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 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 533 492 548
Rank change year-on-year -41 +56 +146
Contract jobs citing WMI 14 3 11
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.044% 0.010% 0.030%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.28% 0.073% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 2
10th Percentile - - £331
25th Percentile £600 £513 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £525 £463
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +13.51% -15.91%
75th Percentile £638 £538 £553
90th Percentile £678 - £604
UK median daily rate £625 £525 £463
% change year-on-year +19.05% +13.51% -15.91%

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 5,020 4,134 5,043
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.80% 14.44% 13.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,448 2,672 3,648
10th Percentile £313 £313 £275
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -3.67% -7.23%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £509 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -3.05% -2.33% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 52 156
10th Percentile £18.87 £15.22 £17.00
25th Percentile £21.29 £21.03 £22.00
Median hourly rate £48.72 £26.88 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +81.28% -41.80% +31.94%
75th Percentile £64.88 £63.00 £67.13
90th Percentile £79.60 £77.19 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £24.84 £46.18
% change year-on-year +91.22% -46.21% +31.94%

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 26 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 - 14 £625 - 4
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:

Communications & Networking
1 10 (71.43%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MSI
General
1 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (100.00%) Architect
2 4 (28.57%) Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 10 (71.43%) Fat Client
1 10 (71.43%) PKI
1 10 (71.43%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 14 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (71.43%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Agile
2 10 (71.43%) Collaborative Working
2 10 (71.43%) Open Source
2 10 (71.43%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 10 (71.43%) Python
2 4 (28.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (92.86%) DV Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 10 (71.43%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 10 (71.43%) VMware