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 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 503 510 588
Rank change year-on-year +7 +78 +157
DemandTrendContract jobs citing WMI 10 14 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.036% 0.042% 0.055%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.23% 0.31% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 11
10th Percentile - £473 £475
25th Percentile - £488 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - +0.48%
75th Percentile £644 £563 £581
90th Percentile £688 £578 £600
UK median daily rate £600 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +14.29% - +2.64%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,324 4,479 6,543
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.59% 13.50% 14.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,882 3,153 4,669
10th Percentile £300 £310 £325
25th Percentile £407 £425 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year -2.43% -6.25% -2.61%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £675
90th Percentile £688 £712 £771
UK median daily rate £501 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 69 154
10th Percentile £18.87 £20.00 £18.50
25th Percentile £26.00 £23.80 £25.71
Median hourly rate £52.50 £36.17 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +45.17% -29.43% +122.83%
75th Percentile £65.80 £60.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.07 £74.09 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £31.39 £34.00 £58.59
% change year-on-year -7.69% -41.97% +157.54%

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
DemandTrendContract 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 23 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +15 8 £600 +14.29% 4
London +14 2 - - 1
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 1 (10.00%) 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%) Integration Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Monitoring Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) C# Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) PKI
2 1 (10.00%) Fat Client
2 1 (10.00%) 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 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Agile
2 5 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 5 (50.00%) Test Automation
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%) Web Development
3 4 (40.00%) Workflow
4 2 (20.00%) Fault Management
4 2 (20.00%) Microservices
4 2 (20.00%) Release Management
4 2 (20.00%) SDLC
5 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (10.00%) Open Source
5 1 (10.00%) Platform Engineering
5 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
5 1 (10.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) PowerShell
1 7 (70.00%) Python
2 4 (40.00%) PHP
3 2 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (10.00%) C
4 1 (10.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) DV Cleared
1 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 7 (70.00%) 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 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (50.00%) VMware
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix
3 1 (10.00%) Spotify