WFM Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Workforce Management (WFM)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring WFM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 98 100
Rank change year-on-year -50 +2 +46
Contract jobs citing WFM 4 2 14
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.14% 0.15% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.17% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 £494 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £233
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +119.88% +3.59%
75th Percentile £494 £531 £388
90th Percentile £506 - £466
England median daily rate £500 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +11.11% -2.70% -7.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West 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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,418 1,180 1,658
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.02% 89.26% 84.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,609 798 1,100
10th Percentile £303 £200 £274
25th Percentile £402 £393 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £601
90th Percentile £658 £688 £707
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 54 119
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.36 £11.11
25th Percentile £16.05 £14.70 £14.06
Median hourly rate £25.00 £18.07 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.39% -19.71% +26.98%
75th Percentile £30.00 £27.19 £40.25
90th Percentile £65.80 £35.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.25 £32.81 £33.00
% change year-on-year +7.44% -0.58% -12.00%

WFM
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

WFM job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 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
Birmingham -27 2 £475 -7.32% 3
Solihull - 1 £493 - 1
Warwickshire - 1 £475 -
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Workforce Management Program Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 2 (50.00%) Cost Control
1 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (50.00%) User Stories
1 2 (50.00%) Workforce Optimisation
2 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (25.00%) Backlog Refinement
2 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (25.00%) User Research
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Kronos