Workforce Management (WFM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for WFM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited WFM over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 758 945 1067
Rank change year-on-year +187 +122 -262
Permanent jobs citing WFM 136 48 145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.046% 0.094%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.048% 0.098%
Number of salaries quoted 84 23 66
10th Percentile £27,575 £41,880 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £56,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £120,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -54.17% +118.18% +29.79%
75th Percentile £61,123 £125,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £135,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £43,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year +22.09% +4.88% -1.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

WFM is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,460 100,219 147,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.03% 95.64% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 59,759 58,822 83,132
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

WFM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing WFM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for WFM in the UK

WFM
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WFM.

Salary trend for WFM in the UK

WFM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing WFM over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for WFM in the UK

WFM
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WFM within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
England +207 128 £55,000 -54.17% 48
UK excluding London +61 89 £52,500 +22.09% 38
Work from Home +152 81 £59,556 -31.94% 31
London +168 47 £95,000 -20.83% 19
South West +2 26 £32,500 +8.33% 1
North of England +63 22 £59,556 +41.46% 12
Midlands +19 18 £55,000 -38.89% 3
South East +41 17 £40,000 -33.33% 7
West Midlands +38 17 £55,000 -38.89% 2
North West +17 12 £48,013 +12.84% 8
Yorkshire +105 10 £59,556 +158.94% 3
Scotland -56 8 £59,556 -33.83% 6
East Midlands - 4 £77,500 - 1
East of England +23 1 £31,250 - 6

WFM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 23 (16.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (10.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.47%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (2.94%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (27.94%) SaaS
2 6 (4.41%) Power Platform
3 5 (3.68%) AWS
4 4 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.21%) Amazon OpenSearch
5 3 (2.21%) Azure
5 3 (2.21%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (2.21%) GCP
6 1 (0.74%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (22.06%) Tableau
2 20 (14.71%) Data Hub
3 6 (4.41%) Power BI
4 4 (2.94%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.21%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.47%) Amazon QuickSight
6 2 (1.47%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 28 (20.59%) Git
General
1 77 (56.62%) Social Skills
2 50 (36.76%) Finance
3 41 (30.15%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (23.53%) Banking
5 24 (17.65%) Law
6 14 (10.29%) Retail
7 12 (8.82%) Front Office
7 12 (8.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (8.82%) Investment Banking
8 11 (8.09%) Public Sector
9 9 (6.62%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.94%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.94%) Marketing
10 4 (2.94%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.74%) Back Office
12 1 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (33.82%) Senior
2 30 (22.06%) Consultant
3 28 (20.59%) Data Scientist
3 28 (20.59%) Senior Data Scientist
4 15 (11.03%) Analytics Consultant
4 15 (11.03%) Senior Manager
5 14 (10.29%) Project Manager
6 12 (8.82%) Associate Project Manager
6 12 (8.82%) Portfolio Manager
6 12 (8.82%) Portfolio Project Manager
6 12 (8.82%) Senior Portfolio Manager
6 12 (8.82%) Senior Project Manager
7 9 (6.62%) Software Consultant
8 7 (5.15%) Account Manager
8 7 (5.15%) IT Support
9 6 (4.41%) Client Director
9 6 (4.41%) Implementation Consultant
9 6 (4.41%) Lead
9 6 (4.41%) Software Implementation Consultant
10 5 (3.68%) Head of Implementation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (20.59%) Pandas
1 28 (20.59%) PySpark
1 28 (20.59%) scikit-learn
1 28 (20.59%) TensorFlow
2 5 (3.68%) Kafka
3 3 (2.21%) .NET
3 3 (2.21%) ASP.NET
3 3 (2.21%) GraphQL
3 3 (2.21%) OAuth
3 3 (2.21%) OpenID
3 3 (2.21%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (1.47%) Spring Boot
4 2 (1.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (20.59%) Algorithms
2 17 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (11.03%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (8.82%) Derivative
5 7 (5.15%) Credit Risk
6 3 (2.21%) NHS
7 2 (1.47%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.47%) Robotics
8 1 (0.74%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.74%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 50 (36.76%) Actionable Insight
2 50 (36.76%) Visualisation
3 43 (31.62%) Artificial Intelligence
4 40 (29.41%) Agile
4 40 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (25.00%) Machine Learning
6 30 (22.06%) Customer Experience
6 30 (22.06%) Data Science
6 30 (22.06%) Demand Forecasting
6 30 (22.06%) Project Management
7 28 (20.59%) Data Munging
7 28 (20.59%) Generative AI
7 28 (20.59%) MLOps
7 28 (20.59%) Natural Language Processing
7 28 (20.59%) Neural Network
7 28 (20.59%) Predictive Modelling
7 28 (20.59%) Propensity Modelling
7 28 (20.59%) Root Cause Analysis
7 28 (20.59%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 56 (41.18%) SQL
2 33 (24.26%) Python
3 4 (2.94%) Java
3 4 (2.94%) PHP
4 3 (2.21%) C#
4 3 (2.21%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.47%) R
Qualifications
1 53 (38.97%) Degree
2 32 (23.53%) DBS Check
3 28 (20.59%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.47%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.47%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (14.71%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (2.21%) SLA
3 2 (1.47%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (3.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (3.68%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 28 (20.59%) Databricks
2 9 (6.62%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.41%) Salesforce
4 4 (2.94%) Apple
5 3 (2.21%) Google
6 1 (0.74%) Oracle