WFM Contracts in England

Workforce Management (WFM)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for WFM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates 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 475 634 705
Rank change year-on-year +159 +71 -126
Contract jobs citing WFM 70 25 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.19% 0.049% 0.087%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.055% 0.096%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 17 51
10th Percentile £205 £213 £350
25th Percentile £298 £400 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £525 £688 £650
90th Percentile £700 £775 £888
UK median daily rate £400 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -30.43% +9.52% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,171 45,739 64,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.55% 90.26% 90.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,096 32,069 45,706
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.18%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,236 1,617 1,773
10th Percentile £12.89 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.38 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.23
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -5.41% +48.00% -

WFM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for WFM in England

WFM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WFM in England.

Daily rate trend for WFM in England

WFM
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WFM in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WFM in England

WFM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WFM in England.

Hourly rate trend for WFM in England

WFM
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +125 28 £500 -18.37% 20
Midlands +40 15 £240 +6.67% 3
West Midlands +42 14 £240 +6.67% 2
East of England +20 10 £413 +3.13% 6
North of England +33 7 £350 -44.00% 12
North West - 6 £350 - 8
South East +26 3 £750 +3.45% 7
Yorkshire +20 1 £400 -36.00% 3
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
WFM
UK

WFM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 11 (15.71%) Apache
1 11 (15.71%) IIS
1 11 (15.71%) Tomcat
2 2 (2.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (12.86%) Chatbot
3 4 (5.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (5.71%) SAP ERP
2 2 (2.86%) Avolution ABACUS
3 1 (1.43%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 10 (14.29%) AWS
2 8 (11.43%) SaaS
3 7 (10.00%) GCP
4 6 (8.57%) SAP Fieldglass
5 5 (7.14%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.29%) Azure
6 3 (4.29%) OCI
7 1 (1.43%) Boomi
7 1 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.43%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (15.71%) H.323
1 11 (15.71%) HTTP
1 11 (15.71%) TCP/IP
2 4 (5.71%) MegaStream
3 2 (2.86%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.14%) Power BI
General
1 17 (24.29%) Telecoms
2 15 (21.43%) Legal
3 11 (15.71%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (11.43%) Finance
5 6 (8.57%) Public Sector
6 5 (7.14%) Marketing
6 5 (7.14%) Social Skills
7 2 (2.86%) General Ledger
7 2 (2.86%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.86%) Retail
8 1 (1.43%) Banking
8 1 (1.43%) Electronics
8 1 (1.43%) German Language
8 1 (1.43%) Law
8 1 (1.43%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (17.14%) Architect
2 10 (14.29%) Consultant
3 8 (11.43%) Analyst
3 8 (11.43%) Genesys Consultant
4 7 (10.00%) Project Manager
5 6 (8.57%) Technical Support
6 4 (5.71%) Coordinator
6 4 (5.71%) Data Analyst
6 4 (5.71%) Lead
6 4 (5.71%) Project Coordinator
6 4 (5.71%) Technical Consultant
7 3 (4.29%) Business Data Analyst
7 3 (4.29%) Enterprise Architect
7 3 (4.29%) Support Specialist
7 3 (4.29%) Workforce Management Specialist
8 2 (2.86%) 2nd Line Support
8 2 (2.86%) Applications Support
8 2 (2.86%) Business Analyst
8 2 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (2.86%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.43%) RESTful
2 1 (1.43%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 22 (31.43%) IVR
2 12 (17.14%) Management Information System
3 5 (7.14%) Onboarding
4 4 (5.71%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (5.71%) NHS
5 2 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.86%) PDA
5 2 (2.86%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (18.57%) Windows
2 11 (15.71%) Linux
2 11 (15.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (5.71%) VMS
4 2 (2.86%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (21.43%) Change Management
2 12 (17.14%) Requirements Gathering
3 11 (15.71%) Proactive Maintenance
3 11 (15.71%) Workforce Optimisation
4 10 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
4 10 (14.29%) Capacity Management
4 10 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 9 (12.86%) Conversational UI
6 8 (11.43%) CI/CD
6 8 (11.43%) Configuration Management
6 8 (11.43%) ERP
6 8 (11.43%) Presales
6 8 (11.43%) Quality Management
7 7 (10.00%) Decision-Making
7 7 (10.00%) Facilities Management
7 7 (10.00%) Project Management
8 6 (8.57%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (8.57%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (7.14%) Computer Science
9 5 (7.14%) Data Modelling
Qualifications
1 6 (8.57%) Degree
2 3 (4.29%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.43%) CIPD
3 1 (1.43%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.43%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.71%) QA
2 2 (2.86%) SLA
3 1 (1.43%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (2.86%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 15 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 12 (17.14%) Avaya
3 11 (15.71%) Red Hat
3 11 (15.71%) Verint
4 10 (14.29%) Genesys
5 8 (11.43%) SAP
6 6 (8.57%) Kronos
7 4 (5.71%) Oracle
7 4 (5.71%) ServiceNow
8 3 (4.29%) Datix
9 2 (2.86%) Ceridian
9 2 (2.86%) Concur
9 2 (2.86%) PeopleSoft
9 2 (2.86%) Sage
9 2 (2.86%) Salesforce
9 2 (2.86%) UiPath
9 2 (2.86%) Workday
10 1 (1.43%) Dell