WFM Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Workforce Management (WFM)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring WFM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing WFM 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.40% - 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% - 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £300
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £506
% change year-on-year - -1.23% -19.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 227 148 140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 90.08% 77.89% 88.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 65 76
10th Percentile £263 £146 £200
25th Percentile £325 £167 £299
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +18.75% -19.15%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £527
90th Percentile £634 £650 £613
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 17 9
10th Percentile £12.94 £21.19 £11.08
25th Percentile £14.78 - £12.25
Median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -28.45% +79.64% +27.01%
75th Percentile £25.15 £40.25 £16.00
90th Percentile - £43.00 £18.15
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -30.14% -17.88% +25.26%

WFM
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

WFM job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

WFM
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WFM within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
County Antrim - 1 - -
WFM
UK

WFM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft