The first table below looks at the demand for WFM skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WFM over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Workforce Management (WFM)
Rank 188 - 167
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing WFM 1 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.025% - 0.099%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.032% - 0.145%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
Average salary £45,000 - £31,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-21.05% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3144 2660 2766
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 77.19% 73.04% 68.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2699 2331 2495
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
WFM
North West

WFM
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing WFM across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Manchester WFM Jobs Demand Trend

WFM
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing WFM across the Manchester region.

Manchester WFM Salary Trend

WFM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing WFM also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited WFM.

1 4 (80.00%) Avaya
1 4 (80.00%) CTI
1 4 (80.00%) IVR
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) DPNSS
2 2 (40.00%) Q.931
2 2 (40.00%) QSIG
2 2 (40.00%) Middleware
2 2 (40.00%) Genesys
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) UNIX
2 2 (40.00%) ATM
2 2 (40.00%) ISDN
2 2 (40.00%) VoIP
2 2 (40.00%) Ethernet
2 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Nortel
2 2 (40.00%) Citrix
2 2 (40.00%) Test Management
2 2 (40.00%) Unified Communications
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Verint
3 1 (20.00%) Financial Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (20.00%) MS Project
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma
3 1 (20.00%) Logistics

WFM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing WFM also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited WFM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (40.00%) Middleware
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (20.00%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) CTI
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) DPNSS
2 2 (40.00%) Q.931
2 2 (40.00%) QSIG
2 2 (40.00%) ATM
2 2 (40.00%) ISDN
2 2 (40.00%) VoIP
2 2 (40.00%) Ethernet
2 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (40.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 1 (20.00%) Electronics
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
1 3 (60.00%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Business Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Business Process Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Solutions Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Process Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Test Management
1 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Financial Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma
2 1 (20.00%) Logistics
2 1 (20.00%) Business Development
2 1 (20.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 1 (20.00%) Process Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Avaya
2 2 (40.00%) Genesys
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Nortel
2 2 (40.00%) Citrix
2 2 (40.00%) Verint