WMI Contracts in England

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring WMI skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited WMI over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 482 536 609
Rank change year-on-year +54 +73 +157
Contract jobs citing WMI 12 18 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.047% 0.048% 0.061%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.30% 0.39% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 20
10th Percentile - £450 £486
25th Percentile - £453 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% +20.00%
75th Percentile £688 £597 £609
90th Percentile - £650 £654
UK median daily rate £600 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% +20.00%

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 4,028 4,643 7,123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.71% 12.51% 15.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,690 3,353 5,149
10th Percentile £305 £300 £350
25th Percentile £409 £415 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £610 £625 £688
90th Percentile £700 £700 £775
UK median daily rate £511 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -1.73% -5.45% -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 96 161
10th Percentile £19.63 £16.13 £18.50
25th Percentile £26.34 £20.50 £25.71
Median hourly rate £48.50 £31.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.20% -43.18% +150.00%
75th Percentile £63.49 £49.06 £73.75
90th Percentile £79.61 £71.25 £83.75
UK median hourly rate £35.14 £32.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +8.11% -43.48% +155.56%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WMI in England.

Daily rate trend for WMI in England

WMI
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WMI in England.

Hourly rate trend for WMI in England

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 1 July 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 +47 10 £600 +2.13% 12
London +46 2 - - 7
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 (33.33%) Apache
2 2 (16.67%) IIS
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (16.67%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Nutanix
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (58.33%) MSI
2 4 (33.33%) Robot Framework
2 4 (33.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 4 (33.33%) Integration Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Architect
2 3 (25.00%) C# Software Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Monitoring Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 10 (83.33%) Windows
2 4 (33.33%) CentOS
2 4 (33.33%) Linux
2 4 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Agile
2 7 (58.33%) Test Automation
3 5 (41.67%) Prototyping
4 4 (33.33%) Batch Scripting
4 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
4 4 (33.33%) DevOps
4 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (33.33%) Web Development
4 4 (33.33%) Workflow
5 3 (25.00%) Software Engineering
5 3 (25.00%) Task Automation
6 2 (16.67%) Fault Management
6 2 (16.67%) Microservices
6 2 (16.67%) Release Management
6 2 (16.67%) SDLC
7 1 (8.33%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) PowerShell
2 6 (50.00%) Python
3 4 (33.33%) PHP
4 3 (25.00%) C#
4 3 (25.00%) SQL
5 1 (8.33%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) DV Cleared
1 7 (58.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (16.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Ansible
1 4 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (8.33%) Citrix
3 1 (8.33%) Spotify