WFM Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Workforce Management (WFM)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring WFM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 - 64
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing WFM 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.22% - 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% - 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £160
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £501 £481 £500
% change year-on-year +4.27% -3.90% -21.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 766 602 648
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 85.49% 85.75% 82.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 501 355 463
10th Percentile £190 £263 £213
25th Percentile £350 £353 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £445 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.62% -6.32% -
75th Percentile £523 £550 £588
90th Percentile £625 £642 £700
England median daily rate £501 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 29 52
10th Percentile £16.17 £15.08 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.45 £17.00 £16.56
Median hourly rate £18.87 £24.00 £22.39
Median % change year-on-year -21.38% +7.20% +33.02%
75th Percentile £25.12 £42.25 £51.50
90th Percentile £25.15 £51.00 £64.10
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.43 £45.00
% change year-on-year -29.01% -21.27% +23.29%

WFM
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

WFM job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

WFM
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing WFM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing WFM

WFM
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WFM within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 November 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derbyshire - 1 - -
Leicestershire - 1 £450 - 1
WFM
England

WFM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (50.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Lucidchart
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Process Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Project Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 1 (50.00%) Order to Cash
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Zoho