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 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 608 492 536
Rank change year-on-year -116 +44 +76
Contract jobs citing WMI 18 12 18
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.040% 0.044% 0.048%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.30% 0.29% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 7 6
10th Percentile £282 - £450
25th Percentile £558 - £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.10% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £641 £688 £597
90th Percentile £650 - £650
UK median daily rate £582 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -3.04% +14.29% -12.50%

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 6,025 4,191 4,756
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.47% 15.53% 12.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,147 2,782 3,408
10th Percentile £319 £305 £300
25th Percentile £416 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% -2.38% -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £515 £510 £515
% change year-on-year +0.98% -0.97% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 53 95
10th Percentile £20.09 £21.39 £16.47
25th Percentile £31.25 £26.45 £21.29
Median hourly rate £63.14 £54.50 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.84% +73.02% -44.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.25 £49.38
90th Percentile £76.50 £78.46 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £56.50 £37.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +50.67% +15.38% -43.48%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WMI in England over the 6 months to 9 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for WMI in England

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 9 July 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -58 7 £650 +8.33% 2
West Midlands - 7 £581 -
Midlands - 7 £581 -
London -69 2 £270 -
North West - 2 £282 -
North of England - 2 £282 -
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 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Azure
1 2 (11.11%) Entra ID
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (11.11%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 7 (38.89%) SNMP
2 1 (5.56%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) MSI
2 1 (5.56%) Robot Framework
2 1 (5.56%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Banking
2 2 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (5.56%) Investment Banking
3 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Integration Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Server Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) JSON
1 2 (11.11%) OAuth
1 2 (11.11%) REST
1 2 (11.11%) SailPoint
1 2 (11.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) PKI
2 2 (11.11%) Security Posture
3 1 (5.56%) Fat Client
3 1 (5.56%) iPad
3 1 (5.56%) iPhone
3 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.56%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (38.89%) Linux
3 6 (33.33%) Windows Server
4 2 (11.11%) Windows 10
5 1 (5.56%) Windows 7
5 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Agile
1 7 (38.89%) Architectural Design
1 7 (38.89%) Network Management
2 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (27.78%) Prototyping
4 4 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (22.22%) Test Automation
5 2 (11.11%) CI/CD
5 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (11.11%) Data Mapping
5 2 (11.11%) Desktop Virtualisation
5 2 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (11.11%) Runbook
5 2 (11.11%) Workflow
6 1 (5.56%) Open Source
6 1 (5.56%) People Management
6 1 (5.56%) Service Delivery
6 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (5.56%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 10 (55.56%) PowerShell
2 7 (38.89%) SQL
3 5 (27.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (38.89%) DV Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.56%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 6 (33.33%) Ansible
2 4 (22.22%) Terraform
3 2 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (61.11%) ServiceNow
2 7 (38.89%) Cisco
2 7 (38.89%) F5
2 7 (38.89%) Fortinet
2 7 (38.89%) Palo Alto
2 7 (38.89%) SolarWinds
2 7 (38.89%) Splunk
2 7 (38.89%) VMware
3 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (11.11%) Bloomberg
4 2 (11.11%) Citrix
4 2 (11.11%) Okta
4 2 (11.11%) Reuters
5 1 (5.56%) Snow