WFM Contracts in the North West

Workforce Management (WFM)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 131 -
Rank change year-on-year +25 - -
Contract jobs citing WFM 14 6 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.71% 0.22% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.25% -
Number of daily rates quoted 12 6 0
10th Percentile £353 £331 -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £350 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - -
75th Percentile £450 - -
90th Percentile £473 £409 -
England median daily rate £450 £422 £538
% change year-on-year +6.64% -21.49% +2.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,776 2,377 2,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.24% 86.28% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,519 2,058
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £393 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £661 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 244 144
10th Percentile £15.97 £10.95 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.66 £13.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £45.22 £48.91
90th Percentile £83.96 £57.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing WFM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for WFM in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WFM in the North West.

Daily rate trend for WFM in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WFM in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for WFM in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WFM in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for WFM in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WFM within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Manchester +23 11 £425 +21.43% 3
Cheshire +1 2 £438 -5.41% 2
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (7.14%) Maximo
1 1 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
General
1 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
3 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Retail
4 1 (7.14%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) Lead
3 3 (21.43%) Business Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Product Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Kronos Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Head of Architecture
5 1 (7.14%) Product Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (42.86%) Change Management
2 6 (42.86%) Requirements Gathering
2 6 (42.86%) Roadmaps
2 6 (42.86%) Service Delivery
2 6 (42.86%) Waterfall
3 5 (35.71%) Agile
3 5 (35.71%) Business Case
3 5 (35.71%) Migration
3 5 (35.71%) Product Roadmap
3 5 (35.71%) Product Strategy
3 5 (35.71%) Product Vision
4 3 (21.43%) Customer Engagement
4 3 (21.43%) Product Management
5 2 (14.29%) Analytics
5 2 (14.29%) Data Management
5 2 (14.29%) ERP
6 1 (7.14%) EAM
6 1 (7.14%) Project Management
6 1 (7.14%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
1 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Ceridian
2 2 (14.29%) Kronos
3 1 (7.14%) SAP
3 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow
3 1 (7.14%) Workday