue Prism
6 1 (0.78%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.78%) Google
6 1 (0.78%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.78%) Planon
6 1 (0.78%) SolarWinds
6 1 (0.78%) UiPath
6 1 (0.78%) Varonis
6 1 (0.78%) VMware