WFM Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Workforce Management (WFM)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring WFM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 127 135
Rank change year-on-year -30 +8 +61
Contract jobs citing WFM 4 9 4
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.13% 0.34% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.40% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - £465 -
25th Percentile £425 £475 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £481 £160
Median % change year-on-year -6.35% +200.31% -28.89%
75th Percentile £475 £500 £318
90th Percentile - £519 £412
England median daily rate £501 £481 £500
% change year-on-year +4.27% -3.90% -21.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,697 2,229 2,255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 88.02% 84.62% 84.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,710 1,371 1,554
10th Percentile £250 £255 £250
25th Percentile £367 £375 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% -1.52%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
England median daily rate £501 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 83 103
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £14.03
25th Percentile £17.14 £17.00 £17.31
Median hourly rate £21.04 £23.60 £24.60
Median % change year-on-year -10.85% -4.07% +46.17%
75th Percentile £25.15 £35.00 £51.50
90th Percentile £34.99 £52.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.43 £45.00
% change year-on-year -29.01% -21.27% +23.29%

WFM
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing WFM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

WFM job vacancy trend in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing WFM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing WFM

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing WFM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing WFM

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WFM within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 November 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
West Midlands -35 2 - - 2
East Midlands - 2 £450 - 1
WFM
England

WFM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (25.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) AWS Lambda
1 2 (50.00%) Serverless
2 1 (25.00%) Lucidchart
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) DynamoDB
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Lead
1 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Process Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Project Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (50.00%) IVR
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Change Management
1 2 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 1 (25.00%) Order to Cash
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Six Sigma
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (25.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Zoho