WFM Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Workforce Management (WFM)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring WFM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 - 56
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing WFM 2 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.22% - 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% - 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile - - £198
25th Percentile £463 - £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £240
75th Percentile £488 - £245
90th Percentile - - £368
West Midlands median daily rate £475 - £233

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

WFM falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 767 436 604
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 84.75% 87.73% 81.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 457 297 403
10th Percentile £313 £163 £236
25th Percentile £402 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £483 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.52% +1.68% -7.32%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £581
90th Percentile £686 £689 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £483 £500
% change year-on-year -1.66% -3.40% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 29 43
10th Percentile £13.94 - £13.25
25th Percentile £17.09 £12.62 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £16.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% -38.46% +25.57%
75th Percentile £51.25 £26.51 £47.13
90th Percentile £75.00 £33.03 £56.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £34.38 £22.05 £22.50
% change year-on-year +55.90% -2.00% +7.30%

WFM
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing WFM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

WFM job vacancy trend in Birmingham

WFM
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing WFM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing WFM

WFM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Workforce Management Program Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 2 (100.00%) Cost Control
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Workforce Optimisation