Workforce Optimisation Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Workforce Optimisation (WFO)
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring Workforce Optimisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Workforce Optimisation 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.58% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £500 - £350

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merseyside

Workforce Optimisation 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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 267 134 168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 77.84% 80.72% 80.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 88 80
10th Percentile £133 £143 £143
25th Percentile £151 £203 £276
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +6.25% -15.79%
75th Percentile £438 £539 £494
90th Percentile £525 £638 £653
North West median daily rate £455 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -4.21% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 6 26
10th Percentile £15.18 £12.65 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.59 £15.28 £15.50
Median hourly rate £25.38 £20.10 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year +26.30% +10.11% +4.29%
75th Percentile £44.94 £22.30 £34.21
90th Percentile £51.02 £28.56 £36.72
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £31.88 £23.86
% change year-on-year +42.60% +33.64% -36.39%

Workforce Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Workforce Optimisation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Workforce Optimisation job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Workforce Optimisation
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Workforce Optimisation within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 24 March 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
Liverpool - 2 £475 -
Workforce Optimisation
North West

Workforce Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Workforce Management Program Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 2 (100.00%) Cost Control
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) WFM