WMI Contract Job Trends in England

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
UK > England

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

	6 months to 6 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	619	507	513
Rank change year-on-year	-112	+6	+56
Contract jobs citing WMI	27	12	6
As % of all contract jobs in England	0.058%	0.041%	0.019%
As % of the Systems Management category	0.50%	0.28%	0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted	25	7	2
10^th Percentile	£339	-	£518
25^th Percentile	£463	-	£525
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£582	£600	£550
Median % change year-on-year	-3.04%	+9.09%	+33.33%
75^th Percentile	£650	-	£575
90^th Percentile	£661	-	£583
UK median daily rate	£582	£600	£550
% change year-on-year	-3.04%	+9.09%	+33.33%

All Systems Management Skills
England

WMI falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing systems management skills in England.

	6 months to 6 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing systems management skills	5,347	4,213	3,874
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England	11.45%	14.30%	12.46%
Number of daily rates quoted	3,579	2,790	2,511
10^th Percentile	£320	£283	£310
25^th Percentile	£425	£406	£413
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£504	£525
Median % change year-on-year	+4.22%	-4.05%	-4.55%
75^th Percentile	£625	£600	£638
90^th Percentile	£705	£688	£725
UK median daily rate	£525	£500	£525
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-4.76%	-4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted	217	86	50
10^th Percentile	£17.25	£18.33	£19.50
25^th Percentile	£25.75	£20.04	£23.80
Median hourly rate	£63.14	£33.39	£36.83
Median % change year-on-year	+89.11%	-9.36%	-24.37%
75^th Percentile	£75.00	£65.06	£61.88
90^th Percentile	£91.00	£79.38	£75.25
UK median hourly rate	£62.50	£26.00	£35.08
% change year-on-year	+140.38%	-25.89%	-29.65%

WMI Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

WMI Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing WMI.

WMI Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WMI in England over the 6 months to 6 November 2026.

WMI Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing WMI.

WMI 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 WMI within the England region over the 6 months to 6 November 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
South East	-56	15	£625	+4.17%	1
West Midlands	-	7	£581	-
Midlands	-	7	£581	-
North of England	-	3	£282	-
North West	-	2	£282	-
London	-90	1	-	-
Yorkshire	-	1	£282	-
South West	-	1	£695	-
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WMI Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 6 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing WMI also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region citing WMI.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Windows	96.3%	26
2	PowerShell	70.4%	19
3	Security Cleared	66.7%	18
4	Agile	55.6%	15
4	Microsoft	55.6%	15
6	Continuous Improvement	51.9%	14
6	DV Cleared	51.9%	14
8	MSI	37.0%	10
8	ServiceNow	37.0%	10
10	Project Delivery	33.3%	9
11	Cisco	29.6%	8
11	Fortinet	29.6%	8
11	Linux	29.6%	8
11	Network Management	29.6%	8
11	Palo Alto	29.6%	8
11	SNMP	29.6%	8
11	SolarWinds	29.6%	8
11	SQL	29.6%	8
11	Stakeholder Management	29.6%	8
20	Architectural Design	25.9%	7
20	F5	25.9%	7
20	Patch Management	25.9%	7
20	Problem-Solving	25.9%	7
20	Splunk	25.9%	7
20	Technical Leadership	25.9%	7
26	Active Directory	22.2%	6
26	Ansible	22.2%	6
28	REST	18.5%	5
28	Windows Server	18.5%	5
30	VMware	14.8%	4

WMI Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Systems Management

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Ansible	22.2%	6
2	McAfee ePO	3.7%	1
2	SolarWinds Orion	3.7%	1
2	WSUS	3.7%	1