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 requiring WMI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 517 514 560
Rank change year-on-year -3 +46 +137
Contract jobs citing WMI 16 4 11
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.051% 0.013% 0.029%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.32% 0.091% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 2
10th Percentile - - £320
25th Percentile - £513 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £413
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +27.27% -25.00%
75th Percentile £638 £538 £488
90th Percentile £668 - £525
UK median daily rate £600 £525 £413
% change year-on-year +14.29% +27.27% -25.00%

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 requiring systems management skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,982 4,373 5,317
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.01% 14.30% 13.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,388 2,806 3,859
10th Percentile £307 £313 £302
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £526 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.57% -4.36% -6.38%
75th Percentile £613 £642 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £745
UK median daily rate £512 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -2.52% -3.67% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 60 161
10th Percentile £18.87 £15.05 £17.00
25th Percentile £21.17 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £39.75 £35.08 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +13.30% -24.03% +34.83%
75th Percentile £65.80 £60.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £79.88 £74.75 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £27.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +25.93% -41.53% +44.31%

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 job vacancy trend in England

WMI
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing WMI

WMI
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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 December 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
South East +9 14 £600 - 4
London -1 2 - -
WMI
UK

WMI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) Apache
1 2 (12.50%) IIS
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (12.50%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 9 (56.25%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) MSI
2 2 (12.50%) Robot Framework
2 2 (12.50%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
1 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (12.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Integration Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Monitoring Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (68.75%) PKI
2 9 (56.25%) Fat Client
2 9 (56.25%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 14 (87.50%) Windows
2 9 (56.25%) Windows 7
3 2 (12.50%) CentOS
3 2 (12.50%) Linux
3 2 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Server
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Agile
2 11 (68.75%) Prototyping
3 9 (56.25%) Collaborative Working
3 9 (56.25%) Open Source
4 2 (12.50%) Batch Scripting
4 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (12.50%) Deployment Automation
4 2 (12.50%) DevOps
4 2 (12.50%) Fault Management
4 2 (12.50%) Microservices
4 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (12.50%) Release Management
4 2 (12.50%) SDLC
4 2 (12.50%) Test Automation
4 2 (12.50%) Web Development
4 2 (12.50%) Workflow
5 1 (6.25%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 13 (81.25%) Python
2 5 (31.25%) PowerShell
3 2 (12.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 14 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 13 (81.25%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 13 (81.25%) Active Directory
2 2 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Ansible
1 2 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (93.75%) Microsoft
2 11 (68.75%) VMware
3 1 (6.25%) Citrix
3 1 (6.25%) Spotify