WMI Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring WMI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing WMI 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.096% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 0.75% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 - -
75th Percentile £581 - -
90th Percentile £582 - -
England median daily rate £625 £675 £538
% change year-on-year -7.41% +25.58% -10.42%

All Systems Management Skills
West Midlands

WMI falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 401 204 179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.79% 14.81% 9.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 137 150
10th Percentile £281 £200 £206
25th Percentile £411 £308 £312
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year +1.79% +11.76% -19.05%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £550
90th Percentile £638 £689 £651
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.95% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 2
10th Percentile £26.04 £13.40 £19.59
25th Percentile £58.43 £15.22 £25.49
Median hourly rate £63.14 £16.19 £35.33
Median % change year-on-year +289.96% -54.17% +90.95%
75th Percentile £70.59 £18.13 £45.16
90th Percentile £75.50 - £51.07
England median hourly rate £56.50 £28.00 £25.77
% change year-on-year +101.79% +8.67% -51.32%

WMI
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

WMI job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

WMI
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

WMI
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

WMI
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 WMI within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
Warwickshire - 3 £581 - 1
WMI
England

WMI
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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) SNMP
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 3 (100.00%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) F5
1 3 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 3 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 3 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk