Workforce Optimisation Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Workforce Optimisation (WFO)
England > North of England

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

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 208 - 176
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Workforce Optimisation 2 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.042% - 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.047% - 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £508 - £328
25th Percentile £519 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 - £350
75th Percentile £556 - -
90th Percentile £568 - -
England median daily rate £538 £600 £350
% change year-on-year -10.42% +71.43% -46.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,233 3,079 4,121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.10% 86.95% 88.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,808 1,759 2,726
10th Percentile £218 £263 £300
25th Percentile £363 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £647 £670 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 149 205
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.18 £15.38
25th Percentile £19.75 £17.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £29.60 £27.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.64% -8.33% +36.36%
75th Percentile £54.69 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £69.13 £67.64 £63.05
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.64%

Workforce Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Workforce Optimisation job vacancy trend in the North of England

Workforce Optimisation
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Workforce Optimisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Workforce Optimisation

Workforce Optimisation
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 27 December 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
North West - 2 £538 - 1
Workforce Optimisation
England

Workforce Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) REST
1 2 (100.00%) SOAP
1 2 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) IVR
2 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 2 (100.00%) WFM
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification