WFM Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Workforce Management (WFM)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring WFM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 92 114
Rank change year-on-year +5 +22 +16
Contract jobs citing WFM 2 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.15% 0.068% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.083% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £350
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +71.43% -26.32%
75th Percentile £525 - £375
90th Percentile - - £390
England median daily rate £506 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +6.42% -5.00% -20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,205 1,206 1,623
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.93% 81.71% 87.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 526 465 876
10th Percentile £200 £213 £225
25th Percentile £379 £313 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.72% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £560 £625
90th Percentile £683 £638 £738
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 330 302 376
10th Percentile £14.38 £14.84 £13.46
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.64 £32.61 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year -33.63% +63.80% -5.21%
75th Percentile £56.00 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.50 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% -4.49% +36.92%

WFM
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

WFM job vacancy trend in the East of England

WFM
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

WFM
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing WFM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing WFM

WFM
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 10 October 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
Cambridgeshire - 1 £500 -
Hertfordshire - 1 - - 1
WFM
England

WFM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Fieldglass
1 1 (50.00%) SuccessFactors
General
1 1 (50.00%) French Language
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) IFS Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) Senior SAP Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Expense Management
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) IFS
1 1 (50.00%) SAP