Technology Roadmap Job Trends in the West Midlands

Technology Roadmaps
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Technology 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 138 178 148
Rank change year-on-year +40 -30 +83
Permanent jobs citing Technology Roadmap 32 27 35
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.61% 0.65% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.71% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 22 18 25
10th Percentile £53,500 £55,516 £40,600
25th Percentile £68,750 £62,514 £45,600
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,250 £73,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.95% +18.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £91,250 £79,050 £85,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £79,600 £99,000
England median annual salary £81,924 £72,500 £82,500
% change year-on-year +13.00% -12.12% +10.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Technology 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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,314 3,806 3,278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.12% 91.45% 87.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,238 1,700 2,744
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £41,250 £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 £63,250
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%

Technology Roadmap
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Technology Roadmap job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Technology Roadmap
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Technology Roadmap.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Technology Roadmap

Technology Roadmap
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Technology Roadmap in the West Midlands

Technology Roadmap
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 Technology Roadmap within the West 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
Birmingham +18 8 £90,000 +24.14% 3
Solihull - 7 £87,500 - 1
Coventry +6 4 - - 1
Sutton Coldfield - 3 £72,500 -
Warwickshire +24 2 £66,250 +1.92% 3
Staffordshire -10 2 - - 1
Herefordshire -8 1 - -
West Bromwich - 1 £47,500 -
Technology Roadmap
England

Technology Roadmap
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 1 (3.13%) IIS
1 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (9.38%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.63%) AWS
2 4 (12.50%) Azure
3 3 (9.38%) GCP
3 3 (9.38%) SaaS
4 1 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.13%) IaaS
4 1 (3.13%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) DHCP
1 1 (3.13%) DNS
1 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.13%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.13%) MySQL
2 1 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 15 (46.88%) Social Skills
2 9 (28.13%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 6 (18.75%) Manufacturing
5 4 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (12.50%) Retail
6 3 (9.38%) Finance
7 2 (6.25%) Marketing
8 1 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 14 (43.75%) Architect
2 11 (34.38%) Lead
3 5 (15.63%) Enterprise Architect
4 4 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (9.38%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Developer
6 2 (6.25%) Lead Developer
6 2 (6.25%) Lead Python Developer
6 2 (6.25%) Lead Software Developer
6 2 (6.25%) Python Developer
6 2 (6.25%) SaaS Developer
6 2 (6.25%) Software Developer
7 1 (3.13%) Analyst
7 1 (3.13%) Head of Architecture
7 1 (3.13%) Head of Technology
7 1 (3.13%) IT Manager
7 1 (3.13%) Operations Director
7 1 (3.13%) Senior Architect
7 1 (3.13%) Software Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) RESTful
2 1 (3.13%) .NET
2 1 (3.13%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.88%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 7 (21.88%) Cyber Threat
1 7 (21.88%) Operational Technology
1 7 (21.88%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (15.63%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (9.38%) Low-Code
4 2 (6.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (6.25%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (3.13%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (3.13%) PACS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 16 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (43.75%) Business Strategy
4 13 (40.63%) Enterprise Architecture
5 12 (37.50%) Technology Strategy
6 11 (34.38%) IT Strategy
7 10 (31.25%) Mentoring
7 10 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (28.13%) Analytical Thinking
8 9 (28.13%) ITIL
9 8 (25.00%) SABSA
10 7 (21.88%) Coaching
10 7 (21.88%) Cyber Intelligence
10 7 (21.88%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 7 (21.88%) ERP
10 7 (21.88%) Information Management
10 7 (21.88%) Risk Management
10 7 (21.88%) Security Operations
10 7 (21.88%) Systems Engineering
10 7 (21.88%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) Python
2 2 (6.25%) TypeScript
3 1 (3.13%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (28.13%) Degree
2 7 (21.88%) SC Cleared
2 7 (21.88%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.13%) CISM
3 1 (3.13%) CISSP
3 1 (3.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (21.88%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 7 (21.88%) NIST
3 3 (9.38%) PMO
4 1 (3.13%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.13%) Docker
2 1 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.38%) SAP
3 1 (3.13%) Cisco
3 1 (3.13%) Google
3 1 (3.13%) VMware