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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 502 517 574
Rank change year-on-year +15 +57 +177
Contract jobs citing WMI 10 11 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.036% 0.033% 0.038%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.23% 0.24% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 4
10th Percentile - £518 £356
25th Percentile - £525 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% +1.20%
75th Percentile £622 £575 £569
90th Percentile £688 £583 £580
UK median daily rate £600 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% +1.20%

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 4,357 4,498 6,234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.68% 13.66% 14.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,888 3,077 4,451
10th Percentile £300 £306 £325
25th Percentile £408 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £675
90th Percentile £688 £713 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 53 158
10th Percentile £18.87 £20.10 £18.43
25th Percentile £21.37 £24.18 £26.06
Median hourly rate £36.75 £40.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.13% -21.95% +114.35%
75th Percentile £63.49 £62.50 £75.38
90th Percentile £76.48 £74.00 £78.88
UK median hourly rate £28.25 £38.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -26.62% -30.00% +130.03%

WMI
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for WMI 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 18 September 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 +20 8 £600 +4.35%
London +22 2 - -
WMI
UK

WMI
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 4 (40.00%) Apache
2 2 (20.00%) IIS
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (20.00%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (60.00%) MSI
2 4 (40.00%) Robot Framework
2 4 (40.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) Architect
1 4 (40.00%) Integration Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Monitoring Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) PKI
2 2 (20.00%) Fat Client
2 2 (20.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) CentOS
2 4 (40.00%) Linux
2 4 (40.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Server
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (20.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Agile
2 6 (60.00%) Prototyping
3 4 (40.00%) Batch Scripting
3 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (40.00%) Deployment Automation
3 4 (40.00%) DevOps
3 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (40.00%) Test Automation
3 4 (40.00%) Web Development
3 4 (40.00%) Workflow
4 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (20.00%) Fault Management
4 2 (20.00%) Microservices
4 2 (20.00%) Open Source
4 2 (20.00%) Release Management
4 2 (20.00%) SDLC
5 1 (10.00%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) Python
2 6 (60.00%) PowerShell
3 4 (40.00%) PHP
4 2 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) DV Cleared
1 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 8 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (20.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Ansible
1 4 (40.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (60.00%) VMware
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix
3 1 (10.00%) Spotify