WFM Contracts in Manchester

Workforce Management (WFM)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring WFM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited WFM over the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing WFM 12 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.33% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.49% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £346 - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £450 - -
90th Percentile £464 - -
North West median daily rate £425 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

WFM falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 804 1,237 1,600
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.04% 86.14% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 551 835 1,171
10th Percentile £313 £325 £319
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £550 £588 £594
90th Percentile £665 £694 £675
North West median daily rate £466 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 77 55
10th Percentile £14.16 £12.46 £15.73
25th Percentile £26.61 £13.50 £17.28
Median hourly rate £60.00 £26.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +130.77% +4.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile £74.69 £61.25 £39.80
90th Percentile £86.63 £73.30 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £26.66 £35.00
% change year-on-year +19.58% -23.83% +49.64%

WFM
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing WFM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for WFM in Manchester

WFM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WFM in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for WFM in Manchester

WFM
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WFM in Manchester over the 6 months to 5 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for WFM in Manchester

WFM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WFM in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for WFM in Manchester

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Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WFM within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 5 June 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
Stockport - 1 £425 - 6
WFM
North West

WFM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Maximo
1 1 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
General
1 9 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Lead
2 3 (25.00%) Product Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Kronos Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Head of Architecture
4 1 (8.33%) Product Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Change Management
1 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 6 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 6 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 5 (41.67%) Agile
3 5 (41.67%) Business Case
3 5 (41.67%) Migration
3 5 (41.67%) Product Roadmap
3 5 (41.67%) Product Strategy
3 5 (41.67%) Product Vision
3 5 (41.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
4 3 (25.00%) Product Management
5 2 (16.67%) Analytics
5 2 (16.67%) Data Management
5 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (8.33%) IT Asset Management
6 1 (8.33%) Re-Platforming
6 1 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Ceridian
1 2 (16.67%) Kronos
2 1 (8.33%) SAP
2 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (8.33%) Workday